I found your e-mail address on the itnernet when I was looking for Thomas Skiles information. I also saw where you posted something at http://dcbeta.ecenter.smu.edu/bskinner/genealogy/skiles/tskiles.html (which still works). I know I found the passenger list earlier today for the SPEEDWELL OF LONDON, for for the life of me, I cannot find it again. Do you have a copy of the Speedwell of London passenger list? If so, would you please attach a copy of it and send it to me....or if not, please tell me how to get to it so I can take another look at it. I've had a Dumb Blonde Senior Moment! Also, do you have a copy of Thomas Skiles/Skyles (and I say Skyles because of a Will I found on line for Henry Skyles dated June 1, 1750)....then it appears they changed the last name to Skiles in the next generation. And finally, would you know of any Skiles woman who married JOHN COWAN, possibly in Pennsylvania or in Rowan County, North Carolina? John Cowan names his son Joseph Skiles Cowan....so I'm thinking that, because often the maiden name of the mother was used as a middle name for the children, that John Cowan's wife must have been a Skiles....alas, but which one! Possibly John Cowan's wife was already deceased at the time of his death in Rowan County, North Carolina by 1788.....as his children were "orphaned". Another researcher got all over me because I said that evidently his wife was already deceased...when in fact, women had NO RIGHTS back then and that may have been "the law" back then that her children were still orphaned, but she would have control over their well-being and they were even possibly still living with her. However, other wills I have seen have almost always given the wife's name with rights of possession of the land owned and personal property....there w! as NO WILL for John Cowan though. So I can't find out WHO SHE IS and it's driving me CRAZIER than I already am. Catherine Skyles/Skiles married a COWEN. Whenever I see John Cowan and his cousin or brother William Cowan in Rowan County tax lists, etc., their last name is always spelled COWEN, and not COWAN. (John Cowan's son's headstone is Joseph S. CowEn.) I think this particular Catherine Skyles/Skiles would have been too OLD for John Cowan who died in 1788. We think he was born around 1743 or after in Ireland. Any help you could offer would be forever appreciated. Thank you, Karen (Cowan) Thomas

Does anyone know what ship our Four Immigrant Brothers came in and where they landed? Thanks, Karen (Cowan) Thomas

Dear Karen, Thank you so much for all your trouble. This must have taken you some time & I want you to know how much I appreciate it. I do not see any connections at this time. Let me know if I can do any Indiana look-ups for you. I do not live there anymore....we retired in Florida, but I have a lot of stuff in my files for southern Indiana in the early 1800's like 1828 Jefferson Co. tax list, Cowan's who came to Indiana while it was still 2/3 Indian land. In fact, John Cowan who married Anna Maxwell and John Maxwell (her brother) helped to survey the wooded land that we now call Indianapolis. Interesting!!!! Census papers, you can access, but I found that a lot of these families traveled together with spouse's families. Thats why I asked about the other families. Now I am afraid I will croak before I ever find out where my Hugh Cowan came from before he went to Kentucky where our 1st proof is. My dad says that our kinsmen always said.... Ireland>NY>PA>KY>IN, but he may have been letting off blarny like many a Scotch-Irish. At this point, I am not discounting anyplace. Unless Hugh had another name like John or William, and went by it ?????? The Buchanan research say that they always heard he was John. In an old family attic, my ggg-uncle wrote that his name was William, but I believe he was talking about Hugh's son, William. Oh well, back to the drawing board. I did get my brother to do the 37 marker DNA with the Cowan clan but it is very hard to read and tells me nothing. It would be very nice to hear from some of my matches to see if anything clicks. Anyway, Thanks again....I didn't mean to get long-winded.

