Virginia – Goochland County – 1700s to early 1800s

(Below are different Going, Goyen, Gowen related sources for those people were in the Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina areas in the early 1700’s to early 1800’s)

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Goochland Co Va map

See: https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Goochland_County,_Virginia_Genealogy

The county is named after Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, Royal Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1681-1751), who was in office at the time of Goochland County’s formation.^[2]

Many French Huguenot families lived in Goochland County during the eighteenth century.

Parent County

1727–Goochland County was created 1 February 1727 from Henrico County.
County seat: Goochland ^[1]

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Virginia county boundary changes, “Rotating Formation Virginia County Boundary Maps” (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1890

Goochland County Virginia Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

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Goochland County, Virginia

People with pages related to Goochland:

George Gowan b. abt 1715 m. Sarah – parents of Aaron Gowan in 1737
- Aaron Gowan b. Jun 9, 1737 – parents George & Sarah Gowan. Aaron m. Mary in 1761.
  - John Going b. July 31, 1763 to parents Aaron Going and Mary.
William Gowan b. btw 1705-15 wit a deed in 1739 m. Anna Statia Sullivan
- Anna Statia Gowan christened Mar 6, 1757 – daughter of William Gowan and Anna Statia Sullivan
- James Gowen b. Nov 28, 1759 – parents William Gowen and Anna Statia Sullivan
- Wm Money Going b. abt 1747 on 1764 tithe of William Going
- Samuel Going on 1769 tithe of William Going
Edmund Goin on 1 tithe in 1744
Mary Goin paid by vestry in 1747
Thomas Going taxpayer in 1747
Sarah Going a deft in court case 1751
Moses Going b. abt 1735 witnesses a deed in 1753
John Gowen m. Agnes Harlow in 1758
Joseph Going on tithe of 2 in 1760
Henry Going m. Susannah Freeson July 22, 1764
Berry Going on tithe in 1765
Phil Going on 1767 tithe m. Judith Potter in 1768
- Molly Going b. March 4, 1770 to parents Philip Going and Judith Potter
Drury Gowin on a court case for Elizabeth Johnson in 1788
David Goen on a tithe of David Ellis (Henrico) in 1790 Goochland Co, Va tithe list
William Henry Gowan b. 1792 m Judith Atkinson in 1812 in Goochland Co, Va

FACTS AND NOTES:

1728 Goochland County is created out of Henrico County, Va

1728 Aug 20 Joseph Bingley to Daniel Garon Jr 44 acres in Goochland Va bk 1, p. 29
… between Joseph Binley of the Parish of King William and County of Goochland of the one part and Danll Garon Junr of the same County and Parrish of the other part.. Joseph for and in consideration of 25 pounds … paid by the said Daniel Garon Junr …. confirm unto the said Daniel Garon Jr … land lying in Manakin Town containing by estimation 44 acres … bounded … at a corner pine standing on the River parting Jacob Capoon and Isaac Parrentoe thence on Capoons line South … Signed: Joseph Bingley. Wit: Peter Depp, John Payne, George Payne. … Judith, wife of the said Joseph … relinquished her right of dower … https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-9Q2Y?i=28&cat=406600

1737 June 9 – Aaron Going, born 9 June, baptized 3 September 1737 in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent County [NSCDA, Parish Register of St. Peter’s, 134], New Kent Co, Va.
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1738 June 9 – birth of Aaron Gowan – parents George Gowan and Sarah Gowan. Baptized on Sept 3, 1738. New Kent County, Va – St. Peter’s Parish Vestry Book and Register p 546.
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1738 Sept 3 – “George Gowan and his wife Sarah Gowan,” were residents of New Kent County, Virginia September 3, 1738 when a son, “Aaron Gowan” was christened there in St. Peter’s Parish, according to International Genealogical Index, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. New Kent County, Va. St. Peters Parish Register, page 134.

1739 Sept 2: p.320 Deed 10 July 1740 John Hyde Sanders of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., planter, to Alen Howard of same, Gent., for £ 68, 570 acres in same parish on south side of James River, bounded by said Howard, Stovalls branch, Isham Randolph, John Taylor, William Mayo and Bartholomew Stovall; which was granted to said Sanders by patent 2 Sept. 1739. wit: Bartholomew Stovall, William (X) Gowin, Henry (H) Turner Signed: John Hyde Sanders . Recorded 15 July 1740. Goochland County Virginia wills and deeds v 2. pg. 45. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH557%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH557&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645024_00621

1740 March 17: p. 405 Deed 19 Feb. 1740 William Lax of Goochland Co., planter, and Elizabeth his wife, to John Hide Sanders of same, planter, for £ 50, 250 acres on south side of James River on Deep Creek. Wit: William (X) Gowen, William Clayton, James Robertson. Signed: William Lax, Elizabeth (-) Lax. Recorded 17 March 1740. p.406 Bond of William Lax on above deed 19 Feb. 1740/1. Wit. by Bartholomew Stovall, William (X) Gowen, William Clayton. Goochland County Virginia wills and deeds v 2. pg. 57. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH557%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH557&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645024_00663

1744 – Albemarle County is created out of western part of Goochland County, Va

1744 May Court – William Going v Job Thomas bk 5, p. 422
… Renewing a judgment dated in May (1742) for 20 shillings current money and thirty pounds of sweet tobacco … sworn jury … Robert Walton, John Radford, John Woodson Jr, Abraham Childers, William Chandler, William Cabell, Robert Hughes, Thomas Wharton, William Rurks, William Pledge, Francis Amos, Isaar Hughes … find for the plaintiff…
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On the motion of Richard Mosby a witness for Job Thomas agt William Going it is ordered the said Job to pay him for one days attendance, 25 pounds of tobacco.
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On the motion of John Douglass a witness for Job Thomas agt William Going it is ordered that the said Job do pay him for 3 days attendance 75 pounds of tobacco.
Order books, v. 5-6 1741-1749. Goochland Co, Va.
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1742 May 24: p.549 Deed William Lansdon of Goochland Co., planter, a mortgage to Alex. Speirs of Henrico Co., Merchant, plantation I dwell on, 500 acres and negro boy Joe, for £ 131/13/2 Dated 24 May 1742. To repay £ 65/16/7 by 1 May next. Wit: Tho. Moseley, Robt. Goode, Thomas Glong. Signed: Wm Lansdon. Recorded 15 June 1742. Goochland County Virginia wills and deeds v 2. pg. 75. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH557%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH557&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645024_00735

