Moses Montique Powell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee
• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

Gravesite listed @ Smyrna Cemetery...DAH

Moses married Margaret Savage on 20 Jul 1876 in Warren County, Tennessee. Margaret was born in 1860 in (Warren County) Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farm labor
• Military: CSA Veteran

Notes:

Military:
Battle Unit Name:
35th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (5th Infantry) (1st Mountain Rifle Regiment)
Side:
Confederacy
Company:
B
Soldier's Rank In:
Private
Soldier's Rank Out:
Private
Alternate name:
Film Number:
M231 ROLL 35
Plaque Number:
Notes:
none

John married Elmina Curtis on 5 Nov 1855 in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Elmina (daughter of Chesley Curtis and Rebecca Martin) was born on 1 Dec 1835 in Tennessee; died on 7 Feb 1928 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of Chesley & Rebecca (Martin) Curtis
Married John William Powell Nov. 5, 1855 in Van Buren County Tennessee

Notes:

The Powell Family

Mary Reynolds, daughter of Henry Reynolds, of Greenwich, England or Weymouth (in the county of Dorset), born October 12, 1812, died April 13, 1899, married John Willian Powell, June 23, 1833. He died October 1, 1838. They had two (2) sons, John W., II and Henry. After John W., I, died in England, Granny Powell married Robert Sargeant on May 3, 1845 and they all came to America to live.

They left England in 1845 or 1846 and landed in America around 1850. The story as told, storms blew the sailboat back and forth so that it took over 18 months for them to reach America. As the boat started to leave going back to England their dog ran back on the boat and went back with it. Nothing else is know about their life until they came to the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee in Sequatchie County, then to Powell Point on the mountain.

Granny Sargeant's first husband, John W. Powell was buried in the Family Vault or Crypt in Rotherrithe Church yard near London. Their names were Family Names as were Father and Grandfather were before him. Her name, Mary, was from way back also.

The Powell name is Welch. John William, II and Henry were born in Bristol, England. John is on record at the Episcopal Church that he was baptized at the age of 6 weeks. Grandpa Powell had a sister named Mary and she married James Strutts. He was Hatter (made hats). He would be called a milliner now.

Grandma Powell Sargeant had a sister Naomi, who married James Corbett and they had a daughter named Eliza M. Tillbrook in England and had lots of money as told. It's been told that Granny Sargeant was disinherited because she married a commoner as they were called in England, or a man from the lower class, or beneath her.

Granny Sargeant's second husband (Grandpa Sargeant) is buried at Liberty Cemetery near Viola. She is buried at Smyrna Cemetery. Granny had heart dropsy.

John and Henry were both in the Civil War. Emma Turner McGregor remembered her grandpa John telling about riding horses in the war. He was wounded in the war in June 1862, while riding on a train. John was six (6) year old and Henry was four (4) when they landed in New York from England.


Author unknown.

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Buried:
Click here to view images & history of St. Mary's Rotherhithe... http://www.stmaryrotherhithe.org/ and http://www.stmaryrotherhithe.org/

John married Mary Reynolds on 23 Jun 1833 in (Dorset County, England). Mary (daughter of Henry Reynolds and unnamed spouse) was born on 12 Oct 1812 in Greenwich, Dorset, England; died in 0___ 1892 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: ~ 1850

Notes:

Mary was the wife of Robert Sargent. Robert was born in 1792 in England and died in 1782. Robert and Mary did not have any children together. Her two sons are from a previous marriage.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 3 Sep 1866, Van Buren County, Tennessee

Notes:

CURTIS information is abstracted from "The Curtis Family of Warren County, Tennessee", by Don Martini, date unknown...DAH.
John Gillentine, Sr. appointed estate administrator...

Chesley married Rebecca Martin in (C. 1825) in (Warren County, Tennessee). Rebecca (daughter of Jacob Martin and Catherine "Katie" Myers) was born on 14 Sep 1806 in Tennessee; died on 28 Nov 1865 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census:
cited as, "insane"...

