I found recently on a Google search the Montgomery Co. TN book that was done most recently....I believe around 1999. I can't remember the name now, so I don't know how to search for it again. Anyway, there was a story about two orphaned girls living in Halifax Co. NC and it said that when the Powells were leaving NC and going to TN, they begged to be taken with them. It suddenly occured to me that they must have been the two females living with Eaton and Holley Powell on the 1820 census. One was age 5-10 and the other was age 16-26. I had thought perhaps Holley had sisters who accompanied them, but it seems more likely they were these two orphans. I can't remember the surname, and would like to resource this information as the probable two girls living at the Eaton Powell household. Since Eaton and Holley were leaving NC with a new baby....Benjamin Eaton Powell, these girls might have been a real help for Holley while traveling.

Thanks!
Linda Garrett