Thompson Powell, Early Chesterfield, SC Settler

Thompson B. Powell was born about 1802 in SC. He appeared in the 1850 & 1860 Census in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.[1][2]

Thompson died about 1866 at the age of 64 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States.

His estate[3] was probated with Letters of Administration issued to R. T. Powell on 11 June 1866.

His estate was appraised and all items were sold at auction on 25 June 1866. 

Legal heirs to the estate were: 

Mary [Boatwright] Powell, [his wife]

William M. Hurst and Wife Mary E., [Powell]

Richard T. Powell, [Son]

Ann R[ebecca] Powell, [Daughter]

Ellen Powell [Daughter]

The Estate (#201) record can be found on-line at Family Search.org.  

Thompson B. Powell and Mary Boatwright were married about 1834 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States. Mary Boatwright, daughter of Lewis Boatwright and Sarah Lundy, was born about 1810 in SC. [4][5] It is not known when she passed away but is believed to happen prior to 1870. The 1870 Census has Richard and Ellen living in a household and the other children are married and living with their families. 

Thompson B. Powell and Mary Boatwright had the following children:

                i.              Mary E. Powell, born 3 Dec 1835, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States; married William Monroe Hurst; died 9 May 1917, McFarlan, Anson County, North Carolina.

                ii.             Richard Thompson Powell, born abt 1841, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States; married M. W. T. [LNU, last name unknown] , abt 1875.

                iii.            Ann Rebecca Powell, born 9 Jan 1847, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States; married Ferguson Hale Smith, abt 1871; died 24 Feb 1902, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States.

                iv.           Ellen E. Powell was born on 11 Oct 1851 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. [6][7][8] She died on 9 Dec 1940 at the age of 89 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States. A Memorial has been created for her at www.findagrave.com.

Her obituary was published in local newspaper and a copy was found in the Scrapbook of Ella Jane White, daughter of Henry Wiley White and Emma Hudson Eddins White.

Miss Ellen Powell, 92, died at the home of her great-nephew, Lee Jenkins, just west of Chesterfield, early Monday morning and was buried at Pine Grove cemetery Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Miss Powell was the youngest child of the late Thompson and Polly Powell, who were among the earliest settlers of this county. She had one brother, Richard Powell who was a captain in the Confederate Army and for years engaged in business in Cheraw. She was distantly related to Drewery Boatwright whose monument in the Boatwright cemetery bears the date 1812. She was the aunt of Miss Artie Hurst, Mrs. Jesse Jenkins, Miss Garphilia Smith and Miss Nettie Smith. She was distantly related also to the Powells of Columbia , Bennettsville and Cheraw, and to the Rivers family of Chesterfield.

She never married and was a lifelong resident of Chesterfield County.

She is buried in the Pine Grove Baptist Church cemetery.  

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[1] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield District, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 177B, Line 12, Dwelling 1211, Family 1211, Household of Thompson POWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2008); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851. 1850 CENSUS: Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Roll M432_851; Image: 359, Page 177B, Line 12, Dwelling 1211, Family 1211. Thompson POWELL, Male, age 48, Farmer, born in SC; Mary POWELL, Female, age 40, born in SC; Mary E. POWELL, Female, age 15, born in SC; Richard T. POWELL, Male, age 9, born in SC; Rebecca POWELL, Female, age 3, born in SC; Samuel Taylor, Male, age 27, Laborer, born in SC; Sarah [Lundy]  BOATWRIGHT, Female, age 70, born in SC.[RIN 12499]. Living with Thompson Powell. Film #0444814.

[2] 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 118; Line 9, Dwelling 350, Family 349, Household of T. B. POWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2008); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653_1217. 1860 CENSUS: Chesterfield County, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1217;  Image 240; Family History Library Film 805217; Page 118; Line 9, Dwelling 350,  Family 349; T. B. POWELL, male, age 56, Farmer, born in SC; Mary POWELL, Female, age 50, born in SC; Richard T. POWELL, Male, age 19, born in SC; Ann R. POWELL, Female, age 13, born in SC; Eliza V. POWELL, Female, age 9, born in SC.

[3] Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Chesterfield County Estate Papers, Thompson B. POWEL.; "Chesterfield County Estate Papers," digital images, LDS Church, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/: viewed March 2012); Estate # 201.

[4] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield District, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 177B, Line 12, Dwelling 1211, Family 1211, Household of Thompson POWELL. 1850 CENSUS: Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Roll M432_851; Image: 359, Page 177B, Line 12, Dwelling 1211, Family 1211. Thompson POWELL, Male, age 48, Farmer, born in SC; Mary POWELL, Female, age 40, born in SC; Mary E. POWELL, Female, age 15, born in SC; Richard T. POWELL, Male, age 9, born in SC; Rebecca POWELL, Female, age 3, born in SC; Samuel Taylor, Male, age 27, Laborer, born in SC; Sarah [Lundy]  BOATWRIGHT, Female, age 70, born in SC.[RIN 12499]. Living with Thompson Powell. Film #0444814.

[5] 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Population Schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 118; Line 9, Dwelling 350, Family 349, Household of T. B. POWELL. 1860 CENSUS: Chesterfield County, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1217;  Image 240; Family History Library Film 805217; Page 118; Line 9, Dwelling 350,  Family 349; T. B. POWELL, male, age 56, Farmer, born in SC; Mary POWELL, Female, age 50, born in SC; Richard T. POWELL, Male, age 19, born in SC; Ann R. POWELL, Female, age 13, born in SC; Eliza V. POWELL, Female, age 9, born in SC.

[6]  Ibid.

[7] 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina;, Page 293A; Line 27, Dwelling 113, Family 113, Household of  T. R. POWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2008); citing  National Archives Microfilm M593_1491. 1870 CENSUS: Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina;  Roll M593_1491; Image: 111; Family History Library Film: 552990, Page 293A; Line 27, Dwelling 113, Family 113; T. R. POWELL, Male, age 29, born in SC and M. E. POWELL, Female, age 23, born in SC.

[8] 1880 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #003, Page 297C, Line 16, Dwelling 136, Family 151, Household of R. T. POWELL; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2008); citing National Archive  Microfilm T9, Roll 1225. 1880 CENSUS: Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; National Archives Film T9-1225, FHL Film 1255225, Enumeration District: 003; Page 297C, Line 16, Dwelling 136, Family 151; R. T. POWELL, male, age 35, born in SC, Occupation; Clerk in Store, parents born in SC; M. W. T. POWELL, Wife, age 25, born in SC, parents born in SC; W. T. POWELL, Son, age 4, born in SC; M. W. POWELL, Daughter, age 2, born in SC; Ellen POWELL, Sister, age 18, born in SC; S. E. POWELL, Sister, age 20, born in SC; Flora POWELL, Other, Female, Black, age 60, Occupation, Nurse-Servant, born in SC, parents born in SC.