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- Cowan's in the United States Census of 1820
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The following provides data on the Cowans in the United States, organized by Regional Tapestries. The focus of such Tapestries lies with persons who settled along the Great Road prior to or immediately following the American Revolution. Because some patriarchs moved from area to area, they may appear in the listing under different Tapestries. "Groups" represent the various YDNA groups to which various patriarchal Cowan's have been assigned in the Cowan YDNA project. If YDNA evidence for a descendant of one of these Patriarchs is known, that fact is highlighted with the "DNA Helix" graphic, and the appropriate kit number(s) identified.
Old Chester
| Region | YDNA Group | Person | Note
| | Old Chester Cowan Tapestry | Pequea Creek Cowans aka "1720 Immigrant" | Person:David Cowan (15) | The immigrant Ancestor, c. 1720
| | Person:David Cowan (14) | Uncertain affinity
| | Person:John Cowan (39) |
| | person:William Cowan (28) |
| | Person:Henry Cowan (7) |
| | Octoraro Creek Cowans | Person:Hugh Cowan (4) | Immigrant Ancestor
| | Person:Robert Cowan (17) | of Fallowfield, Chester County, believed to be kinsman of Hugh Cowan (4), but not son.
| | Rockingham Cowans | Person:Henry Cowan (5) | Immigrant about 1746. Parents died on Voyage over, leaving Henry and other children. Settled in MD, moved to Rockingham VA.
| | Uncertain | Person:Margaret Cowan (16) | Married Hugh Gass, Lancaster and Cumberland Counties, remarried to William MaGill, to Old Augusta
| | Cowan's Gap Cowans | person:Samuel Cowan (17) | Settled in Cowan's Gap, Bedford County (now Fulton County), Todd Township.
| | Person:Hugh Cowan (7) | Settled on a Branch of Licking Creek, Bedford County, probably in
| | Roaring Springs Cowans | Person:Edward Cowan (1) | Immigrant, Settled at Roaring Springs, Bedford County, family history indicates he immigrated to America in 1785.
| | Franklin County Cowans | Person:Hugh Cowan (8) b 1768, d 1828, m. 1799 Mary Van Lear, lived in Mercersburg.
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MD
- Person:Henry Cowan (5) in Rockingham County VA by 1788.
Old Augusta
- person:Andrew Cowan (4) Gentleman Justice of Washington County; Person:Andrew Cowan (20) is probably the same person.
- Person:David Cowan (1) of Albemarle County, VA, to SW VA by 1769, and to Sevier County TN, after the Revolution
- James Cowan of Albemarle County
- John Cowan of Albemarle County
SWVP
Smoky Mountains
There are several separate lines of Cowans who settled within the broad Smoky Mountain Tapestry area either during or shortly after the Revolution. Most of these Cowan's seem to be related to the Seven Cowan Brothers, and share a relatively recent, but unknown common ancestor. There are also persons who trace to the Sullivan County and Knoxville merchant lineages
| WeRelate | DOB | POB | DOD | POD | DOM | POM | Spouse | Father | MOther | YDNA | Notes
| | Person:Robert Cowan (10)
| 1746
| VA or Scotland
| 1784
| Jefferson, TN
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| Susannah Woods
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| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Robert married Susannah Woods in Botetourt County, VA, sometime before 1776. During the Revolution he moved south into what is now Greene County, TN, dying there between 1789 (last property purchase) and 1797 (when sons sell his property). He had several sons who either remained in Jefferson County, or moved south, first to Blount County, and then to Franklin County by 1800.
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| John Finley Cowan (51)
| 1768
| VA?
| 1837
| Franklin TN
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| Robert Cowan (10)
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| Seven Cowan Brothers
Kit 7377
| To Blount County by 1797
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| Person:Andrew Cowan (31)
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| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Document. Land record for sons of Robert Cowan, Washington County, TN, 1799 identify an Andrew Cowan and others receiving land once owned by Robert Cowan (10). Andrew is presumed to be a son of Robert 10. At the time of the land transaction he is said to be of Blount County TN. He presumably moved there shortly after the Revolution with his brothers and kinsman Samuel Handley, and other kinsmen, who settled in the Nine-Mile Creek area. Several members of this extended family later moved to Franklin, TN.
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| Person:Robert Cowan (11)
| 1776
| Botetourt VA
| 1841
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| Nancy Weir
| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| To Blount County by 1797
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| Person:Samuel Cowan (5)
| 1780
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| 1851
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| Mary Dixon
| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| To Blount County by 1797. He is said to have died in Alabama in 1851, basis unknown.
