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005    POWELL FAMILY

Location - off of 332 Hamlet Rd, Eagle Mills Township.

Coordinates: 35d 58m 32.3s N; 80d 42m 56.5s W Click here for Online Maps

Thank you to Larry Campbell for locating this lost-abandoned cemetery.

Survey by Shirley Gragg in June 2014.

Based on an earlier survey published in 1999. Listed as abandoned and not maintained.

1. Brown, Elizabeth Haden Cain   (b. Abt 1827 - d. 7 Jun 1882)
Aged 55 yrs. 1st wife of Wyatt Powell. Mother of Sarah D Powell Richardson.
2. Davis, Martha E. F.   (b. 1841 - d. 7 Apr 1841)
Aged 2m
3. Gallimore, W. E.   (b. 22 Jun 1844 - d. 2 Sep 1872)
Aged 28y 2m 10d. Son of Jesse Gallimore and Ruth Wright Gallimore.
4. Powell, Azenath G   (b. - d. Dec 1845)
Aged 1m 9d. (This could be a child of Elizabeth Cain & Wyatt Powell. Timeframe is better than any others shown in the cemetery)
5. Powell, Elijah   (b. 7 Mar 1796 - d. 16 Feb 1889)
Aged 92y 11m 11d
6. Powell, Henry B.   (b. 10 Apr 1835 - d. 18 Nov 1858)
According to the 1850 census, Henry was born in 1835. Found no information of a Henry B in the POWELL family in the 1860 census. Possible that the transcriber misread whatever the information was or duplicated it in some way. In all likelihood, the H. B. (for Henry B), is the correct information.
7. Powell, Joseph J.   (b. 20 Mar 1838 - d. 14 May 1864)
Son of Elijah and Nancy Powell. Civil War casualty. According to father's obituary, he had both sons brought home for burial after being killed in the Civil War.
8. Powell, Nancy   (b. Unknown - d. Unknown)
no date of birth/death. Here lies the body of .... August the _____.
9. Powell, Nancy   (b. Abt 1795 - d. 7 Jun 1879)
Wife of Elijah Powell. Aged 84y.
10. Powell, Reuben R.   (b. 30 Sep 1841 - d. 30 May 1863)
Son of Elijah and Nancy Powell. Civil War casualty. Signed: F.A. McNinch, Charlotte, NC. According to father's obituary, he had both sons brought home for burial after being killed in the Civil War. No record found yet for Reuben/Ruben Powell in Civil Wars Soldiers & Sailors.
11. Powell, Wyatt G. (Wiot)   (b. 19 Oct 1820 - d. 16 Jan 1859)
Aged 29y 2m 27d. Husband of Elizabeth Haden Cain Brown.
12. Richardson, Sarah D. Powell   (b. 31 Jan 1851 - d. 14 Jan 1882)
Aged 30y 11m 17d. Wife of William Richardson, married 1877.
13. Smith, Alice L.   (b. Abt 1844 - d. 1847)
Aged 3y 4m 12d
14. Smith, John   (b. - d. 21 Feb 1847)
15. Smith, Sarah Powell   (b. 4 Mar 1821 - d. 27 Mar 1883)
16. Smith, Zimrie E.   (b. Abt Feb 1811 - d. 22 Mar 1865)
Aged 54y 29d.