Notes:

Birth:
of Greenwich, England or Weymouth (in the county of Dorset)

Henry married unnamed spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moses Curtis1
M, b. circa 1750
Father Montgomery County Curtis1 b. c 1730
Last Edited 24 Oct 2016
Birth* Moses Curtis was born circa 1750 at Virginia; born before 1755; relationship unknown.1
NoteB Moses signed a petition to the North Carolina legislature dated 30 Jan 1779, asking that Anson be divided into two counties, thereby forming Montgomery.2
Land Entry* He entered land on 25 January 1781 at Montgomery, North Carolina, 100 acres on NE side of Yadkin River, near fork of Dutch John Creek.3
Tax List* He appeared on the personal property tax list of 1782 at Montgomery, North Carolina; listed as a "single man," no land, horses or cattle; lived next to Russel and near John.4
Census He appeared on the census of 1784 at Montgomery, North Carolina, state census, no detail given.5
Marriage* He married Sarah (?) circa 1785 at North Crolina.
NoteB Both Russel and Moses were "single men" in 1782 but had 3 or 4 children in the 1790 census. But the household headcounts for the 1800 census suggest their first wives died and they remarried starting new families.1
Census* Moses Curtis appeared on the census of 1790 at Montgomery, North Carolina, page 409, 1 male over 16, 4 males 1-15, no females.6
Land Entry He entered land on 22 February 1794 at Montgomery, North Carolina, 15 acres bordered by his own line on NE side of Yadkin River at "the falls;" described as "Moses Curtis Sr."3
Census He appeared on the census of 1800 at Montgomery, North Carolina, page 477, 1 male and 5 females under 10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 26-44.7
NoteB* Moses and Bennett signed a petition dated 13 December 1805, in which residents of Montgomery County asked the State Assembly to remove or periodically open the mill dams on the Uhary River that were impeding the flow of fish, especialyl white shad , to Montgomery County [NC Archives, Records of the General Assembly, December 1805, Box 3].
Census He and Sarah (?) appeared on the census of 1810 at Montgomery, North Carolina, page 45, 1 male under 10, 1 male and 1 female 10-15, 3 females 16-25, 1 male and 1 female over 45.8
NoteB* On 12 January 1834, William Boyd appeared in Washington County, Arkansas court to testify regarding his application for a Revolutionary War pension. Among the men he served with were Russel and Moses Curtis. He further stated that he was born in Southampton County, Virginia on 11 August 1760 and lived in Rowan County, North Carolina when he was called into service. Following the war, he lived in Montgomery County, North Carolina, Warren County, Tennessee, Lauderdale County, Alabama, McNairy County, Tennessee and then resided in Washington County, Arkansas.9
Family
Sarah (?) b. c 1765
Children
Elizabeth Curtis10 b. 1788
Amy (Anny) Curtis11 b. bt 1790 - 1800
Margaret Curtis11 b. bt 1790 - 1800
Martha (Patsey) Curtis11 b. c 1795
Chesley Curtis+ b. 6 Aug 1795, d. 6 Aug 1866
Charnel Hight Curtis+11 b. 1805
Delilah Curtis11 b. 1812
Priscilla Curtis11 b. 1812
William Washington Curtis+11 b. 1812
Citations
[S1] Census of Population 1790, 1800.
[S2302] Larry Cates, "Orange County Bastardy Bonds, 1782-1799."
[S1748] A.B. Pruitt, Abstracts of Land Entries: Montgomery Co. NC 1778-1795.
[S1734] Montgomery County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Montgomery County, North Carolina List of Taxables.
[S1] Census of Population North Carolina State Census 1784-1787.
[S1] Census of Population 1790.
[S1] Census of Population 1800.
[S1] Census of Population 1810.
[S1737] Footnote.com, Footnote.com, Revolutionary War Pension Applications.
[S1] Census of Population 1850.
[S2330] Tennessee Clerk Warren County, Warren county, Tennessee Deed Records, Sale to McGregor by Sarah Curtis and family.

end of profile

27 May 2007:

http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/family/curtis.html

'The Curtis Family of Warren County Tennessee' By Don Martini

The 1880 Warren census gives us another valuable clue. It shows that Delilah Curtis, age 77, and William Curtis, age 68, both born in North Carolina, were brother and sister. It also shows that their father was born at sea, their mother in Virginia.

Using the fact that two of Sarah’s heirs were brother and sister, and the fact that all the heirs had an equal share in her 30 acres, I have assumed that all the heirs were siblings, her children. By assuming that all the heirs were Sarah’s children, the genealogy would be:

____ Curtis, born at sea, married Sarah ____.born in Virginia about 1770. Their children were born in North Carolina between 1785 and 1812-1816. Mr. Curtis died by 1824, Sarah in late 1846 or early 1847.

