Hi Jody, My maiden name is Cowan. Most of the research that I am into right now is folks that came to Kentucky around 1774 and on into Indiana in early 1800's which is where my Cowans went. I understand that quite a few settlers came to Indiana from Mercer Co and Bourbon Co. in KY. My own gggg-grandfather, Wilson Cowan came around 1814 with the Buchanans who built a fort on the (what is now called) Jefferson/Ripley Co. line. He was the s/o Hugh & Margaret Buchanan Cowan. There is a newspaper article in The Harrodsburg Herald, Thursday March 22, 1973, p6, which is titled "John McGee Came To Kentucky In 1775". In this large 7 column article it says...In 1773, two of John McGee's brothers-in-law, James McCoun and Robert McAfee (whose wife was Anne McCoun), came to Kentucky from Botetourt Co., Virginia....they came there to survey lands for themselves and their relatives. McGee's acres joined lands surveyed for Samuel McAfee and Samuel Adams.....In 1775 the Botetourt Co group of men, called the McAfee Company, made their second trip to KY in order to clear their lands and build cabins. They intended to bring their families in spring of 1776 but were impeded. (Here the article is torn off) but the top of next column ...(it also mentions James McAfee) I do not know if this helps or not but I will keep my eyes open for your Andrew McAfee b. 1829. Good luck....Carolyn Cowan of Greenfield, IN