Abraham Howell from whom our Prentiss County Mississippi Howells are descended, married 16 Oct 1811 Laurens, SC Sarah Ann Andrews (from a neighbor family).
Soon after marriage they left for Tennessee. It is said they walked and carried their earthly belongings wrapped in a blanket. They stopped in Linden, Tennessee with other members of the Andrews family. In spring of 1812 Abraham Howell, not being satisfied in Tennessee, came alone to Monroe County, Mississippi. He settled on the site which is now old Athens, staked his claim to several hundred acres of land. His only neighbors were Chickasaw Indians. He cleared fields, made a crop, and built a house of logs, then went back to Tennessee for his young wife. The original tract and hundred of adjourning acres are still in the hands of Howell descendants.
They had 18 children.
Abraham Howell from whom our Prentiss County Mississippi Howells are descended, married 16 Oct 1811 Laurens, SC Sarah Ann Andrews (from a neighbor family).
Soon after marriage they left for Tennessee. It is said they walked and carried their earthly belongings wrapped in a blanket. They stopped in Linden, Tennessee with other members of the Andrews family. In spring of 1812 Abraham Howell, not being satisfied in Tennessee, came alone to Monroe County, Mississippi. He settled on the site which is now old Athens, staked his claim to several hundred acres of land. His only neighbors were Chickasaw Indians. He cleared fields, made a crop, and built a house of logs, then went back to Tennessee for his young wife. The original tract and hundred of adjourning acres are still in the hands of Howell descendants.
They had 18 children.
Family Members
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Andrew S. Howell
1813–1863
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John Howell
1814–1886
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Gilbert Howell
1817–1894
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Elisha Howell
1818–1888
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Elias Howell
1820–1830
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Mary "Polly" Howell
1821–1832
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Elijah Howell
1822–1855
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Elizabeth Ann Howell Wise
1824–1893
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Rebecca Ann Howell
1824–1910
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Mansell H. Howell
1826–1878
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Frances Caroline Howell
1828–1899
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Zillah Bryant Howell Andrews Hill
1830–1899
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Charlotte A. Howell Hollingsworth
1832–1914
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Sarah McCloud Howell McCoy
1834–1875
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Charity Howell
1835–1835
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George Whitman Howell
1837–1904
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Sam H. Howell
1838 – unknown
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Jane Hilliard Howell
1839–1871
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