Powell, Cuthbert b. 4 Mar 1775 Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA d. 8 Mar 1849: Buyer, Stier, and Related Families

1775 - 1849 (74 years)

Name	Powell, Cuthbert [1]
Born	4 Mar 1775	Middleburg, Loudoun Co., VA
Gender	Male
Died	8 Mar 1849 [2]
	diarrhea
Census	1850	Loudoun Co., VA
	Mortality Schedules, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 about Cuthbert Powell Name: Cuthbert Powell Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Place of Birth: Virginia Estimated Birth Year: abt 1776 Age: 74 Month of Death: May Cause of Death: Diarrhea Place of Death: Loudoun, Virginia Census Year: 1850 Residency Country: United States
Related to my family	Y
Residence	1850 [3]
	With George Adie, Minister, Leesburg
_UID	2CB8FAFBD3AE4B2A8528BC452462ADB1617B
Person ID	I870	Buyer, Stier and Related Families
Last Modified	30 Mar 2009

Father	Powell, Leven, b. 1738, Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA , d. 23 Aug 1810, Loudoun Co., VA (Age 72 years)
Mother	Harrison, Sarah, b. 17 Dec 1740, VA , d. 20 Oct 1812 (Age 71 years)
Married	2 Jun 1763
_UID	155C8026F01F4BCAA3CC37D154DC17312A8D
Headstones		Powell Family Lot 1
Headstones		Powell Family Lot 1
Histories » Slide Show		The History of Middleburg and Vicinity
		Powell book excerpts book by Rosalie Noland Ball; handwritten annotations by Lily Patterson Stier
		Powell Family History excerpts from a book by Rosalie Noland Ball
Family ID	F202	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Simms, Catherine

Married 1798 Llangollen, Loudoun Co., VA [4]

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Children

	1. Powell, Anne Marie, b. Jan 1800, d. 20 Dec 1897 (Age ~ 97 years)
	2. Powell, Llewellyn, b. 18 Sep 1802, Loudoun Co., VA , d. 19 Jul 1870, Louisville, KY (Age 67 years)
	3. Powell, Charles Leven, b. 1804, d. 1871 (Age 67 years)
	4. Powell, Cuthbert, b. Abt 1806, d. Jun 1849, Loudoun Co., VA (Age ~ 43 years)
	5. Powell, Mary Emily, b. 1807, Alexandria, VA , d. 10 Jan 1896 (Age 89 years)
	6. Powell, Ellen Douglas, b. 1812, d. 13 Sep 1862 (Age 50 years)
	7. Powell, Jane Simms, b. 1814, d. 1901 (Age 87 years)
	8. Powell, John Simms, b. Abt 1818
	9. Powell, Leven, b. 1821, d. 1893 (Age 72 years)

Last Modified 3 Mar 2019

Family ID F1477 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos		Llangollen Located off Route 50 on Trappe Road. Llangollen dates to 1795 when Levin Powell, Revolutionary War colonel, later member of Congress from Virginia and founder of Middleburg, acquired 295 acres at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A 16' x 20' one room and loft "patent house" was already on the property. In 1810, Levin's son Cuthbert Powell,…
Photos		Llangollen in Wales

Histories		Cuthbert Powell Journal
Histories		Cuthbert Powell Journal Part 2

Notes

from Genius of Liberty, Leesburg: March 2, 1824: p.3, Notice: The members of the Agricultural Society of the Counties of Loudoun, Fauquier, Fairfax and Prince William and all others who are friendly to the advancement of agriculture, and are disposed to aid in the promotion of so valuable an object, are requested to meet at the Courthouse on Monday the 8th inst. at 2 o.clock being the first day of March County Court. NB A general attendance is earnestly solicited as the Society is in its infancy and arrangements will then be made for its more complete organization and its ultimate success.... It is expected that a written address will be delivered on the occasion by the President. John H. McCABE, Secretary. [from pp. 1,2 of March 16 issue, long text of his speech by Cuthbert POWELL, President.

from Genius of Liberty, Leesburg: November 16, 1824:
p.2: Awards at the late Cattle show of the Agricultural Society of Loudoun:
$2 to Mrs. Cuthbert POWELL for the best hearth rug.

Cuthbert Powell was only seventeen years of age when this journal was written; he was born in Middleburg, Loudoun county, Va., and was the fourth son of Lieut.-Col. Leven Powell and Sarah Harrison, daughter of Hon. Burr Harrison, of Chappawamsic. Colonel Powell had served through the famous Valley Forge and Trenton campaigns as lieutenant-colonel of Grayson's or the Sixteenth Virginia Line, and subsequently was a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1788, Presidential Elector in 1796, and Congressman from Loudoun district 1799 to 1801.

Cuthbert Powell settled in Alexandria, and engaged in merchandizing with his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. He became the Mayor of Alexandria, and served a number of terms. There he married Miss Catherine Sims, daughter of Col. Charles Sims, an aid-de-camp of General Washington and his close personal friend, acting as a pall-bearer when General Washington was buried at Mount Vernon. Colonel Sims was one of the organizers and original members of the Order of the Cincinnati. Cuthbert Powell was a man of broad culture and unimpeachable character. He acquired a considerable fortune in his mercantile business, but suffered very heavily both from French spoliation during the Napoleonic wars and from the fall of Alexandria before the British in 1814. He retired, soon after the return of peace, to his country seat, "Llangollen," just out of Middleburg, and engaged in planting. He represented his county in both houses of the Virginia Assembly, and held the office of Justice of the Peace for many years. On the occasion of the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to America in 1827, Mr. Powell, as the chairman of the Agricultural Society of Loudoun county, entertained at "Llangollen" the distinguished guest. In 1842 he filled the seat in the National Congress that his father had held before him, as a Democrat, however, whereas his father had been a staunch Federalist.
:1850 Mortality Schedule:
Name: Powell, Cuthbert Age: 74 Year: 1850 County: Loudoun Township: Unknown Townships State: Virginia Birth State: VA Cause of Death: DIARRHEA Page: 0 Month: MAY

Sources

[S720] The Family Tree of Col. Leven Powell's Line of the Powells of Virginia, Ball, Rosalie Noland, (November 1938).
[S570] Obituary Index: Richmond Enquirer 1804-1860, Richmond Visitor 1809-1810, Library of Virginia Digital Library.
[S757] VA 1850 Census.
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