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== 1764: Spinning Jenny invented by my maternal Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather, Englishman James Hargreaves. Sparks the Industrial Revolution.
== 1792: Denmark the first country to prohibit slave trade.
== 1807: Slave trade abolished in British Empire.
== 1815: France prohibits slave trade.
== In 1821, the year Mexico gains independence from Spain, Stephen F. Austin receives permission from the Mexican government to settle a colony of 300 families, now known as the "Old Three Hundred," in southeast Texas. Although Anglo Americans are already living in Texas at the time, Austin's settlement is the official beginning of Anglo American colonization in Texas. The majority of the "Old Three Hundred" colonists were from the Trans-Appalachian South; the largest number were from Louisiana, followed by Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri. Virtually all were originally of British ancestry. Many had been born east of the Appalachians and were part of the large westward migration of the early years of the nineteenth century. Most were farmers, and many-including the Bell, Borden, Kuykendall, McCormick, McNair, McNeel, Raab, and Varner families-already had substantial means before they arrived. Because Austin wanted to avoid problems with his colonists, he generally only accepted those of "better" classes; indeed, only four of the "Old Three Hundred" grantees were illiterate. Another indication of the financial stature of the grantees was the large number of slaveholders among them; by the fall of 1825, sixty-nine of the families in Austin's colony owned slaves, and the 443 slaves in the colony accounted for nearly a quarter of the total population of 1,790.
== Lands in what are now Lavaca County are in the grants of both Stephen F. Austin and Green C. DeWitt. In 1831, DeWitt allocates land grants to twenty-one and Austin to twelve families who came to establish homes. Note: Due to observance of the 10 league coastal reservation and its more westerly position relative to the Austin Colony on the coast and to the east, the DeWitt Colony was less attractive to the slave-supported plantation economy of the Deep South. As DeWitt Colonists expanded their initially small vegetable, grain and hog farms into larger horse, dairy and cattle ranches applying skills which they learned from the natives of their adopted country, slave manpower was not a factor and holdings were limited largely to a few household servants and farm and ranch hands until well into the last days of the Republic and statehood. The first Black Texans west of the Colorado River appear to be James Kerr's slaves Shade, Anise and Jack who accompanied him and daughter to Kerr Creek near Gonzales in 1825, removed with him to Old Station on the Lavaca after the settlement was abandoned due to Indian attack and probably moved with him to his eventual homestead on the Lavaca River in current JacksonCo. According to John Henry Brown in The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, Jack was the son of Shade and Anise, who were the parents and grandparents of numerous offspring, who became widely known and greatly esteemed for their fidelity and patriotism in every conflict. For more information on slavery in early Texas, click here.
== 1833: Slavery abolished in British colonies.
== Captain William Warner Hill is referred to as a onetime resident of the DeWitt Colony in some records. He was born in Somerset, Pulaski Co., Kentucky in 1807 and came to Texas in 1834 where he traded mules and horses in primarily current Washington Co. He was a Lt. in Capt. George W. Barnett's Company in July 1835 and took command of Infantry Company H, 1st Regiment of Texas Volunteers in March 1836. The company fought at San Jacinto under Capt. Stephenson because of Capt. Hill's illness. Capt. Hill remained with the rear guard camp at Harrisburg during the battle. He lived also in Washington and Burleson counties after the battle and died in 1862. He married Maria L. Cole, daughter of John P. and Mary E. Owen Cole, some of the earliest settlers of Texas in 1822. A William Hill, married with a family of 8, received title to a sitio of land on Rocky Creek between the Gonzales town tract and the Lavaca Co. line, but it is unclear if this William Hill is the same or related.
