Dear Robert, & List; I do not know if this will give any leads or not...I read thes McAfee Papers & it had mentioned a lot of names of those that moved westward. The research of Kentucky & Indiana has also brought me across the Ewing name which is tied in with the McAfee's of Kentucky . Do you have access to the McAfee Papers? This is a story told by the grandson of Anne Hillis who was a d/o Samuel Ewing, the elder & who was in her 84th year in 1831. Also, his uncle James McAfee gave the accounting as follows: ----(snip)---pages 732, 733----these marriages took place in 1744, about 2 years after they arrived in Virginia (from Ireland) having met with Margaret & Mary Walker, who came to N. America with theuir brother Samuel Walker and landed at Charleston, South Carolina, with an uncle by the name of Thomas Clark, who had married their mothers sister, their family moved to Virginia, and settled on Roanoke, where James McCoun m. Margaret, the eldest sister who (discriptions of people)---(snip)-- My paternal grandfather's mother was Mary Rogers, came with her son to N. America and lived with him on Octorara Creek in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania...she died at 84 there, and her children were as follows: John was killed at the ford of Rudy Creek near New River in Virginia abt. 1768. James m. Nancy Clark, the d/o Thomas Clark (above) and had children as follows: Mary, who m. David Woods & had three children. He died and she m. Samuel Woods, his nephew, and had 4 more kids. viz. Harry, Anne, Sally & Woodford. John who married Margaret Ewing d/o Samuel Ewing, & grand d/o Samuel Ewing who married Margaret McMichael. James who died in his bed suddenly one night, a young man after they had removed to Kentucky in 1783. Elizabeth who married William Davenport. Nancy m. (her cousin) Alexander Buchanan. George (who died unmarried in 1804) Margaret, m. John McKamey. Thomas Clark McAfee m. Nancy Greathouse of Shelby Co., KY. My uncle, George McAfee m. Susan Curry, d/o Wm Curry ........James who m. Rebecka Armstrong, liven in KY & later moved to Clark Co., IN. Mary m. Mr. Purviance & moved to IN. Alex. m. cousin, Nancy McAfee & settled on Salt River at his mill. Margaret, who m. William Ewing, and moved to IN.; Jane, who m. Wm. McCampble & moved to IN.; Nancy who m. Thomas Gilkerson, moved to IN.; Anne, who m. Joseph Woods, lived by me in Mercer Co. KY.; Dorcas who m. Joseph Woods, cousin of the above named Woods, , moved to Fleming Co., KY and lived on Licking River. Robert McAfee, my father, m. Anne McCoun, 10 Dec. 1766 .....(snip)... A lot of these folks lived by the Cowans of Harrodsburg, KY that I have been writing about in my KY-IN series