1744 June 10 – “George Going” paid tax on “one tithe” June 10, 1744, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists 1735-1749.” Goochland Co, Va

1744 June – Edmund Goin
1 tithe King William Parish
King William Parish, Henrico Co or Goochland Co, Va
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1745 Feb 21 Anthony Gaven last will in Goochland Va bk 6, p. 105
… I Anthony Gavin clerk …
… to my well beloved wife Rachel Gavin everything …
Signed: Ant Gavin. Wit: James Holman, Stepn Sampson, Sarah Holman.
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1747 Feb 24: King William Parish vestry assembled and indicated payment of 100 lbs of tobo for Mary Goin, for one week. (A pauper. cf. entry of March 7, 1746/7). Goochland Co, Va.

1747-1748: Thomas Going was recorded as a taxpayer in St. James Northern Parish in 1746, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists 1735-1749.” He reappeared on the tithe list of Goochland County in 1747. “Thomas Goen” was on the tax roll of the county in 1748 with “one poll.”

1749 – Cumberland County is created out of the southern half of Goochland County, Va

1751 July – “Sarah Going” was a defendant in a case tried before Goochland County Court in July 1751, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Court Orders, 1757- 1761,” page 429. Goochland Co, Va

1751 Aug Court – George Going v William Chamberlayne bk 7, p.84
In the action of Trespass between George Going pltf and William Chamberlayne deft the plt failing to prosecute his suit, it is consd by the Court that the deft do recover agt him his costs in this behalf expended and a Lawyers fee.
Order books, v. 7-9 1750-1765. Goochland Co, Va
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1753 Dec 30: Thomas Mechum: Dec 30, 1753, Nov 20, 1753. DB 6, p. 345-6. To wife, Mary Mechum, plantation whereon I now live, but son, Paul, shall have right to build a house thereon, wife to have houshold goods and stock. Son, Paul, to have all rest of stock, etc. and the tract of land after my wife’s decease. Ex: Wife, Mary, and son, Paul. Wit: David Massie, Moses Going. Abstracts of Wills from Goochland County, Virginia. 1727-1777 by Margaret V. Henley. pg. 38. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007645706_00315?pid=514345&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D514345%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DTqH557%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=TqH557&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645026_00191

1753-69 – Moses Going, born say 1735, taxable in Goochland County from 1753 to 1769: Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1754 Moses Going taxable on his own tithe and Aaron Going in 1754, taxable on slave Jubbiter in 1763, Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1754-1764 – Aaron Going taxable in Goochland County from 1754 to 1764 [List of Tithables 1730-1755, frame 299; 1756-1766, frames 30, 156, 295]. Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1755 Jan 20 – William Going from Thomas Starke, land in Goochland Co on Licking Hole Creek on the Plum Tree Branch containing 50 acres, part of 400 acres the said Stark now lives on adj George Loville’s land. Signed: Thomas Starke. Wit: Robert Page, Exollheath Page, Richard Wilburn. Deed 6, 440. Goochland Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007644132_01195?pid=572507&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D572507%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPXv2198%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PXv2198&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645026_00239

1755 Sept Court – William Going v Henry Atkins bk 7, p. 573.
… Sheriff … “executed an horse Aug 22, 1755, Thomas Starke, Sher. … Deft called… no reply …. ordered sheriff make sale of the said horse attached and pay the money … to the plt…
Order books, v. 7-9 1750-1765. Goochland Co, Va
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1756 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
John Christian Charles City
William Going 1
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List of Will. Pryor 10th June 1756
Moses Gowing 1
Aaron Gowing 1
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1756 Sept 17 – Anna Statia Gowan born, Dad: William Gowan, Mom: Anna Statia Sullivan. Christening: 1757 March 6. Goochland Co., St. James Northam Parish, Va.
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1757 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
John Christian Charles City Tythes
William Going 1
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List of William Pryor
William Pryor & his list, John Parrish Patroller, Moses Going, Negro Tom, Dilsia, Kate, Talbutt 6
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1757 July Ct – William Going’s deed to Jeremiah Rach bk 8, p 46
William Going acknowledges a deed with the receipt and the livery of seizin endorsed to Jeremiah Rach to be his Acts and Deeds which are ordered to be recorded.
Order books, v. 7-9 1750-1765
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1757 July 18 – William Going conveys to Jeremiah Rach, 50 acres lying on a Branch of Licking Hole Creek called the Plumtree Branch, adj Thomas Starke and George Lovil. Signed: William Goin. Wit: John Man, Thomas Farmer, John Tuggle. Deed 7, p 177. Goochland Co, Va. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9085/007644132_01195?pid=572507&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D9085%26h%3D572507%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPXv2198%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PXv2198&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007645026_00353

1758 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Thomas Starke
William Going list 1
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1758 March 28 – John Gowen m. to Agnes Harlow Both of Goochland Parish – Douglas Register. Goochland Co, Va.
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1758 Nov 28 – James Gowen born (Parents William Gowen and Anna Statia “Honesty” Sullivan). Baptized on 1759 Feb 18. Douglas Register. Goochland Co, Va.
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1760 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Charles Johnson
Joseph Going 2
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1760 June – Aaron Going sued John Winston for assault. Aaron Going sued John Winston for trespass assault and battery in Goochland County in June 1760. Winston testified that he only touched the plaintiff gently, but Aaron was awarded 5 shillings [Orders 1757-61, 303, 328-9, 353; 1761-5, 8, 104]. Goochland Co, Va.
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1761 – Amherst and Buckingham Counties created out of the southern half of Albemarle Co, Va – all previously part of Goochland in the past.

