Abraham Lovely Powell (1790 - 1874)

Born 1790 in South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Allen) Powell — married about 1812 in Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 1874 at about age 84 in Jackson County, Kentucky

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Biography

BIOGRAPHY

The facts regarding the early years of Abraham Lovely Powell’s life is not clear. First, his name is written as Lovely Abraham Powell and Abraham Lovely Powell in different documents. However, his head stone says Abraham Lovely Powell and his son, Hudson Powell, has Abram Powell listed as his father on his death certificate. In adult life he states he was born in 1790 to 1791 in South Carolina or Georgia. It is believed his father is John Powell born 1772 to 1774 in South Carolina. However, John would have been 16 or 18 when Abraham Lovely was born. The only known wife to John Powell was Ann Rose. It is known she was born 1776 in North Carolina to William and Elizabeth Merritt Rose. If Ann Rose Powell was the mother of Abraham Lovely she would have been 14 years of age at his birth. So, the water appears a bit muddy as to the parentage of Abraham Lovely Powell. He had several sons and daughters with Sarah "Sally" Allen. He died in 1874 having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried in Jackson County, Kentucky. ^[1]

PARENTS

John Powell, Father Ann Rose, Mother or most definitely Step-mother

SIBLINGS

Brother of Shelton Powell; Jane Jeanne Powell; Elizabeth Croley; Lucy Ann Powell; John Powell; Michael Powell; William Powell; Fanny Powell and James Powell

SPOUSE

Lovely Abraham Powell married Sarah "Sally" Allen in 1806. No specific date or state of marriage was given. ^[2]

CHILDREN

• Manuel Cleveland Powell (b. 1812, d. 20 DEC 1876)
• Nancy Ann Powell (b. ABT 1814, d. 5 OCT 1857)
• John Powell (b. 1814, d. AFT 1860)
• Catherine Powell (b. 12 FEB 1816, d. 3 MAR 1901)
• Susan Jane Powell (b. DEC 1819, d. 10 JUN 1902)
• Emanuel Powell (b. 1825, d. AFT 1900)
• Larkin Aaron Powell (b. 1827, d. AFT 1900)
• Sarah Powell (b. 1829, d. AFT 1880)
• Lucinda Powell (b. 19 AUG 1832, d. 4 DEC 1925)
• George Washington Powell (b. APR 1833, d. 26 SEP 1915)
• Calvin C. Powell (b. 15 MAR 1835, d. 30 DEC 1921)
• Hudson Jasper Powell (b. SEP 1836, d. 6 MAY 1918)

RESIDENCE

1820 Pendleton District, South Carolina^[3]Abraham Lovely Powell is in prison serving a three-year term for larceny (see below) and Sally Powell is listed as head of household.

• Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
• Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
• Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
• Free White Persons - Over 25: 1

1820-1823 There is an Abraham Powell serving a sentence for “Larceny from a house”. It further states Abraham Powell was in Jackson County, Georgia; a farmer; born South Carolina; 28 years of age; height 5’11-1/2”; fair complexion; dark hair; dark eyes; served sentence^[4]Since the name “Lovely” or an initial “L” was not used in this entry there is no proof this was Abraham Lovely Powell. However, the age of 28 would put the birth year 1791-92 correct for Abraham Lovely.

1825, January 23 Abraham Powell was granted 50 acres on Head Kiss Arse Branch in Estill County, Kentucky^[5]

1830, January 26 Abraham Powell was granted 50 acres on Station Camp Creek in Madison County, Kentucky^[6] This is the same area his father John Powell was residing.