Hi we've traced the family into the 20th century at last! Yippee! If anyone has connections with the following names we'd be very happy to 'chat' with you. Leeona and Bill *DONALD GORDON son of Thomas Gordon and Jane Brown, married Mary Jane Robb daughter of Thomas Robb and Mary Jane Dunn in 1922. (Thomas Robb was a well known sheep and cattle dealer in the area before his death in 1929 at Woodlea, Castle Douglas) *JOHN MITCHELL son of James Mitchell and Anne Grierson married Elizabeth Muir Robb daughter of George Robb and Jessie Mary Cowan in 1922. *JAMES THOMSON son of James Thomson and Margaret Scott married Mary Jane McKelvie Robb daughter of William Robb and Mary Jane McKelvie in 1900. They had a daughter Dorothy who married someone by the name of Conder or Conden. *JOHN MCCUTCHEON son of John McCutcheon and Jane 'McKeand' married Janet Robb daughter of William Robb and Mary Jane McKelvie in 1905. *AGNES MILLIGAN married John Robb son of William Robb and Mary Jane McKelvie. Agnes and John had a son Andrew. ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ====

... DEATHS ... COWAN, Adam - D8/10/1845 - At Ayr, on the 8th instant, Mr Adam Cowan, late Librarian of the Mechanic's Library. ... ==== SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Mailing List ==== -----------------------------------

I had about 100 e-mails with interesting links so I felt it was time that I looked at them and did something with them so I am sharing them with you all. It also gives a nice list of interesting sites to go visit when you have nothing else to do or can't sleep. It does contain some URL's that have info that I often get questions wanting to know where to look for additional information. Enjoy!!! Everyone has been quite. Guess it is due to the sneaks peaks of Spring or the un-expected snow falls. Laura Cowan Cooper Land Record Reference http://users.rcn.com/deeds/landref.htm Genealogy Dictionary http://home.att.net/~dottsr/diction.html Genealogy Auctions on E-Bay http://www.genealogysearch.org/auctions.html Color code the counties. "Do-It-Yourself" State Maps http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/ The World of 1898: The Spanish-American War Home Page http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/ Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812 http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/1812reg.htm Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Online http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/ Cherokee Indian http://www.cherokee.org/Services/Registration/Registration_App.pdf http://www.rootsweb.com/~cherokee/app_membership.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~itcherok/genealogy/tips.htm http://www.allthingscherokee.com/atc_sub_gene_feat_121100.html http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/lookups/civil.htm Dawes Rolls Marriage Records http://marriagedatabase.com

Valentine's week, I spent some time over in Hyde County and Carteret County, North Carolina. It is a very interesting area. Hyde County, North Carolina was flat and a little above sea level on a good day. I was not doing Cowan research, but was with a friend that was looking for Rose and Brooks family information. In Hyde County we spent one whole afternoon at the Courthouse. It has a new location until the flooded courthouse is restored, but it was a delightful experience. We pulled 166 pages of Birth, Marriage, and Death records at 10 cents per copy. Of course the ladies at the courthouse stopped their work and helped us - this is not a normal event, but I guess they felt we needed help!!! It was wonderful to be getting death certificates for 10 cents!! The marriage bonds/certificates of course were the oldest. The counties in North Carolina attempt to hold on to their records until they are forced for some reason to turn them over to the state. I was told that the original marriage bonds are in the possession of the North Carolina Historical Commission in Raleigh, North Carolina. They are filed alphabetically in boxes. Now we found the old original marriage info at the county level for both Hyde and Carteret Counties. I went through the same records for Carteret County, but we had to do it by ourselves - they were nice and showed us when we needed help, but we got spoiled in Hyde County. The death certificates