1761 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of William Meriwether
Moses Goeings list of tiths 1
Aaron Goings list of tiths 1
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List of Robert Page
William Going 1
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List of Joseph Pollard
Listed by Val: Wood p order of court
George Going 1
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List of John Smith Jr
William Going
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1761 Nov 21 – Aaron Going was married November 21, 1761, wife’s name Mary.

1762 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of John Payne
Moses Going List 1
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List of John Jones
William Going List 2
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1762 Sept Court – Aaron Going, plt v John Winston, deft bk 9, p 104
In trespass assault and battery, etc.
This day came the parties by their atty and thereupon came also a jury. Towit: William Britt, John Cox, Henry Tuggle, Bouth Napier, Charles Christian, Robert Lewis, Callam Bailey, Richard Gaines, William McGuire, Thomas Poindexter, John Moss, and John Pewit … Deft is guilty of the trespass and assault in manner and form … asses the plaintiffs damages … 5 shillings.
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On the motion of Ursula Rutherford a witness for Aaron Going agst John Winston it is ordered that the said Aaron pay her for 7 days attendance 175 pounds of tobacco.
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On the motion of Thomas Edwards Jr a witness for Aaron Going agst John Winston it is ordered that the said Aaron pay him for seven days attendance 175 pounds of tobacco.
Book 9 – 1761-65. Goochland Co, Va
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1763 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Josias Payne
Moses Going with Jubitter } 2
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list, untitled
Mowses Gouins 2
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1763 April – Moses Going sued James Moseley in April 1763 but the case was also dismissed on agreement. Goochland Co, Va
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1763 April – Moses Going sued in Goochland County by William Hudnell in April 1763. Thomas Riddle posted his bail. The suit was dismissed on agreement between the parties. Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1763 May 19 Aaron Going and Thomas Underwood agreement sale of goods to Underwood Goochland Va bk 8, p. 422
…between Aaron Going of Louisa of the one part and Thomas Underwood of Hanover of the other part… said Aaron Gowing for and in consideration of the sum of 36 pounds 8 shillings and 5 pence farthing … by the sd Thomas Underwood … sell and deliver unto the said Thomas Underwood all those goods and chattles belonging to him the said Aaron Gowing as by inventory thereof hereunto annexed particularly mentioned … unto the sd Thomas Underwood …
Condition .. that the said Aaron Going … shall at any time on or before the 25th instant pay to the said Thomas Underwood …the aforesaid sum of 36 pounds, 8 shillings, and 5 pence farthing… with lawfull interest …. covenant and agreements herein contained to cease determin and be void to all intents … Signed: Aaron Going. Wit: John Stevens. George Underwood.
… An inventory … the plantation whereon the said Aaron Gowing now dwelleth referred to a certain indenture or mortgage hereunto annexed dated this 19th day of May 1763 … to wit: one mair branded on the near Buttock M and on the shoulder P, one bay mair branded on the shoulder M and on the near buttock W. paces slow is abt 10 or 11 years old and all his household stuff. Signed: Aaron Going. Wit: John Stevens, Geo Underwood.
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1763 July 31 – John Going born of parents Aaron Going and wife Mary Aaron Going and his wife Mary had a child named John Going, born 31 July 1763 and baptized 28 August the same year [Jones, The Douglas Register, 65]. Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1763 July 31- Aaron Going and his wife, Mary Going were the parents of John Going, born July 31, 1763 in Goochland Parish, their first child, according to “Douglas Register.” Goochland Parish, Va.
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1763 Aug – Moses Going sued Charles Murler for a 16 pound, 12 shilling debt in August 1763; Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1763 Aug 28 – John Going born, Aaron Going – Father, Mary – mom
Father: Aaron Going
Mom: Mary
St James Northam Parish, Goochland Co, Va.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRW-BMW

1764 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Wm Michell
William Going, Money Going 2
…
List of Josias Payne
Moses Going List Will Tyler 2
…
List of Valentine Wood (summary list)
William Going 2
Moses Going 2
Aaron Going 1
George Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1764 – Moses Going taxable on Moses Tyler’s tithe in 1764 [List of Tithables, 1730-55, frames 253, 299, 336; 1756-1766, frames 30, 155, 175, 252, 281, 295, 369; 1767-1780, frames 69, 119], Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1764 April Court – Moses Going v. William Hudnall p. 302
Defts motion to give the Defts security for his costs appended about his defense … and now failing therein on the Defts motion … the said suit be dismissed and that the Deft recover agst the pltf his costs aforesaid and lawyers fee.
Book 9 – 1761-65. Goochland Co, Va
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-4SSS-N?i=712&cat=401120

1764 April Court – William Hudnall v. Moses Going p 316
In Debt.
… recover agst the deft 12 pounds currt money …
Book 9 – 1761-65. Goochland Co, Va
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1764 May – Moses Going was sued by Robert Smith for 30 shillings in May 1764; Goochland Co, Va
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1764 May Court – Moses Going v Charles Merler bk 9, p. 334
In Debt.
… Recover agst the Deft 16 pounds, 12 shillings, 8 pence currt money of Virginia… plus costs and attorneys fee …
Gerrand Morgan who entered himself special bail for the Deft — surrenders the Defts body according to his undertaking in this cause …
Book 9 – 1761-65. Goochland Co, Va
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-4S91-K?i=728&cat=401120

1764 June –Moses Going acknowledged a debt of 14 pounds, 10 shillings to Messrs. William Pryor and William Merriwether in June 1764
Goochland Co, Va. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1764 July – George Gowen and Aaron Gowen appeared in court in July 1764 to prove a deed of trust given by his son, Aaron Gowen.

