The William Aaron Cowan mentioned in a previous posting was born 24 March 1811 in Powells Valley, TN (probably Campbell Co.) and died 1878 in Todd Co. KY. He was the 4th child of Samuel Cowan and his wife, Mrs. Mary (Polly) Walker Rogers, as per the Bible records of Samuel Cowan. Mary Cowan was first married to a Mr. Rogers and had two sons, Hiram and Lawson Rogers (hence the name Lawson Rogers Cowan of one of William and Mary Ann's sons). Samuel and Mary Walker Rogers married 5 Nov 1804; Samuel Cowan died in Campbell Co. TN 27 July 1832 and left a recorded will. Their daughter, Minerva, (next child after Wm. Aaron) b. 8 Jan 1813, married 23 Feb 1832 to Alfred Kincaid; they moved to Ray Co. MO and took the widowed mother, Mary Cowan and the family Bible with them. She (Mary Walker Rogers Cowan) died in Ray Co. MO 25 May 1859. Samuel and Mary had these children: 1. Cornelius R., b 11 Aug 1805, m. 29 Mar 1827 (rec. in Bible but no wife's name) 2. Newton Cowan, b. 6 Mar 1807, m. 4 Feb 1827 to unknown; 2nd to Zilpha Horn 11 Aug 1842 St. Joseph, MO 3. Mary, b. 21 Feb 1809, m. Mr. Todd 4. Wm. Aaron (given above) 5. Minerva (given above) d. 4 Nov 1883 probably Ray Co. MO 6. John F., b. 8 July 1815; d. aft 1833 7. Amey, b. Apr 1818, d. 8 July 1818 8. Eliza Rachel, b. 12 Nov 1824, m. 4 Feb 1843 to T. H. C. Mode, d. 23 Nov 1848 This Samuel Cowan, father of these children, was the son of Andrew Cowan, who was christened 27 Sept 1741 in August Co. VA and died in 1798 in Jefferson Co. TN and his first wife, Mary Walker, who died bef 1793 probably in Russell Co. VA. I have been searching for a Samuel Cowan with a son named William (my ancestors), so I spent a great deal of time researching this family, only to learn that it wasn't mine. Cindy Henslee Stamps