Here's what I sent Charlotte the other day in reply to her request for more info on the people in my "roll call" post. Answer to Charlotte Henson 6 22 05 I'm sorry I am so long in answering, Charlotte. I have not been able to check this e-mail on a regular basis for a few months. To start with, I must say that I have hard copies of information for several things that I know are in my files, but were never unpacked when I married 3 years ago. When my computer crashed and I found my back-ups of my genealogical files corrupt, I began entering bits and pieces over time. There are things that exist in my files that I have not found yet, and so not added to my computer record, and things that survived in the computer record that I cannot, at this time, find the sources for. I try to either post only what I have proven or to identify what I say as conjecture. I hope to one day soon start fishing out some of my evidence from the files. Now... James and Mary "Polly" Montgomery Cowan. Married in Blount Co. TN, 23 April 1800. There is a record for that. Family letters, both those in my grandfather's hands and those published by various cousins, state that Polly was born in Augusta Co. VA. Family records, including Bible records, list 1773 as the year. Her family is listed in tax lists and Census. Her parents were James Montgomery and Margaret Weir, both born in Lancaster Twnshp, PA, married in Augusta Co. VA; this supported by records. The Montgomery family was among the founding families of Cowan, TN and their family cemetery became the town cemetery. James died in 1814, or perhaps 1815. His brother-in-law petitioned Congress for reimbursement for supplies he provided for his company of men on behalf of his widow in 1815. He apparently died as a result of wounds or fever contracted while on campaign, but that comes primarily from family tradition. Among my "lost" documents in my files I have a source that lists him as having been buried in the cemetery in Cowan, Franklin Co. TN, where he lived at the time. This is certainly family tradition, but I have not verified it. There is almost certainly no surviving marker today. Mary moved to De Soto Co. Mississippi with her daughter, Elixabeth and her children after the death of Elizabeths husband, William Montgomery, in 1829. She lived with her step-son on land he had inherited from his father. Several Montgomerys and Cowans lived in the area and Elizabeth's brother, Rev. Samuel M. Cowan (I always use the title to distinguish him from another Samuel M. that was alive at the same time and in the same area) also owned land there. Mary and Elizabeth both appear in the 1850 Census. Mary disappears from the Census by 1860. I have been unable to locate her grave. Much of the area where they lived was heavily developed years ago, so I am not optimistic. This, by the way, is where Elizabeth's daughter, Mary Anne, met N. B. Forrest. Reverend Samuel Montgomery and Nancy C. (Clements) Cowan had only one child. This is stated in a letter by her to her daughter-in-law, and also in letters written by that child, Dr. J. B. Cowan. No other child shows up in any of the records. There was some confusion about this on the list awhile back, but I traced in to the little book, In the Shadow of Chilhowee, by P.D. Cowan. Mr. Cowan quotes a letter from J.B. Cowan referring to Rev. Samuel as his father. Some one had read the passage and mistakenly thought that it was P.D. Cowan making the claim. It was not. P.D. was a cousin living, (and now buried, in Blount Co. Rev. Samuel and Nancy were married 20 July 1830 in Madison Co., AL. I have seen a transcript of the record, though not the record itself. I have a photocopy of the announcement in the Huntsville paper and it is recorded in the family Bible in Nancy's handwriting. The same documentation (transcripts, paper, Bible) establishes the date and place for their son's wedding to Lucy Caroline Robinson as 20 October 1857 at her parents home in Meridian (just outside of Huntsville)AL. Her parents were James Berry Robinson and Mary Frances (Otey) Robinson, both originally from VA. (Mary was kin to the Walkers.) Tyre Algers Havron was the son of James Phagan (1832-1904) and Mary Jane (Taylor) Havron (abt. 1842- 1878). He was born in Knox Co. TN, her location is uncertain. Both died in Marion Co. TN and are buried in Dade Co. GA. They were married 28 April 1859. I cannot recall where. I have a copy of the record in my files somewhere. I think it was Knox Co. TN, but it may have been in Dade Co. GA. Tyre married Minnie Horton Cowan 2 January, 1890 in Tullahoma, Coffee County, TN. I have a copy of the record somewhere. Jane Bright was the daughter of William Irby Bright (1884-1957) and Margaret Malvina Haley (1884-1969), of Eagleville Williamson/Ruthorford Co. and Nashville, respectively. (Eagleville is on the border of 2 counties and the border shifted quite a bit.) Jane married James Cowan Havron 7 January 1931 in Franklin KY. I have copies of all marriage records, some birth records and death records on all these folks. James Tyre Havron married Barbara Burt Eagan, d/o Jack Hyland Eagan and Katherine Hill (Johnson) Eagan, both from Nashville, TN, in San Leandro, CA on 26 August 1956. James and Barbara were divorced ( I don't have the date on hand but I think 1970) and he remarried Jane Dement McKelly, d/o Clemmie Dement and James McKelly, I don't have the date on hand but it was around 1883 or 84. They have two children, Jessica and Kathleen, born in 1984 and 1991, respectively. (yes, dad was born in 1932.) I have a fair amount on most of these branches, though I am having a dickens of a time with my mother's Johnson line past my g-g-grandfather. Whatever you wish to know, I will provide if I can. --- Laura Cowan Cooper <lauracowancooper@comcast.net> wrote: > I will look for the post, but I don' remember a > long one from you. Send > it to me and I will tell you if I have seen it or > not. > > Laura > > > At 02:22 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote: > >Thanks, Laura. I must first verify the existence if > >the hair. It will likely be beyond my expense, but > I > >was curious. > > > >For what it worth, I reponded a few minutes ago to > >Charlotte's request (6/14/05) for more info on > various > >ancestors with a rather lengthy e-mail that may be > >more information than others want to know. I > realized > >after I sent it that I may have sent it to her > only, > >not the list. If anyone else wants the answers to > the > >questions she asked, let me know and I'll send it > to > >everyone. > >Jim > > > >--- Laura Cowan Cooper <dacooper@usit.net> wrote: > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > Never too late for a good post!!! <g> > > > > > > Thre is one group that is doing DNA testing on > hair, > > > but I am not sure how > > > it is working out or how the results fit with > the > > > type of DNA testing we > > > are doing for the Cowan Project. I do know that > > > Family Tree DNA is not > > > doing that type of DNA testing. I think that I > could > > > probably locate the > > > lab if your were serious on spending the money > to do > > > the testing. > > > > > > Let me know about the hair interests. Robert > Cowan > > > might be interested in > > > it!!! <g> > > > > > > At the DNA Conference, I learned that the DNA > stuff > > > done on programs like > > > CSI are not exactly the way it is in the real > world > > > of DNA testing. > > > > > > Laura > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >==== COWAN Mailing List ==== > >Do not forward "chain letter" type e-mail to this > list. Most messages > >of this sort are blocked by Rootsweb, but any > making it through will > >receive a warning from list manager. Repeated > abusers will be removed. > > Laura Cowan Cooper of Kodak, TN > lauracowancooper@comcast.net > > > ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com