ITEM 5 - The Cowan Brothers of Harrodsburg Kentucky by Carolyn Cowan of Greenfield, IN [This next writing comes from data taken from the "Draper Mss. & a paper researched by Mrs. Wm May of Danville, KY. and is called "The Cowan Brothers". I decided to type it in its entirety because of the contents, however, I noticed that the wills at the bottom of page do not correspond with the names given as the brothers. It looks to me like James & John were the older brothers who had already left home & were left off the will to make their own way. If my theory is right, I need to find where the 4th brother, David went to. If anyone has other info. I would love to hear from you.] [email protected] * * * Cowan, a Scotch name, was occasionally spelled Gowan. Members of this family went to Ireland, where they became known as the "fighting Presbyterians". Later they came into Pennsylvania and Virginia and still later into Kentucky. Two of the brothers, John and James, were in James Harrod's Company that came to Kentucky in 1774. Jared (sometimes spelled Garrard) Cowan, the 3rd brother may not have come until later. Within two months after Harrod's arrival in 1774, James Cowan was dead. He was one of the surveyors in the group, & had gotten his papers wet that morning when it rained. As he was drying them before a fire he was fired upon by Indians and killed. Three of the men escaped and a 4th went to warn Harrod of the tragedy who rallied his party and went to bury the victim and recover the papers. James Cowan left one son, David Cowan. (see estate papers later). Jared Cowan has been confused with James Cowan as being the brother killed in 1774, however, from land records and the estate papers of Jared Cowan who died in Mercer Co. Ky. in the year 1795, all prove it was James & not Jared who died in 1774. Jared settled in Mercer Co., KY. one & one-half mile from Danville on the Harrodsburg-Shakertown Pikes. He married Mary Caldwell in Mercer Co in 1786 and had two sons, David and George Caldwell Cowan - they were never married. If he had other children there is no record of them in the court records, as Jared left no will. His inventory being recorded in March court 1796. (See George C. Cowan will in which he names four aunts, one brother & grandmother, not named - almost proof that he had no other brothers or sisters). Capt. John Cowan was the brother that was best known. He was one of Harrod's men in 1774 & returned with him in 1775. He entered and settled on land close to James Harrod's plantation, in now, Boyle County. He is said "never to have had a dull moment". It was also said that he furnished much of the information on the Filson map and that the information for Filson's book also was furnished by Capt. John. In a deposition he states that in the fall of 1777, he went to Valley Forge to see Gen. Washington Army - the following years went to Vincennes and Kaskaskia and sometime in the year 1777 took the first census in all of Kentucky at Fort Harrod. He counted 196 persons there. As early as 1773 he was in Kentucky with Bullitt being one of the first surveyors at the Falls on the Ohio - now Louisville. He later claimed land in Jefferson County which he left in his will to his daughters. He was married 11 Sept 1781 to Mary Craig, d/o John Craig, of the "Hanging Fork" in Lincoln Co., Ky. (no record of the marriage recorded in Lincoln Co. - would be about the time Kentucky County was established and those records have not been found). Family records stat that the same year he was married, "Thomas Jefferson commissioned him as captain of the militia in Kentucky". Capt. John seems to have been one of the most intelligent men of his day as well as the most educated in Kentucky. As a woodsman, he is said to have been hardly inferior to Daniel Boone. He was third high sheriff of Lincoln Countyu, which at the time included one third of all Kentucky. He was one of the first justices of peace of Mercer Co. He apparently caused some confusion in court one day when he refused to take the oath of allegiance to Virginia. He said he had already given it to the United States and that was enough. The court had never run into a situation of that kind & didn't know what to do. Capt. John went home but after sleeping over the matter, went back next day, took the oath and was sworn in as Justus of the Peace. Capt. John Cowan was elder of the Concord Church, as the Presbyterian Church in Danville was then called. He was entrusted with the "token bag" - bag made of striped cotton in which metal tokens were kept and issued to worthy communicants. One who did not have a token could not partake of Communion. "Dr. George Cowan (grandson of Capt. John) recalled many years later that the bag passed to his father, who guarded it lovingly, and when as a boy wanted one to use as a sinker for his fishing line was not given one". A Court record shows that Capt. John did not mind admitting that he would run if he had to, although he is known to have been as brave as the bravest - he was asked if he ever passed a certain place in 1774 - "Yes", he answered, "I was fleeing from an enemy, and I passed it". John an Mary Cowan reared a large family and many of their decendants became prominent here in this area and elswhere. * * * Mercer Co., Kentucky Records Will Bk 7, p. 198 John Cowan Will - Proved May Court 1828 Wife - tract of land where "I now live", slaves, cattle & dwelling, house, furniture & etc. Sons - William C. Cowan & Henry J. Cowan - part of tract where I now live. Daughters - Mary, & Sally - land in Jefferson Co. Sons - John, James, David Deed Book 2, p. 46 - Aug. 1793? (hard to read) Hanna Cowan of Mercer Co, KY widow of David Cowanh deceased of Lancaster Co., Penna. makes her dau. Margaret & son David her power of Atty. in settlement of property of her late husband David Cowan, deceased of Lancaster Co Penna. Will bk. 5, p. 316 Oct. Court 1816 - Hannah Cowan Will; names four daughters - Margaret, Elizabeth, Janet and Sarah Cowan. Son, David not named but names him in above deed. Jared Cowan - Will Book 2, p. 5 - Inv. returned into Court & ordered to be recorded - March Court 1796 - He left no will & settlement papers show nothing about his children's names. Deed Book 2, p. 20 - To all people to whom these present...I Jared Cowan, of Mercer Co. for love & good will toward my 2 sons, George Caldwell Cowan & David Cowan both under 21 have given unto said George and David my four negroes.. Deed of gift this day recorded July 1793 Note: George Caldwell Cowan died unmarried 1817 and leaves estate to "four aunts, Peggy, Betsy, Jenny, Sally Cowan" to brother David Cowan & grandmother , not named (I believe her name was Isabell Caldwell - his mothers mother because his other grandmother was already dead. Aunts translated because so many nicknames were used back then): Margaret (Peggy); Elizabeth (Betsy); Janet (Jenny); & Sarah (Sally) I also want to point out in this writing that when this writer kept talking about James as the other brother, I belive his name should have been David. [See father, David's Will below] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- In a book called "Stocking Up" by Nancy O'Malley at the Franklin, KY. library there is a detailed description the boundary of land disputed between James Harrod and John Cowan. Their land was side-by-side and this dispute was filed December 31, 1802 at the Lincoln County Court, Stanford. Note: At this point I want to let you know that I have a copy of the map showing some of the Pioneer Stations around Fort Harrod and if anyone has a fax machine I will be happy to send a copy of it to you. Shown on it are: Cowan's Station, Dutch, Harrod's, Lawrence's, Given's, Clarks, Crow's Fisher's, Harlan's, Caldwell's, Irvin's, Harbeson's, Wilson's, Wm. MacAfee's, Smith's, McBride's, Bowman's, Trigg's, Gordon's, McGary's Yocum's, Denton's, James McAfee's and other Stations/Forts/Blockhouses ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Here are two 'Will Abstracts' from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. I went to PA & have transcribed the handwriten copies from courthouse.] Cowan, John (D) May 16th 1758 - (P) June 2, 1760 -----page 154 Exec. Elizabeth & William Cowan. Salsbury (twp) W.-Elizabeth Cowan. Children 0 Catharine, Thomas, William, Margaret, Jane, Elizabeth, John, Abigail & Henry. N.B. There was a bequest to St. James Church - Pequea. Cowan, Henry - (D) ----(P)----- The records of this will are lost. -----page 154 Cowan, David - (D) Nov. 19th 1778 - (P) May 10th 1786.----page 175 Exec. William Brisbin & John Fleming. Salsbury (Twp.). W. - Hanna Cowan. Children - Jarred, David, Margaret, Elizabeth, Hannah, Janet & Sarah.

> Today's Topics: > #1 [COWAN-L] Ewing's followed the sam [[email protected]] > > > Subject: [COWAN-L] Ewing's followed the samew path > Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:09:41 EDT > From: [email protected] > > Robert Cowan > Derry Homeowner's Association > "A Gated Comminity" > > How about that marriage with a Porter? Small world. Enjoyed reading the article regarding the Ewing's. Interest stems from a Ewing behind my brick wall. Could Ann Louise Ewing married to Gerald Dayne Bean, b. 1933, son of John H. Bean, b. 1900, son of John Jacob Bean, b. 1862, son of Michael Marion Bean, b. 1830, wife Emeline Mabray, sister of Zillah Louisa Mabray, b. 1827 who married William Riley Cowan who died during the Revolutionary war. Could this Ann Louise Ewing somehow be connected to the Cowan's and Ewing's from whence we speak? Another small world perhaps? *Smile* Sandra

Hello all, I came across these records of insurance on slaves by slaveholders today online at http://www.insurance.ca.gov/docs/FS-SEIR.htm . The records are on the website of the California Department of Insurance, which was charged with implementing a law enacted by the California Legislature requiring insurers operating in the state to provide "any records of slaveholder insurance policies issued by any predecessor corporation during the slavery era". Most of these records have no connection whatsoever to California other than the fact that the insurance company still operates today in California. I found RH COWAN of Wilmington NC listed as having policies on 4 slaves - date 1847 for one of them. Slaveholder Last, First Name; County (or Parish), State; Slave Name; County (or Parish), State; Other Identifying Information; Submitted By Cowan, RH; Wilmington, NC; Anthony; Same; Laborer at steam sawmill Date of Death 02/24/47 Policy Number(s): 349; New York Life Insurance Company Cowan, RH; Wilmington, NC Thaddeus; NOT LISTED; Laborer at steam sawmill Policy Number(s): 350; New York Life Insurance Company Cowan, RH; Wilmington, NC; Joe; NOT LISTED; Laborer at steam sawmill Policy Number(s): 351; New York Life Insurance Company Cowan, RH; Wilmington, NC; Peter; NOT LISTED; Laborer at steam sawmill Policy Number(s): 352; New York Life Insurance Company More information is apparently available by visiting one of two California state offices in person. The website states, "All reports submitted in response to this statute, together with all documents attached thereto, such as copies of policies, ledgers and documents that discuss slave insurance, can be examined at the Department of Insurance public viewing rooms in Los Angeles and San Francisco." See the website for more information. Geralyn Wood Barry in Oregon [email protected]

