From Gowen Manuscript: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gowenrf/Gowenms110.htm
DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
James Goan, a farmer was listed in the 1820 census of Dickson County as the head of household No. 559. Enumerated in the household were:
“James Goan white male 26-45
white female 16-26
white male 0-10
white male 0-10
white female 0-10
white female 0-10”
==O==
G. W. L. Gowen was born in Tennessee in 1827. He was married about 1850. He, a blacksmith, appeared September 27, 1860 as the head of a Household 1063-1063, near Danielsville, Tennessee in the 1860 census of Dickson County, Middle Division, page 276-A, enumerated as:
“Gowen, G. W. L. 33, born in TN, blacksmith, $500 real
estate, $130 personal property
M. 32, born in TN, wife
W. C. 9, born in TN, son
J. W. 7, born in TN, son
M. A. 6, born in TN, daughter
S. E. 4, born in TN, daughter
G. W. 3, born in TN, son
L. 1, born in TN, daughter
J. 1/12, born in TN, son”
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