Though this might be of interest to some Cowans with ties to TN in the mid 1800s Cowan Family in 1880 Independence County AR, Census [White River TWP which includes town of Sulphur Rock] The following was transcribed in Bits of Bark from the Family Tree 26[4]:December 2001. This Bits of Bark is a quarterly publication of the Batesville [AR] Genealogical Society 3, 3 COWAN, Nathaniel S. w m 38 md carpenter [born] TN father born TN mother born TN Josephene w f 33 wife kh [born] TN father born TN mother born TN Samuel w m 11 son born] TN father born TN mother born TN Ida Lee w f 9 dau [born] TN father born TN mother born TN William L. w m 7 son [born] TN father born TN mother born TN Martha Jane w f 4 dau [born] TN father born TN mother born TN Arthur E. w m 8/12 Oct son [born] AR father born TN mother born TN Qualls, G. A. w m 22 laborer [born] TN father born TN Mother born TN Nelson, Meriday w m 33 laborer [born] TN father born NC mother born TN judy arnn-knight