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James A Howell Sr.

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James A Howell Sr.

Birth
Botetourt East, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Death
1 Aug 1844 (aged 58–59)
Bandana, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Bandana, Mitchell County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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The Milton Boone house in the photo is the same location of the home place of the James Howell family.

PARENTS: William Howell, born in Wales, first settled in Virginia. James and Martha resided in Washington Co. Tenn. up until about 1805.

Note: James secured a land grant of several hundred acres including all of Rebels Creek and Bandana. The Ancestral home is close to the approximate location of Milton Boone's house on Rebels Creek. (Click on House photo)

James and Martha's second child was Elizabeth who married Jackson Steward in Feb 1827.Jackson was the first sheriff of Mitchell Co.NC. Jackson was a veteran of the Mexican War. He was murdered at upper Cub Creek & Roan Mt. Road intersection, at a place called Jackson's rock,named after Jackson Stewart while attempting to arrest some of the Gouge brothers who were horse thiefs from Tenn. Jackson was the brother of (The famous episode of )Frankie Stewart who married and murdered her husband Charlie Silver from Kona, Mitchell Co.NC.

NOTE:The location of Interment was verified by Joe Livingston a life long resident of Bandana.
The Milton Boone house in the photo is the same location of the home place of the James Howell family.

PARENTS: William Howell, born in Wales, first settled in Virginia. James and Martha resided in Washington Co. Tenn. up until about 1805.

Note: James secured a land grant of several hundred acres including all of Rebels Creek and Bandana. The Ancestral home is close to the approximate location of Milton Boone's house on Rebels Creek. (Click on House photo)

James and Martha's second child was Elizabeth who married Jackson Steward in Feb 1827.Jackson was the first sheriff of Mitchell Co.NC. Jackson was a veteran of the Mexican War. He was murdered at upper Cub Creek & Roan Mt. Road intersection, at a place called Jackson's rock,named after Jackson Stewart while attempting to arrest some of the Gouge brothers who were horse thiefs from Tenn. Jackson was the brother of (The famous episode of )Frankie Stewart who married and murdered her husband Charlie Silver from Kona, Mitchell Co.NC.

NOTE:The location of Interment was verified by Joe Livingston a life long resident of Bandana.


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