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/309.2 Message Board Post: Joseph Pinkney Cowan(Cowen) was the son of David Cowan, grandson of James Cowan and great grandson of David Cowan. This family of Cowans migrated from South Carolina to Alabama in the mid 1800s. Joseph Pinkney and a number of other Cowans migrated to Texas. Contact me and I will share what I have and help you get in touch with some direct descendants of Joseph Pinkney Cowan.