Powhatan Ellis

Powhatan Ellis (January 17, 1790 – March 18, 1863) was a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, United States senator from Mississippi, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi.

Education and career

Born on January 17, 1790, at Red Hill Farm in Amherst County, Virginia, where he studied law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to fill the vacancy. He resumed private practice in Natchez starting in 1842 and continued private practice in Richmond, Virginia until 1863. In 1833, he married Eliza Rebecca Winn who died in the spring of 1835. Together, they had two children.

Legacy

The city of Ellisville, Mississippi is named in Ellis's memory.