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 1738 - 1810 (72 years)
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| Name |
Powell, Leven [1, 2, 3] |
| Born |
1738 |
Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1779 |
Loudoun Co., VA |
| Census |
1801 |
VA |
| Residence |
Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA |
| _UID |
F23C0D413227438C924B96181F0A6A3E007B |
| Buried |
1810 |
Bedford Springs, PA |
| Died |
23 Aug 1810 |
Loudoun Co., VA |
| Person ID |
I577 |
Buyer, Stier and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2008 |
| Father |
Powell, William, b. 1700, Greenfields, Pocomoke, Somerset Co., MD , d. 1787, Prince William Co., VA (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Peyton, Eleanor, b. Abt 1720, Prince William Co., VA , d. 1788 (Age ~ 68 years) |
| Married |
1735 |
Prince William Co., VA |
| _UID |
29DD9A17A157418A91C54E5AA140EA77BAD7 |
| Family ID |
F196 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Harrison, Sarah, b. 17 Dec 1740, VA , d. 20 Oct 1812 (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
2 Jun 1763 |
| _UID |
155C8026F01F4BCAA3CC37D154DC17312A8D |
| Children |
| | 1. Powell, Anne, b. 10 Oct 1765 |
| | 2. Powell, William Harrison, b. 1766, d. 19 Oct 1802 (Age 36 years) |
| | 3. Powell, Jane, b. 8 Jun 1770, d. 13 Sep 1773 (Age 3 years) |
| | 4. Powell, Sarah, b. 1771, d. 24 May 1838 (Age 67 years) |
| | 5. Powell, Cuthbert, b. 4 Mar 1775, Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 8 Mar 1849 (Age 74 years) |
| | 6. Powell, Stella, b. 12 Jun 1786, d. 1787 (Age 0 years) |
| | 7. Powell, Harrison |
| | 8. Powell, Emily |
| | 9. Powell, Levin Jr., b. 4 Aug 1772, VA , d. 19 Sep 1807, Washington KY (Age 35 years) |
| | 10. Powell, Burr, b. 14 May 1768, Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 14 Oct 1839, Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA (Age 71 years) |
| | 11. Powell, Alfred Harrison, b. 6 Mar 1780, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 3 Aug 1831, Frederick Co. Court, Winchester VA (Age 51 years) |
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| Headstones |
 | Powell Family Lot 1
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 | Powell Family Lot 1
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| Histories |
 | The History of Middleburg and Vicinity
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| FOLIOS |
 | Powell Family History
excerpts from a book by Rosalie Noland Ball |
| Last Modified |
8 Mar 2005 |
| Family ID |
F202 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Leven Powell house
100 N Madison St, Middleburg, VA. Powell House, small stone cottage, c. 1776. Originally owned by Levin Powell, founder of Middleburg. |
 | leven powell plaque.JPG
Plaque honoring Leven Powell on the side of the Pink Box |
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| Notes |
- from DAR Database:
Leven Powell, , served as lieutenant colonel of Grayson's Continental regiment. The hardships of Valley Forge enfeebled his health and unfitted him for further active duty. He was born in Loudoun Co., Va.; died in Bedford Springs, Pa.
In 1787 gave 50 acres for the town of Middleburg
Vestryman of Shelburne Parish
POWELL, Leven, , a Representative from Virginia; born near Manassas, Prince William County, Va., in 1737; studied in private schools; deputy sheriff of Prince William County; moved to Loudoun County in 1763; engaged in mercantile pursuits; served as major in the Revolutionary Army in 1775; appointed lieutenant colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment of the Continental Line in 1777; resigned on account of ill health in 1778; member of the State house of delegates in 1779; was delegate to the Virginia ratification convention in 1788; again a member of the State house of delegates in 1787, 1788, 1791, and 1792; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress ; helped to build a turnpike from Alexandria, Va., to the upper country; died in Bedford, Bedford County, Pa., on August 23, 1810; interment in Old Presbyterian Graveyard.
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| Sources |
- [S180] DAR Database.
- [S47] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (familysearch.org).
- [S720] The Family Tree of Col. Leven Powell's Line of the Powells of Virginia, Ball, Rosalie Noland, (November 1938).
- [S663] S. Bassett French Biographical Sketches.
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