PowellFamily
Dempsey Powell
Birth:29 Mar 1802 in Wake Co., NC
Death:29 Dec 1865 in Haglerville, Henry, TN
Sex:M
Father:Caswell Powell b. About. 1778 in NC
Mother:Betsy Unknown b. About. 1779
  
Burial: Hagler Cemetery

Spouses & Children
Unknown (Wife) b. About. 1804
Marriage: ABT. 1823
Children: 
  1. Female Powell b. About. 1825
  2. Male Powell b. About. 1826
  3. Elizabeth Powell b. About. 1833 in TN
  4. DescendantsJoseph W. Powell b. 25 Sep 1835 in Henry Co., TN
  5. James A. Powell b. 8 Mar 1838 in TN
  6. DescendantsJohn A. Powell b. About. 1839 in TN
 
Caroline Unknown (Wife) b. 18 Mar 1818 in TN
Marriage: ABT. 1839
Children: 
  1. William Powell b. About. 1840 in TN
  2. DescendantsThomas Jefferson Powell b. 25 Mar 1841 in Paris, Henry, TN
  3. Benjamin A. Powell b. About. 1843 in TN
  4. Grizzy Ann Powell b. 21 Dec 1846 in TN
  5. Sarah J. Powell b. About. 1848 in TN
  6. Robert H. Powell b. About. 1851 in Henry Co., TN
  7. DescendantsGeorge D. Powell b. About. 1854 in Henry Co., TN
  8. Susan J. Powell b. About. 1856 in Henry Co., TN
 

Notes
Individual:
--1820 Davidson Co., TN census are Dempsey Powell 000001-00101, Thomas Powell 100010-30010, Willie Powel 200001-21010, James Powel 100010-02010, and William Powell 000100-00100.
--1830 Henry Co., TN census, p. 44: Dempsey Powell 1m & 1f 20/30, 1m & 1f under 5yrs of age.
One Dempsey POWELL is taxed in 1830, Cross Roads, Wake Co., NC for $35.41 for 2079.25ac, value $8256...with 27 slaves.....unknown if the same Dempsey Powell listed here.
--1836 Henry Co., TN Tax List - Allanson Powell Dist. 6 1 slave 150ac land & Benjamin Powell Dist. 2 no slaves, 150ac of land.
--1840 Henry Co., TN census, p.470: Dempsey Powell 1m30/40, 1m & 1f 10/15, 1f 20/30, 1m 5/10, 3m under 5.
Dempsey was granted land in Henry Co., TN, warrant #9930 for 190ac on 10 Nov 1849 and #9934 125ac., also on 10 Nov 1849. On the 1845 Henry Co., TN Tax List he is shown in Dist. 8 along with a Henry Dunlap.
--1850 Henry Co., TN census, page 304 Dist. 8, from a list of children, it appears the older children are married by 1850, or deceased, house 008-608: Powell, Dempsey 48 NC, Caroline 30 TN, Joseph 14, John 12, William 10, Thomas 9, Grizzy 6, Benjamin 7, Sarah 2.
--1860 Haglesville, Henry Co., TN (Post Office-Mansfield) census, p.119-390, house 785. S. H. DUNLAP, his son's father-in-law lives in house 781. Dempsey's property value $12000 personal property $700. They are listed in house 785: Powell, Dempsey 58 NC, Caroline 40 TN, Benjamin A. 14, Grisy A. 13, Sarah J. 11, Robert F. 9, George D. 6, Susan J. 4.
In house 786: James Powell 27 $600 $200 b. TN and Martha 21 b. TN. Caroline was probably a second wife, mother of Thomas Jefferson and the younger children below him.
Still from the 1860 Henry Co., TN census:
119-390 Powell, Mary E. 30, Helen 12, Elizabeth 10, Thomas D. 8, James C. 6...whose wife was she?
119-390 Powell, James 27, Martha 21
119-390 Powell, Joseph N. 24, Martha 18, son of Dempsey
119-390 Powell, John A. 22, Elizabeth 22, Chilton 4/12, son of Dempsey
One of the first POWELLs mentioned in Western TN was Robert POWELL. From "Weakley Remembered" Vol. 1 by P. N. Baker and C. S. Reynolds 1981, page 51 under 1828 Weakley Co., TN Tax Lists - POWELL, Robert 1 poll, 2 slaves taxed $2.50. It is unknown if this Robert Powell is connected to Dempsey's family.
DEEDS:
Dempsey Powell, grantor Book K, p.493, (D) 54ac - grantee L. Wilson
Dempsey Powell, grantor Book K p.635, (D) 61 & 1/2ac - grantee Levi Perry
Dempsey Powell, grantor Book L p.543, (D)172 & 1/2ac - grantee N. C. Beasley
Dempsey Powell, grantor Book P p.230, (D) 18ac grantee J. R. Laster
C. Powell, grantor Book S, p.53, - (M) C. D. Powell
Dempsey is buried in Hagler Cemetery, Henry Co., TN.





















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