Don, I did some research for a lady in Benton/Washington County, Arkansas on Cowans and sent several pictures of tombstones from the Oak Grove Cemetery which is on the borderline of both counties. If you go to our website and put in Cowan you will find where Lucille Cowan purchased John Wesley DeShields' property in his probate and also the pictures from Oak Grove. <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmwtlw/index.htm">Rock Fence Genealogy - Main</A> and <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmwtlw/index.htm">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jmwtlw/index.htm</A> Reta DeShields Parton Springdale, Ar 72762 [email protected] daughter of D W DeShields & Cora Irene (last name withheld) DeShields granddaughter of Dennie DeShields and Ruby Lee Austin DeShields gggranddaughter of John Wesley DeShields and Frankey Green DeShields ggggrandaughter of Handy DeShields and Nancy Womack DeShields gggggrandaughter of Joel and Charity DeShields POSSIBLE: ggggggrandaughter of Thomas DeShields