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The following notes for Person:John Cowan (36) were developed by user:Delijim

From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:


  • Page 212.--5th April, 1749. Wm. Beverley to Thomas Shields, 202 acres in Beverley Manor. Corner Wm. Robinson and Col. James Patton's mill place. Place surveyed for Maj. Brooks. Francis Beaty's line. Corner John Cowan.
  • Page 237.--5th April, 1749. Wm. Beverley to Thomas Brown of Beverley Manor. Corner Robert Wilson. Corner Andrew Alexander and John Cowan's lines Corner John Shields. 225 acres in Beverley Manor.
  • Page 330.--13th October, 1749. William Beverley to John Shields, 225 acres in Beverley Manor. Corner Thomas Brown, John Cowan's line. Corner Robert Christian. Corner Moffett's land. Teste: Thomas Shields, John Cowan, Samuel Brawford.

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John, Andrew and William Cowan are listed as landowners in Augusta County, Virginia in 1749. John Cowan may be the John Cowan that is listed in the following Will Book and Intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania:

Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1729 - 1850 (The following Cowen's can be found in the above described index) David Cowan (1757) Henry Cowan (1760) John Cowan (1760) Wm. Cowan (1793) David Cowan (1758) George Cowan (1799) Thomas Cowan (1770)


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John Cowan, Sr.

1..JOHN COWAN, SR. m Janette Unknown

...................2..ANDREW COWAN

b (chr) 27 September 1741 prob VA; D 1798-1800 m Mary WALKER b abt 1743 Rockbridge Co VA d/o John WALKER & Ann HOUSTON

...................................3..ROBERT, ROBERT WILLIAM or WILLIAM COWAN

b ca 1765 Rockbridge Co VA m Geney or Jean McSPADDEN d/o Thomas McSPADDEN & Unknown EDMISTON

......................................................4..MARGARET COWAN

b 4 March 1795 TN; d 10 March 1837 Clark Co ILL m 3 September 1816 Samuel WHEELER b 22 January 1794 Blount Co TN; d October 1883 Everton, Dade Co MO s/o William WHEELER & Rebecca WILLIS

......................................................................5..RHODA WHEELER

b 24 May 1823 Blount Co TN d 2 July 1900 Price, Carbon, Utah m ca 1841 Return Richard HILL d 13 October 1817 Amesville Ohio d 26 November 1853 Ogden, Weber Co., Utah

......................................................4..JANE COWAN b TN; m John CHEAK ......................................................4..ANNA COWAN b TN; m Silas WILLIE ......................................................4..MARTHA COWAN b TN; m Jeremiah JOHNSON ......................................................4..CYNTHIA COWAN b TN; m George JACKSON ......................................................4..ELIZABETH COWAN b TN; m Allen WHEELER ......................................................4..NANCY COWAN b TN; m William DILLARD ......................................................4..LUCINDA COWAN b TN; m Harvey GREGORY ......................................................4..CHARLOTTE COWAN b TN; m Richard SPRADING ......................................................4..SAMUEL COWAN


http://www.foreverlivingproducts.net/tree/cowan.htm Descendants of John Cowan, Sr.

Generation No. 1


1. JOHN1 COWAN, SR. was born Abt. 1715 in Rockbridge, Virginia. He married JANETTE UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1719 in Rockbridge, Virginia.


Children of JOHN COWAN and JANETTE UNKNOWN are:

i. JOHN2 COWAN, JR..

2. ii. ANDREW COWAN, SR., b. September 27, 1741, Augusta, Virginia; d. Bef. 1840.


Generation No. 2


2. ANDREW2 COWAN, SR. (JOHN1) was born September 27, 1741 in Augusta, Virginia, and died Bef. 1840. He married MARY WALKER Abt. 1760 in Orange, Virginia, daughter of JOHN WALKER. She was born Abt. 1740 in Rockbridge, Virginia.


Children of ANDREW COWAN and MARY WALKER are:

i. ANDREW3 COWAN, JR..

