Excerpted from The Heritage of William Powell & Sally Riddle andAssoci ated Powell Families" by Frank Owen Powell as told to WillieEvelyn Pow ell Sanders by her grandmother, Mary Ann Elizabeth VickeryPowell, wife o f Tinsley Powell.
"'William Powell and Sallie Riddle were in love but her parents didn'tw ant them to marry, sending Sallie to America--Charleston, S.C.
William came on the next ship and the couple got married. The couplewr ote their parents "come on over to the garden spot of the world."The P owell's came bringing, according to lore, a 'hairy chest ofgold'. This w as a chest covered in sheep wool."
While it is a fanciful story, the Riddles had been in VA long beforeSa lly was born.
Sally's name was Powell by the time her father's will was written. Shea nd William were first cousins, once removed.
