Barbara At long last I find someone else interested in 1800's Cowgills. Let's trade info. I decend from Mary Ann Cowgill who married Solomon Grace in the 1820's. Her father was Henry. His Cowgill line dates back to the 1600s. If you want my info, how do you want me to send it? Sharon in Massac Co IL At 11:24 AM 3/9/98 -0800, you wrote: >My gg-grandfather,b Nov 11, 1853, John Hodge Cowgill, was indentured to a >John G. Allison by his father on July 16, 1860, in Pope Co. I would like to >know who his mother and father were and why they gave him up. He had a >brother William P. Cowgill, b Feb 4 1850, who was indentured the same day >March 19, 1861 to John P Compton. Would like to know something about him >too. They lived in Golconda growing up from what I heard. No ones know any >thing else. > >Thanks >Barbara Fritschy >fritschys@email.msn.com > > > ------- Sharon (McBride) Felker fax 618.634.9028 phone 618.634.9411 ext. 239 E-mail sharonf@shawnee.cc.il.us E-mail felker@geocities.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/5390/ http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/f/e/l/Sharon-F-Felker/ FELKER MCBRIDE GRACE MORRIS ETC -------