The Samuel Howell Family

Children:

1. James Howell
   b. abt 1810-1815, TN
   
   

2. daughter
   b. abt 1815-1820, TN
   
   

3. Joel Chandler Howell (m. Ann Jane Carpenter)
   b. abt 1820, AL
   m. 13 Sep 1849, Fayette Co, TN
   
   

4. George Street Howell (m. Agnes M. Bankhead)
   b. abt 1821, TN
   m. 30 Apr 1841, Fayette Co, TN
   
   

5. Charles Chester Howell (m. Frances Elizabeth "Fannie" Carpenter)
   b. 10 Aug 1823, TN
   m. 21 Dec 1847, Fayette Co, TN
   
   

6. Fatis Caroline Howell (m. Joseph J. Robertson)
   b. abt 1825, TN
   m. 15 Apr 1845, Fayette Co, TN
   
   

7. Hiram Howell
   b. abt 1826, TN
   
   

8. Samuel Howell
   b. abt 1830, TN
   
   

9. Nancy Howell (m. Stephen L. Carter)
   b. abt 1833, TN
   m. 5 Feb 1851, Fayette Co, TN

Known Localities:

• Bedford County, Tennessee

• Rutherford County, Tennessee

• Lincoln County, Tennessee

• Hardeman County, Tennessee

• Fayette County, Tennessee

The tax lists for Rutherford County, Tennessee, show Samuel Howell being taxed in 1811, 1812 and 1813:

Date: Name: Stats:     Land:

1811 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 160 acres
1812 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 150 acres
1813 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 150 acres

NOTE: When did Samuel Howell obtain these 150 or 160 acres of land? The only other Howells to appear in the same time period were brothers Gwin and William Howell, sons of John Howell and Sarah Gwinn.

On 9 Mar 1816, Samuel Howell as assignee of John Gowen, received land grant #8863 for 50 acres of land. The land had been surveyed on 14 Jul 1809 and was described as being in Bedford County on the South side of Elk River and on the waters of Stewarts Creek; "beginning at a sugar tree in the East boundary line of a 400 acre tract in the name of Robert Kennedy, running thence East 126 poles to a large white oak dogwood and hickory on the West side of a hill, thence North 63 1/2 poles to two small hickories on the West side of a hill, thence West 126 poles to three dogwoods in said Kennedys line, thence South with the same 63 1/2 poles to the beginning."

The 1820 federal census has Samuel Howel enumerated in Lincoln County, Tennessee. His household consisted of the following:

3 Males under 10 - (son?)
- (son?)
- Joel Chandler Howell (son)
1 Male 26-45 - Samuel
1 Female under 10 - (daughter?)
1 Female 26-45 - Nancy (wife)

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBZ-CK7

On 31 Jul 1824 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, Samuel Howell sold 60 acres of land to James Lingo for $300. The deed describes the two tracts of land as being in Lincoln County on the head waters of Stewarts Creek. The witnesses to the deed were George W. Dennis and Elijah Mayfield.

• beginning at a poplar marked E.S. in the East boundary of a 640 acre tract in the name of Robert Buchanan, running from thence South with his line 50 poles to a poplar, thence East 96 poles to a dogwood and hickory, thence North 50 poles to a post oak and dogwood, thence West 96 poles to the beginning containing 30 acres being part of a tract granted to Reese Howell by grant #15846 dated 2 Oct 1812

• also one other tract adjoining the above described land beginning at a lynn and dogwood supposed to be the South East corner of a 640 acre tract in the name of Robert Buchanan running from thence East 25 poles to a white oak and poplar, thence North to and with the line of a 30 acre tract in the name of Brice M. Gorner 65 poles to a poplar his corner, thence East with his other line 23 poles to a stake, thence North 69 poles to a stake 8 poles East of a dogwood marked as a corner in the South boundary line of a 2500 acre tract in the name of George Dohert, thence with the line South 84 1/2 West 48 poles to a white oak and beech in said Buchanans line, thence South with the same 129 poles to the beginning containing 30 acres granted to James Bright by grant #14507 dated 19 April 1820

SOURCE: Lincoln County, Tennessee deed book G-1, page 596
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Tax lists from Hardeman County, Tennessee, show Samuel Howell residing within the county from 1825 to 1834. His brother, Joel Howell, also appeared in 1826 and 1827, proving we have the correct family. Their nephew Joseph H. Lacy appears in 1832 and 1833.