I could not help but to send this along since this family seemed to follow the exact migratory path as some of the Cowans. The Ewing's originated near Glasgow, Stirling Castle and Loch Lomond, settled in Ulster near Derry but the most amazing coincidence is the mention of the congregation at Burt and the location of Fahan, both places John Cowan, Sheriff of Londonderry owned property. "The Ewings are of Scottish descent, originally from the West of Scotland, near Glasgow. They were located on the River Forth, near Stirling Castle, in the vicinity of Loch Lomond. Their religion was Presbyterian. The reproduction of the coat of arms, above, was recognized by the Hon. Thomas Ewing family as coming from Scottish ancestors.  Near the lower middle of the drawing is "Mask Ewing," short for Maskell Ewing. During the mid-1600's, there was great religious persecution of the Protestants in Scotland. According to the tradition of the Ewing clan, the Ewings of America trace their origin to six stalwart brothers of a Highland clan, who, with their chieftain, engaged in insurrection in 1685, in which they were defeated, their chieftain captured and executed and themselves outlawed. It is told that our Ewing ancestors first went from their seat on the River Forth to the Isle of Bute, in Scotland, and then settled at or near Coleraine, County Londonderry, of Ulster, in Northern Ireland. On July 12, 1690, members of the Ewing Clan took part in the Battle of the Boyne, fought on the river of that name in Eastern Ireland. In this battle, King James II was opposed by William of Orange who was fighting for the Irish Protestants. The result of this battle was the complete overthrow of James, thus forcing his abdication of the throne and establishing the rule of William and Mary. The anniversary of this battle is still celebrated by the Orangemen, or Irish Protestants. Who were these six stalwart Ewing brothers?  Much research still needs to be done but at this point in time, the brothers might have included:  John Ewing of Carnshanagh; Robert Ewing, father of Alexander; Findley (Finley) Ewing, father of Thomas; James Ewing of Inch Island; William Ewing, father of Nathaniel; and possibly an Alexander Ewing. It is reported that three Ewing men lost their lives in the Battle of the Boyne. Captain Findley( Finley/ Ffinlay) Ewing, (born about 1650) father of Thomas Ewing Sr. was awarded a silver sword by his sovereign King William in recognition of his bravery during the battle. It is not known what act of valor for which he was honored. But the sword presented was silver-handled and was in possession of the family in New Jersey when it was stolen by a slave and the handle was melted for its metal. Before its theft, it was worn during the American Revolution by Dr. Thomas Ewing, an army surgeon and great grandson of its original owner.  Findley Ewing was a staunch Presbyterian and an ardent advocate of liberty. He married Jane Porter in Londonderry, Ireland in 1694. Recent research leads us to believe that their son, Thomas Ewing Sr. may have been born in 1690 in Londonderry rather than 1695 as has been thought for many years. (See quote from Margaret Ewing Fife's bookon Thomas Ewing Sr. page.)   He became the first American immigrant of this Ewing line.  There are several references to Captain Findley Ewing's father as being James Ewing of Glasgow, Scotland, born about 1630; however, the proof of this fact remains to be found. Mrs. Margaret Fife has spent twenty or more years researching the early Ewing Families in America.  In 1995, she published 200 copies of a book, Ewing in Early America.  In her book she lists the children of Findley (Finley/Ffinlay) and Jane Porter based on baptism records for the Burt Congregation just outside of Londonderry. These baptismal records were first obtained by Elbert William R. Ewing and published in his book Clan Ewing of Scotland in 1922.  A short time after he obtained the records from Ireland, a lot of Irish records were lost in a fire.  The possible children were identified as:    Ffinley, Jr., Jean, William, James, Thomas, Robert, and Mary Ewing >From the Burt Congregation records, we also learn that Findley first lived in Inch Island in Lough Swilley, then moved to Fahan on the east coast of Lough Swilley.  Four of his children were baptized on the 10th of the month -- reflecting the many superstitions of the time.  The siege of Londonderryplayed a part in the movement of some people during this time.  When looking at the American records in New Jersey, they indicate that besides Thomas Ewing coming to America, his three brothers, William, James, and Robert were also immigrants to America.  Regards, Robert Cowan Derry Homeowner's Association "A Gated Comminity" How about that marriage with a Porter? Small world.

