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/nFQ.2ACEB/26.92.2.3 Message Board Post: Hannah (?) Cowden died before 20 Oct 1812, when Letters of Admin were issued to Robert Meek, James Scott, and James Stephenson, sec. of 5,000 pounds, in Cabarrus Co., NC. [Cabarrus Co., NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes Abstract With Deed Book and Will Book Annotations, July 15, 1805-April 23, 1817, abst. by Margaret Bost, copyright 1995 Cabarrus Genealogical Society, page 125.] The Robert Cowden to William Cowden connection is found in Mecklenburg County, NC Deed & Abstracts 1763-1779, page 36.