Person:William Cowan (78)

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Capt. William Cowan, of Lunenburg County, VA
b.Bef 1753
d.Bef 11 Jun 1807 Lunenburg County, Virginia
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  • F.  Cowan (add)
  1. Capt. William Cowan, of Lunenburg County, VABef 1753 - Bef 1807
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Capt. William Cowan, of Lunenburg County, VABef 1753 - Bef 1807
  • W.  Mary BillupsBef 1756 -
m. Abt 9 Dec 1773
  1. Grizzel Bowie 'Gracie' CowanBef 1790 -
  2. William Bowie CowanBef 1790 -
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. William Cowan, of Lunenburg County, VA
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 1753
Marriage Bond 9 Dec 1773 Lunenburg County, Virginiato Mary Billups
Marriage Abt 9 Dec 1773 Lunenburg County, Virginiato Mary Billups
Death[1] Bef 11 Jun 1807 Lunenburg County, Virginia
References
  1. ↑ GenForum.

    Mary Billups [1964.1.1] married William Cowan in Lunenburg County 9 December (bond) 1773. He was living in the household of Christopher Billups in 1776.
    Cowan represented Lunenburg County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1793, 1798-1800).
    William Cowan made his will in Lunenburg County naming two children, William Bowie Cowan and Grisel Bowie Cowan (will dated 12 Dec. 1806 , recorded 11 June 1807).

    http://genforum.genealogy.com/glasscock/messages/2805.html

  2.   Bell, Landon C. (Landon Covington). Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1816, vestry book, 1746-1816. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978)
    pg. 179.

    1. Mary Billups, who married (M.B. in Lunenburg County dated December 9, 1773), William Cowan (who according to Mrs. Wood's statement was a Captain in the Revolution).
    William Cowan's will was dated December 12, 1806, and probated in Lunenburg County, June 11, 1807. [Recorded in Will Book 6, pages 183-185.

  3.   Bell, Landon C. (Landon Covington). Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1816, vestry book, 1746-1816. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978)
    pg. 207.

    The vestryman, Peter Eppes, may have been the one who married (M.B. in Lunenburg County, 1793), Peggy Baker Cowan.
    There is in the clerk's office of Lunenburg County a letter of consent to the marriage, dated May 9, 1793, from William Cowan, father of Peggy Baker Cowan. In this the groom is spoken of as "Peter Epes, Sr."
    William Cowan was a Justice of the County Court of Lunenburg County, from 1800-1803.

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