Dear list; I will now give you a few pieces and surnames from the book "Tales of the Dark & Bloody Ground" by Willard R. Jillson, Dearing Printing Co., 1930 , Louisville, Ky. On page 60 there is a copy of the Bronze Marker on Leestown Pike in Lexington, KY. which reads: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- AT A SPRING NEAR THIS SPOT ON JUNE 4, 1775 - PIONEER HUNTERS BIVOUACKED AND NAMED THEIR CAMP LEXINGTON. THE PARTY INCLUDED: John Maxwell, Levi Todd, William McConnell, John McCracken, Hugh Shannon, James Duncan, Isaac Greer, & others. TABLET ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF LEXINGTON JUNE 4, 1925 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Page 61, Chapter VI - CAPTAIN JOHN COWAN'S JOURNAL - 1777 In 1777 Harrod's Fort was three years old. It had been rebuilt, greatly enlarged and materially strengthened....(snip) It will be remembered that in August 1776, Captain George Rogers Clark, a delegate with Captain John Gabriel Jones, representing the settlers in western Fincastle county, presented himself before the Revolutionary convention of Virginia at Williamsburg saying that," if a country was not worth protecting, it was not worth claiming." .....(snip) Clark gained the title: "Founder of Kentucky"....(snip)...p. 62 tells about bringing ammunition from PA to Harrodsburg with engagements with the Indians where some were killed & some taken prisoner between Blue Licks and the Ohio River along the Old Limestone Trail where Captain Jones, Joseph Rogers, William Graden & Josiah Dixon were killed..(snip) .....it tells of a concentrated attack upon McClellan's Fort, where Georgetown now stands with four defenders being wounded, John McClelland, Charles White, Robert Todd and Edward Worthington....the Fort was abandoned. Shortly after....McClelland died.....(snip)...then came by express on June 5th Military Commissions signed by Patrick Henry, Gov. of Virginia, naming Clark a Major, Boone, Harrod and John Todd Captains.....(snip) we have the following carefully prepared journal of John Cowan, one of the original settlers of Harrods Town....(snip) the original copy made by Gen. R. B. MaAfee of Cowan's diaratic entries from March 6 to September 17, 1777. (Here I will insert a few names of men killed, wounded, etc. during skirmishes with the Indians: · Killed: Billy Ray, Thomas Shore at Shawnee Springs; Hugh Wilson, Garret Pendergrass, Daniel Goodman was scalped; Peter Flinn; Jacob Hoffman killed by Cherokees at Rye Cove on the Clinch River. Wm. Hudson, Ambrose Gressom, · Wounded: Daniel Boone, Isaac Hite, John Todd, Michael Stoner, John Kennedy, Burr Harrison, Jones Manifee, Samuel Ingram · Unhurt: James Ray escaped and warned the town of Harrodsburg, KY; · Other names mentioned: Ebenezer Corn from Ozarks, Butler & Myers from Boonsborough.; Daniel Lyon, Acensus of Harrodsburg on May 1, 1777 page 64 Men in Service: 81 - not in Service 4; Women: 24; Children above 10 years old: 12; Children below ten: 58 Slaves: 12; Negro children under ten years: 7..........TOTAL 198 On May 12th...mentions Messrs. Squire Boone and Jared Cowan arrived from the Settlement. On May 23rd...Captain Todd, Cal;laway, and company, set off for the Settlements (Virginia). On June 2nd...Indians tried to burn the fort but were prevented with considerable loss. On June 5th....Col. Bowman was on his way with a regiment of men to protect the country. Glen & Laird arrived from Cumberland. Chapter VII - GENERAL LEVI TODD'S NARRATIVE 1774-1777 A good many fullsome accounts, diaries and journals describing early exploration and settlement in Kentucky have been preseved for posterity. Amoung these the most choice are those written by Dr. Thomas Walker, Christopher Gist, General Geo. Rogers Clark, Col. John Floyd, Col. John Bowman, Gen. Robert McAfee, John Cowan and Col. Archibald Henderson. To such a list must always be appended Daniel Boon's account as told by John Filson in his very rare, "Kentucke" of 1784. (Look in the Filson Library in Louisville, KY) Also a good book for ref. on these Cowans is "Genealogies of Kentucky Families" which states that John Cowan mentioned in the "state papers" as one of the original party that came with Capt. James Harrod in 1775 & kept a diary. In 1786 he was a "Justice of the Peace"

