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/181.2.1 Message Board Post: There is a book in the library of congress titled: "An illustrated historical and biographical sketch of the descendants of William Cowden, who migrated from Ireland to America about A.D.1730, and of James Gilliland (1), who came from the same land and about the same time". I don't have very good notes from it and cannot check on any info.