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Sources consulted for the biography of:Guy Powell ( –1900)
Biographical Information
- Brief biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 35 (with birth year of 1851).
- United States Census Schedules, Brunswick Co., 1870 (age 20 on September 5), 1880 (age 30 on June 5), and Southampton Co., 1900 (March 1849 birth date), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Brunswick County Marriage Licenses, 2:139 (age 18 on 27 January 1869).
- Brunswick County Deed Book, 41:102–104, 42:108, 45:564–565, 46:141–142, 352–353, 379–381, 51:173–175, 52:44–45, 54:356–357.
- Southampton County Deed Book, 40: 466–467, 468–469.
- Southampton County Will Book, 22:22–23.
- Southampton County Order Book (1896–1904), 372 (will proved on November 19, 1900).
Ministerial Career
- Bethany Baptist Association Minutes, 1882–1900 (with frontispiece portrait in 1900 Minutes).
- Charles H. Corey, A History of the Richmond Theological Seminary (1895), 152–153.
Political Career
- Elections in Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 10 (1875 Senate) and No. 17 (1881 House of Delegates), Accession 26041, State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
Newspapers
- Richmond Whig, October 25, 1872.
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, December 13, 1876; December 15, 1876.
- Richmond Daily Whig, March 18, 1881.
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