were wonderful. Not only did they have parents, but the cause of death. The marriage bonds had both sets of parents so they will prove to be very helpful. My research for the lines I was hunting there in Morehead were not very developed at the time of this trip so I only got about half of what I really needed, but I am ready to head to other North Carolina areas to see if I will have the same luck. i know in Iredell County, they told me that once the marriage bonds/certificates were transcribed that they disappeared. Rowan County had marriage and death records on a computer at the Edith Clark Library. It was a wonderful experience and sure beat having to pay $10 a copy!!!! I started my son's Willis line in Carteret County.They were fishermen and boat builders. It seems that in that area of NC the Willis name is like Smith or Jones. I was able to make a lot of progress and understand why my son loves to fish - it is in his blood!!! His great great grandfather build a boat - the Sylvia, a core sounder. I didn't get to see the Sylvia this trip, but maybe next time - I can tell you that all I did was just get started good before my time was up. I could spend months over in North Carolina and never even get started good!!! I love a good research trip. Does any one know who James L. Cowan that married Mary Elizabeth Vail in Salisbury, NC - Nov. 5, 1840 happens to be or who the Vail's were???? This was a death notice that was in the Raleigh Register and I just was hunting more information. It does pay to do some planning before you hit the courthouse. In Hyde County, we located the author or co-author of a lot of the local research books and he sold my friend about $200 worth of books before we left the area. Thecemetery book was so much help while we were hunting the old cemeteries. In Hyde County way back when, it was the responsibility of the family to bury their family members in their family cemeteries and to maintain them. So every community are little private cemeteries. I had wondered why we kept seeing cemeteries all over the place. Now this is an area that doesn't have a lot of roads and is not very populated. It is 1 1/2 to 2 hours to the nearest Walmart. The were very few services except fishing boats and seafood plants. I faired much better in Morehead - it sure had grown since 1980. <g> The point of all this is to encourage you to go check out that courthouse and look at the actual records. Check out the local museums in the areas you research - buy the books and copy the records for it saves a lot of time!!!!! Laura Cowan Cooper

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/DMQ.2ACIB/1097 Message Board Post: i am looking for any info on harry cowan who lived in wavetree in liverpool and moved to queensland australia after a spell living in washington.he was my dads cousin and i would dearly love to hear from him or his family,some of whom are still in liverpool.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/1096 Message Board Post: Hi, I'm looking for and Agnes Black who married Mr. John Cowan during 1863 in Ireland. they then came to america. They were in Crown Point, Essex Co., New York and then Agnes just disappears. Any help would be appreciated. Please email at katieerdahl@hotmail.com

The Cowan marriages listed below came from a book called "Marriages of Rowan County, North Carolina 1762-1850", transcribed by Jeffrey A. Campbell, published by Closson Press, Apollo, PA, copyright, January 2004. I purchased this book (on E-Bay) and if you would like for me to do a "look-up" for you for a Rowan County marriage between 1762 and 1850, please feel free to contact me directly at my e-mail address: Karen95035@sbcglobal.net There are approximately 6000 alphabetical names in this book. The Grooms are listed first in alphabetical order, and then the Brides are listed in the back with reference to which page they appear so they can be matched with the Grooms. The original list for this book was transcribed from microfilms in Rowan County between 1762 and 1850. Rowan County has gone through some major boundary changes. It was formed in 1753 from Anson County and was named for Matthew Rowan who died in 1760, who was the acting governor at the time Rowan County was formed. Various other counties split from Rowan County including Surry County in 1771, Burke