3. ii. ROBERT COWAN, b. Abt. 1766, Rockbridge, Virginia.


Generation No. 3


3. ROBERT3 COWAN (ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1766 in Rockbridge, Virginia. He married JANE MCSPADDEN, daughter of THOMAS MCSPADDEN and UNKNOWN EDMINSTON. She was born Abt. 1771 in Rockbridge, Virginia.


Child of ROBERT COWAN and JANE MCSPADDEN is:

4. i. MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, b. March 03, 1795, Tennessee; d. November 10, 1837, Clark, Illinois.


Generation No. 4


4. MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN (ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born March 03, 1795 in Tennessee, and died November 10, 1837 in Clark, Illinois. She married SAMUEL WHEELER September 03, 1816 in Blount, Tennessee, son of WILLIAM WHEELER and REBECCA WILLIS. He was born January 22, 1794 in Blount County, Tennessee, and died October 28, 1883 in Dade County, Missouri.


Children of MARGARET COWAN and SAMUEL WHEELER are:

i. HULDAY5 WHEELER.

ii. ROBERT WHEELER.

iii. RHODA WHEELER.

5. iv. MARY ANN WHEELER, b. May 15, 1817, Blount Co, Tennessee; d. March 24, 1893, Dade Co, Missouri.

6. v. SAMUEL WHEELER, JR, b. November 20, 1824, Tennessee; d. June 06, 1917, Dade Co, Missouri.

7. vi. JAMES WHEELER, b. April 12, 1826, Tennessee; d. May 13, 1876, Dade Co, Missouri.

8. vii. FRANCIS MARION WHEELER, b. January 21, 1828, Monroe Co, Tennessee; d. June 03, 1920, Dade Co, Missouri.

viii. LIZA WHEELER, b. 1829, Tn..

9. ix. WILLIAM R. WHEELER, b. 1830, Tn..

x. LOUISA JANE WHEELER, b. 1830, Tn..

xi. NANCY ELIZABETH WHEELER, b. January 14, 1832, Tennessee; d. October 22, 1906, Dade Co, Missouri; m. JEPTHA CANTRELL.

10. xii. REBECCA WHEELER, b. July 29, 1833, Blount Co, Tn. or McMinn Co, Tennessee; d. July 12, 1898, Dade Co, Missouri.

11. xiii. ALLEN WHEELER, b. March 25, 1835, Tennessee; d. October 17, 1908, Dade Co, Missouri.

xiv. SARAH WHEELER, b. 1836, Tn..

xv. ANTHONY WHEELER, b. Abt. 1837, Tn.; d. Abt. 1850, Dade Co, Mo.


Generation No. 5


5. MARY ANN5 WHEELER (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born May 15, 1817 in Blount Co, Tennessee, and died March 24, 1893 in Dade Co, Missouri. She married THOMPSON B. GRISHAM February 12, 1835 in Tennessee, son of MICHAEL GRISHAM and MARTHA CORBETT. He was born March 11, 1817 in Blount Co, Tennessee, and died January 28, 1877 in Dade Co, Missouri.


Children of MARY WHEELER and THOMPSON GRISHAM are:

12. i. MARGARET JANE6 GRISHAM, b. November 17, 1836, Clark, Illinois; d. April 23, 1859, Dade Co, Missouri.

ii. JASPER GRISHAM, b. November 17, 1836, McMinn, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1916.

13. iii. MARTHA EVELYN GRISHAM, b. December 05, 1838, Clark, Illinois; d. Bef. 1916.

14. iv. MARY CAROLINE GRISHAM, b. September 16, 1840, Clark, Illinois; d. 1936, Dade Co, Missouri.

v. MICHAEL HOUSTON GRISHAM, b. March 11, 1842, Clark Co, Illinois; d. January 16, 1925, Dade Co, Missouri; m. LUCINDA PAYNE, December 03, Dade Co, Missouri; b. February 19, 1858, Tennessee; d. March 07, 1928, Dade Co, Missouri.

vi. ELIZA GRISHAM, b. 1843; d. Bef. 1916.

