Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Powell was born on 10 February 1792, in Bladen, North Carolina, United States, his father, Capt Absalom Powell Sr, was 39 and his mother, Mary Brown Stephens, was 37. He married Elizabeth Lee Powell in 1823, in Columbus, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 1 January 1851, in Columbus, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Josiah Powell, "United States Census, 1850"
- Josiah Powell, "United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815"
- 1840 United States Federal Census
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World Events (7)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).
Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).
English: variant of Paul or Poole .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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