Alva married Mattie Powers in Cumberland City, Montgomery Co., TN. Mattie (daughter of Charles Mitchell Powers and Mary Jane Smith) was born on 22 Mar 1896 in Cumberland City, Montgomery Co., TN; died on 16 Mar 1984 in Erin, Houston Co., TN; was buried on 18 Mar 1984 in Cumberland City Cemetery, Cumberland City, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Fannie Jones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Mary Jane Smith before 1883 in Stewart Co., TN. Mary (daughter of John Smith and Lee Ann Davenport) was born on 13 Feb 1862 in TN; died on 26 Aug 1942 in Stewart Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
about Malinda Edwards
Name: Malinda Edwards
Spouse: Charles R Powers
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1846
Marriage County: Montgomery
Marriage State: Tennessee 1841 COUNTY COURT MINUTES
BOOK 21

An Enumeration of free white male persons in the county of Montgomery . . . 1841
District #15:
Montgomery County, Tennessee
County Court Minutes Book 21, pages
Enumeration of the free white male persons in the county of Montgomery who were citizens of the same on the 1st day of January 1841 Each of which is as nearly as practicable attached to the civil district to which they belonged at that time as may be seen by examining the following pages.
Submitted by Jill Hastings-Johnson, Montgomery County Archivist
District No. 15
Allen, Wm. L. 1
Britt, Jedijiah 2
Butt, John 3
Bone, Abner 4
Bone, Moses 5
Bone, John 6
Boon, John 7
Boardman, T.M. 8
Baggett, Jessie 9
Baggett, A. T. 10
Baggett, Elias 11
Baggett, Josiah 12
Baggett, John 13
Buchanian, Wm. 14
Buchamian, John 15
Buchamian, Walker 16
Busby, Wm. 17
Bullard, George L 18
Blackford, Benj E. 19
Broom, Francis 20
Burris, Elida 21
Breeden, James 22
Breeden, John 23
Breeden, L. O. 24
Breeden, Joshua 25
Burnett, Thos 26
Billingsby, R. R. 27
Corban, Bussell 28
Collina, John 29
Clark, Noah 30
Clark, Olsn 31
Crumpton, W C S 32
Cole, Curry A. 33
Cummins, James 34
Caldwell, Iscad 35
Causey, Tho T 36
Dain, Wm 37
Dickson, Adam 38
Davidson, Benjamin 39
Davidson, Wm 40
Davidson, John 41
Devenport, John 42
Devenport, Ebenezer 43
Doaty, John P. 44
Davis, Gabriel 45
Dillin, John 46
Edwards, Joseph 47
Fentress, James 48
Foster, Ephrain H 50
Fletcher, Joshua 51
Grymes, Jacob F 52
Gunison, James 53 Horn, James 54
Henington, Brurnett 55
Henington, John 56
Horn, Axiom 57
Johnson, Pascal 58
Jarman, Josiah, Sr 59
Jarman, Josiah, Jr 60
Jarman, Robt 61
Jarman, Stephen 62
Goodwin, James 63
Jordan, Geo W 64
Jackson, Archibald 65
Jackson, Madison 66
Keller, Peter 67
Lewis, John R 68
Leonard, Wm 69
Lyle, John 70
McQuerter, Ruben 71
Mundy, Stephen 72
Martin, Wm 73
Mynick, Francis 74
Menifee, James 75
Menifee, Hackett 76
Mixon, John 77
McFall, Henry Esq. 78
McFall, Rob 79
McFall, Elias 80
Mixon, Franis 81
Moore, Thurman 82
Moore, David 83
Moore, Alexander 84
McBride, John H 85
Marable, John H 86
Marable J. Hart 87
Mosgrove, Obediah 88
Butt, James 89
Meacham, Joseph 90
Buchanan, Robt 91
Moorehead, Henry 92
Nevill, William 93
Nolen, James Esqn 94
Nesbitt, Samul 95
Newell, Joseph 96
Nolen, Richard 97
Nolin, Blueford 98
Outlaw, Georg 99Outlaw, Alexander 100
Outlaw, David 101
Outlaw, Joshua 102
Powell, Wm 105
Powers, Barnabe B 103
Powers, James R 104
Powers, James O 106
Powers, Arthur 107
Powers, Travis 108
Powers, Barnabe Sr 109
Powers, Barnabe Jr 110
Powers, John 111
Powers, James Sr 112
Powers, James 113
Parker, William 114
Parker, Wm 115
Perithians ?, John 116
Rowland, George 117
Rowland, Wm 118
Rolling, Marshall 119
Rye, Benjamin 120
Rye, James 121
Robbs, Watson 122
Roberts, Roger 123
Rye, Henry C 124
Rye, Thomas 125
Rye, John 126
Riddles, E A 127
Russell, John T 128
Rice, William 129
Shuff, George 130
Sugg, Howell 131
Stanton, Wm 132
Steele, Robt 133
Sox, John 134
Scott, James 135
Sullivant, Saml 136
Smith, John 137
Stone, Wm 138
Southand, John B 139
Staly, Jesse 140
Stacy, Brittain 141
Shelton, Crull 142
Shelton, Wm M 143
Thornton, Orville 144
Thompson, Saml 145
Thorn, Wm 146
Thorn, James 147
White, Henry 148
Wright, James T 149
Weakley, Jas M 150
Weakley, Wm 151
Wallis, Sam 152
Wallis, John 153
Wickham, Wm 154
Wilkerson, Wm 155
Wilkinson, Bryant 156

