9/26/1850 Burke Co, NC. Farmer, Jacob Powell, 44, and wife Saphrona,4 3, had a large family, according to the census that year. Theirchildr en were: Elizabeth, 19, Martha, 17, Camp, 14, Jacob, 12, Mary,11, Por tman, 6, Joseph, 4, Robert, 2, and William, 1. All were bornin NC.