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| Person:William Cowan (21)
| 1782
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| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Fate unknown
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| David S. Cowan (19)
| 1767
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| 1837
| Franklin, Virginia
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| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Fate unknown
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| <1798
| Jefferson, TN
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| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Andrew Cowan, of Jefferson County, TN. Andrew is known to have been previous married, based on court records where children by his first wife appear to contest the distribution of the estate. His first wife is commonly identified as Mary Walker, daughter of John Walker III, but there is no original source documentation to support this.
| | Person:John Cowan (42)
| 1768
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| 1806
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| Andrew (5)
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| Person:Robert Cowan (12)
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| Andrew (5)
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| Person:Samuel Cowan (11)
| 1769
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| 1832
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| Andrew (5)
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| | Person:James Cowan (36)
| c1780
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| Andrew (5)
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| Andrew M. Cowan (26)
| 1781
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| Andrew (5)
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| Person:William Cowan (36)
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| Andrew (5)
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| Person:David Cowan (20)
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| Andrew (5)
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| Person:Houston Evans Cowan
| 1820
| Sevier< TN
| 1892
| Marion, TN
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| Person:David Cowan (1)
| <1739
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| 1811
| Sevier, TN
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| Jane
| Person:John Cowan (65)
| Eleanor
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| David came to Sevier County from Southwest Virginia, where he lived in Castle's Woods. Prior to that he was living in Albemarle County, VA, in close association with the Woods family.
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| Person:Andrew Cowan (22)
| c1768
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| Martha Evans
| David Cowan (1)
| Jane
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Justice of Sevier County,. 1796, son of David (1); Some genealogists identify an Andrew Cowan=Martha Evans in Abbeville, SC. This seems to be a confusion
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| Person:William Cowan (12)
| 1750
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| Seven Cowan Brothers
| William came to Blount County before 1792, from Southwest Virginia, where he lived in Castle's Woods with his kinsmen Person:David Cowan (1) and Person:John Cowan (12). John came with him to Blount County, while David settled nearby in Sevier County.
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| Person:Robert Cowan (10)
| 1746
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| 1784
| Jefferson County TN
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| Susannah Woods
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| Seven Cowan Brothers
| This line is descended from Person:Robert Cowan (10) who died in Greene County TN about 1784. Several of his sons, John, Robert, Samuel, and Andrew Cowan, and soninlaw Samuel Handley settled near Nine Mile Creek in the western division of Blount County. Some members of this line would later moved to Franklin County TN, west of Chattanoga. Dr. James B. Cowan, whose genealogical letters figure prominently deciphering in Cowan family history (for better or ill), belong to this line. YDNA evidence indicates that this line is related to that of William (12), David (1), and John (12), but the nature of that relationship is unknown. Both Groups seem to be related to the Cowans who settled in Beverley Manor and in Albemarle County, during the middle 1730's.
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| Person:John Cowan (12)
| 1763
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| 1788
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| Agnes Martin
| Person:Samuel Cowan (1)
| Person:Ann Walker (39)
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Son of Person:Samuel Cowan (1)
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| Person:John Cowan (51)
| 1768
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| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Son of Robert (10); To Blount County by 1797
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| Person:Andrew Cowan (31)
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| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Son of Robert (10); To Blount County by 1797
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| Person:Robert Cowan (11)
| 1776
| Botetourt VA
| 1841
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| Nancy Weir
| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Son of Robert (10); To Blount County by 1797
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| Person:Samuel Cowan (5)
| 1780
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| Alabama
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| Mary Dixon
| Robert Cowan (10)
| Susannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
| Son of Robert (10); To Blount County by 1797. He is said to have died in Alabama in 1851, basis unknown.
