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Generation: 2
| 2. |  Farrow Pharoah Powell was born 1809, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA (son of Elijah Powell and Patsey Scott); died 27 Aug 1887, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Race: Black
- Reference Number: 1863
- Residence: 1840, Washington, Owen, Indiana, USA
- Residence: 1850, Marion, Owen, Indiana, USA; Age: 40
- Probate: 7 Oct 1876, St Joseph, Indiana, USA
Farrow married Betsy Walden 2 Apr 1829, Randolph, North Carolina, USA. Betsy (daughter of Jarrel Walden and Mourning Jackson) was born Abt 1813, North Carolina, USA; died Abt 1842, Spencer, Owen, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Betsy Walden was born Abt 1813, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Jarrel Walden and Mourning Jackson); died Abt 1842, Spencer, Owen, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 1. James Powell was born 27 Feb 1829, North Carolina, USA; died , Niles, Berrien, Michigan, USA.
- Catharine Powell was born 24 Dec 1832, North Carolina, USA; died 1912, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
- Colonel Powell was born 26 Oct 1834, North Carolina, USA; died 26 Sep 1887, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
- Larkin H. Powell was born 2 Apr 1836, Spencer, Indiana, USA; died 19 Jul 1896, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
- Winnie Ann Powell was born 20 Mar 1839.
- Elijah Hasting Powell was born 20 Oct 1841, Spencer, Owen, Indiana, USA; died 22 Sep 1906, Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
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| 4. | Elijah Powell was born 1755 (son of Mary Powell); died 1833, Chatham, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Notes:
Elijah, born say 1755, mentioned in the May 1786 Johnston County court which ordered the sheriff to deliver an "orphan" child of his to be bound out [Haun, Johnston County Court Minutes, IV:325]. He was head of a Johnston County household of 1 "other free" in 1800, 6 in Chatham County in 1810 [NC:200], and 10 "free colored" in Chatham in 1820 [NC:211]. He was one of the freeholders of Chatham County who were ordered by the court to work on the road from New Hope Bridge to William Goodwin's in February 1814 [Minutes 1811-18, 147]. His will was proved in Chatham County court on Monday, 13 August 1832.
Elijah married Patsey Scott 17 Jul 1828, Wake, North Carolina, USA. Patsey died , USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 5. | Patsey Scott died , USA. Other Events:
Children:
- 2. Farrow Pharoah Powell was born 1809, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA; died 27 Aug 1887, South Bend, St Joseph, Indiana, USA.
- Eaton Powell was born Abt 1812, Chatham, North Carolina, USA; died 19 Mar 1892, Vigo, Indiana, USA; was buried Mar 1892, Stewart Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.
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| 6. | Jarrel Walden was born 1774, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (son of John Chavis Walden, Jr and Rebecca Ruth Chavers); died 5 Mar 1844, Lafayette, Owen, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
- Reference Number: 1951
- Residence: 1820, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1830, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
- Residence: 1840, Lafayette, Owen, Indiana, USA
- Probate: 17 Feb 1843, Owen, Indiana, USA
Jarrel married Mourning Jackson 16 Sep 1801, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA. Mourning was born 1775, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died , Owen, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 7. | Mourning Jackson was born 1775, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died , Owen, Indiana, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Clara Walden was born 1810, North Carolina, USA.
- Amos Walden was born 1816, North Carolina, USA; died , USA.
- Leanna Walden was born Abt 1819, North Carolina, USA.
- 3. Betsy Walden was born Abt 1813, North Carolina, USA; died Abt 1842, Spencer, Owen, Indiana, USA.
- Harbard Walden was born 1800, Virginia, USA.
- Henry D. Walden was born 16 Jan 1801, Chatham, North Carolina, USA.
- Sally Walden died , USA.
- Beverly Walden died , USA.
- Lucy Walden died , USA.
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| 9. | Mary Powell was born 1695, Southampton, Virginia, USA. Other Events:
Notes:
Mary Powell, born say 1695, was called "Mary Powell a mullatto" on 12 June 1755 when the Southampton County court ordered that she be exempt from paying levies [Orders 1754-9, 92].
Children:
- 4. Elijah Powell was born 1755; died 1833, Chatham, North Carolina, USA.