1830 • Estill Co, Kentucky^[7]

• Abraham Powel
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5, 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9, 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14, 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19, 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39, 1
• Free White Persons - Females - Under 5, 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9, 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19, 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39, 1
• Free White Persons - Under 20, 7
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49, 2

1840 • Eastern Division, Madison Co, Kentucky^[8]

• Abraham Powell
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 2
• Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19 1
• Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1
• Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1
• Persons Employed in Agriculture 3
• No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write 2
• Free White Persons - Under 20 7
• Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2

1850 • District 1, Madison Co, Kentucky^[9]

• Lovely Powel 59, b. SC
• Sally Powel 36
• Washington Powel 17
• Celme Powel 15
• Hudson Powel 13

1860 • Jackson Co, Kentucky^[10]

• Abraham Powell 70, b. GA
• Sarah Powell 65

Living on each side of Abraham Powell was son Cleveland Powell, 56 b. SC and Richard Powell, 23

1870 • Coyle, Jackson Co, Kentucky^[11]

• Abraham Powell, 79, b. GA
• Sarah Powell, 74

BURIAL

Abraham Lovely Powell, 1790-1874, Powell Cemetery #3, Jackson County, Kentucky^[12] He is buried next to his wife Sally Allen Powell.

FAMILY STORY

Lovely Abraham Powell, along with being my great-great-great grandfather, was reputed to be the meanest man who ever lived. One day a deputy named Moody rode out to Lovely's cabin in Big Hill, KY, to arrest him for moon shining and tax evasion. Lovely came out of his cabin just as the deputy rode up. "My wife is ill," said Lovely. "One of the neighbors is on the way. As soon as she gets here to care for my wife and children, I'll come with you peacefully." But Deputy Moody was the kind of man who gets drunker on a little bit of power than Lovely's customers ever did on 'shine. He refused to wait. "I'm the law," he said, "You'll come, and you'll come now." And he made to slide down from his horse. Lovely put up a warning hand. "You get down off that horse," he said, "and you're a dead man." Moody didn't listen. He slid down from his horse and no sooner had his feet touched the ground than Lovely shot him through the heart. Grandpa Lovely never served a day in prison for that shooting, though. The judge ruled Moody's death a suicide. "Everyone around here knows that Lovely Powell is the meanest man who ever lived," he said. "He told Moody that if the got down off his horse he was a dead man. When Moody decided to get down anyway, he killed his self."

The less interesting explanation for why Grandpa Lovely never went to prison for his crime is that his wife's brother was the Governor of North Carolina, who interceded. ^[13]

yDNA Matches

Two descendants of this Abraham Lovely Powell are a yDNA match [ FamilyTreeDNA https://www.familytreedna.com/public/powell/default.aspx?section=yresults] with a direct descendant of Elias Powell of Caldwell County, North Carolina and Reverend Elisha Smith Powell who was born in NC and died in Texas.

SOURCES

Sources

1. ↑ Notes written: Ruth Montgomery, 2018
2. ↑ Family Data Collection – Marriages; Author Edmund West, comp.; Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Publisher Date 2001; Ancestry.com; http://www.Ancestry.com
3. ↑ 1820 US Census, Census Place: Pendleton, South Carolina; Page: 202; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 267; http://www.ancestry.com
4. ↑ Georgia Black Book by Robert Scott Davis
5. ↑ Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924, Book Y, http://www.ancestry.com
6. ↑ Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924, Book X, http://www.ancestry.com
7. ↑ 1830 US Census, 1830; Census Place: Estill, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 35; Page: 248; Family History Library Film: 0007814
8. ↑ 1840 US Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: District 1, Madison, Kentucky; Roll: M432_211; Page: 236A; Image; Web Address: http://www.ancestry.com
9. ↑ 1850 US Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Madison, Kentucky; Roll: M432_211; Page: 236A; Image; Web Address: http://www.ancestry.com
10. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: My Division, Jackson, Kentucky; Roll: Page: 914; Image: 472; http://www.ancestry.com
11. ↑ 1870 US Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Coyle, Jackson, Kentucky; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image; http://www.ancestry.com
12. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 5480353, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5480353
13. ↑ The Raisin Chronicles, Monday, December 5, 2011, A Lovely Story, http://raisinchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/12/lovely-story.html

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