15. vii. SAMUEL A. GRISHAM, b. February 14, 1844, Dade Co, Missouri; d. December 08, 1916, Dade Co, Missouri.

16. viii. NANCY EMALINE GRISHAM, b. December 07, 1846, Dade Co, Missouri; d. April 18, 1916, Dade Co, Missouri.

17. ix. SARAH ELIZABETH GRISHAM, b. April 14, 1849, Dade Co, Missouri; d. February 19, 1936, Dade Co, Missouri.

18. x. JOHN THOMPSON GRISHAM, b. February 05, 1852, Dade Co, Missouri; d. April 17, 1915, Dade Co, Missouri.

xi. JAMES S. GRISHAM, b. July 22, 1854, Dade Co, Missouri; d. August 05, 1904, Nebraska.

19. xii. WILLIAM MARION GRISHAM, b. March 28, 1858, Dade Co, Missouri; d. Aft. October 25, 1934.

6. SAMUEL5 WHEELER, JR (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born November 20, 1824 in Tennessee, and died June 06, 1917 in Dade Co, Missouri. He married MARY E. DRISKELL November 08, 1859 in Dade Co, Mo.. She was born August 16, 1840 in Michigan, and died September 26, 1920.


Children of SAMUEL WHEELER and MARY DRISKELL are:

i. DAVID D.6 WHEELER, b. September 21, 1860, Dade County, Missouri; d. March 08, 1918, Dade County, Missouri.

ii. MARGARET C. WHEELER, b. May 30, 1864, Dade Co, Missouri; d. November 10, 1932, Dade Co, Missouri; m. WILLIAM J. LANDERS, November 18, 1880, Dade Co, Mo..

20. iii. LEWIS WHEELER, b. 1873; d. 1958.

7. JAMES5 WHEELER (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born April 12, 1826 in Tennessee, and died May 13, 1876 in Dade Co, Missouri. He married MARY ELZADA PATTERSON.


Children of JAMES WHEELER and MARY PATTERSON are:

i. MARGARET ELZADA6 WHEELER, b. April 30, 1861, Dade Co, Missouri; d. November 26, 1948, Dade Co, Missouri; m. (1) LEANDER M. WHEELER; b. February 11, 1842, Missouri; d. March 02, 1863, Dade Co, Missouri; m. (2) MARTIN OSCAR BLAKEY, February 13, 1881, Dade Co, Missouri.

ii. MARY FLORA WHEELER, b. March 11, 1864, Dade Co, Missouri; d. October 03, 1925, Dade Co, Missouri; m. JOHN L. DAUGHTERY, March 12, 1882, Dade Co, Missouri.

iii. JOHN MARION WHEELER, b. October 10, 1854, Dade Co, Mo; d. July 24, 1948, Corpus Christi, Tx; m. MARY ALICE HURST.

iv. MARTHA ANGELINA WHEELER, b. March 25, 1856, Dade Co, Missouri; m. DR. JOHN W. ROBERTSON, April 08, 1880, Dade Co, Missouri.

v. PERRY WASHINGTON WHEELER, b. April 03, 1858, Dade Co, Missouri; d. 1860, Morgan Twp, Dade Co, Missouri.

8. FRANCIS MARION5 WHEELER (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born January 21, 1828 in Monroe Co, Tennessee, and died June 03, 1920 in Dade Co, Missouri. He married MELCENA CENITH THOMASON March 19, 1866 in Dade Co, Missouri, daughter of BENJAMIN THOMASON and EMILY NELSON. She was born April 03, 1849 in Cape Girardeau Co, Missouri (or Dade Co.), and died October 1926 in Dade County, Missouri.


Children of FRANCIS WHEELER and MELCENA THOMASON are:

21. i. MARGARET JANE6 WHEELER, b. January 21, 1867, Everton, Dade Co., Missouri; d. October 02, 1924, Arkansas City, Cowley Co., Kansas.

ii. ELNORA ELLEN WHEELER, b. August 25, 1868, Dade Co, Missouri.

iii. BENJAMIN JACOB WHEELER, b. 1870, Dade Co, Missouri; m. NANNIE JEROME, December 20, 1890, Dade Co, Missouri; b. 1870.

iv. MILTON SAMUEL WHEELER, b. August 1871, Dade Co, Missouri.