Suffice to say that a check of all available North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee records to date has not yielded the name of Sarah’s husband. It also suffices to say that the Lynn Dodson book is absolutely incorrect in stating that Chesley et al were children John Jr. 9 and Rachel Curtis. Wiley Curtis, maybe. The deed and census records of Warren Counry clearly list John Jr,’s and Sarah’s heirs.

end of note

Birth:
at sea, during his parents immigration to The Colonies...

Moses married Sarah Hight in ~ 1784 in (Virginia). Sarah was born in 1765-1770 in Commonwealth of Virginia; died in 1846-1847 in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/family/curtis.html

The Curtis Family of Warren County Tennessee By Don Martini

Sarah Curtis

While John Curtis Sr. and his sons were trading in land on Barren Fork in the 1820s, there appeared in Warren County another Curtis family. On November 22, 1824, there was surveyed for Jay McGregor a tract of 99 acres on Collins River. The land bordered the lands of Patrick Hennessee, Elijah Dodson, William McGregor, and Jacob Martin) and included on its east side “a spring -made use of by the Widow Curtis. A survey of 20 acres for William McGregor done on September 18, 1826, was carried out with Jacob Martin and Chesley Curtis as chain carriers.

The 1830 census shows this new group of Curtises, who were not listed in 1820:

p. 346 Rolen Ware
Thomas Hennessee
Richmond McGregor
William J. Cartwright
Chesley Curtis 200001-00001

p. 360 Jay McGregor
Sarah Curtis 00111-000040001
William McGregor Jr.
Ezekiel McGregor

More about this family comes to light through a series of deeds made in the 1840s. On March 21, 1841, Wiley McGregor sold to Henderson McGregor a large tract of land once owned by Jacob Martin. He also sold “one other tract of thirty acres adjoining the above and Ezekiel McGregor and William J. Stubblefield purchased of the heirs of. Sarah Curtis on which I now live.” The deed books also show that on April 6, 1847, Chesley Curtis sold to Wiley McGregor his interest in a tract of land which he had gained by descent. According to that deed he held equal and undivided interest in the tract, along with Elizabeth Melton, Amy Freeman,_____ Huckden, Margaret Freeman, Patsy Sanford, Delilah Curtis, Sarah Curtis, Priscilla Curtis, Charnel H.(Hight) Curtis, and William Curtis. The land lay in District 4 on Collins River, bordered on the north by Ezekiel McGregor, on the west by William Stubblefield,and on the south and east by Wiley McGregor (the tract once owned by Jacob Martin,, whose daughter, Rebecca, born TN, September 14, 1806, married Chesley Curtis in 1825). The 1836 tax list showed that Sarah Curtis owned 30 acres valued at $150.00. (In 1838, the tax list had the 30 acres in William Curtis’ name).

Thus the deeds show that Chesley Curtis and the others were heirs of Sarah Curtis. Some of the other heirs sold their interest in the 30 acres to Wiley McGregor. Vinson Sandford and wife Patty did so on September 8, 1847. Sarah Curtis (Jr.) did so. on September .20, 1848. Charnel H. Curtis did so on June 20, 1849. Elizabeth Melton did, so on July 1, 1849, in a deed attested to in Lincoln County, Tennessee. No deeds have been found for the other heirs.

Here’s some records on this family:

1836 tax list, District 4, Sarah Curtis (30 acres), William Curtis, Chesley Curtis, Charnel H. Curtis

1838 tax lists, District 4, William Curtis (30 acres), Chesley Curtis, Charnel H. Vinson Sandford

l840 census:

p. 364 Chesley Curtis 013101-200001001
Sarah Curtis 00001-600021001
William Melton 000001-20001
p. 365 Vinson Sandford 1000101-0000101

1844, March 11 - election to sell school lands near Harrison’s Ferry. Held at the home of Audley Harrison, District 4. Voters:
Vinson Sandford, William Curtis, Wiley Curtis, Charnel Curtis.

