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/1094.1.2 Message Board Post: I do not know where in Ireland my Cowan family came from.I can only guess that they arrived in Charleston because they lived in Abbyville for a short time before moving on to Mississippi and then to Gonzales and Fayette counties in Texas. I do have them on most of the census. Most of John Cowan's descendents are buried in the Elm Grove Baptist church cemetery in Fayette Co. He is also buried there. I am sorry for taking so long to repy but have has a lot of computer problems and very busy at work and with the kids starting back to school. Please Email me again since I have lost everything. Thanks Mike Cowan