1764 July 22 – Henry Going m. Susannah Freeson; Goochland Parish – Douglas Register of marriages. Henrico Co, Va
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1764 Sept – Moses Going acknowledged a debt of 15 pounds, 12 shillings to Adams and Thomas Underwood in September 1764 [Orders 1761-5, 145, 151, 158, 228-9, 327, 334, 369, 424]. Goochland Co, Va
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1764 Sept Court – William Hudnall pltf agst Moses Going deft. p. 429
In trespass on the case.
… a jury towit: John Hill, George Chowning, James Gresham, Thomas Poor, Joseph Woodson, William Robards, John Laprade, John Woodson, William Harrison, Jesse Payne, James Norvell, and William Holman, who being elected tried and sworn .. went out of court to consult of their verdict.
Book 9 – 1761-65. Goochland Co, Va
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-4S9G-T?i=775&cat=401120

1764 Sept – Aaron Going was living in Louisa County on 19 May 1763 when he mortgaged his household goods to Thomas Underwood of Hanover County for 36 pounds currency by deed proved in Goochland County in September 1764 [DB 8:422; Orders 1750-57, 84; 1757-61, 429; 1761-65, 429]. Louisa Co, Va – Aaron Going living Hanover Co, Va – Thomas Underwood living. http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Gibson_Gowen.htm

1764 Sept Court – Aaron Going’s mortgate to Thomas Underwood bk 9, p. 429
Thomas Underwood proves a deed of mortgage with the receipt and inventory of sundry goods endorsed from Aaron Going to Thomas Underwood to be the acts and deeds of the said Aaron, which are ordered to be recorded.
Book 9 – 1761-65. Goochland Co, Va
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4K-4S9G-T?i=775&cat=401120

1765 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Wright Mourland (summary list)
William Goin 2
Berry Going 1
…
List of George Payne
Moses Going 1
William Going List, William Money Going 2
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1765 August Ct – Thomas Whitlock v Sarah Going bk 10, p 57
This day came the plt by his atty and Moses Going the Garn’ee being sworn produces a list of sundry effects belonging to the deft. Whereupon on the motion of the plt by his atty it is ordered by this court that the said Garn’ee deliver the afsd effects to the sheriff and he is thereupon directed to sell the same at public auction and pay the money ariseing therefrom unto the plt in discharge of so much of a judgment and costs obtained at a former Court by the plt agst the deft and by the oath of the said garnishee it appears that he hath made use of fifteen pounds of bacon belonging to the Deft which he is ordered to pay the … for at the rate of four pence per pound which is also to go in part of payment of the said judgment and costs.
Book 10 – 1765-66. Goochland Co, Va
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1765 Aug Ct – William Hudnall plt agst Moses Going deft. bk 10, p 63
In trespass on the case.
… came the jury towit: Samuel Pryor, Benjamin Crenshaw, William Colvard, Abraham Perkins, John Britt, John Danl Coleman, John Woodson, Matthew Martin, Robert Burton, Jarot Morgan, David Walker, and William Nuckols … Deft did not assume upon himself in manner and form as the plft agt him hath alledged. … the plaintiff take nothing by his bill but for his false clamour be in mercy, etc .. and that the deft go hence without day and recover agst the plt his costs … and a lawyers fee.
…
On the motion of John Smith, Gent a witness for William Hudnall agst Moses Going it is ordered that the said William pay him for 24 days attendance 600 pounds of tobacco.
…
On the motion of Thomas Starke a witness for Moses Going at the suit of William Hudnall it is ordered that the said Moses pay him for 18 days attendance 450 pounds of tobacco.
…
On the motion of John Payne, Minr, a witness from Hanover County for Moses Going at the suit of William Hudnall it is ordered that the said Moses pay him for 14 days attendance and coming and returning 23 miles seven times, 833 pounds of tobacco.
…
On the motion of John Wright a witness for Moses Going at the suit of William Hudnall, it is ordred that the said Moses pay him for 21 days attendance 525 pounds of tobacco.
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On the motion of John Lee a witness for Moses Going at the suit of William Hudnall it is ordered that the said Moses pay him for 14 days attendance 350 pounds of tobacco.
Book 10 – 1765-66. Goochland Co, Va
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1766 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
Ca. 1766-1770 List of Wright Mourland – Goochland Co Va.
Precinct of Wright Moreland
John Going 2
…
List of Joseph Woodson
Will Guinn 1
Moses Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1767 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of William Harrison
Phil Going list 1
…
List of Jesse Payne
William Going list, William Going Do 2
…
List (alphabetical)
William Going, Philip Going
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1768 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Obediah Daniel
William Going, William Going Jnr 2
…
List of Jesse Payne
Moses Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1768 Philip Going was married about 1768 to Judith Potter. Goochland Co, Va.

1769 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of Richard D. Hines
William Going, Samuel Going 2
Robert Page … William Going … 6
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List of Wright Moreland
Philip Going 1
William Going 3
…
Berry Going wart served
John Going summoned on wit
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List of Jesse Payne
Moses Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1770 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
James Fowler List
William Going’s list Samuel Going 2
William Money Going 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1770 March 4 – Molly Going – born, Philip Going – father, Judith Potter – mom
Father: Philip Going
Mom: Judith Potter
Christened: 1770 May 27
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1770 March 4- Molly Gowen, was born March 4, 1770 in Goochland County. She was baptized May 27, 1770, according to “The Douglas Register,” page 87. Goochland Co, Va.
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1771 Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
List of William Mitchel
George Going list 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/goochcolonial.htm

1777 Feb 1 – Remarks to side indicate Samuel Gowing died on Feb 1, 1777. Note: This was about 1 month after the Battle of Princeton in Princeton, NJ that the 6th Regiment participated in.
Name: Samuel Gowing
Gender: Male
Military Date: 4 Aug 1777
Military Place: Virginia, USA
State or Army Served: Virginia
Regiment: 6th Regiment
Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30228251?h=2c4ede

1778 Jan 1 – Remarks to side in this record indicate that James Gowing died on January 1, 1778.
Name: James Gowing
Gender: Male
Military Date: 7 Feb 1778
Military Place: Virginia, USA
State or Army Served: Virginia
Regiment: 10th Regiment
Rank: Private
Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30228327?h=8674c9
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(NOTE: No Going is listed from 1772-1780 on the tithe lists provided on freeafricanamericans tithe lists they have transcribed – it is possible they moved at this time. They are not listed on the Personal Property Tax lists in 1782 on Family Search. They do not show up in any Court Order Books until Drury Gowin comes in from out of county for a court case).