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ITEM 3 - KY-IN CENSUS OF 1810-1830 (Indiana census - lost) Dear List, this is the last census report I will be doing. Next will come pioneer accounts. I have tried to show where I get my inf. in each case and there is no guarantee of the writtings I show from others. 1810 Kentucky Census persons code: male (0-10)(10-16)(16-18)(18-26)(26-45)(45+) -- (0-10)(10-16)(16-26)(26-45)(45+) Bourbon County Cowan, Hugh Bourbon Co, p. 119 11001 32010 (1) Male under 10 David (6) (3) Female under 10 Rachel (2), Ann (7), Eliz (9) (1) Male 10-16 Alexander (14) (2) Female 10-16 Magdaline (11), Mary (13) (1) Male 45 + Hugh Cowan (40) (1) Female 26-45 Rachel Breckenridge (34) Caldwell County Cowan, William Caldwell Co, p. 293 00010 00100 (1) Male 26-45 William Cowan (1) Female 16-26 Jane Williams Cumberland County Cowan, Andrew 186 Cumberland County 00101 01101 Cowan, David 186 Cumberland County 00100 10100 Cowan, James 186 Cumberland County 11010 01010 Cowan, William 186 Cumberland County 00041 01200 Henry County Cowan, Henry Henry Co, p. 359 Jefferson County Cowan, James Jefferson Co, p. 018 Cowan, John Jefferson Co, p. 033 00100 00000 40 (1) Male 16-26 (0) Females Mercer County Cowin Hannah 324 Mercer County 00100 00221 Cowin John 325 Mercer County 01301 01001 (1) Male 10-16 (1) Female 10-16 (3) Male 16-26 (1) Female 45 + (1) male 45 + John Cozin Mercer Co (1) Male under 10 (2) Female 16-26 (1) Male 10-16 (1) Female 45 + (1) Male 16-26 (1) Male 45 + Nicholas County Cowan, Isaac 059 Nicholas County 11010 22010 Pulaski County Cowen, Andrew 132 Pulaski County 01301 02010 (1) Male 10-16 (2) Female 10-16 (3) Male 16-26 (1) Female 26-45 (1) Male 45 + Cowen, Gilmore 133 Pulaski County 30100 00100 Cowen, James 133 Pulaski County 00100 20100 Cowen. John 132 Pulaski County 10010 00100 Cowin, Thomas Pulaski County 10101 01101 Scott County Cowan, Andrew Scott Co, 00001 - 00001 (Could be Andrew & Anna Moore) Cowan, Hugh Scott Co, p. 167 21001 - 21010 ....(mine) (2) Male under 10 John (3), William (9) (2) Female under 10 Female #3, Female #2 (1) Male 10-16 Wilson (13) (1) Female 10-16 Female #3 (1) Male 45 + Hugh Cowan (45) (1) Female 26-45 Margaret Buchanan (40) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ 1820 Kentucky Census Bourbon County Cowen, Hugh North Middleton Twp, Bourbon Co, p. 144 (2) Male under 10 (1) Female 10-16 (1) Male 10-16 (2) Female 16-26 (1) Male 18-26 (1) Female 45 + (1) Male 45 + Cowan, Hugh Stoner Twp, Bourbon Co, p. 066 ..........Mine (1) Male 10-16 John (13) (1) Female 10-16 Jane (15) (2) Male 18-26 William (19), Wilson (23) (2) Female 16-26 Martha (21), Female #2 (1) Male 45 + Hugh Cowan (55) (1) Female 45 + Margaret Buchanan (50) Cumberland County Cowan, Andrew 147 Cumberland County Cowan, David 146 Cumberland County (Note: James & Wm are gone. James is back in 1830, but William either went to Mercer Co. or Indiana or died) Jefferson County Cown Hugh p. 062-42 Jefferson County Coun John p. 058-34 Jefferson County Cown Samual p. 055-33 Jefferson County Mercer County Cowan, David G. Mercer County (p. 116-34) 000010-00000 (s/o Jarod Cowan) (1) Male 26-45 Cowan, John Mercer County (p.091) 000101-00001 (s/o Capt. John Cowan) (1) Male 18-26 (1) Female 45+ (1) Male 45+ Cowan, Margaret Mercer County (p. 091-40) 000000-00002 (2) Female 45+ Cowan, Thomas Mercer County (p. 116-46) 010120-00000 (1) Male 10-16 (1) Male 18-26 (2) Male 26-45 Cowan, William Mercer County (p. 092-60) 012210-00100 (1) Male 10-16 (1) Female 16-26 (2) Male 16-18 (2) Male 18-26 (1) Male 26-45 Nicholas County Cowan, Hugh Nicholas County, Nicholas twp.(p.121, line 33) 111001 - 11410 (1) Male under 10 Hugh Breckenridge (3) (1) Female under 10 Abby (8) (1) Male 10-16 Unknown Cowan (10) (1) Female 10-16 Rachel (12) (1) Male 16-18 David (16) (4) Female 16-26 Ann (17), Eliz (19), Mag (21), Mary (23) (1) Male 45 + Hugh Cowan (50) (1) Female 26-45 Rachel Breckenridge (44) Cowan, Isaac Nicholas County (p. 109a or 110-2) 100201 02201 1820 INDIANA CENSUS Cowan, Daniel......Craig twp, Switzerland Co., IN........400010 20010 0100 farmer Cowen, John.................Delaware Co., IN.............000201 02010 0300 (3) farmer (Maxwell line) Cowen, Miles......................Washington Co., IN..................000010 0100 farmer 1830 KENTUCKY CENSUS Barren County Cowan, Champ Barren County Boone County Cowan, John 274 Boone County Breckenridge County Cowan, Nelson Breckenridge County Cumberland County Andrew Cowan 117 Cumberland County David Cowan 116 Cumberland County James Cowan 117 Cumberland County John Cowan 116 Cumberland County Samuel Cowan 117 Cumberland County Thomas Cowan 116 Cumberland County Greenups County David Cowan 080 Greenups County Jefferson County William Cowan, Williamsville Twp, Jefferson Co, p. 351 111010-100010 Mercer County Henry Cowen, 349 Mercer County Nicholas County Alexander Cowin Carlisle Twp, Nicholas Co, p. 188 0000010 - 0000100 (1) male 30-40 (1) female 20-30 Hugh Cowin Carlisle Twp, Nicholas Co, p. 188 (Breckenridge line) (1) Male 10-15 Hugh Breckenridge (13) (1) Female 15-20 Abby (18) (1) Male 15-20 Unknown Cowan (20) (2) Female 20-30 Rachel (22) , Ann (22) (1) Male 20-30 David (26) (1) Female 30-40 Magdalen (31) or Mary (33) (1) Male 50-60 Hugh Cowan (60) (1) Female 50-60 Rachel Breckenridge (54) Pulaski County Isaac Cowan 050 Pulaski County James Cowan 049 Pulaski County John Cowan 039 Pulaski County John Cowan 049 Pulaski County Robert Cowan 052 Pulaski County Samuel Cowan 008 Pulaski County William G. Cowan 055 Pulaski County John Cowan 198 Shelby County COUNTIES IN INDIANA for 1830 Elizabeth Cowan 045 Union County James Cowan Union Co, p. 042 010010-2000100 William Cowan Union Co, p. 042 010001-0000101 Amos Cowen 178 Parke Co Daniel Cowen Switzerland Co, p. 035 01120001-00110001 Hamilton Cowen Orange Co, p. 007 Isaac Cowan Washington Twp, Pike Co, p. 372 John Cowen Clinton Co, p. 093 John Cowen Franklin Co, p. 275 John Cowen Lawrence Co, p. 064 100010 - 100010 (1) Male 0-5 (1) Female 0-5 (1) Male 20-30 (1) Female 20-30 Cowen, John Montgomery Co, p. 012 010011001 - 0000001 (Maxwell line) (1) Male 5-10 (1) Female 40-50 (1) Male 20-30 (1) Male 30-40 (1) Male 60-70 Cowen, John LK Lynn Twp, Posey Co, p. 203 Cowin, John W. Ripley Co, p. 034 00001 - 0001 (mine in Buchanan line) (1) Male 20-30 (John W. - age 23) (1) Female 15-20 (Elizabeth Buchanan - age 20) Cowen, John Randolph Twp, Tippecanoe Co, p. 126 Cowen, John 184 Vigo County Cowen, Joseph Daviess Co, p. 371 Cowen, Joseph Lawrence Co, p. 066 Cowen, Patrick Vermillion Co, p. 216 Cowan, Riley Clay Co, p. 264 Cowin, William Ripley Co, 300001 - 00001 (Son of Hugh & Margaret Cowan) (1) Male 30-40 (William - age 29)(3) Male 0-5 (Hugh L. - age 2), Son #2 (3), Son #3 (1) Female 20-30 (Margaret Buchanan - age 29) (mine in Buchanan line) Cowan, Wilson Ripley Co, p. 004 100001 - 11001 (mine in Buchanan line) (1) Male 0-5 (James Harrison-age 3) (1) Female 0-5 (Daughter # 2 - age abt 2) (1) Male 30-40 (Wilson - age 32) (1) Female 5-10 (Martha age 7) (1) Female 20-30 (Edy - age 29)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Buster Denham Meece Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/731.2 Message Board Post: I've tyed to delete my frist postings, as I have found the other surnames to be incorrect. My gfathers middle was not Carson. The names that go with my Cowan's are Buster,Denham. I am of American Indian blood. My cowan's start in Ashville NC, into KY. VA. ect. I have a copy of Christoper Columbus Cowan aka Kit Cowan's civil war documents, there are two diffent copies I have.One has a wife with the name of Nancy listed. The other shows his mother's name to be Eliza/ Elizabeth. All in Pulaski Co. KY. My e-mail address is no longer [email protected], It is now [email protected] wado Stephanie Cowan Jackson

