I am wondering if anyone can help me make a connection in the Cowan familes. My husband's GGGrandmother, Celia Cowan, was the daughter of James and Margrett Cowan. I found them in the 1860 St. Clair AL census. She was 11 days old. I also found her in the 1880 St. Clair census. She was married to Henry Jarrett and they were living next door to her parents. I can't seem to locate the family in 1870, when she would have been about 10. They were located on page 127B in 1880. The Samuel Cowan family is located a couple of houses prior on page 127A. I think James and Samuel and are cousins if I am on the right track. According to the 1860 census, her father James was 35 years old. Just a guess, but that would put him being born app. 1825. I have found a bit of info on a James Cowan who was born in 1826 to James Cowan and Francis Garrett. The birth date would fit, but when I look up the family of James and Francis Cowan through Familysearch.com, it only shows one son- a Nichalas Garrett Cowan. Any suggestions on how I can determine if "my" James Cowan WAS the son of James and Francis Cowan? Do any of your Cowan trees show other children for James and Francis. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Sheila Jarrett --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail.

I've been a subscriber to Ancestry.com's databases for about 3 years now, but I finally decided to subscribe to the census images, now that they are making good headway at getting them indexed. I just browsed the COWAN surname for 1790, and here's what I got. Those with an ASTERISK are the ones I am either researching or am very "curious" to find other folks who suspect that they are descended from them I will note that my EDWARD migrated from Harford county, MD in the late 1790's to Washington county, PA, and by 1805 had changed my surname spelling to COYAN. Here are the Cowan Heads of Household along with County & State enumerated. Again, please contact me if you may share a kinship with those I have assigned an * ____ Cowan - Anne Arundel, MD Edward Cowan - Harford, MD (my immigrant - from Northern Ireland - ancestor) Robt Cowan - Harford, MD ** (I suspect was a brother to or father of my Edward) James Cowan - Talbot, MD ** Joseph Cowan - Burke, NC Marget Cowan - Burke, NC Jas Cowan - Lincoln, NC Ephraim Cowan - Albany, NY James Cowan - Albany, NY Joanna Cowan - Albany, NY Moses Cowan - Albany, NY Patrick Cowan - Albany, NY Barnard Cowan - New York, NY Alexander Cowan - Washington, NY Wm Cowan - Cumberland, PA ** George Cowan - Lancaster, PA John Cowan - Mifflin, PA Benja Cowan - Philadelphia, PA John Cowan - Washington, PA ** Methias Cowan - Westmoreland, PA James Cowan - Abbeville, SC John Cowan - Charleston, SC John Cowan - Chester, SC Robert Cowan - Chester, SC

P.S. I forgot to note that the family believes that Mary's father's name was Robert Cowan.