I just recently received this and am forwarding it to you just in case it might be a lead for you. I also put a note to you in the bulletin board on my Jones family. Best regards, Carolyn Cowan Oberle from IN JONES, COWAN, FOREMAN, GAITHER Subj: [Jones] Estate Records abstracts Rowan Co., NC 1753-1805 Book A p 202 Samuel Jones April 6 1775 pro May Court 1774 Note discrepancy in dates. Planter Wife: Sarah. Sons: Rowland, Matthew, William Felpises wife Elizabeth. Rest of my children. Exrs: Wife Sarah, James Whitlock. Wit: Daniel Enochs, Richard Jacks, Gabriel Enochs Book B p 196 William Cowan 14 Aug 1789 pro 1791 Son Isaac to have negro fellow Luke. Sons George, William, and Benjamin to have negroes Miney, Erick, and Ezar. All sons share in home plantation. Dau: Mary Blair to have 50 pounds. Dau Susannah Connel to have 26 pounds. Dau Jane Byars to have 30 pounds. Dau Sarah Cowan to have 100 pounds bond on George Weake of Lancaster Co., PA which will come due in May 1790, negro wenches Cleary, Peg, Venus, and her maintenance while unmarried. Grandson William Cowan to have 60 pounds. Exrs: sons William, Benjamin and Isaac Wit: Joseph Foster, Thomas Jones, Samuel Jones.