Hi Sheila, I found the following COW*Ns in St. Clair County, Alabama in the 1870 census index (Family Quest Archives CD) for AL that I have (from Heritage Quest). All page numbers refer to census microfilm M593-roll 40. surname given name age sex race birthplace census locality page COWEN M J 20 M W AL Branchville PO 14 COWEN James 48 M W SC Branchville PO 16 ** COWEN Harrison 30 M W AL Branchville PO 16 COWEN Saml 45 M W SC Branchville PO 16 ** COWEN William 20 M W AL Branchville PO 17 COWEN John 22 M W AL Branchville PO 17 COWEN Wm 55 M W SC Broken Arrow PO 46 COWAN W W 53 M W SC Kelly Crk P O 84 I have found that the various indexes differ sometimes... The two with ** look like the ones you are seeking. Where were they living in 1850? Were they still in SC, or had they already gone to AL? Geralyn Wood Barry [email protected] At 02:25 PM 1/6/02 -0800, Sheila Jarrett wrote: >Has anyone been able to locate Samuel Cowan in the 1870 census? I cannot >seem to locate James and Margarett Cowan in 1870, but feel that they would >have been living very near Samuel during that time since they were almost >neighbors in 1860 and 1880, St. Clair, AL. I do not know if they moved or >were skipped in the index books. Any help would be greatly appreciated.