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| 12. | John Chavis Walden, Jr was born 1742, Surry, Virginia, USA (son of John Chavis Walden and Martha Franklin); died 12 Sep 1829, Chatham, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Notes:
John Chavis2 Walden, born say 1742, was taxable on 125 acres in Dinwiddie County in 1782 [Land Tax List 1782-1814]. He purchased 70 acres in Warren County, North Carolina, on the east side of Causeway Branch adjoining Worrell on 23 April 1782 and purchased 125 acres on the west side of Smith's Creek in Warren County for 40 pounds on 27 February 1783. He sold (signing) the 125 acres for 50 pounds on 1 November 1785 [DB 8:13, 93, 347]. He was taxable on 460 acres and 1 poll in Warren County in 1784 and taxable on 75 acres and no polls in 1786 [Tax List 1781-1801, 81, 119]. He purchased three tracts of land in Mecklenburg County, Virginia: 400 acres joining the Warren County line on 26 December 1785 for 120 pounds; a 1-1/5 acre lot on the south bank of the Roanoke River on the west side of the road leading to Christopher Haskins' ferry, about 400 yards from the ferry on 9 July 1792 for 12 pounds; and 110 acres on the Warren County line and the head branches of Cotton Creek for 55 pounds on 8 January 1795 [DB 6:529; 8:149, 485]. He was taxable on 3 horses and 9 cattle in Mecklenburg County in 1787; taxable on himself and William Kersey in 1788; taxable on himself and slaves Pompey and Tiller in 1790; and on himself and John Walden, Jr., in another list for 1790; on himself, John Walden, and Robert Corn in 1791; on himself and son Jarrell in 1795 and 1796; and taxable on himself, son John and slaves Patty, Milly, Amy, Mary & Hannah in 1805 and 1806 [Personal Property Tax List 1782-1805, frames 255, 333, 360, 416, 584, 604, 1095; 1806-28, frame 20]. He was called John C. Walden in August 1793 when the Warren County court ordered the Collector to pay him 67 pounds for building and keeping in repair the bridge across Palmer's Mill Pond, and on 27 August 1793 he was called John Walden of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, when he and John Birchett of Warren County posted a bond for 200 pounds to insure their keeping the bridge in repair for seven years [Warren County Minutes 1793-1800, 15; WB 6:252]. He (signing) and his wife Rebecca sold 400 acres where he was then living in Mecklenburg County on 3 February 1797, sold 60 acres at the head of Cotton Creek on 11 March 1797, and sold 50 acres on the county line to Susanna Mayo on 25 December 1797 with Moses Stewart and Charles Durham as witnesses [DB 9:218, 219, 431-2]. His sons Eaton and John were counted in the 1800 Warren County census [NC:837]. He owned land in Chatham County before May 1785 when he was among the freeholders ordered by the court to work on one of the county roads [Minutes 1781-85, 109b]. On 20 July 1800 he was called John C. Walden of Chatham County when he purchased 172 acres in Randolph County on Brush Creek, and on 27 February 1805 he bought another 170 acres on Flat Creek in Randolph County which he sold to his son William on 1 September 1810 [DB 8:174; 11:110; 12:97]. In the Tuesday, November 1819 session of the Chatham County court, a bond from him and John Farrar for building a bridge and keeping it in repair for seven years was returned, and the court ordered the County Treasurer to pay him 33 dollars for building the bridge across Hughs' Creek on the road leading from Ramsey's Mills on Deep River to Fayetteville. He was head of a Warren County household of 10 "other free" in 1800 [NC:837] (perhaps the same John Walden who was head of a Chatham County household of 12 "other free" in 1800), 4 "other free" and a slave in 1810 [NC:747] and 6 "free colored" in Chatham County in 1820 [NC:202]. head of a Chatham County household of 12 "other free" in 1800. He transferred 100 acres to his son Bartley Walden by deed proved in Chatham County court on Tuesday, November 1819 and to (his son-in-law) Wiley Jean by deed proved in Chatham County court on Tuesday, February 1821. His 12 September 1829 Chatham County will, recorded November 1829, mentioned his wife Rebecca and thirteen children to whom he left 514 acres in Chatham and Randolph counties [WB B:170]. The will also mentioned a granddaughter Lucy Scott, probably the Lucy Walden who married Abraham Scott, 22 October 1822 Wake County bond.
John married Rebecca Ruth Chavers. Rebecca (daughter of Henry Chivers and Elender Chavers Chivers) was born 1760, Chatham, North Carolina, USA; died , Chatham, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Rebecca Ruth Chavers was born 1760, Chatham, North Carolina, USA (daughter of Henry Chivers and Elender Chavers Chivers); died , Chatham, North Carolina, USA. Other Events:
Children:
- Eaton Walden was born 1767, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died 1850, Owen, Indiana, USA.
- Mary Polly Walden was born 1769.
- John Walden was born 1770, Bladen, North Carolina, USA; died 1817, Anson, North Carolina, USA.
- 6. Jarrel Walden was born 1774, Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA; died 5 Mar 1844, Lafayette, Owen, Indiana, USA.
- Robert James Walden was born 1773, Anson, North Carolina, USA.
- Rhoda Walden was born 1778, North Carolina, USA.
- Anna Nancy Walden was born 1778, Moore, North Carolina, USA; died 1860, Moore, North Carolina, USA.
- William Walden was born 1784, Surry, Virginia, USA; died Bef 3 May 1842, Randolph, North Carolina, USA.
- Stephen Walden was born 1787.
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