William Cowan (1750-1809)

Vita

 * Born: 1750 VA
 * Married: c. 1773 [Botetourt or Fincastle Co., VA]
 * Died: 1809 [Blount Co.?] TN
 * Burial: [Clarks Grove Cemetery, Maryville, Blount Co., TN]

While many written sources claim he was buried in Clarks Grove Cemetery, I have questions and reservations about that as his BRONZE DAR marker is right in the middle of a chronological row of approximately 12 tombstones for Christopher Columbus Cowan and his descendants, beginning with Christopher Columbus Cowan (d. 1873) and ending with Margaret (Eagleton) Cowan (d. 1904).

I even question whether he and his wife died in Blount Co., TN as he does not appear on the Blount Co. tax rolls for those years. In 1803, he settled/lived on land owned by sons Robert and David. [Womack, Walter; McMinnville at a Milestone, 1810-1960; Standard Publishing Co., Inc. & Womack Printing Co., McMinnville, TN; 1960, p. 120-121. [DAR Library] “The Bentley papers aver that Robert and David Cowan were living somewhere on the eastern side of the present Riverside Cemetery as early as 1803. The same source states that a grant to William Cowan in 1803 is described as beginning at a poplar tree on the north bank of Baren Fork at Polly Black’s ford.”] Thus, there is reason to believe that he and wife, Jane, were living in Warren Co., TN when they died.

Ancestry
x is the son/daughter of Unknown (?-?) and Unknown (?-?).

Spouse(s)

 * Jane Walker (1755, Washington Co., VA - 1806, [Blount Co.?], TN)

Child List

 * 1. Eleanor "Ellen" COWAN	b: 1774 in Washington Co, VA	d: 23 Nov 1831 in Blount Co., TN
 * 2. John [Alexander] COWAN	b: 1775 in Washington Co., VA	d: 12 Oct 1821 in Dallas Co., AL
 * 3. Samuel ______ COWAN	b: 23 Jul 1779 in Washington Co., VA	d: 30 Dec 1828 in Blount Co., TN
 * 4. Andrew COWAN	b: 02 May 1782 in Washington Co., VA	d: 10 Jan 1870 in Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN
 * 5. Robert COWAN	b: 22 Jun 1784 in Washington Co., VA	d: 17 Sep 1869 in Lowell, Benton Co., AR
 * 6. Polly COWAN	b: Bet. 1785 - 1799
 * 7. Ann COWAN	b: Abt. 1790	[d: Bef. 1850? in Hickman Co., TN?]
 * 8. William COWAN	b: Abt. 1796
 * 9. James Walker COWAN	b: 09 Apr 1798 in TN	d: 22 Jul 1870 in AR
 * 10. David COWAN	b: 1799

Records
Womack, Walter; McMinnville at a Milestone, 1810-1960; Standard Publishing Co., Inc. & Womack Printing Co., McMinnville, TN; 1960, p. 120-121. [DAR Library]

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Margie Cowan 10:21 AM, 12 August 2006