Powhatan Ellis, (1790–1863), born in Amherst County, justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, United States Senator from Mississippi, and minister to Mexico.
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The Cabell family recruited a company of riflemen, and the following year Samuel Cabell was elected Captain in the Amherst County Volunteers, and then assigned to the 6th Virginia Regiment.