1777 – Fluvanna Co created out of Albemarle, and Powhatan Co created out of Cumberland – all previously areas within Goochland Co, Va.

1788 May 19 Court – Drury Gowin for Elizabeth Johnson, pltf v. Corbin Parrish and William Johnson, Defts, bk 17, p 328
On pet. and summons.
Alias Summons.
Book 17 – 1787-1788. Goochland Co, Va.
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1788 Aug 19 – Drury Gowin for Elizabeth Johnson, pltf v. Corbin Parrish and William Johnson, Defts, bk 18, pg 29
Abates as to Johnson by return and continued at Parishes costs.
Book 18 – 1788-1791. Goochland Co, Va.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C373-L991-9?i=44&cat=401120

1788 Sept 15 – Drury Gowin for Elizabeth Johnson, pltf v. Corbin Parrish, Defts, bk 18, pg 60,
Continued at the defts costs.
Book 18 – 1788-1791. Goochland Co, Va.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C373-L9MY-8?i=60&cat=401120

1788 Nov 18 – Drury Gowin for Elizabeth Johnson, pltf v. Corbin Parrish, Deft, bk 18, pg 80
The pltf not being an inhabitant of this State, on the motion of the deft by his atty ordered that he give security for costs at a before the next term.
Book 18 – 1788-1791. Goochland Co, Va.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C373-LY3M?i=70&cat=401120

1789 March 16 – Drury Gowin for Elizabeth Johnson, pltf v. Corbin Parrish and William Johnson, Defts, bk 18, pg 133
The pltf having failed to give security for costs agreeable to law and the rules of this court, this suit is dismissed.
Book 18 – 1788-1791. Goochland Co, Va.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C373-L93J-F?i=96&cat=401120

1790 B Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
David Ellis (Henrico) David Goen 10211
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1794 B Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
Edward Gwinn 1002
David Gowine 1
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

1795 B Personal tax list. Goochland Co Va
William McCaul (Nottoway) David Goaine 10413
http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/virginiatax.htm

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Gowen Manuscript:

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA–A

Goochland County was named for Sir William Gooch, lieutenant-governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. Goochland County was formed in 1727 from the western portion of Henrico County. At the time of its creation, the land of Goochland County included all or part of the present counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Albermarle, Bedford, Buckingham, Campbell, Cumberland, Fluvanna, Nelson and Powhatan. In 1744, the western portion of Goochland County was detached to form Albemarle County. In 1749, Cumberland County was created out of the part of Goochland County south of the James River.

William Henry Gowan was born in Goochland County June 10, 1789, according to the research of Forrest Bruce Gowan, a great-great-grandson who lived in Jackson, Tennessee in 1991 and in 1998. In a letter of October 24, 1991 he was advised by a cousin that Joseph Henry Gowan was the father of William Henry Gowan. Other children of Joseph Henry Gowan were identified as John Gowan, Johnson Gowan, Joseph Gowan and an unnamed daughter.

Pleasant Andrew Gowan, a son of William Henry Gowan, reported to the 1880 census enumerator of Carroll County, Tennessee that his father was born in the “District of Columbia.” The District of Columbia was surveyed in 1791 and dedicated in 1800 with land from Fairfax County, Virginia and Prince George County, Maryland. On the basis of this evidence, researchers should be on the lookout for the family of William Henry Gowan in Fairfax County around the turn of the century.

He was married in Goochland County December 17, 1810 [pension record shows 1812] to Judith Harriet “Juda” Atkinson who was also born in Virginia May 3, 1791, according to family historians. “William Henry Gowens” was married December 14, 1812 to “Judith Atkinson.” according to “Goochland County, Virginia Marriages, 1721-1850.”

He served in the War of 1812 in Capt. William Holman’s Company, Virginia Militia. In 1813 they were residents of adjacent Buckingham County, Virginia. In 1815 they were residents of Madison County, Tennessee

They were enumerated in the 1850 census of Madison County as Household 537-653:

“Gowan, Wm. H. 58, born in VA
Judith 60, born in VA
David C. H. 17”

He died September 9, 1870 at Spring Creek, Tennessee, according to “War of 1812 Pensioners” by Virgil D. White. Judith Harriett “Juda” Atkinson Gowan received Widow’s Certificate and Pension No. 5127 for his service in the War of 1812. Both died in Madison County and were buried in Lebanon Church Cemetery.

Children born to William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan include:

Richard Marcellus Gowan born Dec. 31, 1813
William Granville Gowan born Sept. 20 1815
Archibald Beauregard Gowan born May 8, 1818
David Crawford Harris Gowan born Sept. 4, 1821
Pleasant Andrew Gowan born August 29, 1822
Mary Thompson Gowan born June 12, 1824
May Susan Gowan born April 16, 1827
Martha Gowan born Jan. 10, 1830
Jennie Gowan born Aug. 7, 1831

Richard Marcellus Gowan, son of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan, was born December 31, 1813 in Buckingham County. His tombstone show his date of birth as November 19, 1818. He was born in Hanover County, Virginia, according to the death certificate of a son, Marcus Virgil Gowan. He was married about 1830, wife’s name unknown. He was remarried in 1831 to May Malvina Childress. It is believed that May Malvina Childress Gowan died about two years later.

He was married for the third time to Sousan McFarlin, who was born in 1821 to John McFarlin and Mary Bradbury McFarlin. They were named as defendants in January 1847 in a land dispute in Madison County, according to Madison County Court Minute Book 1, page 17..

