Document. Will of Joseph Skiles Cowan, dated 1845

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Ancestry, Will Abstract for Joseph Skiles Cowan

Notes

Will is dated 1845, inventoried 1846, settled 1848.

Ancestry Link gives photocopies of will, inventory, etc.

Gives DOM as 1804
Identifies wife as Jane
Children
John
Richard G.
David A.
Elizabeth Meacham
Rosana Meacham
Nelly Baxter
Polly Ann Meacham
Jane Cowan
Sally Hill Cowan

The will was apparently contested as in 1866 a County Court case was initiated by Richard G. Cowan vs William M Meacham, et all. Petitioned, Summons, Deposition and Answer were listed in 1866.

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Tennessee Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965 for Joseph Cowan

Record Index
Name: Spouse: Event Year: County: Roll Title:
Roll:
JosephCowan
JaneCowan
1845
Williamson
Divorce, Probate and Other Records 1800-1899, Co-Cr
B-65
Source Information
Record Url: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: :Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Tennessee. County records. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm roll numbers 99 to 108, 115, 336 to 337, 428 to 431, 519, A-4098, A-5278, B-1 to B-9, B-44 to B-127, B- 314, B-441 to B-445, B-471 to B-473, B-1607 to B-1613, and B-1781 to B-1789.