and Wilks Counties in 1777, Iradel in 1788, Davidson in 1822 and Davie in 1836. Surry, Burke and Wilks were split even further (but I don't know what those splits were). If your ancestors were in Rowan County, it may behoove you to search these other counties which split off. The original land grants for Rowan County are in Anson County records. I found quite a few of my marriages (but not for my Cowan's) for the Graham, Dobbin, Cathey lines that eventually married into my Cowan line. My line is the Joseph Skiles Cowan line for those of you researching that "tree". His father was John Cowan (wife STILL unknown), darn it! My John Cowan was PROBABLY David Cowan's son (one of the 4 immigrant brothers). And lastly, I bought the book because my John Cowan died in Rowan County, North Carolina in 1788. I was hoping he'd moved there and gotten married in Rowan County, North Carolina, but it looks like he may have been married somewhere else or possibly there is a church record somewhere not recorded in the County. Even though my brick-wall continues, I hope one of the Groom's or Bride's below is your family. Groom's last name First name Middle Bride's Last name First name Date of marriage Cowan A. Varner Cowan Rebecca July 31, 1827 Cowan Abel Brandon Sucretia May 6, 1816 Cowan Abel McKenzie Maria Jan 28, 1826 Cowan Abel Armstrong Mcconnehey Margaret Jun 20, 1818 Cowan Benjamin Jenkins Anne Henly Apr 9, 1778 Cowan Benjamin F. Cowan Elizabeth Jul 16, 1822 Cowan Christopher Mcneely Eliza C. Dec 4, 1824 Cowan D. P. Mcnight Sarah Aug 31, 1841 Cowan David Dobbins Rebekah Aug 23, 1790 (Not John Cowan's father, however, he is Joseph Skiles Cowan's son and her name IS spelled with an S on the end in this book.) Cowan Henry Rex Elizabeth Jan 8, 1824 Cowan Isaac Swan Jinsy Sep 9, 1812 Cowan James Gillispie Nancy L. Dec 22, 1828 Cowan James Lewis Ester Aug 22, 1775 Cowan John Kilpatrick Lucinda Jun 18, 1819 Cowan John Roberson Mary G. Dec 30, 1835 Cowan John Robinson Sally Jun 7, 1820 Cowan John Smith Elizabeth C. Oct 27, 1828 Cowan Joseph Howison Rebecca Oct 22, 1823 Cowan Joseph Swann Elizabeth Jan 20, 1818 Cowan Joseph Young Sarah Sep 4, 1826 Cowan Nathan Briggs Ruhamah Feb 20, 1833 Cowan Richard O. Irvine Elizabeth L. Jan 7, 1845 Cowan Robert V. Capels Nancy May 16, 1832 Cowan Samuel Lewis Phebe Jun 14, 1783 Cowan Stephen Caldwell Patsy Oct 21, 1782 Cowan Stephen Holland Unice Sep 19, 1820 Cowan Stephen F. Graham Ann M. Mar 21, 1842 Cowan Thomas Young Margaret Aug 4, 1841 Cowan Thomas L. Brown Elizabeth Apr 26, 1810 Cowan William Cowan Ruannah Oct 31, 1826 Cowan William Hinds Mary Jul 7, 1784 Cowan William Steel Jane Apr 11, 1786 Cowan William Stewart Sarah Dec 23, 1759 Cowan William S. Anderson Polly Sep 7, 1808 Cowden John Brown Jane Mar 25, 1768 Cowin Isaac Pelton Mary Nov 8, 1780 Cowin Isack Steward Sarah Dec 17, 1783 Brides with last name of Cowan: Abbigail Ann Ann F. Ann H. Ann J. Ann S. Anna Betsy Casey Catherine Edith Elizabeth Elizabeth H. Eunies Isabella C. Jane Jane C. Jane V. Jean Jean L. Levina Lydia Margaret Margaret A. Margaret M. Mary Mary E. Mary S. Matilda Matty Myra Nancy Phoeby Polly Priscilla Rebecca Reuhanah Ruannah Ruth Sally Sally F. Sarah Susannah Thanks, Karen (Cowan) Thomas

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MARRIAGES ... COWAN, Andrew - M23/6/1845 - At Newmarket Street, Ayr, on the 23d inst., Andrew Cowan, Esq,. of Midsands, to Miss Margaret M'Donald. ... ==== SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Mailing List ==== ----------------------------------

Regarding the Setzer�s., Cowan�s, Skiles, Dobbin�s, Cathey�s, Graham�s, Darr�s and Hilderbrand�s Or: Scotch-Irish and Germans in North Carolina in Colonial Times By Karen Cowan Thomas E-mail: Karen95035@sbcglobal.net I recently stumbled across the following while researching all counties in Pennsylvania while I was looking for yet another ancestor besides Jacob Setzer who is on my Mother�s side of the family and back several generations. I was in the process of searching for census, wills and deeds in Pennsylvania on USGenWeb when I came across the following: Pennsylvania Archives Second Series, Published under direction of Matthew S. Quay Secretary of the Commonwealth Edited by John B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle, MD, Vol II, Harrisburg B. F. Meyers, State Printer 