In 1852 they lived in Carroll County. Sousan McFarlin Gowan died there September 4, 1854. He was married for the fourth time to Mary Jane McFarlin. She was born April 19, 1832 in Madison County.

Richard Marcellus Gowan died there November 19, 1873 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery. She died June 7, 1881 and was buried beside her husband. Forrest Bruce Gowan wrote February 18, 1998, “Richard Marcellus Gowan was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery between Susan and Mary Jane. His stone, although present on my first visit, accompanied by Beatrice Gowan, his granddaughter, disappeared. It was no longer there on a subsequent visit I made to the Cemetery. I have made several inquiries, but no one seems to one what happened to the stone. Most of his family are buried there.

Children born to Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Malvina Childress Gowan include:

Bill Gowan born about 1831
Lum Gowan born about 1833
Sophia Gowan born about 1834

Children born to Richard Marcellus Gowan and Sousan McFarlin Gowan include:

Thomas Franklin Gowan born September 28, 1843
John Milton Gowan born January 27, 1852
Amanda Emily Gowan born August 31, 1854

Children born to Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan include:

Virginia Ann “Jennie” Gowan born about 1855
Mattie H. Gowan born June 26, 1857
Emma J. Martha Gowan born about 1859
Ellar Gowan born January 2, 1862
Fannie Gowan born June 27, 1864
Ada Gowan born about 1867
Bert Gowan born about 1868
Marcus Virgil Gowan born June 27, 1870
Luther Marcellus Gowan born September 16, 1872

Bill Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Mal-vina Childress Gowan, was born about 1831. He was married about 1847 to Dicey Ledbetter. He died August 21, 1851, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan.

One son and four daughters were born to Bill Gowan and Dicey Ledbetter Gowan, including John Franklin Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan. Louisa J. Gowan Gowan who was born about 1851, was married about 1868 to a cousin, George H. Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan. Louisa J. Gowan Gowan lived to be 107. For details of her life and descendants, see George H. Gowan’s section.

Lum Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Malvina Childress Gowan, was born about 1833. He was killed and did not marry, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan.

Sophia Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and May Malvina Childress Gowan, was born about 1834. She was married about 1852 to Brodie Taylor. They lived in Arkansas.

Thomas Franklin Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Sousan McFarlin Gowan, was born September 28, 1843 in Carroll County. “Pvt. T. F. Gowan” served as a teenager in Company D, 20th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War. He was married about 1866 to Susan Frances Debnam who was born in Maury County, Tennessee.

Thomas. Franklin Gowan, appeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 8, page 12, Civil District, as the head of a household. The family was enumerated as:

“Gowan, T. F. 35, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Susan F. 32, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in North Carolina
Sallie S. 12, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Annie J. 10, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Flora S. 8, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Otho T. 6, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Robert L. 3, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Richard E. 10/12, born in July in TN, father
born in TN, mother born in TN
Debnam, L. J. 23, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN, sister-in-law,
single
Robert 19, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN, farm laborer,
brother-in-law, single”

Thomas Franklin Gowan was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 122, page 6, Civil District 1:

“Gowan Thomas 56, born in September 1843 in TN
Susan F. 52, born in November 1847 in TN
Othar F. 25, born in September 1874 in TN
Robert L. 23, born in March 1877 in TN
Richard E. 20, born in July 1879 in TN
Maud O. 17, born in July 1881 in TN
John 14, born in July 1885 in TN
Samuel V. 11, born in April 1889 in TN”

Susan Frances Debnam Gowan died November 24, 1910 at age 63 of “near Lavinia of heart trouble,” according to Tennessee State Board of Health Death Certificate No. 6260 signed by Dr. J. P. Adams. She was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.

He died January 11, 1922 at age 78 of stomach cancer, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 98 signed by G. W. Brasher, M.D. He was buried at Hope Hill Cemetery, according to Rudolph Gowan of Lavinia, Tennessee.

Children born to Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan include:

Sallie S. Gowan born about 1868
Annie J. Gowan born about 1870
Flaudia S. Gowan born May 30, 1872
Thomas Otha Gowan born September 7, 1875
Robert Lee Gowan born about 1877
Richard Edgar Gowan born July 26, 1879
Maude O. Gowan born in July 1881
John Rudolph Gowan born in July 1885
Samuel V. Gowan born in April 1889

Sallie S. Gowan, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born about 1868 in Tennessee. She appeared as a 12-year-old in the 1880 census. She was married about 1888 to A. H. McLemore

Annie J. Gowan, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born in Tennessee about 1870 She was recorded at age 10 in the 1880 census. She was married about 1898 to John Cotton.

Flaudia S. Gowan, of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born May 30, 1872 in Tennessee. She appeared as an eight-year-old in the 1880 census. She was married about 1890 to William Alvin Augustus Rollins.

Children born to them include:

James Alvin Rollins born June 19, 1906

James Alvin Rollins, son of William Alvin Augustus Rollins and Flaudia S. Gowan Rollins, was born June 19, 1906 in Gibson County, Tennessee. He was married March 21, 1930 to Rubye Lee Strayhorn. She was born April 13, 1906 at Lavinia, Tennessee to Mallie Panza Strayhorn and Mattie Elizabeth Alexander Strayhorn.

Children born to them include:

Janice Rollins born October 7, 1938
Carol Sue Rollins born March 13, 1943
Katherine Faye Rollins born April 12, 1945

Thomas Otha Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born September 7, 1875 in Spring Creek, Tennessee. He appeared as a six-year-old in the 1880 census and at age 25 in the 1900 census of his father’s household. He was married December 29, 1907 to Mrs. Roma Enloe Askew Haddock, the widow of Marvin F. Haddock. She was born April 25, 1892 at Spring Creek to Joseph Augustus Askew and Amanda Emily Chestnut Gowan Askew.

