"Mrs. Hogue's Grandfather, Newton Powell told us, when he was livingt hat some of his people had served in every war in the U. S. that hadev er engaged in except The Spanish American War. His father Lewis R.Pow ell served in the War of 1812 and recieved a land
grant in Walker, Co. Ga. for his services. The father of Lewis R.Pow ell, also thought to be Lewis Powell was said to have served inGeorge W ashigton's First Virginia Brigade, but a record of hisservice has not b een located."
"Mrs. Hogue's grand father, Newton Powel served in the ConfederateStat es Army, 1861-1865, enlisting at Lafayette. Ga. He was capturedand he ld as prisoner of war at Camp Douglass, Ill. for nearly a yearuntill t he close of the war. He also enlsted in the War
of 1848-1848, the Mexican War, at Rising Fawn, Ga. but the war endedbe fore he could be sent to the front."
Residences & events:
12/18/1850 Subdivision 30, Benton Co, AL. Young Newton must havemove d west to be with brother Oliver after his father remarried as hewas c ounted there at census time at age 16 as a farmer.
1860 He and brother Oliver must be on the move that year as neitherca n be found at census time.
5/16/1862 Camp Smith, TN At age 28 he mustered into the ConfederateA rmy in Co E GA 3rd Cavalry as a Pvt in Capt John D Pop's Company,Howar d's Batt'n for a period of 3 years of the war.
On the same day and place S Powell, 23, also mustered in. Was thisbro ther Sevier?
From Confederate States Military Force:
"The 3rd Confederate Cavalry [aka: 11th Cavalry] was another of Gen'lW heeler's commands for the greater part of the war. Seven of thecompani es were Alabamians and included the cavalry battalionn ofMajor W. N. E stes which merged into the 3rd. The regiment operatedaround the Army o f Tennessee, and was in several battles and raids,and in innumerable s kirmishes...."
Info gleaned from Selected Records of the War Department Relating toCo nfederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865:
Powell, Newton, Pvt, Robinsons Batty Arty Co A, Captured WalkerCo, G A, Oct 5, 1864, Sent to Camp Douglass, Ills Oct 31st, 1864(along with 9 o thers), Received Nov 2, 1864, Discharged May 12, 1865.
8/6/1870 Trenton, Dade Co, GA. Having lost his wife the previousyear , the census taker found Newton Powel, 36, living among Mahanin-laws. H e was counted with widow Sarepty Mahan, 31, next door topossibly her w idowed mother. Brother Sevier lived two doors down. inthe other direc tion. Two doors farther on were his children, sonsCalop, 12, Leander, 1 0, daughter, Olley, 8, and sons James and John,6 and 4 respectively, l iving in a household of children, FranklinWallis was the oldest at 15. B ut between them and Sevier were Johnand Nancy Mahan, possibly the gran dparents.
6/21/1880 Pond Spring, Walker Co, GA. That year at census timeNewton P owell, 44, had his three children living with him, daughterOllie, 17, a nd sons James L, 15, and John W, 13. Everyone was bornin GA. Newton a nd the boys were farm laborers. Two pages back inthe same township wa s nephew Francis Marion.
6/26/1900 Kensington, Walker Co, GA. Newton Powell, 68, born GA, wasa s ingle man and head of the house living there with a Forresterfamily li ving with him as boarders. Newton was a farmer, Forresterwas a farm l aborer. Two doors down was William Powell, 53.
Georgia, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960
Name: Newton Powell
County: Walker
Approx. Application Year: 1909
Application Type: Indigent Soldier
Archive collection name: Pension Applications of Confederate Soldiersa nd Widows
Archive Collection #: GCP-456
Number of Images in Packet: 4
On the application he verified his birth date and place as posted,said h e lived in GA all his life in Walker Co, was in Co "E" B5Confederate R egiment and served during the entire war beingdischarged in 1865 south o f Atlanta and was not present at surrender.He left his command when h e was captured on Lookout Mountain, 1864,on Hood (the rest unreadable) . His occupation since 1865 wasfarming. He based his application on a ge and poverty of about 3years.
1910 He disappeared before next census time.
He provided the date and place of his birth for his confederatepension a pplicion.
