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Source
- Originally from Margie Cowan
Related
- person:William Cowan (12)
Dunmore's War
- "In the Archives of the Virginia State Library is found one of the most interesting documents pertaining to the earliest settlers of the Clinch River Valley in what is now Russell, Scott, and Lee Counties, but then a part of Washington County. It is pages 229 and 230 of the Dunmore's War Records, and is a roster of 72 names of Militia soldiers under Captain William Russell. The roster is for the first pay period just prior to the outbreak of Dunmore's War in the fall of 1774.
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- 1773 -- William Cowan shown on the list of militia soldiers under Captain William Russell for the first pay period just prior to the outbreak of Dunmore’s War in the fall of 1774.
Militia
- While this document does not list everyone living in the area, it does give an insight into who the very earliest settlers were. On the ensuing pages [Hamilton lists] by number and name each of the Militiamen, with a brief biography of what I[he was] able to find pertaining to each man."
- Clark, Gerald H; Militia of Washington Co., VA; Officers 1777-1835; Militia Men 1798-1835, Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, IN; 1979, p. 13. (Fairfax Co., VA Library)
- 1777 -- Recommended Lieutenant in Capt. Snoddy's Co., Washington Co., Militia (27 Aug 1777)
- 1780 -- William Cowan was at the Battle of Kings Mountain under Col. William Russell (October 7, 1780).
- 1782 –- William Cowan was “Recommended to his Excellency the Governor as fit and Proper Persons for Captains of Militia in the County of Washington” on March 20, 1782
- 1785 -- Mentioned as Captain, Company No. 9, 1st Battalion.
King's Mountain
- White, Kathrine Keogh, The King’s Mountain Men …, Joseph K. Ruebush Company, Dayton, VA; 1924,
- p. 162: “Andrew and William [Cowan] are listed by Summers and Eckenrode. They were captains in the militia of Washington county, 1777-1780, and were under Campbell at King’s Mountain.”
- Clark, Gerald H; Militia of Washington Co., VA; Officers 1777-1835; Militia Men 1798-1835, Mountain Press, Signal Mountain, IN; 1979, p. 13. (Fairfax Co., VA Library)
- 1780 -- William Cowan was at the Battle of Kings Mountain under Col. William Russell (October 7, 1780).
- 1780. Moss considers Williams presence at King Mountain as unproven, finding no records to confirm family history.
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