James Sperry Powers b 2 Jun 1801 VA d 15 Apr 1885 Gladeville (now Wise) Co VA; buried Gladeville Cemetery, Wise Co VA; s/o Jonas Powers and Lucy Sperry. James Sperry Powers m. 18 Jul 1824 to Elizabeth Moore b abt 1807 VA d 1880. Children of James Sperry Powers and Elizabeth Moore;

1. James M Powers b 4 Dec 1824 VA d 29 Nov 1892 White Bead, Indian Territory, OK; buried White Bead Cemetery, White Bead, Garvin Co OK; m. Catherine Forgery b abt 1824 d 21 Aug 1876 Gainesville, Cooke Co TX; d/o John Archibald Fogery and Eleanor Roller. James M Powers m. 8 Mar 1879 to (2) Elizabeth Riderout

2. Nancy Powers b 5 Dec 1827 VA d 22 Jun 1901 Arkansas; m. Jacob R Forgery b 25 Aug 1821 Scott Co VA d 28 Oct 1896 Arkansas; s/o John Archibald Forgery and Eleanor Roller.

3. Isaac Powers b abt 1827 VA d 29 Jan 1900; buried Powers Cemetery, Dungannon #5 Scott Co VA

4. Ruth Powers b abt 1827 Scott Co VA; m. 14 Dec 1843 Scott Co VA to Stephen Osborne b 1824 Osborn's Ford, Scott Co VA d 12 Sept 1886; s/o Jonathon Osborne and Martha Gray.

5. Matilda Powers b abt 1829 VA

6. Margaret Powers b 4 Feb 1833 VA d 10 Apr 1907 Scott Co VA; m. David Kilgore b 3 Sept 1834 Scott Co VA d 8 May 1918; s/o Robert Kilgore and Elizabeth Gray.

7. John Wesley Powers b abt 1833 VA

8. William R Powers b abt 1835 MD

9. James H Powers b abt 1838 VA

10. Lucy Powers b abt 1840 VA

11. Mary L Powers b abt 1842 VA

12. Samuel P Powers b abt 1845 VA