Person:James Cowan (94)

Estate Records

"On the last day of May 1828, William Wood, commissioner appointed by the Cumberland County Court, held a public auction at the home of Andrew Cowan to dispose of James Cowan's estate. The widow Polly Cowan, purchased the two tracts, each containing 200 acres, which he owned." This James Cowan Jr. after he was killed by a tree falling on him.

In 1831 we find, John, Rebecca, James, Samuel, Thomas, David, Elizabeth, and Andrew Cowan joining the sale of 200 acres on Smith Creek to Ambrose Pierce. These were undoubtedly the heirs of James and Polly Cowan." (Ambrose Pierce may have been a brother to Francis Pierce. He married Anna Young)

Source: History of the Cowan Community

Notebook

Notebook: On the family of James C. Cowan of Cumberland, KY

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave.

   James Cowan, Sr
   Birth: unknown
   Virginia, USA
   Death: unknown
   Clinton County
   Kentucky, USA
   
   
   Family links:
   Spouse:
   Polly Cowan*
   
   Children:
   Thomas A Cowan (1785 - 1840)*
   
   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=133518726

2. ↑ Rootsweb Message Boards.

   James(Sr)1 COWAN was born Abt. 1727 and died 1827. He married Polly (??) Cowan. Notes: the Cowan’s lived in Clinton County KY from 1799. James Cowan Sr. served as Justice of the Peace in the primitive backwoods of Cumberland County in 1811, 1815, and in 1816. He served as Sheriff in 1817. and died in 1827. This information came from the book: "Early Days in Clinton County - Vol. 1 by Jack Ferguson. Prior to their arrival in Clinton County they lived in Virginia...as far as I have been told……from the early 1700's.
   
   Children of James(Sr) Cowan and Polly (???) Cowan:
   i. Andrew2 Cowan
   ii. David Cowan
   iii. Elizabeth Cowan
   iv. Samuel Cowan
   v. John Cowan, b. Abt. 1772
   vi. Rebecca Cowan, b. Abt. 1774
   vii. James Cowan, b. Abt. 1776
   2. viii. Thomas Cowan, b. Abt. 1785
   
   http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/COWAN/2003-01/1042512712