1840 Shelby Co, IL. James moved sometime before census time, thecens us recording his family as consisting of himself at 30-40, 1female und er 5, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 15-20, and 1 female 10-20.
11/30/1840 E Nelson Twp, Moultrie Co, IL
1847 Jonathan Creek Twp, Moultrie Co, IL. County history recordedthe y ear of the family's arrival here, the same year as the Powellfamily.
8/13/1850 Moultrie Co, IL. At census time James was 50 years old,Mal inda was 34. Their children were Margarett, 14, Geo, 8, Mahala,6, Jam es, 4, and Wm, 10 mo. James was born in KY, Malinda in Ind,the childr en in IL. James was a farmer with real estate worth $300.Malinda's br other John Powell lived in the same county but they werethe only Bathe s.
Guardian list of minor heirs 4/10/1856, filed 1850.
