Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 1st ed., 1885 Reprinted 1972 by Kentucky Reprint Co., Murray, KY. Graves Co. THE POWELL FAMILY. Willoughby Powell is a native of North Carolina, and was born in 1754. His wife, Polly, was born in 1756, and they were married in 1776. Their union was propitious, and was blessed with numerous offspring consisting of Lazarus, born in 1777; Willoughby, 1781; James, 1784; Harrison, 1787; Sally, 1791; Henderson, 1795; Harbert, 1797. Harbert Powell was born in Logan County, and removed with his parents early in the present century to Henderson County, Ky.; then to Graves County, Ky., in 1848, where he died in 1867. His wife, Cassandra, daughter of Allen Jones, was born in 1799, and died in 1876. From this union sprang Joseph, Allen, Nannetty (McMurray), Permelia (Pritchet), Perlina (Powell), George W., Melvina (Pritchet), Louisa (Meacham), Benjamin F., Mary J., Charles M. and Sarah. Powell Jones McMurray Pritchet Meacham = NC Logan-KY Henderson-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/graves/powell.txt