1876: and it was for Immigrants being Naturalized in Pennsylvania: and this is where I found the following (which I have paraphrased so as not to infringe on Copyright laws excepting for one paragraph below): �At a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia Before William Allen, William Coleman and Alexander Stedman, Esquires, Judges of the said Court, the tenth Day of April, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-five, between the Hours of nine and Twelve of the Clock in the Forenoon of the same Day the following Persons being Foreigners:� And on page 462, the name Jacob Seltzer, of Heidelberg, and the date of 7 April 1765. The rest of the document wording was not included, but this was for persons being �naturalized� in Pennsylvania. Now, I hope �Naturalized� meant the same thing in Colonial Times as it means today and I�m pretty sure it does because they refer to �Foreigners�. In 1765, how many Jacob Setzer�s (or Seltzer�s) could have been in Colonial America? Our first Setzer arrived about 1750 to 1753 from Germany. My question is, since our Jacob Setzer (born 1730 in Mainz Germany) immigrated to this country about 1750 to 1753 with his father, Johannes �Jacob� Setzer, and who arrived from Germany on the ship �Patience� (port of arrival unknown), would our Jacob Setzer (born 1730) have been required to �Naturalize� before he could serve as a Revolutionary War Soldier because he was a �Foreigner�? If he hadn�t been �naturalized�, would he have been eligible for a LAND Grant after the Revolutionary War? Furthermore, dates our ancestor settlers arrived in Rowan County North Carolina (or any other North Carolina County), can�t be pinned down exactly but dates of settlement began around 1720 or 1730, and continued until about 80 families were living in Rowan County by 1749 or so. Some of the settlers that were �contributors to the population, were the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians from northern Ireland and Germans�. I am guessing the Germans were from Pennsylvania because they were the �Pennsylvania Dutch� that came to Rowan County, North Carolina. They were all looking for freedom of religion, property and/or freedom of politics. The author of the original article I derived some of this information from says that these Pennsylvania Dutch were Lutheran and German Reformed Church, Moravians and United Brethren and were from Moravia and Bohemia (Churches? Or Germany?). The German population was only a small group of the overall population. The Scotch-Irish who came to this country ! beginning about 40 years prior to the Revolutionary War, mostly for freedom of religion, land and politics were a fair part of the population in Rowan County early on, more so than the Germans. These Scotch-Irish were Scotch in blood, but were descendants of the Scotch that the English rulers gave confiscated lands from Irish rebels in the Province of Ulster in north Ireland during the 1600�s. (The above paragraph has been paraphrased but the information was found in: A COLONIAL HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, By Samuel James Ervin, Jr., CHAPEL HILL, PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY 1917 RALEIGH, Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, 1917) My Cowan�s were from County Down, Ireland. The Cathey�s were from Ulster, Ireland, the Graham�s were from Ivenary, Northern Ireland. The Dobbin�s were from Armagh, Ireland. Does anyone know if Armagh and County Down are in Northern Ireland? Does anyone have an American Colonial period map of Ireland they could share with me? And as I read in other books, these Scotch-Irish even had difficulty in Rowan County, North Carolina, to be able to practice their own religious beliefs because of the Church of England and the controls the Church of England desired to maintain over the churches in this country. The Scotch-Irish formed their own church in Rowan County called the Thyatira Presbyterian Church, which the Dobbin, Cowan, Graham and Cathey families helped form and were actively participating. (The Cathey�s land is where the first church �meeting house� building was built). Dobbin�s, Cowan�s, Graham�s and Cathey�s were all Scotch-Irish settlers. The Germans settled nearby�..including my lineage on both sides of my family, the Schiles or Skiles (my father�s