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/DMQ.2ACIB/51.79 Message Board Post: Kia orana Monty I am also a descendant of Charles & Marion Cowan. I come off the Rarotongan branch through Peter Keith. My mother is Alice Cowan, daughter of Macken Cowan. I understand you have since made contact with our cousin John Cowan from Auckland. We have been corresponding and sharing what family information we have. John has supplied me with information from his side of the family. John comes off Charles & Henrietta (nee O'Neill) Cowan. John was able to supply me with info about the other side of the Cowans which came to New Zealand, and what happended to them once in New Zealand. I was able to supply John with info about Peter Keith once he reached Rarotonga. I have copies of recorded history from my great grandfather Charles Tauriki, son of Peter Keith Cowan. I would be very happy to correspond with you, and share what knowledge of have. I obtained some very valuable info from our cousin John Cowan, which enabled me to piece together another part of our family. Until I hear fron you Kia orana ano

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Buster Meece Denham Riley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/728.1 Message Board Post: Have found some info on the (Cowan's of Ky) My e-mail addy has changed.New e-mail addy is [email protected] wado aho SKM Cowan Jackson

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/DMQ.2ACIB/787.1 Message Board Post: Hello L J Henry, I too am a descendant of Charles & Marion Cowan. I come off Peter Keith Mackay Cowan. So therefore I am in the New Zealand / Rarotongan branch of the family. My Grandfather is Macken Cowan, Peter Keith's grandson. I have just recently made contact with our cousin John Cowan also of New Zealand, who is a descendant of Charles, your grandfather. John has supplied me information recorded by Molly Cameron (nee Cowan) taken in the late 1960's. Please make contact with me, as I would love to correspond with you. I can send you a copy of what my great grandfather has recorded of Peter Keith once he reached New Zealand, and also the information about the other side of the family from Molly Camerons notes. Until I hear from you Warm regards Jacky Maaka

Item 3 - 1800-1810 Tax List Census for Kentucky & 1807 for Indiana Territory Bourbon Co., KY Hugh Cowan 1800 m. Rachel Breckenridge James Cowan 1800 William Cowan 7/23/1800 Bullitt Co., KY John Cowen 8/16/1800 Cumberland Co., KY David Cowen 1799 James Cowen 1799 James Cowen Jr. 1799 John Cowen 1799 Franklin Co., KY David, John, William, Wilson Buchanan......8/10/1801 (Brothers to Margaret) Hugh Cowen 8/10/1801 m. Margaret Buchanan Mason Co., KY Thomas Cowan 8/25/1800 William Cowan 8/25/1800 Mercer Co., KY Hannah Cowin 1800 Capt. John Cowan 1800 m. Mary Craig Nicholas Co., KY Isaac Cowan 1800 John Cowan 1800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 1810 Kentucky Census Bourbon Co., KY Hugh Cowan p.119 with wife Rachel, Alexander, Mary Magdaline, Rachel, David Caldwell Co., KY William Cowan p. 293 m. Jame Williams Cumberland Co., KY Andrew Cowan 00101 01101 David Cowan 00100 10100 James Cowan .l l010 01010 William Cowan 00041 01200 Henry Co., KY Henry Cowan p.359 Jefferson Co., KY James Cowan p. 018 John Cowan p. 033 00100 00000 40 Mercer Co., KY Hannah Cowin 324 00100 00221 John Cowin 325 01301 01001 Nicholas Co., KY Isaac Cowan 059 1 1010 22010 Pulaski Co., KY Andrew Cowen 132 01301 02010 Gilmore Cowen 133 30100 00100 James Cowen 133 00100 20100 John Cowen 132 10010 00100 Thomas Cowin 10101 01 101 Scott Co., KY Andrew Cowan 00001 00001 Hugh Cowan p.167 21001 21010 (mine) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- 1807 Census of Indiana Territory - Thomas Cowan in Dearborn Co., IN. (only 3 counties at this time were there...Knox, Dearborn, & Randolph - still mostly Indian land)

Dear List, Item 2 - Early Cowan Census of Kentucky & Indiana The first step I took was to see just who came to these areas, but remembering that the maps of that time period were much different than these of today. For example, the 1783 map that I have shows that all of KY was Virginia with Indiana being claimed by Virginia. TN. was North. Carolina. By 1800 Kentucky was its own state with the counties not completely formed yet. Indiana was Indian lands known as part of Knox County, Northwest Territory;, for which no census was taken until 1807. I am using the 'Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 by Wm. Thorndale and Wm. Dollarhide' to get a clearer picture of it's boundries. (I did not change spelling) 1790 ...Taken from First Census of Kentucky & Tax list Fayette Co., KY James Cowan, 12-5-1789 (Tax list) Lincoln Co., KY Lauranne Cowan, 06-23-1790 Bourbon Co. KY Cowan, John 03-00-1791 1799 - 1801 ....Kentucky Tax List Census Bourbon Co. KY Hugh Cowan 1800 (married into Breckenridge line) James Cowan 1800 William Cowan 7/23/1800 Bullitt Co., KY John Cowan 8/16/1800 Cumberland Co., KY David Cowen 1799 James Cowen 1799 James Cowen Jr. 1799 John Cowen 1799 Franklin Co., KY Hugh Cowen 8/10/1801 (mine - married into Buchanan line) Mason Co., KY Thomas Cowan 8/25/1800 William Cowan 8/25/1800 Mercer Co., KY Capt. John Cowan 1800 of Harrodsburg (m. Mary Craig) Hannah Cowin 1800 (she is called Lauranna on 1790 list) Nicholas Co., KY Isaac Cowan 1800 John Cowan 1800 An interesting note here: The poll taken in 1790 in Kentucky showed a population of 73,977 in 1800 it showed a population of 220,955 and there were 40,343 slaves. This was first published in the Palladium in the July 18, 1801 issue in Frankfort, KY and compared favorably with the marshal's returns. 1807 in Dearborn Co., Indiana Territory (which was in the SE corner of IN) Thomas Cowen 1807 (I have a complete copy of this census acquired from the Rushville, IN. Library if anyone needs a lookup)

