Here are a few stories about the Family, as they were given to me.. ****** Isaac, Soverign and Simco (brother's) were both 'JUSTICE OF THE PEACE' who officiated at many weddings in the 1850s in Russell County, KY. I also found something kind of entertaining about Simco. Once he was appointed an appraiser along with three other men on the estate of Thomas Wilson. He turned in one bill to the court for $7 to cover the coffin he made for Wilson, 4 days of appraising, and 2 days of supervising the estate sale. He was also paid $4.75 for whiskey consumed during the appraisal and the susequent sale.  "Deb Zimmerman" Cousin to Popplewell's About the Popplewell Alligator Dock and Marina, it is on Wolf Creek near the Wolf Creek Dam. The dam is what created Lake Cumberland. It was built by the Corps on Engineers in the 1940s to alleviate flooding along that creek and the Cumber land River. Hundreds of acres of farmland were purchased for the project, including the original parcels owned by my Simcoe Popplewell. (In his will he says his mother and father (Isaac and Elizabeth) are buried on his land.) All known graves were relocated. The graves of Squire Popplewell, his wife, and several children were relocated from the Caney Fork Cemetery to the Square Oak Church Cemetery during the 1940s. About 30 other graves were also moved, but had no markers at the time. Those graves are marked today only with small rocks. Issac, Elizabeth, and Simcoe could be among those. Who knows. There are several small Popplewell family cemeteries on the backroads near the marina. The gravestones in those date back to the 1880s. "Deb Zimmerman" 'Cous' On may 1, 1858, Daniel Cummings purchased of Gohlson Popplewell, a Negro woman named Ann for $1000. At the time of the sale Popplewell warrented that the slave was of sound mind and body. However, according to Daniel, Ann was unsound in body at the very moment of sale, for expended immediatly $100 to sure her. A sum he believed Popplewell ought to pay!" "Family Records" page 419 During the civil War, the Military headq uarters of Central Missouri appointed a board of loyal citizens, sworn into office at Lion Creek. The board was authorized to levy upon active southern sympathizers when requested to do so by the militia. The account lists about a dozen names of which Soverign Popplewell was included for $250. "Family Records" pg 54-55 The name Richard Poplar (one spelling of Popplewell) is signed to an 1838 petition to the Miller County Court praying for organization of Glaize Township...a petition granted May7, 1838. There is a Richard Popplewell buried in the Warren Cemetery in the southern part of Galize Township. He is believed to be the brother of Soverign and Isaac... "Family Records"   My husband's line begins with Isaac Popplewell who was married to Elizabeth Flint. We do not have his birthdate but know that he died in 1841. Elizabeth was born in 1770 in Virginia and her son Simco Popplewell was born in 1792 in Virginia. He married Sinchi ?. Their son Soverin Popplewell was born Jan 5, 1817 in Russeltown Ky. He married Polly Jane Meredith who was bo rn April 30, 1818 in Weekly Co. Tenn. The were married Oct 15, 1840 in Camden Co. , Mo. Soverign and Polly are buried on their plantation in Miller Co., Mo. We were there last March (1996). According to the records of Miller Co. the following children were born in Miller Co.--Cynthia C. Popplewell, Margaret Popplewell, Jame E. Popplewell, Soverign Green Popplewell, Mary, Martha Jane Popplewell, and Miranda Isabell Popplewell (my husbands gr grandmother). I am still trying to research the elder Isaac Popplewell and his son Simco. Beginning at least with the elder Isaac Popplewell, the Popplewells all seemed to name their son's Isaac, Soverign, and Simco. We have found all three of these names in Kentucky and Missouri--obviously different individuals some almost the exact same age. Mary Evelyn (Corky) Swanson 1463 Beechwood Lane Abilene TX 79603 e-mail: mswanson@camalott.com 'Cous' I do have pictures of the graves of Polly and Soverign Popplewell and Margaret Popplewell Reed (one of their daughters) and their granddaughter Lena. The "Plantation" is partly in the middle of the Lake of the Ozarks now. the cemetery and the remains of the house are in the Lake of the Ozarks State Park Wilderness area now. We hiked in about a mile through much overgrown greenbriar in March of 1996. I think when I get all of the tree together--hope to have it by the end of the summer at the latest, I will find that your Soverign is our Soverigns Uncle but I am not sure. One of our problems in tracing this family was that we too had copies of the Mormon records--our Popplewells were not Mor mons but some of their decendants were--and since the names involved were the same we had to do quite some digging to uncover the right family. We know for sure that the Soverign Popplewell born in 1817 and the Polly Meridith Popplewell born in 1818 were my husbands ancestors. They were only 22 and 23 years old when they were married in Bridal Cave in Camden Co., Mo. He was named after his uncle Soverign (Simco's brother) Simco was born in 1792 and was younger than his brother Soverign. I will keep you infor