family), Setzers and Darr�s (Tarr in English) and Hilderbrand (my mother�s family) which were all of German descendancy. They were all in or near Catawba, Anson and Lincoln and Rowan Counties at one time or another�and hence, there is much confus! ion about the county names being changed or boundaries of those counties being changed. Many of these German Families as well as my Scotch-Irish families were in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania before North Carolina. They all seem to end up in North Carolina within a short period of time of each other�.say 5 years. Yes.....FIVE years! Not 15 years, not 20 years....FIVE years! Now, IF Jacob Setzer and his Father did arrive from Germany and ended up in Pennsylvania with the �Pennsylvania Dutch�, they would have, most likely, moved with some of the �Pennsylvania Dutch� to North Carolina. The progression of moves in colonial times was to arrive in the country (in the beginning in Maryland or Virginia, and later on St. Louis, Missouri to Virginia or Pennsylvania), and then many moved from Maryland to Virginia and then to Pennsylvania, and finally they moved on to North Carolina. I have seen this scenario repeated in a couple other lineages in my family history�.some German, some Scotch-Irish. I have Jacob Setzer, Jr. dying in Franklin County, Georgia (after he got land after the Revolutionary War for his service in the war). And his father Jacob Setzer Sr. died in Catawba, North Carolina. AND his son, John Setzer, died in Lincoln County, North Carolina. So Jacob Setzer Jr, the Revolutionary War Soldier, moved to his land he received in the Land Grant ! in Georgia and his father and sons stayed in North Carolina. If it wasn�t bad enough already trying to guess where they started out and ended up, there was yet another problem I was faced with immediately. I�m still searching for HARD proof for Jacob Setzer, Senior who married Mary Magdalene Povey (Bovey), daughter of Conrad Povey and Magdalene. The problem lies in where to look in North Carolina for all of these people. Mary Magdalene and Jacob Setzer lived in part of Anson County, North Carolina, which became part of Mecklenburg County, then part of Tryon County, then part of Lincoln County, and in 1842, part of Catawba County�.and part of one of these North Carolina counties became part of Benton County, Tennessee. It would be bad enough to try to search all counties in North Carolina, and it is probably a good thing my ancestors all seem to have been in North Carolina for a period of time, however, because of the religious problems the Germans and Presbyterians (Scotch-Irish) endured in this country because of King George (V, I think) of England and the Church of England, for a time any church Minister other than a Minister of the Church of England was not allowed to perform marriages--and the Church of England did not accept marriages performed by ministers other than the Church of England. Marriage Banns were published on the �Church doors� for three weeks prior to their �marriage� and if no one disagreed, they were married. These �banns� were not saved. Then there were Marriage Bonds and finally marriage certificates were issued. However, for quite a few years in Colonial America it was not legal for the ministers (other than from the Church of England) to issue marriage certificat! es. Marriage Certificates had to be issued by the Governor of the State or by the Church of England. Finally, Presbyterian Ministers or a Justice of the Peace could also perform marriages. So now as far as Jacob Setzer is concerned, we�re looking for someone who probably spoke German, is not of the Church of England, and has no Marriage Certificate or Marriage Bond or Marriage Banns on file anywhere. So how do we find about when they were married. I guess, we don�t�..unless somebody out there has a Setzer Bible for Johannes �Jacob� Setzer, a Jacob Setzer Bible for Sr and Jr,., etc., etc. and his descendants until such time as a Justice of the Peace or Church Minister of German or Presbyterian Churches could marry these Germans and Presbyterians and perform the �solemnization of marriages� and issue marriage certificates. So for some of you out there who are looking for Scotch-Irish or German marriages in the colonial times, you�re probably out of luck unless there�s a bible record. Somebody, PLEASE, prove me wrong.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan, DuBose, Haliburton,Hull Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/1094 Message Board Post: I want to trace my Cowan family in Ireland. John Cowan came to U.S. in the 1830's from Ireland with his parents David and Elizabeth. They were in S.Carloina then Yalobusha county Miss. before coming to Gonzales Co., Tx. Does any one out there have any more info. on this family? Please help. Email me at mikecowan@the-cia.net