He died February 18, 1943 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery. She died May 6, 1966 at Jackson and was buried in Antioch Cemetery at Humboldt, Tennessee.

Children born to Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan include:

Joseph Hollye Gowan born March 8, 1904
Carl Thomas Gowan born December 4, 1910
James Coy Gowan born September 1, 1910

Joseph Hollye Gowan, son of Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan, was born March 8, 1904 at Spring Creek. He did not marry. He died May 31, 1978.

Carl Thomas Gowan, son of Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan, was born December 4, 1910 at Spring Creek. He died June 20, 1911 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery..

James Coy Gowan, son of Thomas Otha Gowan and Roma Enloe Askew Gowan, was born September 1, 1910 at Spring Creek. He was married August 20, 1938 to Alliene Smith who was born November 23, 1915. She was the daughter of Henry Douglas Smith and Laura Elizabeth Smith.

James Coy Gowan died June 6, 1960 at Humboldt and was buried at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. She was remarried, husband’s name Cunningham.

Children born to James Coy Gowan and Alliene Smith Gowan include:

Nancy Carolyn Gowan born January 22, 1941
Robert Glenn Gowan born April 21, 1943

Nancy Carolyn Gowan, daughter of James Coy Gowan and Alliene Smith Gowan, was born January 22, 1941 at Jackson. She was married April 20, 1962 to William Luke Trice. He was born February 2, 1939 to William Lee Trice and Zelda Opal Allen Trice. In 1966 they lived in Memphis, Tennessee.

Children born to William Luke Trice and Nancy Carolyn Gowan Trice include:

William Luke Trice, Jr. born April 28, 1966
Lee Allen Trice born August 9, 1968

Robert Glenn Gowan, son of James Coy Gowan and Alliene Smith Gowan, was born April 21, 1943 at Jackson. He was married February 11, 1972 to Mrs. Barbara Ann Casey Keltner, widow of Earl Wilson Keltner, at East Chester Church of Christ in Jackson.

Children reared by Robert Glenn Gowan and Barbara Ann Casey Keltner Gowan include:

Earl Glenn Gowan born December 30, 1969
James Robert Gowan born January 8, 1977
Robin Michelle Gowan born September 27, 1978

Earl Glenn Gowan, son of Earl Wilson Keltner and Barbara Ann Casey Keltner, was born December 30, 1969 in Jackson. His name was originally Earl Wilson Keltner, Jr.

Robert Lee Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born about 1877. He appeared as a three-year-old in the 1880 census and at age 23 in the 1900 census. He did not marry. He died in 1943 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.

Richard Edgar Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born July 26, 1879 in Tennessee. He appeared at age 10 months in the 1880 census and at age 20 in the father’s household in 1900. He was married about 1902 to Lyn Edna Jacobs. Children born to Richard Edgar Gowan and Lynn Edna Jacobs Gowan are unknown.

Maude O. Gowan, daughter of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born in July 1881 in Tennessee. She appeared at age 17 in the 1900 census of Carroll County. She was married about 1902 to Vester Wells.

John Rudolph Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born in Tennessee in July 1885. He appeared as a 14-year-old in the 1900 census. He was married about 1908 to Maude Wells. John Rudolph Gowan died in 1951 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery. Children born to John Rudolph Gowan and Maude Wells Gowan are unknown.

Samuel V. Gowan, son of Thomas Franklin Gowan and Susan F. Debnam Gowan, was born in April 1889. He appeared at age 11 in the 1900 census. He was married about 1912 to Mamie E. Adams. He died in 1928, according to his tombstone in Lavinia Cemetery. She died in 1973 and was buried beside her husband. Children born to Samuel V. Gowan and Mamie E. Adams Gowan are unknown.

John Milton Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Susan McFarlin Gowin, was born at Cedar Grove, Tennessee in Carroll County January 27, 1852. His tombstone shows “January 24, 1852.” He was married there December 18, 1873 to Sarah Virginia Gowan, his cousin and daughter of his father’s brother. She was born in Carroll County April 4, 1856. John Milton Gowan became a carpenter.

John Milton Gowan was enumerated in a location adjoining that of his father-in-law and uncle, William Granville Gowan in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 13, page 13, Household 95-95:

“Gowan, John M. 27, born in TN, father born in VA,
mother born in TN
Sarah V. 24, born in TN, father born in VA,
mother born in TN
William 5, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
James 4, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN
Laudie 1, born in TN, father born in TN,
mother born in TN”

John Milton Gowan was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 127, page 10, Civil District 6:

“Gowan, John M. 48, born in January 1852 in TN
Sallie V. 44, born in April 1856 in TN, wife
Edward B. 19, born in May 1881 in TN
Emly F. 17, born in March 1883 in TN
Joseph A. 15, born in January 1885 in TN
Richard E. 13, born in November 1886 in TN
Ethel M. 11, born in September 1888 in TN
Earl V. 7, born in November 1892 in TN
John M. 5, born in Nov. 1894 in TN”

John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan removed in 1904 to Bemis, Tennessee, a cottonmill town in Madison County where their eighth son was born.

During the depression John Milton Gowan removed to Shreveport, Louisiana, being influenced there by his sons. He returned to Bemis in 1935 and died there April 29, 1935 at age 83 “of apoplexy and senility,” according to Tennessee DVS Death Certificate No. 20506 signed by J. G. Cottingin, M.D. He was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery near Medina, Tennessee. He was a member of the Methodist Church, according to his obituary which reported that he was survived by his wife and nine children.

In 1936 city directory of Shreveport, Louisiana was listed “Sarah V. Gowan, widow of John M. Gowan, 2920 West College Avenue.” She died there September 29, 1943 and was buried beside her husband. She was “survived by eight sons and one brother, Luther Gowan of Bemis,” according to her obituary. Her pall bearers were “W. M. Gowan, J. T. Gowan, E. B. Gowan, L. L. Gowan, G. E. Gowan and Edgar Gowan.”