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/DMQ.2ACIB/774.1 Message Board Post: Hum...very interesting. You have a Nail marrying a Cowan. I have a nail marrying a Swagerty (and later the next generation Swagerty who married a Scott who's offspring married a Cowan). all were in Tennessee. Does Mary Ann Nail, born about 1820 in Roane co., Tennessee ring any bells? Or her father, Aquilla or Quiller Nail born Nov 1785 or 86 in Roane County Tennessee, married Sarah Lee who was born 1792 in Roane Co., Tennessee sound familiar? My Joseph Skiles Cowan was born in Williamson, Tennessee 10Nov 1777, married a Jane Cowan Graham born 11 Oct 1782. Times, places, names....a needle in a haystack.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COWAN, VAUGHT, BARONE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/798.1 Message Board Post: Georgia COWAN was the daughter of Bert(ie) Chrisday COWAN (25 Dec 1893, AR - 26 Jan 1990, Sutter Co., CA) and Charity Ann VAUGHT (1896-1924), who married on 20 Sep 1914. Their son Burl COWAN (b. 19 Jul 1915, AR) was living in a nursing home in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1999. Burl's daughter Paulynne (COWAN) BARONE was living at 2920 Clemont Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15227, in 1999. I've got ~lots~ of information about your ancestry if you're interested. ~~Michael S. Cole, M.D. <[email protected]> http://www.theColeFamily.com/hobby/cowanbook.htm

Item 1 in KY - IN series Dear List, I found this site http://www.execpc.com/~sril/clark.html helpful when looking for my kinsmen who headed west to discover new & uncharted territories. I listed the Cowans so that you could see that they were the early settlers of Harrodsburg, Kentucky in late 1700's. These are the ones I will focus on first because of the e-mails I have gotten. Maybe this has already been posted but I hope it helps somebody if you can get to a library to find these Vol.- pages numbers...Carolyn Cowan of Greenfield, IN INDEX to the GEORGE ROGERS CLARK PAPERS -------- The Illinois Regiment -------- Based on the Microfilmed George Rogers Clark Papers At the Virginia State Library and Archives Compiled by Richard Eugene Willson, Indexing Donald E. Gradeless, Ph.D., Editor For the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois and the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Illinois Cowan, James 12-178 Cowan, John 4-447, 10-59, 10-759, 10-759, 11-80, 11-84, 12-84, 12-84, 12-116, 12-125, 12-129, 12-137, 12-141, 12-193, 12-193, 12-196, 12-196, 12-196, 12-198, 12-198, 12-204, 12-208, 12-668, 12-688, 12-1191 Cowan, John (Capt.) 12-176, 12-176, 12-178, 12-178, 12-180, 12-180, 12-184, 12-184, 12-186, 12-186, 12-202 Cowan, John L. 13-400 Coward, John 12-230 Cowen, John 4-370, 9-157, 12-125 Cowen, Mr. 1-705 Cowen, W. 2-979 Cowherd, James 11-20 Cowin, John 4-109 Cown, John 3-913

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/798 Message Board Post: I AM LOOKING 4 MY BIRTH MOTHER WHO IS LISTED ON MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE AS GEORGIA COWAN BORN ON SEPT. 10 1917 IN ARKANSAS. I WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES CALIF. ON 6-5-40. SHE HAS BOTHERS NAMED....BURL AND GASTON. HER BIRTH PARENTS ARE BERT AND MARTHA COWAN. ANY INFO. WOULD HELP ME GREATLY AS IT IS A MEDICAL PROB. I NOW FACE AND HAVE NO INFO.

