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Sarah Ann <I>Andrews</I> Howell

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Sarah Ann Andrews Howell

Birth
Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Death
1879 (aged 84–85)
Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Monroe County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Abraham and Sarah Andrews Howell were married in Laurens County, South Carolina, October 16, 1811. 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.

The following 18 children were born in this order to Abraham and Sarah Andrews Howell:
Andrews,
John,
Gilbert,
Elisha,
Elijah,
Elizabeth,
Rebecca,
Mansel,
Frances Caroline,
Zillie Bryant,
Charlotte Ann,
Sarah McCloud,
George Whiteman,
Jane Hillard,
Elias, Polly,
Charity,
an infant son.

NOTE: I'm not sure where this information came from on the order of children born, I found it in my notes.
Tamara Maddan.
Abraham and Sarah Andrews Howell were married in Laurens County, South Carolina, October 16, 1811. 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.

The following 18 children were born in this order to Abraham and Sarah Andrews Howell:
Andrews,
John,
Gilbert,
Elisha,
Elijah,
Elizabeth,
Rebecca,
Mansel,
Frances Caroline,
Zillie Bryant,
Charlotte Ann,
Sarah McCloud,
George Whiteman,
Jane Hillard,
Elias, Polly,
Charity,
an infant son.

NOTE: I'm not sure where this information came from on the order of children born, I found it in my notes.
Tamara Maddan.

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