== Early in 1835, Stephen F. Austin announces that he is convinced that war with Mexico is necessary to secure freedom. Growing tension in Texas is the result of cultural, political and religious differences between the Anglo Americans and the Mexican government. In response to the unrest, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, reinforces Mexican troops in Texas. A battle at Gonzales on Oct. 2, 1835, in which the Mexican forces are thwarted in their efforts to retrieve a cannon, gives rise to the famous flag bearing the words "Come and Take It." Though there were earlier minor skirmishes, the Battle of Gonzales is generally considered to be the first battle for Texas' independence.
== By 1836, 35,000 to 50,000 people have settled in Texas. Five sites serve as temporary capitals of Texas (Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia) before Sam Houston moves the capital to Houston in 1837.
== In 1839, the capital is moved to the new town of Austin.
Settlers totaling more than 10 with the surname Powell,
more than 25 with the surname Hill and 28 with the surname Lee are in Texas now, including a William H. Lee who arrives in 1839.
Data from Land Records for Wm H Lee:
Class of Grant: 3 Conditional (grant subject to applicant establishing residency in TX for at least three years)
Amount of Land: 320 acres (single man)
Conditional Certificate Issued in: Shelby County TX
Qualifying Date of Arrival to TX: 1 Oct 1837 thru 1 Jan 1840
Date Conditional Certificate Issued: December 1839
== In 1842, the Texas Congress created a "Judicial" county from the fragments of Fayette, Colorado, Jackson, Victoria and Gonzales counties, naming it LaBaca. In 1846 , Lavaca became a regularly constituted county. Petersburg and Hallettsville both wanted the county seat, but after two elections and a violent contest, Hallettsville was declared the seat of the government in 1852 and Petersburg went into decline.
== Texas annexed to the United States as the 28th state on Dec. 29, 1845.
== 1846: 'Mexican-American' War (to 1848): United States wins against Mexico; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: United States gains California, New Mexico.
== The 1850 census records 213,000 people in Texas. In 1900, there are three million people, and by 1990, the population is more than 16 million.
== 1859: Ira Powell married July 14 to Malinda Jane Key, Lavaca Co., TX
== 1860: John Richardson Lavaca, Calhoun Co., TX 1860 Census Index
== Texas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederate States of America on Jan. 28, 1861.
== 1861: Abraham Lincoln inaugurated president of the United States; Confederate States of America formed by South Carolina and ten other Southern states.
'Civil War' in America (to 1865): Confederates (11 Southern States) lose against the Union (Federals) of 23 Northern States; first battle was at Bull Run, a Confederate victory.
== 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg: a Union army under George Meade defeated a Confederate army under Robert E. Lee,
a turning point in the American Civil War; Lincoln proclaims abolition of slavery in the United States.
== 1865: Confederate General Lee surrenders to Union; American Civil War ends; President Lincoln assassinated.
== Following the Civil War, Czechs and Germans began settling around Hallettsville, changing it from a simple trading post to the agricultural center of the county of Lavaca.
== Texas officially readmitted to the Union on March 30, 1870, following a period of Reconstruction.
== The present Texas Constitution is ratified on Feb. 15, 1876.
== On Sept. 8-9, 1900, an estimated 8,000 people killed in the disastrous Galveston hurricane and flood.
== George's parent's were born in Texas. His mother's name was Mary (b.c.1809). Her parent's were born in VA.
Rachel's parent's were born in Texas.
Source: 1880 census.
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
GEN0-G2-POWELL GEORGE (b.Nov. 1847-49 TX-d.yr?) married Aug. 23, 1868 Lavaca Co., TX to RACHEL NORTH (b.Mar. 1847?50? TX-d.yr?)
| Gen1-Allan/Allen Powell (b.abt.1868 TX-d.yr?)
| Gen1-Annie Powell (b.abt.1870 TX-d.yr?)
| Gen1-Isaac Powell (b.Jul. 1881 TX-d.yr?)
| Gen1-Mary Powell (b.Nov. 1883 TX-d.yr?)
== Callie was the adopted daughter of M. and Martha Claborne. Her birth mother was born in Arkansas.