Date: Name: Stats:     Land:

1825 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 103 acres, District 10 Range 3 Section 1

1826 Joel Howell 1 free poll 120 acres, District 10
1826 Samuel Howel 1 free poll 103 acres, District 10 Range 3 Section 1

1827 Joel Howell 1 free poll 50 acres, District 10 Range 4 Section 2
1827 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 103 acres, District 10 Range 3 Section 1

1828 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 103 acres, District 10 Range 3 Section 1

1830 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 100 acres

1831 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 100 acres, District 10 Range 3 Section 1

1832 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 100 acres
1832 Joseph H. Lacy 1 free poll

1833 Saml. Howel 1 free poll 100 acres
1833 Joseph H. Lacy 1 free poll

1834 Samuel Howell 1 free poll 100 acres, District 10 Range 3 Section 1

The 1830 federal census has Samuel Howell enumerated in Hardeman County, Tennessee. His household consisted of the following:

1 Male under 5 - Samuel (son)
2 Male 5-10 - Hiram (son)
- Charles Chester (son)
1 Male 10-15 - George Street (son)
1 Male 15-20 - Joel Chandler (son)
1 Male 20-30 - James (son)
1 Male 40-50 - Samuel
2 Female under 5 - (daughter?)
- Fatis Caroline (daughter)
1 Female 10-15 - (daughter?)
1 Female 30-40 - Nancy (wife)

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYT-93PN

On 27 Jan 1840 in Fayette County, Tennessee, William Rosser sold chattel to Charles, Hiram, Caroline, Eliza, Samuel and Nancy Howell, heirs of Samuel Howell deceased. The consideration for the deed was "for the respect and love I said William Rosser had for Samuel Howell dec'd and his surviving family." The witness to the deed was G.G. Durham. The chattel that was sold consisted of the following items:

• one bay mare

• 2 beds and furniture

• 1 bureau

• 1 table

• 1 pot

• 1 dum heifer and milk cow

• 1 yoke of yearlings

• 2 small heifers 5 years old

• lambs [amount not stated]

NOTE: Only the minor children under 18 years old are mentioned within this deed; the children older than 18 aren't included.

SOURCE: Fayette County, Tennessee deed book I, page 351
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The 1840 federal census has Nancy Howell enumerated in Fayette County, Tennessee, directly below her son James Howell. Their households consisted of the following:

James Howell 2 Males under 5 - (son?)
- (son?)
1 Male 5-10 - (son?)
1 Female 20-30 - (wife?; James is not present?)

Nancy Howell 1 Male 5-10 - Samuel (son)
1 Male 15-20 - Hiram (son)
2 Males 20-30 - Charles Chester (son)
- Joel Chandler (son)
1 Female 5-10 - Nancy (daughter)
2 Females 10-15 - Fatis Caroline (daughter)
- ?
1 Female 40-50 - Nancy

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBJ-9F3V

The 1850 federal census has Nancy Howell enumerated on 19 Nov 1850 in Civil District 10 of Fayette County, Tennessee, with her son Charles immediately next-door. Neither of them appear in the slave schedules. Their households were described as the following:

Nancy Howell 56 F 800 [real estate] VA household 1218/1218
Hiram 24 M Farmer TN
Samuel 20 M TN
Nancy 17 F TN

Charles Howell 27 M Farmer TN household 1219/1219
Frances 20 F NC
Jackson 2 M TN
Ranson McKins 20 M Farmer TN

SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6277-5GZ