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| person:Robert Cowan (20)
| 1744
| Ireland ?
| 1824
| Sullivan, TN
| 1780
| Washington, VA
| Nancy Rutledge
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| Sullivan County Cowans
| Settled in what is now Sullivan County TN following Revolution.
| | Person:James Cowan (7)
| 1788
| Washinton, VA
| 1863
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| Clarissa Sharp
| Person:Robert Cowan (20)
| Nancy Rutledge
| Sullivan County Cowans
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| | Person: William Cowan (35)
| 1790
| Sullivan TN
| 1849
| Sullivan TN
| 1822
| Sullivan TN
| Nancy Susong
| Person:Robert Cowan (20)
| Nancy Rutledge
| Sullivan County Cowans
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| | Person:Andrew Cowan (25)
| 1793
| Sullivan TN
| 1876
| Sullivan TN
| c1822
| Sullivan TN
| Elizabeth Owen
| Person:Robert Cowan (20)
| Nancy Rutledge
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| | Person:George Cowan (9)
| 1797
| Sullivan, TN
| 1874
| Jasper MO
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| Sullivan, TN
| Mary May
| Person:Robert Cowan (20)
| Nancy Rutledge
| Sullivan County Cowans
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| | Person:John Cowan (52)
| 1799
| Sullivan, TN
| 1849
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| Person:Robert Cowan (20)
| Nancy Rutledge
| Sullivan County Cowans
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| | Person:Samuel Cowan (18)
| c1769
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| c1802
| TN
| 1794
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| Jane Glascow Montgomery
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| Knoxville Merchant Cowans
| Early merchant in Knoxville, arrived before 1792
| | Person:Nathaniel Cowan (1)
| 1762-1767
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| Knoxville Merchant Cowans
| Early Merchant in Knoxville, arrived before 1792
| | Person:James Cowan (35)
| 1761
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| 1801
| Knoxville, TN
| 1795
| TN
| Margaret Christian Russell
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| Knoxville Merchant Cowans
| of Knoxville
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Old 96
| WeRelate | DOB | POB | DOD | POD | DOM | POM | Spouse | Father | MOther | YDNA | Notes
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But known to be present in the area by 1773, immigrating on the Lord DunLuce
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| Person:Jeremiah Cowan (1)
| 1768
| Old 96, SC
| 1822
| Union KY
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| Elizabeth Hayes
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| Sullivan County Cowans
Kits 134467, 107609, 920920
| Moved to Union CO KY by 1820
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| Person:Andrew Cowan (32)
| 1742
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| Abbeville, Abbeville, SC
| 1763
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| Sullivan County Cowans
Kits 104481 and 109152
| Settled in Boonesborough Township by 1773, apparent immigrant, but direct records showing immigration lacking.
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| Person:Isaac Cowan (3)
| 1764
| Abbeville County, SC
| 1831
| Abbeville County
| <1792
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| Jane Seawright
| Person:Andrew Cowan (32)
| Ann
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| Person:William Cowan (50)
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| Person:Andrew Cowan (32)
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| Person:John Cowan (102)
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| Person:John Cowan (38)
| 1739
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| Margaret
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| Seven Cowan Brothers
Kit 179625
| John settled in Old 96 by about 1763. His will shows that at the time of his death he lived on property on both sides of the Savannah River. This is consistent with the idea that he operated Cowans Ferry on the Svannah River, though the exact location of that feature is uncertain.
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| :Person:James Cowan (24)
| 1775
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| Person:John Cowan (38)
| Margaret
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| Person:Archibald Cowan (1)
| c1760
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| Person:John Cowan (38)
| Margaret
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| Person:John Cowan (35)
| 1770
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| 1846
| Barbour Alabama
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| Susannah Glover
| Person:John Cowan (38)
| Margaret
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| Person:Samuel Cowan (14)
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| Person:James Cowan (14)
| 1745
| Augusta VA
| <1815
| SC
| 1767
| SC
| Hannah Woods
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| Marriage to Hannah Woods based on Michael Woods Age Book, gives DOM as 24 Dec. 1767 in SC. Probably came to SC with Michael Woods, who gives "We left Virginia Oct. 11, 1764 and settled on the Savannah River Jan. 3, 1765." Petitioned for land in Granville Co Dec. 1767, and in Abbeville Co in 1798 on Rocky River.
| | Person:James Cowan (37)
| 1775
| SC
| 1849
| GA
| 1811
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| Person:James Cowan (14)
| Hannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
Kits 7386, 124273
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| | Person:Hiram Cowan (1)
| 1769-1779
| Old 96 SC
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| Person:James Cowan (14)
| Hannah Woods
| Seven Cowan Brothers
Kit 13547
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| | Person:John Cowan (27)
| 1769-1779
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| 1755
| Augusta, VA
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| Hannah Woods
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MISC
- Person:Janet Cowan (6) Possibly the wife of Alexander I of the Wigton line.
- Person:Samuel Cowan (3) 1775-1832, died Campbell County TN, Unknown affinity
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