Forwarded to the AMREV-HESSIANS mail list: From: "Dana Majernik" <majerdm@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 6:47 PM > Source: COWAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Seeking Info About The Cowans of Cowans Gap/Cowans Village, PA > > I came upon your website in search of my own Cowen/Cowens/Cowan family. I descend from a woman named "Sophia Cowen" who married Jacob Slates (Slates was derived from the names Schloeg, Schleg, Slate, finally to Slates in the early 1800's). Friedrich Schloeg was a Hessian soldier who fought for the British in the Revolutionary War and decided to stay in America after the war. > > Jacob Slates was the grandson of Friedrich. Jacob was said to have been born in Maryland. The problem though is that this was an area which is now located in South Central Pennsylvania. The counties of Bedford, Fulton, and Huntingdon of Pennsylvania all were part of one another at various times and also at various times a part of Maryland. >