This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QU.2ADI/3870 Message Board Post: I'm descended from John M McKown (also spelled McCown, McEwen, and McCowan in censuses), who I think is this Sampson's brother. In the 1850 census, a widowed John and his children resided with Sampson and Martha in Montgomery Co, AL. I think there was also a brother James, but could have been some other relation. They all bought land in the same area (I think it's around where Montgomery, Bullock, and Pike meet) at the same times. I have had no luck whatsoever as to finding out who there parents are. In the censuses, it always says that John was born in SC, while with Sampson it varies between SC and AL. I haven't yet found James in a census. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Alabama Land Records Record about SAMPSON MCKOWN Name: SAMPSON MCKOWN Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 39321 Total Acres: 119.04 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 02, 1852 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 W½SW ST STEPHENS No 13N 21E 19 2 NESW ST STEPHENS No 13N 21E 19 Alabama Land Records Record about JAMES MCKOWN Name: JAMES MCKOWN Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 35625 Total Acres: 40.15 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 01, 1843 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NENE ST STEPHENS No 13N 20E 24 Alabama Land Records Record about JOHN MCKOWN Name: JOHN MCKOWN Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 40085 Total Acres: 40.16 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 02, 1852 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 SWSW ST STEPHENS No 13N 21E 9 Alabama Land Records Record about JOHN MCKOWN Name: JOHN MCKOWN Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 40086 Total Acres: 40.005 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 02, 1852 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NENE ST STEPHENS No 13N 21E 17 Alabama Land Records Record about JOHN MCKOWN Name: JOHN MCKOWN Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 40087 Total Acres: 120.57 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 02, 1852 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 S½SE ST STEPHENS No 13N 21E 8 2 SESW ST STEPHENS No 13N 21E 8 Alabama Land Records Record about JOHN MCKOWN Name: JOHN MCKOWN Land Office: CAHABA Document Number: 35552 Total Acres: 80.3 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: February 01, 1843 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 NWNE ST STEPHENS No 13N 20E 24 2 NESE ST STEPHENS No 13N 20E 24