Posted on: Bowie County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Bowie/10534 Surname: Martin, Wilson, Cowley, Woodard ------------------------- I have found John Wesley Martin and his sister, Etta Josephine Martin on both the 1850 and 1860 Bowie Co. census. In 1850, they appear as John W. and Henretta J. Wilson, with a possible younger brother shown as William Delaney Wilson, they were living with a Francis Wilson, 35, TN. On the 1860 census, they are listed as John W. Martin and Harriett Martin, and William L. Wilson and are living with James and Maria Cowley's family as farm laborers. I can only assume their parents are deceased, most likely having died after 1845, when William was born in LA. I am still unable to locate any parents names for them. The 1900 and 1920 census shows John Wesley's son, William Joseph Martin living in Bowie County, with a wife named Vivien, and two daughters, Annie and Vivien (on the 1920 census). Does anyone have any information on these Martins, Wilsons or Cowleys?? Thanks.