This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowden Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nFQ.2ACEB/181.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, no. Have you seen the book on the "Southern Cowdens" of southern VA - could be of that line. in Augusta Co, VA, Will Book No. 1, pg119, 1/17/1748, William Cowden wills his "plantation" to sons James and William when they turn age 16. His wife's name is Jane. Per the boook..."His sons, James and William, lived in several counties in Virginia, as shown by court records. The farm willed to them above was in Pittsylvania County, and they also lived in the adjoining county of Henry. Unless William Cowden remained in Virginia and became the ancestor of the Cowdens now living there, it is not known what became of him, as no further record of him has been found."