Old Wigtown kirkyard, Wigtownshire, Scotland [472] Erected by John DUNLOP in memory of his grandfather John DUNLOP died 20th Janr 1863 aged 51 years Also his grand-mother Jane COWAN died 9th April 1895 aged 80 years [West Side] [This tombstone looks as if it has been used again for the East Side with the top part sloped off] ---- ---- February --- --- their daughter ---- died 29th March Margaret their daughter born --- --- died 18th December 1851 interred on 23rd in Kelton Parish, Castle Douglas David elder son of the above who died at Liverpool on the 17th and interred here on the 20th January 1877 aged 74 years Also Anthony younger son of the above who died at Liverpool on the 11th October 1881 and interred in Anfield, Walton Cemetery on the 15th October aged 67 years Agnes KENNEDY fourth daughter of Wm and Agnes KENNEDY who died 12th June 188- -----ian Street, Everton, Liverpool aged 82 years ==== SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Mailing List ====

Old Wigtown kirkyard, Wigtownshire, Scotland [114] [Pillars at side of Stone] Erected by John McGOWAN, Watchmaker, in affectionate remembrance of his wife Grace McDOWALL who died 16th Febr 1890 aged 66 years Also his daughter Grace McGOWAN who died 11th April 1866 aged 3 yrs Also his mother Elizabeth KELLY who died 7th May 1863 aged 59 years Also his father William McGOWAN, Watchmaker, who died 16th June 1864 aged 73 years Also the above John McGOWAN, Watchmaker, who died 4th June 1895 aged 70 years Also his son William died 22nd Jan 1924 aged 62 years --------------------------------------------------- [67] Erected by Agnes COWAN & Margaret McDOWALL in memory of their mother Rosana THOMPSON relict of John COWAN, late in Blairs, Parish of Kirkmabreck, who died 11th Jany 1831 aged 64 years Also their brother John T. COWAN who died at Charleston, So. Carolina, 12th July 1827 aged 29 The above Agnes COWAN wife of the Revd. W. McQUEEN, Pathstruie, Perthshire, died 3d March 1852 aged 51 Margaret McDOWALL died 7th Oct 1836 aged 33 years ------------------------------------------------------ ==== SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Mailing List ====

Ralph Ellis Cowan spent many years researching the Cowan family, he donated ten volumes of material to the Indiana, Allen County Library. One problem is that they are not indexed and many don't have sources. I submit this for what it's worth. John Cowan Sr, Rowan Co. NC, will bk--?---page 207.dated March 24, 1789. Wife, Mary Dau. Esther, a minor Sons, John Jr. William, Thomas, Moses, David, (Alexander, a minor, Isaac, a minor, Joseph, a minor.) Witnesses, Elizabeth Dickey, Richard Graham, Samuel Young. Guardian appointed by court for minor children, Feb 4, 1789. (Note: evidently Mary married a Dickey first, then married John Cowan) Continue with that on another page; Mary Cowan, Rowan Co. NC, wife of John Cowan Sr., Nov 27, 1804-1805 Sons, John Jr, William, Thomas, David. Children by former marriages, William Dickey, Joel Dickey, Elizabeth Dickey, John Dickey. Gchildren, children of Joel Dickey, Esther, Elijah, John, Mary Dickey. I hope this is some use, Thelma

Here are a few more thoughts on the Cowan-Skiles-Dobbin-Graham interconnections.. I think it probable that the wife of John Cowan (d. 1788 Rowan Co., NC) was a Skiles. The naming of their son, Joseph Skiles Cowan, is one clue. Also, the naming of another son, Alexander, hints at a Skiles connection. Alexander was not one of the usual Cowan names, but was a common name in the Skiles-Dobbin connection. We know that Joseph Skiles Cowan was born in 1777 and along with siblings Alexander, Isaac and Esther were minors at the time of their father's death. The Thomas, William and John Cowan, Jr. who became their guardians are assumed to be brothers who were adults at the time of John Cowan's