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| GEN1-G1-POWELL THOMAS (b.Aug. 1871 TX-d.yr?) married Oct. 30, 1902 Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., TX to
| | CALLIE RICHARDSON (b.1880/81 TX-d.yr?)
| | Gen2-George Sr Powell (b.Sep. 07, 1906 Lavaca Co., TX-d.Jun 1969 Yoakum, Lavaca Co. , TX ) married yr? TX to
| | | Alberta Hall (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-Etta Berlane Powell (b.Oct. 20, 1930 Lavaca Co., TX-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-George Jr Powell (b.Feb. 23, 1933 Lavaca Co., TX-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-Joyce Beatrice Powell (b.Jan. 02, 1935 Lavaca Co., TX-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-Alvin Powell (b.Mar. 08, 1945 Lavaca Co., TX-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-Marva Jean Powell (b.Aug. 27, 1947 Lavaca Co., TX-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-Bobby Ray Powell (b.Apr. 09, 1949 Lavaca Co., TX-d.yr?)
GRANDPARENTS, PATERNAL:
| | GEN2-G-POWELL THOMAS M.? JR ROOSEVELT (b.Mar. 03, 1905 Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., TX-
| | | d.Oct. 26, 1974 Chula Vista, San Diego Co., CA) married May 31, 1934 Lavaca Co., TX to CHETTY C(E)LESTIAL LEE
| | | (b.Nov. 06, 1916 Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., TX1. -d.1979 AZ)
| | | Gen3-Ethyl Lee Powell3. (b.Sep. 21, 1935 Lavaca Co., TX) married yr? to Firstname? Lastname? (b.yr?-d.yr?) married again yr? to
| | | | Archie Asberry (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Edward Lee "Eddie" Asberry (b.Dec. 29, 1953 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | Gen4-Thomas J. "Tommy" Asberry (b.Apr. 24, 1958 San Diego Co., CA) married yr? TX to Francesca L. Lastname? (b.yr?-d.yr?)
| | | | Gen4-Archibal "Archie" Asberry (b.Sep. 15, 1959 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | Gen4-Alicia L. Asberry (b.Aug. 07, 1961 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | Gen3-Ruth Esther Powell (b.Jun. 14, 1937 TX) married Jun. 1954 Chula Vista, San Diego Co., CA to Billy Ray Sr Stallsworth
| | | | (b.Dec. 24, 1936 MS-d.Aug. 27, 1989 San Diego Co., CA) married again Dec. 03, 1960 CA to Larry Brown (b.Dec. 22, 1932 AZ-
| | | | d.Jan. 01, 1975 El Paso, TX)
| | | | Gen4-Billy Ray Jr Stallsworth (b.Apr. 06, 1955 San Diego Co., CA) married yr? to Firstname? Wilson (b.yr?-d.yr?) met yr?
| | | | | Firstname? Taylor married again yr? to Dec. 17, 1993 Travis Co., TX to Stacee D. Miller (b.1974)
| | | | | Gen5-W-Dreda M. Stallsworth (b.Oct. 24, 1976 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-T-Azzam F. Stallsworth (b.Oct. 02, 1982 Los Angeles Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-Billy Ray III Stallsworth (b.yr?)
| | | | | Gen5-SM-Tyrik M. Stallsworth (b. Jun.15, 1994 Travis Co., TX)
| | | | | Gen5-SM-Son Stallsworth (b.Travis Co., TX)
| | | | Gen4-Pamela Ray Stallsworth Brown (b.Dec. 26, 1957 San Diego Co., CA) met yr? Roderick A. Nared (Oct. 06, 1957 Alameda Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-Angelo D. Nared (b.Oct. 20, 1975 Santa Clara Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-Andrea Lenae Nared (b. Mar. 31, 1978 Santa Clara Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-Jade Ashley Logan (b. Sep. 23, 1990 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | Gen4-June Ellen Stallsworth (b.Jul. 13, 1959 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-Jasmine Johnson (b.Oct. 27, 1976)
| | | | | Gen5-Jennifer Joseph (b.Aug. 26, 1980)
| | | | | Gen5-Fredrick Joseph (b.Feb. 22, 1983)
| | | | | Gen5-Angela Joseph (b.May 05, 1985)
| | | | Gen4-Angela Patrice Brown (b.Feb. 09, 1962 San Diego Co., CA-d.1969 Oakland, CA)
| | | | Gen4-Donna Gay Brown (b.Jan. 22, 1963 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | Gen3-Thomas Roosevelt Jr Powell (b.Jul. 25, 1939 AZ? CA? TX?-d.Jun. 20, 1995 CA)
| | | Gen3-William "Bill" Allen Powell (b.abt.1941AZ? CA? TX?-d.yr?)
