Person:Leven Powell (1)

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Lt. Col. Leven Powell
b.1737 Prince William, Virginia, United States
d.23 Aug 1810 Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1735
  1. Sarah Powell1735 - Aft 1787
  2. Lt. Col. Leven Powell1737 - 1810
  3. William Powell
  4. Peyton Powell
  5. Christina Snidow Powell1740 - 1809
  6. Levin Powell1746 - 1771
  7. Margaret Powell1750 - 1833
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m. 2 Jun 1763
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Lt. Col. Leven Powell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1737 Prince William, Virginia, United States
Other[1] Bef 1763 Prince William, Virginia, United StatesDeputy Sheriff for Col. Henry Peyton, his uncle
Marriage 2 Jun 1763 Virginia, United Statesto Sarah "Sally" Harrison
Other[1] Abt 1763 Loudoun, Virginia, United Statespurchased 500 acres
Other[1] 1769 Loudoun, Virginia, United Statesserved as Justice
Religion? 1771 Loudoun, Virginia, United StatesEpiscopal Church, Vestryman of Shelburne Parish
Property[3] 12 Nov 1772 Loudoun, Virginia, United Statespurchased 1,175 acres from John Graham
Military[1] 1775 Loudoun, Virginia, United StatesMajor of Minute Men engaged in harassing Lord Dunmore's troops in the vicinity of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampton
Other[1] 1775 Loudoun, Virginia, United StatesCommittee of Safety
Military[1] Jan 1777 Virginia, United Statesappointed by General George Washington, Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Virginia Continentals
Military[1] Sep 1777 Pennsylvania, United Statesjoined Washington
Other[1] 1778 resigned command due to failing health
Property[2] Abt 1780 Chinn's Crossroads (later Powell Town, later Middleburg), Loudoun, Virginiapurchased 50 acres from Joseph Chinn
Property[1] 17 Aug 1784 Virginia, United Statesreceived 6000 acres for three years service
Other[1] 1788 Virginia, United Statesof the VA Convention
Other[1] 1796 Virginia, United StatesPresidential Elector
Other[1] 1798 Virginia, United Statesmember of US Congress, he declined re-election
Death[1][2] 23 Aug 1810 Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial? Old Presbyterian Graveyard
Reference Number Q137858 (Wikidata)
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Shortly after his marriage to Sally Harrison (Daughter of Burr Harrison, of Chapawamsic, he moved to Louden County, Virginia, and purchased 500 acres of land on a portion of which the town of Middleburg now stands. He was a planter and merchant, but abandoned his business at the outbreak of the American Revolution and became active in all of the movements in opposition to the British Government. He was one of the first to take commission in that patriotic organization known as Minute Men and in 1775, as Major of Minute Men from Louden County, Virginia was engaged in harassing Lord Dunmore's troops in the vicinity of Norfolk, Portsmouth and Hampton. In January 1777, he was appointed by General George Washington, Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Virginia Continentals which he recruited and equipped, and in the Fall of that year went with his command to White March Plains, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the American Army was then stationed.

The severe weather at Valley Forge undermined his natural weak constitution, resulting in a prolonged illness in camp and he was sent home on a furlough in order that he might regain his health.

In 1778, he was a member of the Virgina Convention that ratified the Federal Constitution. He was the founder of the Federal Party in Louden County and in 1798, he was elected to represent that District in the Federal Congress at Philadelphia. (From the Charles Powell book, Powell Family History and Genealogy.)

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References
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Lee Pinkney Powell, Jr. Genealogy Home Page:Information about Leven Powell, Sr., in Genealogy.com
    last accessed Nov 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Leven Powell, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    [includes sources and image], last acessed Nov 2021.

    Leven Powell (1737 – August 23, 1810) was a Virginia planter, merchant, Continental Army officer and Federalist politician who served several terms in the Virginia House of Delegates as well as in the Virginia Ratification Convention representing Loudoun County, and one term as a United States Representative for Virginia's 17th congressional district.

  3. ↑ Graham/Powell Land Indentures (OM 0010), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. [1].
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