22. v. EMILY THOMASON WHEELER, b. August 1879, Dade Co, Missouri.

vi. LAVENA WHEELER, b. April 13, 1885, Dade Co, Missouri.

9. WILLIAM R.5 WHEELER (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born 1830 in Tn.. He married BARBARA A. UNKNOWN. She was born 1838 in Tn..


Children of WILLIAM WHEELER and BARBARA UNKNOWN are:

i. JAMES C.6 WHEELER, b. 1857, Mo.

ii. LURANDA WHEELER, b. 1858, Mo.

iii. MORRISON S. WHEELER, b. 1859, Mo; d. 1860, Morgan Twp, Dade, Mo.

10. REBECCA5 WHEELER (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born July 29, 1833 in Blount Co, Tn. or McMinn Co, Tennessee, and died July 12, 1898 in Dade Co, Missouri. She married MICHAEL HOUSTON GRISHAM January 05, 1854 in Dade Co, Missouri, son of MICHAEL GRISHAM and MARTHA CORBETT. He was born October 21, 1828 in Tn. or Polk Twp, Dade Co, Missouri, and died March 10, 1910 in Evereton, Dade Co, Missouri.


Children of REBECCA WHEELER and MICHAEL GRISHAM are:

23. i. JAMES MARION6 GRISHAM, b. October 10, 1855, Polk Twp, Dade Co, Missouri.

ii. NANCY E. GRISHAM, b. January 14, 1856, Dade Co, Missouri; d. February 12, 1856, Dade Co, Missouri.

iii. MARGARET A. GRISHAM, b. July 15, 1858; d. November 30, 1859.

iv. MARTHA CASSANDRA GRISHAM, b. November 26, 1860, Dade Co, Missouri; d. July 18, 1898, Dade Co, Missouri.

v. ELVIRA ANNE GRISHAM, b. March 13, 1863, Polk Twp, Dade Co, Missouri; d. August 05, 1931, Dade Co, Missouri; m. (1) JOHN JEROME; m. (2) NEWTON DOUGLAS MCMILLEN, January 16, 1881, Everton, Dade Co, Missouri; b. May 11, 1856, Kentucky; d. December 19, 1894, Dade County, Missouri.

24. vi. SAMUEL H. GRISHAM, b. April 02, 1866, Dade Co, Missouri; d. May 18, 1934, Dade Co, Missouri.

25. vii. MICHAEL THOMAS GRISHAM, b. October 23, 1868, Polk Twp, Dade Co, Missouri; d. Dade Co, Missouri.

viii. ROBERT A. GRISHAM, b. June 15, 1875, Dade Co, Missouri.

ix. DELLA L. GRISHAM, b. March 09, 1879, Dade Co, Missouri; m. ELMER THEOPHOLUS.

11. ALLEN5 WHEELER (MARGARET SUSAN4 COWAN, ROBERT3, ANDREW2, JOHN1) was born March 25, 1835 in Tennessee, and died October 17, 1908 in Dade Co, Missouri. He married (1) HETTIE ANN UNKNOWN. She was born December 06, 1839, and died October 29, 1865 in Dade Co, Mo. He married (2) MARY MARGARET MCMILLEN October 14, 1885 in Dade Co, Missouri. She was born April 19, 1844, and died January 29, 1890 in Dade Co, Missouri.


Child of ALLEN WHEELER and HETTIE UNKNOWN is:

i. INFANT6 WHEELER, b. October 20.


Children of ALLEN WHEELER and MARY MCMILLEN are:

ii. WILLIAM R.6 WHEELER, b. 1858.

iii. FRANCIS M. WHEELER, b. 1860.

iv. JOHN C. WHEELER, b. 1862.

v. LUCY WHEELER, b. 1869.