According to the following publication it would be possible to leave Strangford on a ship as long as it drew less than 10 feet. The term used was "small coasters" which were used to move freight from one port to another. I do not know if a ship with a draft of less than 10 feet would be deemed appropriate for trans atlantic crossings. "PORTAFERRY and STRANGFORD [Extract from the Portaferry and Strangford list by G P Bell, C E B Brett and Sir Robert Matthew, published by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society in 1969 (reprinted 1973).] Portaferry and Strangford are sited one to the north-east, the other to the south-west, of the narrow channel, seven miles long, that joins Strangford Lough to the Irish Sea. The slipways of the two villages are a little over half a mile apart by water; but they are 49 miles from each other by road. Between them lies the expanse of Strangford Lough, an irregularly shaped sheet of salt water twelve miles long and, at its widest, some four miles wide, studded with green islands, pladdies and shoals; bounded on the south and west by the drumlin country of the barony of Lecale, and the estuary of the River Quoile; on the north and east by the twenty-mile peninsula of the Ards, a narrow ridge dividing the outer from the inner sea. Both villages have been somewhat insulated, by geography and by history, from the industrial revolution. They are remote from railway lines. There is one factory in Portaferry; none in Strangford. By road, Belfast is 29 miles from Portaferry, 31 from Strangford; yet the distance seems much greater. It is only 35 miles as the seagull flies from either to the Isle of Man: and indeed, the latter has often provided a place of refuge from the Narrows in times of stress. When Patrick Savage inherited the Portaferry estates in 1666, and found them much encumbered with debts, he was persuaded to go with his family to the Isle of Man, "to live privately, but plentifully, yet much cheaper than at home", while his pushing brother-in-law set the affairs of the estate in order. And when Bernard Brett went bankrupt in 1731, he fled to the Isle of Man to escape his creditors; seven years later, on being pressingly invited by Lord Bangor to return to Strangford, he replied pathetically that, "tho very often without clothes to cover my nakedness and but a Goats Hare Wigg to cover my head", he preferred to stay there. Though they are in many ways so similar, and so closely knit together, the two villages have very different histories. Both, it is true, presented a hospitable shore to the very earliest waves of prehistoric travellers from the east: there are burial sites at Millin Bay (near Portaferry) and at Audleystown (near Strangford) that seem to mark the landings of primitive colonists more than 3000 years B. C. And ancient tradition has it that St. Patrick landed here, navigating his frail craft through the Narrows to land near Castleward, and to build the first Christian church in Ireland at Saul, five miles from Strangford. There are indeed fragmentary remains of very ancient church foundations to be seen both in Lecale and in the Ards. But a thousand years ago the history of the two diverged. Go to Publications or to Index Strangford STRANGFORD should be, by rights, Strangfjord. Here the Vikings came from the ninth century onward; at first to raid, and then to stay. Here they seem to have established a small trading settlement. The Vikings of Lough Cuan (the ancient name for Strangford Lough) raided or traded as far afield as Dunseverick Castle on the North Antrim coast, and Armagh, in the tenth century. Then, as now, it seems to have been a resort of cheerful drinkers; the bardic life of Prince Cano, written not later than the eleventh century, remarks - 'Ale is drunk around Lough Cuan, it is drunk out of deep horns on Magh Inis by the Ultonians whence laughter arises to loud exultation.' The settlement survived into medieval times: Strangford appears as one of the 'Ports of Ulster' in 1281. It continued to prosper as a trading port, especially with North Wales; by the end of the eighteenth century Strangford ranked eighth amongst the ports of Ireland. By the mid nineteenth century, however, it had been overtaken in prosperity by Portaferry. The village clusters in a stepped semi-circle around the double cove that constitutes its harbour. As the Admiralty Pilot has it, "Here there is a snug creek with depths of 12 and 24 feet, sheltered by Swan islet, where small vessels can moor in complete security out of the tidal streams. There are two quays and a wharf, about 100 feet long, with a depth of 10 feet alongside, at which small coasters can lie at all states of the tide. "To the south lie the trees of Ferry Quarter. The first tier of buildings around the bay comprises modest cottages, largely pebble-dashed; warehouses; and the half-hidden bulk of Strangford Castle, a three-storeyed 16th century tower-house. The next tier consists of the mainly Georgian houses on the lower side of Castle Street. Above these again are the roofline of the Stella Maris Catholic Church, the tall terraces of upper Castle Street, and the elegant grey facade of Strangford House. The harbour is closed by the waterside gardens, trees and defensive tower of Old Court. Beyond a shallow bay to the north is the broad and wooded demesne of Castle Ward, a large eighteenth century mansion of architectural distinction; and close to the shore, in green clearings amidst the trees, are two more tower-houses - Old Castle Ward, built about 1610, and the fifteenth century Audley's Castle. Two miles south of Strangford, overlooking the Angus Rock and the entrance to the narrows, stands Kilclief castle, tall and foursquare, a tower-house of 1440. Northward, beyond the woods of Castle Ward the Lough opens out into a broad and island-dotted sheet of water; and then turns southward towards the estuary of the Quoile. Here, looking northward up the Lough to Newtownards, stands the sixteenth century Walshestown Castle. Behind the coast lies a pleasant rolling country of grass, woods, small farms and rocky outcrops. Strangford in 1837 had a population of 583; in the 1966 census its population was 450. At the last count, 24 men and 11 women were unemployed in the district. 36 council houses have been built since the war; Strangford's housing need over the next five years is estimated at a further 34 houses. Go to Publications or to Index Portaferry PORTAFERRY, in contrast, consisted of little more than the castle and a few fishermen's cottages until the mid seventeenth century. The village belonged to the Savages, an early family of English settlers who took to Irish ways and held for long to the Catholic religion; they were satirised for it by O'Daly in the reign of Queen Elizabeth: his verse on the Ards was translated by James Clarence Mangan: Ard-Uladh, vile sink, has been time out of mind, But a region of famine; on its coasts you will find Slaying barnacle snails with a mallet, that savage Old hang-dog-faced hangabone hangman MacSavadge! But Patrick Savage's brother-in-law, Sir James Montgomery, put the village on a business footing in the 1620s; corn mills, a linen-market, shipyards and quays were developed by the Savage family and their successors the Nugents until, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Portaferry had far outstripped Strangford. For a century or so it was a busy thriving coastal town, full of master mariners, ship-owners, ship-builders, rope-makers, and ships' chandlers. Its fishermen, too, flourished: sand smelt were sold in Belfast as 'Portaferry chicken'. Gradually, as larger steamships came to require deeper harbours, its prosperity has declined; and within living memory the harbour master's duties have dwindled to nothing, and Portaferry is home port now only to a handful of fishing vessels and a crowd of yachts. Unike Strangford with its compact plan, Portaferry - apart from its central nucleus - stretches sinuously along the shoreline for almost three-quarters of a mile. At the nub of the village are the castle, a three-storey tower-house of the early sixteenth century, and the sloping Square laid out around the central Georgian market-house. Like the Square, the steep streets leading down to the shore consist largely of late Georgian merchants' houses. The waterfront terraces at the north end of the village are homely late Georgian, liberally sprinkled with hospitable public-houses; to the southward there stretches a long curving line of smaller whitewashed and slated cottages. To the north of the village, and around Ballyhenry Point, the road follows the shore below the sloping landscaped demesne of Portaferry House, an imposing mansion of considerable architectural interest dating from about 1820. The views of the Lough shore from the hilly bays north of Portaferry are incomparable. To the south, above the long horizontal line of the shore cottages, rises Windmill Hill, prominently crowned by the masonry of an abandoned windmill of 1771; the pinnacles of Ballyphilip Catholic Church rise from the valley behind to break the skyline. Further down the coast, the ruins of Folly Castle on Bankmore Hill, and the high grassy rath on Tara Hill, stand out above the low green fields and rocky shoreline. Ultimately the Ards peninsula tails gradually away towards the low rocks and outcrops of Ballyquintin Point. In 1837 Portaferry had a population of 2203; but by 1966, this had fallen to 1426. This fall in population was in large part due to the Great Famine, which struck uncommonly hard in 1847; and in part to emigration. Today the unemployment figures for the district stand at 37 men and 10 women. 184 new houses have been built since the war, and a further housing need over the next 5 years is estimated at approximately 200 dwellings. This need arises more from the legitimate desire for housing conforming to higher modern standards of living than from any actual shortage of existing buildings. Regards, Robert Cowan Derry and Down