Descendant Pat Powell Springer posted at GenForum:
"Some of Green Oliver Powell's children went to Harlan Co. Ky. andwork ed in the Coal Mines, some stayed in the Chattanooga, Tn.,Northwest Ga . area. Green Oliver and Martha are believed to be buriedin the Powell C emetery on the old Powell Home Place on the East sideof Lookout Mounta in, in Walker Co. Ga."
Residences & events:
12/18/1850 Subdivision 30, Benton Co, AL. The census taker found thel ittle family there and recorded Green O Powell, 23, Martha, 18, babyso n Francis M, less than a month old; and Green's brother Newton, 16.All w ere born in GA except Francis in AL. Green and Newton werefarmers but n either had any real estate.
1858 GA They must not have liked the western states as they wereback h ome that year before son William was born.
1860 Where were they at census time that year? On the move back toGA ?
8/25/1870 Subdivision 128, PO Fricks Gap, Walker Co, GA. At censusti me Green O Powell, 44, had a much larger family with Martha E, 39.Thei r children were: James L, 18, Green O, 16, William M, 12,Palestine, 1 0, Isaac N, 8, John, 6, and Large/Lange T, 4. Green wasstill farming, h is property totaled $200/600. The two oldest sonswere born in AL, the r est of the children in GA. The four older boyswere farm laborers.
From Walker County, Georgia Military:
"When the Civil War came to Georgia in 1861, Walker Countians, locatedi n the extreme northwest corner of the state, like many of the moremoun tainous sections of the South, found themselves with a dividedloyalty. ...
One of the best sources to dispute the myth of a Solid South is therep orts of the Southern Claims Commission. On March 3, 1871, the U.S. Con gress passed a law which allowed for reimbursement of pro-UnionSouther ners whose property had been damaged or confiscated by Uniontroops dur ing the war. Three agents toured the South in the 1870'staking applica tions for claims made against the United States. Muchevidence was requ ired to prove both the loyalty of the claimants andto the actual damag ed reputedly done by Union soldiers." Among themany claimants were Gr ee O Powell and Sevier Powell but they weredenied. Only 37 ended up r ecouping any damages.
6/10/1880 Mountain Dist, Dade Co, GA. Before the next census theyhad m oved again. Green O Powell was listed at 54, but born in TNthis time; M artha E was 49. Children left in the house were Isaac N,18, John, 16, G eorge T, 14, and Henry C, 9. Green was still farming.
6/16/1900 Rising Farm, dist 49, Dade Co, GA. By census time thatyear , the old couple were living alone, Green O Powell at 74, MarthaE at 6 9. They had been married 51 years, she had birthed 13children but on ly 8 still survived. Green was still farming but hadnot worked 3 mont hs during the past 12. Down the road lived son Johnfollwed by son Wm M .
He may have died in 1910 in Texarkana, TX as some descendants say.
