Notebook. Samuel Cowan and Sarah Keith

He served as private in East TN Vol., War of 1812 serving from Bledsoe Co. "He served as a mounted gunman on an expedition in 1814 against hostile Creek Indians, for which his monthly pay was eight dollars plus 40 cents per day for his horse."

Land Grant in 1827 of 136 acres in McNairy Co., TN close to where Shiloh would be fought in the Civil War in 1862.

1830 McNairy Co., TN, p. 142, (02210001-0000001)

1836 Tishomingo Co., MS, census

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Note 2

source:Ancestry

1812, Bledsoe County, Tennessee: Samuel Cowan is on Bledsoe, TN petition. [How do we know this is Samuel Cowan who married Sarah Keith?]

Moved to Alabama before 1820 and were in Mississippi by the mid 1820s. In 1827 they received a land grant for 136 acres in McNairy County, Tennessee. [Movements seem geographically discontinuous

1813 (30 Sept -30 Dec) TN: Samuel Cowan in Brown's Regiment (East Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Milita). Roll dated in Washington (Rhea County, east of Bledsoe). Samuel was present at discharge. [How do we know this is Samuel Cowan who married Sarah Keith?]

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