[sorry, did not find your Elijah, so hope these Cowen/ans help a bit.JM] > << Marriages and Deaths 1820-1830 >> > > <<Would you check for my brickwall Elijah Cowan/Cowen? He <<married Sarah Ann > ? they had children in GA beginning in 1832 COWAN, Mr. John, 30y, d. 9/7/1820 in Savannah, born Kirkcudbright, Scotland. source:Georgia Republican and Savannah Republican, Savannah, Ga, 9/13/1820 -------------- COURN, John, 30y, d. 9/7/1820 in Savannah, b. Kirkcudbright, Scotland. source: Georgia Journal & Messenger, Macon,Ga 9/14/1820 Columbian Museum, Savannah, Ga 9/14/1820 _______________________________________________________ Georgia Marriages 1811 Through 1820 Cowan, Lazarus wed Kilgore, Sealley, Miss 8/15/1816 Lincoln Co.Ga Cowan, Syntha wed Ford, John 7/14/1814 Columbia Co. Ga Cowen, William A. wed Walker, Elvira 3/23/1820 Putnam Co.Ga Cowen, William wed Reed, Elizabeth 7/22/1819 Hall Co.Ga ____________________________________________________ Colonial Georgia Marriages 1760-1810 Cowan, Thomas wed Williamson, Polly 8/28/1806/08 Jackson Co.Ga Cowan, Polly wed Moore, Georga 9/7/1808 Jackson Co.Ga Cowen, Sarah wed Simpson, Robert 12/8/1795 Oglethorpe Co.Ga _____________________________________________________ source: The Macon [GA] Telegraph 1826-1832 pg 66 Vol. IV. No. 46, Nov. 13, 1830 SHERIFF'S SALES: Monroe Co., At Forsyth, by John Redding, Shf.: North corner of public Square, now occupied by Gen. Elias Beall, ppty. of James Cowen, fi fa of A.M.D. King and others. ______________________________________________________ Not mentioned in The Macon [GA] Telegraph 1833-1839 ______________________________________________________ Source: Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823 (Passports in West Florida) A Company of over 20 men from North Carolina, and from Rockbridge county, and the valley of New river in Virginia - John Rains, Kasper Mansco, Abraham Bledsoe, John Baker, Joseph Drake, Obadiah Terrell, Uriah Stone, Henry Smith, EDWARD COWAN, Thomas Gordon, Humphrey Hogan, Cassius Brooks, Robert Crockett, and others - each with one or more horses, left Reedy creek, a branch of New river, in June, 1769, coming by what is now Abingdon and Powell's valley to Cumberland Gap; thence to Flat Lick, 6 miles from Cumberland River, down which they traveled...Some of the company returned home on June 6, 1770 while ten of them - including Manco, Stone, Baker, Gordon, Hogan and Brooks - built two boats and two trapping canoes, laded them with furs and bear meat, and started down the Cumberland and Mississippi rivers to the Franch Fort Natchez, and thence home... [source: Collins, History of Kentucky, II:417] ------------------- Kentucky Passport [Excerpt of part concerning Edward Cowan] Natchez August 11, 1792 ................Edward Cowan, a Catholic, nothing more than contained in the declaration of Joseph Hammond, the two being together at the time. He is 27 years old. .... ------------------- Tennessee Passports John COWAN, Robt. COWAN, Archd. Trimble, Wm. Adams, Jas. Montgomery, Hugh Montgomery, James Montgomery Junr., Alexr. Montgomery, Wm. Hutton, Josiah Hutton, Archd. Slone, Wm. Slone, Jas.Martin, Jas. Gealy, David Edmonson, Wm. Condren, & Samuel Handley. Obtained pasports to pass and repass unmolested over the boundary line between the United States, and the Cherokee indians for the porpose of removing their stocks and provisions from the indaian lands - 4th Apl. 1798 --------------------- Tennessee Passports Hugh Gilbreath, Samuel Norward, John Wallace, William Wallace, SAMUEL COWAN, Martin Cook, John Williams, Moses Justice - Obtained passports 12 April 1798 - for the purpose of removing their property from the indian lands and taking care of their grain, that is now growing. ---------------- Tennessee Passports Jonathan Mathews, Isham Hale, ARCHIBALD COWAN, Elijah Huzzey, James Simpson, Edmund Castule obtained permits to remove property &/c with part of their families - April 23rd 1798 ---------------- Cherokee Indian Agency Passports South West Point 22 March 1808 Colo. Return J. Megis, Agent War These Certify that William Schrimshear is an honest indoustrous Citizen a good neighbour free from disipation & may in our opinions be safely admitted into any Society or neighbourhood given under our hands this 21st day of April 1808 [signed] Allexr. Moore, A./E.W.D. COWAN, Thos. Nessmith, William logan [on same sheet] Meigs This will Certify that Richard Martin in our oppinions is an honest industrous Citizen a good Neighbour free from Dissipation as far as we Know and may be safely admited into any Neighbourhood given under our hands &c April 27th 1808. [signed] A./E.W. COWAN, William S. Chrinn Sher. ______________________________________________________ source: Citizens and Immigrants -S.C. 1768, pg 72 Tuesday, 6 September 1768. Petitions for Warrants of Survey, Prolonging Warrants, and Certifying plats were received from.... To Certifie Platts James Cowan 100 acres In Granville County ---------------- Monday, October 24, 1768, No. 1725 Saturday last arrived here the ship FRIENDSHIP, CAPT. COWAN from from *Burrowslonness; who on the 21st past at Lat. 40 deg 31' Long. 32deg 44' took up a long boat belonging to the ship PROVIDENCE, of and from Colerain, bound for New York, with the following people in her, viz. Thomas Clarke, master; John Boyd and Samuel Harvey, mates; Melcher Kerson boatswain; Alexander Holdritch, seaman; and Mr. Jonathan Clarke Lewis and wife; Mrs. Campbell and two children of Colerain [Ireland]; Mrs. Campbell of Antrim; Mr. Daniel Todd and Mr John Wilson, passengers, who have given us the following accoount. The ship PROVIDENCE sailed from Colerain the 27th of August and on the 8th of September in Lat. 45 deg 60', Long. 31 deg sprung a leak which gained so fast upon her, that with both pumps and bailing they could scarce keep her above water, so that on the 10th they were obliged to take to their boats, the above 15 to the long boat, and 3 or 4 to the yawl, being all they could hold, and other passengers and seamen chose to stay in the ship rather than risk perishing sooner in the boats; the two boats soon parted and the long boat, after having quitted the ship 6 days happily fell in with Captain Cowan, who has safely landed here all the people that were in her. [note: * In the list of ship arrivals for Oct 21st of ship FRIENDSHIP, James Cowan it sailed from Burrowstouness] ---------------- James Ferguson of Port Royal, 400 ac. in Granville Co. on Port Royal Island, St Helena's Parish, bounding E on THOMAS COWEN, S on James Gwin, W on land formerly Alexander McKay, N by Ducking Creek. Survey certified 12-23-1767, granted 4-29-1768 to the Memorialist at a Quit Rent of 3/Stg. or 4/pro money per 100 ac. to commence two years from the date. 7-4-1768, James Doherty, D.S., James Ferguson, Richard Lambton, Deputy Auditor. _______________________________________________________