I have not found any evidence yet of specific slaves owned by Dr. Cowan. He may not have had any himself, though I suspect that he did. His father owned a fair bit of land, acquired through his wife, and it included several farms that were large enough to have used enslaved labor, but as yet the only record that I have found of slaves is a transaction where they two of them jointly borrowed the services of a slave and agreed to feed and clothe him for the time that they had him with them. I will keep my eyes open. I have seen your posts and looked through what census records, marriage records and wills that I could find in TN for some sign of your folks. I have seen nothing yet, but Wilson is easy enough a name to remember that I will notice it if I come across it. As you have probably noticed, a lot of the Cowan's were fairly mobile back then. My own ancestor moved back and forth between TN, AL, and MS. I have had trouble locating him much of the time. Your ancestor may have been born in TN but lived awhile in AL or MS (or even GA). Don't give up. Jim --- Kdberr1@aol.com wrote: > HI: > I'm researching WILSON COWAN/COWEN of Tenn. He was > born in 1820 and by the > 1850 Census he was living in Brown Co., OH. When he > left TN he was married to > Eliza (maiden name?). I would like to know whether > Dr. James B. Cowan was a > slave owner in Blount Co., TN; maybe he emancipated > Wilson Cowan? Do you have any > information about this possibility? > Thanks, > Kberry > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com