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/741.2 Message Board Post: I have some information that could be heapful concerning Magus Cowan. This Cowan line settled in present day New Hanford County, NC ( Wilmington) before 1741.Mangus was granted 640 acres in Nov. 1743.It seems likely that Duncan, John, Ann and Thomas were childre of Magus. Mangus died in1766, estate to wife Jennet. In 1787, Magus was on jury duty, so this Mangus must be the son of the original Mangus. From 1772 to1815, these names are mentioned: John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mangus, John, Mangus, and John Cowan will in 1815.