med as I can uncover more--will also send you copies of the headstones from Miller Co., Mo. They are not super plain, but they headstones do have the 1817 and 1818 birthdates on them. I found a number of Soverign Popplewells and Simco Popplewells on the 1840 and 1850 census. Most from Ky or Mo, but a few from other places as well. I have not been able to find out when or where they came into this country for sure. Family history on our end says that Isaac came from France--however, the only records I have found for entry into the U.S. by Popplewells dates in the late 1600's when three of them were sent over from England as indentured servants. I have not found any other record to date of Popplewells entering the U.S. --none of the three were names Isaac, Soverign , or Simco or even James which seems to be another favorite name for the Popplewells. Oh yeah! Back to the Plantation--It is about six miles east of Brumley. To even get to a place to hike in through the woods, you have to go over a suspension bridge that is over a 100 years old. You hike through the woods over the hill and through a hollow and back up on the hill to reach the remains of the house. It was at least 2 stories high with a basement. There are probably 15 or 20 graves in the cemetery which is about 100 feet nw of the house. It looks down on a river valley that leads down to the edge of the lake. Their were two wagon roads down to the property--one low to the "farm land" and one high up to the house. It took us two trips and a roll of twine--you could get lost in those woods real easy--to find the cemetery and house. We plan to take my husband's mother back the first of August. All four of her gr-grandparents are buried in Miller Co. and we located all of their graves when we were there.   Mary Evelyn (Corky) Swanson 1463 Beechwood Lane Abilene TX 79603 e-mail: mswanson@camalott.com 'Cous' There's a little article in the book called Popplewell: A Pioneer Family. Here's what it said:   "The Popplewell family first moved to Kentucky after the Revolutionary War. Isaac Popplewell, son of Hack Popplewell, took possession of his father's land grant prior to 1803. The land grant was issued to Hack Popplewell for services rendered in the Revolutionary War. The area of the land grant was in the Wolf Creek area of what is now Russell County, but was at that time Adair County.   Isaac and his wife, Elizabeth Flint, had nine children and 50 or so grandchildren that helped to settle the county. Their children were: Judith (b. 1785) m. William Meek; Soverign (b. 1878) m. first Nancy Denton and second M. Collett; Simco (b. 1790) m. Sinthi Chamberlain; Sarah (b. 1704) m. J. Barron; Nancy (b. 1796) m. John Fry; John (b. 1801) m. Sally Dunbar; Josiah (b. 1802 d. 1811); Isaac Jr. (b. 1804) m. Susannah Chamberlain; and Barrett (b. 1806) m. first Elizabeth Hart and second ? Henlinger. It took great effort for these men and women to clear the land near the waters of Wolf Creek where they made their homes. The trees were first cut with crosscut saws, the smaller limbs were but from the big trees and placed on slides to later split for firewood. The main trunk of the tree was dragged to the potential homesite to be used for building. The stumps were butned the burned remains dug out. The roots of the tree had to be located the dug out so they wouldn't break the point of the plow. This process would often take more than two years before a crop could actually be planted. Simco Popplewell (b. 1790, d. 1873) married Sinthi Chamberlain in 1811. They had 11 children. Simco was the second son of Isaac and Elizabeth. He became a Justice of the Peace in Russell County and his name is found on many marriage bonds in the early records of the county. He was also a coffin maker and a whiskey maker according to records. Simco had skills as a surveyor and served on the committee to find suitable locations for new roads as the county began to expand. The early members of this family had various skills that they used in their communities. It appears they were talented musicians. Simco's grandson, Cornelius, even worked on riverboats as a singer. The men were skilled hunters and fishermen. One of the early settlers made whiskey barrels, another was a store keeper, still another was a lay doctor. Many of the women were said to have the "gift," being the skill to blow out the fire from a burn and to rub a wart to make it disappear, among others things that were almost supernatural. Some were said to have a sixth sense that foretold disasters. While these things were unusual, they certainly made for an interesting family. Many descendants of these early settlers remained in the county and continue to follow the tradition of serving their community in various ways. One descendant served as deputy sheriff for many years, one began the tourism industry here, two serve as dentists, one served as mayor of one of our local communities for several years, one serves as county clerk, many are merchants, a few are ministers, dozens served and continue to serve as school teachers or administrators and several continue the tradition of farming. They continue to be a large and vital part of our community." 'Deb Zimmerman'