Thomas, Jr, seemed to have been in trouble a lot and his name appearedo ften in connection with his brother-in-law, Cornelius Newkirk.
Residences:
1800 Clark Co, KY. Thomas was listed on the tax rolls along with hisf ather and brothers, Ambrose and Simon.
1820 Ravenna Twp, Estill Co, KY. Thomas was living next door toJames , aged 26-45, at census time. Thomas was over 45 years of ageand livi ng with him were 1 male under 10, 2 were 10-16, 2 femalesunder 10, and 1 a lso over 45.
1830 Montgomery Co, KY. At census time Thomas' house held: 1 maleund er 5 years of age, 1 at 15-20, 2 were 20-30, and probably Thomasat 50- 60, 1 female 5-10, 2 at 15-20, and 1 at 40-50.
1840 Montgomery Co, Ky. That year the census recorded Thomas as50-60 y ears old as was Hannah. Living with them was an 80-90 yearold female, p robably Hannah's mother. (See next item) Next door wasson Demarcus a nd several Hall families were neighbors, probablycousins.
11/30/1841 Montgomery Co, KY, was his residence when he madeaffidavit f or his widowed mother-in-law as she applied for a widow'spension. He t ore a page from the family Bible to prove birth datesfor himself and h is wife.
1850 Dist 2, Montgomery Co, KY was where the census taker found thefa mily along with Marcus, James M, and E T Powell. Thomas was 70years o ld, a farmer, and Hannah was 67.
Was this our Thomas Powell:
"Slavery ix Kextucky
It is very difficult to find out liow many slave dealers there were int he State, for few of them ever came out in the open and advertisedthei r trade. As would be expected from its size and situationLouisville wa s the place where the dealer could ply his trade to thebest advantage. I t was the central business point and the port fromwhich most slaves fr om Kentucky were shipped down the Ohio andMississippi. There is no men tion in the newspapers of any dealersthere before the year 1845. There after there were several whoadvertised for any number of slaves and ma de no secret of the purposeof purchase. In the Journal for October 29, 1 845, William Kellycalled for all persons who had slaves to sell to see h im and offeredthem the highest prices. He further stated that he had s laves forsale. His name does not often appear in succeeding years. Dur ing thenext decade there were four regular dealers who appar- ently di dconsiderable business: T. Arterburn, J. Arterburn,
William F. Talbott, and Thomas Powell. Later John Mattingly came upont he scene resumably from St. Louis. In July, 1845, the Arterburnbrother s began a series of advertisements which ran for severalyears. *'We wi sh to purchase 100 negroes for the Southern market, forwhich we will p ay the highest prices in cash."^^ Talbott began his
publicity in 1848 with these words: "The subscriber wishes to purchase1 00 negroes, for which he will pay the highest cash prices. Canalways b e found at the Louisville Hotel. "^^ Two years later he wasstill adver tising, but had ceased placing any limit on the number tobe bought and h ad moved his quarters to the Hotel O'Rain.^^ ThomasPowell also began i n 1848 with this stock phraseology— "Personshaving negroes for sale ca n find a purchaser at
the highest cash prices by calling on the subscriber, on Sixth Street,b etween Main and Market, adjoining H. Duncan's stable.""^ Thisadvertise ment ran continually for a period/