1850 Census for Montgomery Co., TN, dist. #1, 2, 3. enum. 10 Dec. 1850
HH #362: (Name given in Census as "Doner")
Powers, Charles m 35 farmer b. TN.
Malinda f 25 b. TN,
Milton m. 4 b. TN,
Mildred f. 2 b. TN,
Puss f. 8/12 b. TN. (Eliza)

Same Census, HH #350:
Edwards, Enoch m. age 45 b. NC (Malinda's father)
Nicey f age 44 b. NC (Malinda's mother)
Nancy f age 30 b. TN (Eunice)
Charlotte age 23 b. TN,
Spring age 16 b. TN,
Shepherd, Mary age 25 b. TN,
Franklin age 3 b. TN,

Same Census, HH #349,
Edwards, William m. 28 farmer b. TN,
Mary f. 21 b. TN,
Elizabeth f. 4 b. TN,
Missouri f. 2 b. TN.

Same Census, HH #354 8 doors down:
Edwards, John m. 34 farmer, b. TN,
Martha f. 34, b. TN,
Harriet f. 8 b. TN,
Sally f. 6 b. TN (Sarah ?),
John m. 4 b. TN,
James m. 2 b. TN,
William m. 1 b. TN.

Same Census, HH #365 3 doors down from Charles & Malinda is:
Edwards, Basel m.35
Mary f.30
James 10
Martha 8
Cain 7
Julia 5
(Basel was Malinda's brother.

1860 Census for Palmyra, Montgomery Co., TN, series #M653, Roll 1266,
pg. 341D,
Fam 204: (Name was listed as "Poners")
Powers, C. R. w, m, age 45 farmer, b. SC; (age 35)
Malinda, w, f, age 34, b. TN;
Milton w, m, age 14; (Wiley Milton)
Mildred, w, f, age 12; (Frances Mildred)
Eliza, w, f, age 10; (Elizabeth E.)
Edward, w, m, age 7; (Edward B.)
Charlotte, w, f, age 5; (Charlotte A.)
Cora, w, f, age 4; (Sarah Cora)
Mary, w, f, age 1. (Mary Dora)

1860 United States Federal Census
[C R Powers]
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1860: North and East of Cumberland River, Montgomery, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Post Office: Palmyra
Household Members:
Name Age
C R Poners 35
Malinda Poners 34
Milton Poners 14
Mildred Poners 12
Eliza Poners 10
Edward Poners 7
Charlotte Poners 5
Cora Poners 4
Mary Poners 1
James M Quarles 37 (boarders)
M W Quarles 30
R T Quarles 10
E T Quarles 8
E B Quarles 3
L M Quarles 5
J M Quarles 1
Margaret Cramond 49
E M Howard 6

1870 Census for Montgomery Co., TN, Dist. #44, enumerated 17 Aug 1870:
Powers, C.R. w m age 45, Farmer b. NC, (age ?)
Malinda, wife, w f age 44, Keeping House b. NC,
Eliza, daughter, w f age 19 b. TN,
Edward, son, w m age 17 b. TN,
A. , daughter w f age 15 b. TN, (Charlotte)
Sarah, daughter, w f age 12 b. TN, (Cora)
Dora, daughter, w f age 10 b. TN, (Mary)
Charles, son, w m age 8 b. TN, (Charles Mitchell)
Bower, son, w m age 6 b. TN, (Archie Bower)
Nora , daughter, w f age 3 b. TN. (Henrietta Nora)

1880 Census for Stewart Co., TN, Dist #4, pg. 27-28, Enum. Dist. #156,
6th Civil Dist., enumerated 11 June 1880, Family 258-245:
Powers, Charles, w m age 55, farmer, b. SC, father b. SC, mother b. SC, (age ?)
Malinda, wife, w, f age 54, Keeping House, b.TN, father & mother b.SC
Eliza, daughter, w, f age 30, b. TN,
Charlotte, daughter, w, f age 25, b. TN,
Cora, daughter, w, f age 23, b. TN,
Charles, son, w, f age 18, b. TN,
Archie, son, w, m age 16, b. TN,
Henrietta, daughter w, f age 13, b. TN.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Malinda Powers
[Malinda W Powers]
Home in 1900: Civil District 6, Stewart, Tennessee
[Stewart, Tennessee]
Age: 73
Birth Date: Sep 1826
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother: number of living children: 9
Mother: How many children: 10
Marital Status: Widowed
Household Members:
Name Age
Malinda Powers 73
Charlotte Powers 45
Cora Powers 43
Nora Powers 33

A. is Charlotte (A. Charlotte), Sarah is Cora (Sarah Cora), Charles is
there, Bower is Archie (Archie Bower), and Nora is Henrietta (Nora
Henrietta). Edward has gone, is probably married as he would have
been 27. In 1880 Dora, age 18, is found in the Census for Stewart
Co., TN as the wife of George Henry Smith, with a daughter, Nina.

Land Transaction: Excerpts from "The Kentucky Land Grants: A
Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land
Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924," by Willard Rouse Jillson,
1971. Grants South of Walker's Line:
Powers, Charles R. 70 6 436 01-29-1855 Montgomery Elk Fk

Charles married Malinda Edwards on 20 Nov 1845 in Cumberland City, Montgomery Co., TN. Malinda (daughter of Enoch Edwards, II and Eunice Darnell) was born in Sep 1826 in Montgomery Co., TN; died after 1900 Census in Montgomery Co., TN; was buried in pos Erin Cemetery, Erin, Houston Co., TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lee Ann Davenport about 1860 in TN. Lee was born about 1843; died between 1865 and 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]