Powell, Leven

1738 - 1810  (72 years)

• Name	Powell, Leven  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	1738	Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Census	1779	Loudoun Co., VA
  	Name: LEVEN POWELL State: VA County: Loudoun County Township: No Two Listed Year: 1779 Record Type: Rent Role Page: NPN Database: VA Early Census Index
  Census	1801	VA
  	Name: LEVIN POWELL State: VA County: Army Lands Township: Va Millitary Dist Year: 1801 Record Type: Tax list Page: 067-068 Database: VA Early Census Index
  Occupation	Farmer And Planter
  Residence	Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA
  	" The Shades"
  _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)
  Headstones		Powell Family Lot 1
  		Powell Family Lot 1
  Histories		The History of Middleburg and Vicinity
  FOLIOS		Powell Family History excerpts from a book by Rosalie Noland Ball
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2005
  Family ID	F202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1738 - Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA Census - 1779 - Loudoun Co., VA Census - 1801 - VA Residence - - Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA Buried - 1810 - Bedford Springs, PA Died - 23 Aug 1810 - Loudoun Co., VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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

  
  

  Documents		Powell Levin pension.pdf
  		Resolutions of Loudoun County, 1774, re British Taxation

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Article about Lt. Col. Leven Powell
  		Biographical Sketch of Col Leven Powell.jpeg I have not scanned the entire document but have a hard copy in my collection.
  		Old Plantations and Historic Homes of Middleburg.pdf

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.