Census records give us more information on the heirs of Sarah Curtis. First of all, the 1850 census gives us very little. Chesley Curtis, Charnel H. Curtis, Vinson Sandford, all are missing. Two of Chesley’s sons, Moses and Aaron, are shown. So is William Curtis, but his is data is wrong, based on later censuses. Here’s what it shows:

p. 459 William Curtis 22 NC (should be age 38)
Mania 24 NC (should be age 32)
Jolih H. 2 TN
Martha M. 1 TN
Priscilla 38 NC
Lila 38 NC (should be age 47)

Why this is in error is unknown. Later censuses correct the ages. Also why the other Curtis members were missed is not clear. They were also omitted from the 1850 agricultural census, leading me to believe that they had moved, at least temporarily, from the county. I’ve not found them in any state in 1850 as of this time.

One note before continuing. Note that among the voters in District 4 in 1844 was Wiley Curtis. He was also a witness to a deed made by Sarah Curtis Jr.-in 1848. He lived among Sarah’s heirs until his death in 1865. Born in Tennessee in 1815, Wiley may have been a nephew of Sarah Curtis.

The 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses give us these birthdates for Sarah Curtis’ heirs:

Elizabeth Melton b. NC 1785 (d. Lincoln County, Tn, March, 1860)
Patsy Sanford b. NC 1745 (died after 1860)
Chesley Curtis b. NC 1799 (tombstone says 8-6-1796, but all
censuses show 1799-1800) d. 1866)
Delilah Curtis b. NC 1803
Charnel Hight Curtis b. NC 1805 (d. 1875)
Priscilla Curtis b. NC 1811 (based on 1850 census only)
William Curtis b. NC 1812 (d. after 1880)
Margaret Freemen ???????
Amy Freeman ???????
___ Huckden
Sarah Curtis Jr. b. TN or NC, 1816 (if she married William B. Melton, as family story goes)

The 1880 Warren census gives us another valuable clue. It shows that Delilah Curtis, age 77, and William Curtis, age 68, both born in North Carolina, were brother and sister. It also shows that their father was born at sea, their mother in Virginia.

Using the fact that two of Sarah’s heirs were brother and sister, and the fact that all the heirs had an equal share in her 30 acres, I have assumed that all the heirs were siblings, her children. By assuming that all the heirs were Sarah’s children, the genealogy would be:

____ Curtis, born at sea, married Sarah ____ born in Virginia about 1770. Their children, were born in North Carolina between 1785 and 1812/1816. Mr. Curtis died by 1824, Sarah in late 1846 or early 1847.

Suffice to say that a check of all available North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee records to date has not yielded the name of Sarah’s husband. It also suffices to say that the Lynn Dodson book is absolutely incorrect in stating that Chesley et al were children John Jr. 9 and Rachel Curtis. Wiley Curtis, maybe. The deed and census records of Warren Counry clearly list John Jr,’s and Sarah’s heirs.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

Born in North Carlina. Came to Warren County in 1807.

May have had daughters; Harriet, Pernetta. Re 1850 Warren Census, p. 66...DAH

May have had son, W.C.Martin/1870 Van Buren Census,p. 29...DAH

Birth:
Map & History of Burke County, North Carolina http://bit.ly/Rd17uM

Jacob married Catherine "Katie" Myers(Burke County, North Carolina). Catherine (daughter of Elias Myers and FNU Crews) was born in 1781-1786 in North Carolina; died about 1890 in Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Smyrna Cemetery, Irving College, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
(No Tombstone)

Notes:

Tory soldier during Revolutionary War...Wes Dodson

Military:
Tory soldier during Revolutionary War...

Isaac married unnamed spouse(Burke County, North Carolina). unnamed was born in (North Carolina). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Perhaps "Rebecca"...DAH

Notes:

No sure this is the same Elias. Birth father is the same, however, divergent data... http://www.slicesoftime.net/ourfamily/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_17/P18520.html

Elias married FNU Crews(North Carolina). FNU was born in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married unnamed spouse. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?elias::myers::2757.html
Looking for info.on Elias Myers born 1735 Germany came to PA 1762. Adventure Ship. Married Elizabeth and had at least four children in Lincoln Co. NC. John, Elias Jr.,Fredrick and Mrs (?)Jacob Link. Most of the children moved to Indiana.
Sheila Myers Plunkett

Elias married Elizabeth Gartner on 2 Feb 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born in (Pennsylvania). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]