John
Peyton
Powell
Sr
Born in Loudoun County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of William Powell
and Eleanor Douglas (Peyton) Powell
Brother of
Leven Powell [half], William Powell [half], Christiana (Powell) Hatfield [half], Clarissa Powell [half], William Powell [half], Margaret (Powell) Bristow [half] and Frances (Powell) Elliott
Husband of
Tabitha (Harris) Powell
— married
13 Oct 1783 in Powhatan County, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin H Powell
Died
at age 84
in Meridianville, Madison, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2016
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Biography
John Peyton Powell was born 28 Feb 1760 in Loudoun County, Virginia. He is the son of William Powell and Eleanor Peyton. John Peyton Powell, Sr. married Tabitha (Labitha) Harris 13 October 1783 in Powhatan, Virginia. After the death of Tabitha on 2 Sept 1806, John P. Powell married Elizabeth (Betty) Biscoe 3 October 1807 in Powhatan, Virginia. According to "Virginia Marriages, 1785 - 1940".
United States Federal Census 1810 provides the following information. Name Peyton Powell. Home in 1810 Powhatan, Virginia. Household consists of John, Tabitha, 4 females, 5 males and 18 slaves.
United States Federal Census 1830. Name Peyton Powell home in 1830 Ranges 1 and 2, Madison, Alabama. Total Free White Persons 4 and Total Slaves 8.
United States Federal Census 1840. Name Peyton Powell and home in 1840 Madison, Alabama. Birth year estimated 1760. Age 80. Military Service: Veteran.
Lieutenant John Powell Sr served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.
John Powell Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A092111.
Lieutenant, 1st Regiment, Virginia Line, enrolled on 29 August 1828, under act of congress of 13 May 1828, payment to date from 3 March 1826. Annual allowance $320.00. He was a prisoner of war in South Carolina.
United States Revolutionary War Payment Ledgers, 1818 - 1872. Peyton Powell date of death 23 May 1844.
Alabama, Huntsville-Madison County Public Library Obituary Index 1819-2006. Captain Peyton Powell. Publication Title: The Democrat. Publication 5 June 1844. Record place Alabama.
Find a Grave. John Peyton Powell buried at Eldridge Cemetery, Meridianville, Madison County, Alabama. Age 84, Spouse Elizabeth Powell. Children John Peyton Powell, Jr. and Francis M. Eldridge.
A marker placed by Huntsville, Chapter NSDAR dated Sept 11, 2007, reads "Revolutionary Soldier John Peyton Powell prisoner of War - SC (South Carolina)". Another headstone reads Lieut John Peyton Powell 1st Regiment Revolutionary War. Born Feb 28, 1760, in Loudon Co., Virginia. Died May 23, 1844, in Madison Co Alabama. Settled in Madison Co. 1809. These markers can be viewed at find a grave.
Sources
- Ball, Rosalie Noland. The Family Tree of Col. Leven Powell’s Line of the Powells of Virginia. Manchester, Virginia: Privately Published, 1938, p 13.
- Lucas, Rev. Silas Emmett, Jr. The Powell Families of Virginia and the South. Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1969, p 319.
- 1810 United States Federal Census;
- 1830 United States Federal Census;
- 1840 United States Federal Census;
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots;
- Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920;
- Alabama, Revolutionary War Residents, 1776-1783;
- Family Data Collection - Births; Family Data Collection - Individual Records;
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; U.S.,
- Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898;
- U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; U.S.,
- Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970;
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970;
- U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815;
- Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800;
- Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850;
- Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940; Web:
- Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012;
- Powell Families of VA and the Southeast [Lucas];
- Pension Application of John Peyton Powell: S46407
See stone for Lt John Peyton Powell for correct death date. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28674566/john-peyton-powell
Note: Date of death for this individual is listed as 23 Jun 1844, based, I think, on the record from "Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920" source listed above (SG031427), but also says that the obituary was printed in the Huntsville Democrat issue of 4 June 1844. Obviously this cannot be true, since the date of death would not have been known. The Huntsville Democrat for 5 June 1844 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/348708376#) says that he died on the 23rd "inst" (meaning this month). The likeliest scenario is that John P. Powell died on 23 May 1844, not June. The person writing the obituary happened to use "inst" incorrectly, and the person recording the death in the above source record did not make the correction to 23 May 1844. The Lt John Peyton Powell stone (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28674566/john-peyton-powell) indicates his death was 23 May 1844.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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Categories: Prisoners of War, American Revolution | Virginia Line, American Revolution | NSSAR Patriot Ancestors | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors
Please join the Alabama Brigade, Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge, the Huntsville Chapter NSDAR and the Tennessee Valley Chapter, NSSAR for the Grave Markings Honoring Revolutionary War Patriot John Peyton Powell, his wife Elizabeth Biscoe Powell, and the Unveiling of a William G. Pomeroy Foundation Patriot Burials Historical Marker, Sunday, October 22, 2023, 2:00 pm, Eldridge Cemetery, 12006 West Ridge Drive, Huntsville, AL 35810. Hope some of Peyton Powell's descendants are close enough to join this much-anticipated and historic marking. Several descendants live in Alabama and one from Texas has informed us that he plans to attend. Linda Alcott Maples (alcott-171)
Also, a Pomeroy Foundation Historic Marker will be placed on 22 Oct. at this cemetery. All are invited to attend. Questions can be directed to me at alcott-171 (wikitree) or in this comment section. Sincerely, Linda Alcott Maples
I encourage descendants to apply to join DVF. I'm not a member (however, working on a line right now) but can tell you that the organization is amazing. Sincerely, Linda Alcott Maples (alcott-171) James H. Maples (maples-878) 15 year member of the AL Brigade through DVF; past Commander of the AL Brigade and past DVF Historian
I can't dispute the images of these, but what piqued my interest was that the particular record in the above source must necessarily contain a typo. It references the day of death as 23 June 1844, but also says that the obituary was printed in the Huntsville Democrat issue of 4 June 1844. Obviously this cannot be true, since the date of death would not have been known.
I suspected that one of the two months in the record must have been misrecorded, so I was able to track down the issue of the Huntsville Democrat for 5 June 1844 (https://www.newspapers.com/image/348708376# if you log in with an Ancestry account) and sure enough, it says that he died on the 23rd "inst" (meaning this month), which only adds to the confusion because the 23rd of the month hadn't happened yet...
To me, the likeliest scenario is that John P. Powell died on May 23rd, 1844, not June. The person writing the obituary happened to use "inst" incorrectly, and which for some inexplicable reason the person recording the death in the above source record decided not to correct, but to instead record the preposterous statement that, essentially, he died on the 23rd of June and the death was reported in the June 5th edition of the paper.
Backing this up is that there is another gravestone at the same site (also on findagrave @ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28674566/john-peyton-powell, can be verified since one is in front of the other and the moss matches up) with the date of death as 23 May 1844, which would make a lot more sense.
I know this is a lot to dump on a comment page, please let me know if there's a different way I should make a submission to this effect.
-Andrew
See their profiles for details/sources, including
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Dec. 28, 2016), "Record of Lieutenant Peyton Powell", Ancestor # A092111.