| | | Gen3-Raleigh Gene Powell (b.abt.1943 AZ? CA? TX?-d.abt.1962 Las Vegas, NV)
| | | Gen3-Charles Marlin Powell (nee Martin) (b.Nov. 11, 1947 National City, San Diego Co., CA) married Jun. 15, 1968 Chula Vista,
| | | | San Diego Co., CA to Judy Ann Pierce (b.Mar. 06, 1951 San Diego, San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | Gen4-Brian Dale Powell (b.Feb. 25, 1970 San Diego Co., CA ) married Jun. 01, 1996 San Diego Co., CA to
| | | | | Edna Bojorquez (b.Oct. 19, 1973 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | | Gen5-Derek Rey Powell (b.Nov. 15, 1998 La Mesa, San Diego Co., CA)
| | | | Gen4-Natalie Jean Powell (b.Jun. 27, 1982 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | Gen3-Arleen Kay "Bucky" Powell (b.Mar. 16, 1954 San Diego Co., CA) married Oct. 17, 1973 Chula Vista, San Diego Co., CA to
| | | | Robert Arnett Sr. Crayton (b.Sep. 06, 1953 Vernon, TX)
| | | | Gen4-Robert Arnett Jr Crayton (b.Feb. 04, 1975 San Diego Co., CA) met yr? Tiffany Volcansek (b.Sep. 26, 1974)
| | | | | Gen5-Sadie Crayton (b.Dec. 03, 1997)
| | | | Gen4-Russell Carroll Crayton (b.Jun. 26, 1978 CA) met yr? Katie Condino (b.Sep. 1977)
| | | | | Gen5-Alexis Crayton (b. May 1996)
| | | | | Gen5-Elise Crayton (b.Nov. 03, 1998)
| | | | Gen4-Adam Langston Crayton (b.Nov. 03, 1984 San Diego Co., CA)
| | | Gen3-Penny Ranee Powell (b.Mar. 08, 1962 San Diego Co., CA-d.Nov. 28, 2005 San Diego Co., CA)
PARENTS:
| | | GEN3-F-POWELL KENNETH LARRY (b.Sep. 15, 1951 San Diego Co., CA) married 1977 Chula Vista CA to
| | | | DIANE MARIE SILVERS (b.Aug. 06, 1957 South Bend, St. Joseph Co., IN)
SELF:
| | | | GEN4-D-POWELL PERSEPHONE MARIE (b.Aug. 09, 1974 Granada Hills, Los Angeles Co., CA)
| | | | | married April 19, 2009 Montclair, San Bernardino Co., CA to Julio Celso Monterroso (b.Apr. 08, 1974 Guatemala, GUA)
| | | | | Gen5-Andres Edgar Celso Monterroso (b.Oct. 14, 2005 Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Co., CA)
Credits / Sources:
1. Copy of birth certificate provided by Charles and Judy Powell.
2. Listed in 1870 Lavaca County TX 469 Hallettsville Federal Population Schedule TX 1870 Federal Census Index TXf001001303285
3. Father listed as F.M. Powell.
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Code: D= Daughter. F = Father. G=Grandparent. "Great-" is denoted by addition of number. G1=Great-grandparent
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