death. If this is indeed the case, then these children would have been born in the early to mid 1760s, which would put the projected dates of birth for John Cowan and his wife probably around 1740-1745 or so. By process of elimination, John Cowan was probably the son of immigrant David Cowan. The earliest known Cowan-Skiles connection was that of Catherine Skiles Cowan. Henry Skiles died in Lancaster County, PA in 1750. Among his heirs is a married daughter, Catherine Cowan. For her to have been married at the time of her father's death would probably put her birthdate back to about 1730 or earlier. Who was her Cowan husband? Among the "4 brothers" group, the only possibilities are Thomas son of John (the immigrant), and the sons of David (the immigrant). (This does not consider the unknown family, if any, of Henry Cowan who died c. 1760 in Lancaster Co., PA). Chances are, Catherine's husband was one of the sons of David Cowan. Her husband was not, however, the John who died in 1788. She would have been too old and he too young. Probably she was married to one of his older brothers. Anna Skiles, daughter of Henry Skiles (died 1750), married James Dobbin. She died in Rowan Co., NC in 1789. Her daughter, Anna Dobbin (born c. 1760) married a David Cowan. Another daughter, Margaret Dobbin (born c. 1766) married a William Cowan. These Cowans were probably grandsons of David Cowan, the immigrant. This assumption comes from being able to eliminate most of the other lines as possibilities. Then there is the marriage of Rebecca Dobbin to David Cowan in Rowan County, NC in 1790. The Barekman Manuscript of the Dobbin-Skiles Family lists Rebecca as a daughter of James Dobbin and Anna Skiles Dobbin. She does not state, however, if the husband David Cowan was the same David Cowan who had previously married Anna Dobbin. Fleming, in CCD, states that this Rebecca Dobbin was the daughter of John Dobbin and the granddaughter of Alexander Dobbin. Do any of you Dobbins-Skiles researchers know whether Barekman or Fleming was correct on Rebecca's ancestry? Also, Fleming assumes that this David Cowan was the son on immigrant David Cowan who died in 1757. I do not think that this necessarily follows at all. I do think that this David Cowan who married Rebecca Dobbin was probably a grandson of immigrant David Cowan; a son of either Henry, David, William, Robert or James (but not John as I believe he was the one mentioned above who died in 1788). This certainly doesn't answer any of the puzzles involving these close, interconnected families, but perhaps frames the questions a little. Terry Cowan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/1093 Message Board Post: Found this using http://www.genealogybuff.com More COWAN data can be found at http://www.genealogybuff.com/data.htm#Cowan [Hale County, TX] Philip ´Andy´ Cowan TULIA - Funeral services for Philip “Andy” Cowan, 92, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park Chapel in Colleyville with the Rev. Don Wills officiating. Burial will be in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park by Wallace Funeral Home in Tulia. Mr. Cowan died at 5:10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999, in Canterbury Villa Nursing Home in Dimmitt. He was born Sept. 28, 1907, in Gatesville where he grew up and attended schools. He had worked for Anderson-Clayton Co. for many years in Littlefield, Las Cruces, N.M., and Richmond. He had lived in Tulia since 1988 and attended First Baptist Church. On Dec. 25, 1925, he married Norma Francis Clark in Gatesville. She died in 1987. Survivors include one daughter, Bettye Cowan Groh of Rowlett; one son, Billy Cowan of Tulia; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Two sons are deceased. Charles Cowan died in 1990 and Harold Cowan died in 1993. The body will be at the funeral home in Tulia until noon on Friday. Hope this helps. Bill Obituary Central http://www.obitcentral.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COWAN Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/1092 Message Board Post: COWAN_Henry_Luke_and_Ellen_V.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Memorial-Lawn Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use the picture for your personal records. This is one of the 106,841 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com