This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/859.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I was wrong about the river being named for David, it was named for Wlliam Cowan, an official of a sawmill at Big River.