Children born to John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan include:

William Morris Gowan born February 12, 1875
James Thomas Gowan born October 20, 1876
Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan born October 22, 1878
Edwin Bruce Gowan born May 3, 1881
Emily Frances “Emma” Gowan born March 13, 1883
Joseph Augustus Gowan born January 25, 1885
Richard Ester Gowan born Nov. 20, 1886
Ethel May Gowan born August 25, 1889
Earl Vance Gowan born September 20, 1892
John Milton Gowan, Jr. born Nov. 20, 1894

William Morris Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan was born February 12, 1875 in Carroll County. He appeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County as a five year-old living in the household of his parents. He reappeared in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 122, page 9 as a “servant of Abner F. Burns.”

He was married April 19, 1908 to Eva Lavinia Johnson, who was born in Madison County January 20, 1887 to John Martin Johnson and Margaret Elizabeth Johnson. He worked for 18 years at Bemis Bag Company and then operated a grocery store in Bemis. During World War II, at the age of 70, he was again employed at the bag company, retiring nine years later. He was a charter member, a steward and a bible school teacher of Bemis Methodist Church.

William Morris Gowan died at Bemis at age 92 November 14, 1967 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Jackson. Later Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan lived at Hillcrest Convalescent Home. She died there at age 88, March 15, 1975 at Bemis and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan include:

Bertha Opal Gowan born February 26, 1911
Elsie Marie Gowan born May 9, 1916
Irma Gowan born about 1919
William Morris Gowan, Jr. born December 21, 1923

Bertha Opal Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born February 26, 1911 at Bemis. She was married about 1930 to Raymond Horry Tapley. She was a beautician. They continued in Bemis in 1975. She died in 1992, at age 81 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Children born to Raymond Horry Tapley and Bertha Opal Gowan Tapley include:

Raymond Horry Tapley, Jr. born July 11, 1930
Katherine Juanita Tapley born November 1, 1931
Bobby Hugh Tapley born June 16, 1934
Margaret Elizabeth Tapley born November 14, 1938
Mary Jane Tapley born January 1, 1945

Elsie Marie Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born May 16, 1916 at Bemis. She was married July 14, 1934 to William Beecher Russell. He was employed by Hays Freight Lines of Memphis. They removed to Memphis from Jackson in 1957, and she died there in 1962 survived by her husband and children.

Children born to William Beecher Russell and Elsie Marie Gowan Russell include:

William Beecher Russell, Jr. born February 14, 1935
Marjorie Carolyn Russell born October 29, 1937
Charles Robert Russell born September 2, 1939

Irma Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born about 1919. She was married about 1940 to George Christian Core. In 1963, in 1975 and in 1992 she lived in Portland, Oregon.

William Morris Gowan, Jr, son of William Morris Gowan and Eva Lavinia Johnson Gowan, was born December 21, 1923. He was married May 4, 1946 in Corinth, Mississippi to Gladys Venera Hilliard, daughter of Gould Vanderbildt Hilliard and Lacy Delene Holladay Hilliard. He continued at Bemis in 1975.

Children born to William Morris Gowan, Jr. and Gladys Venera Hilliard Gowan include:

Dennis Earl Gowan born May 14, 1950
Beverly Ann Gowan born September 9, 1953
Teresa Lynn Gowan born November 12, 1963

Dennis Earl Gowan, son of William Morris Gowan, Jr. and Gladys Venera Hilliard Gowan, was born May 14, 1950 in Jackson. He was married in Jefferson City, Tennessee April 2, 1978 to Bethann Gentry. She was born February 8, 1951 to Thomas Gentry and Ellen Gentry. In 1981 and 1985 they lived at Jasper, Tennessee.

Children born to Dennis Earl Gowan and Bethann Gentry Gowan include:

Erin Elizabeth Gowan born in September 1981
Ann Marie Gowan born June 28, 1885

Teresa Lynn Gowan, daughter of William Morris Gowan, Jr. and Gladys Venera Hilliard Gowan, was born November 12, 1963 at Jackson. She was married September 11, 1981 at Jackson to Stanley Brian Mitchell. He was born October 28, 1959 at Tacoma, Washington to Roy Neal Mitchell and Delinda Frances Miller Mitchell. In 1985 they lived in Mesquite, Texas, and in 1986 they were back in Jackson.

Children born to them include:

Corey Brian Mitchell born August 13, 1985
Cody Lynn Mitchell born September 27, 1986

James Thomas Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born in Carroll County, October 20, 1876. He appeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County as a 4 year-old. On July 13, 1905 he was married to Maude Manning Zachary. She was born June 15, 1887 in Hays County, Texas to Joseph Hampton Zachary and Eugenia Atkinson Zachary. Later he lived at Cedar Grove, Tennessee, near Bemis, where his parents had moved in 1904.

James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, were listed in the 1926-27 Shreveport, city directory residing at 3412 Mansfield Road. In 1928 and 1929 editions he was shown as the operator of Gowan Brothers Sandwich Shop, still residing at 3412 Mansfield Road. The 1930 edition revealed that Gowan Brothers Sandwich Shop was operated by James Thomas Gowan and Richard Ester Gowan.

“Mrs. Maude Gowan” was showed as a waitress in the cafe in 1931, residence at 3420 Mansfield Road. He continued the operation of the Sandwich Shop in 1931, but had returned to Bemis by 1935.

He was a charter member and a steward of Bemis Methodist church. He died March 24, 1964 at Bemis and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery. She died January 24, 1977, at age 89 in Floridian Nursing Home in Miami, Florida and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan include:

Frances Elizabeth Gowan born September 28, 1907
James Curtis Gowan born September 10, 1911
Katherine Mable Gowan born July 1, 1914
Robbie Lee Gowan born October 27, 1918
Thomas Eugene Gowan born June 16, 1921

Frances Elizabeth Gowan, daughter of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born September 28, 1907 in Bemis. “Miss Eliz Gowan” was shown as a teacher in the 1927 through 1935 editions of the Shreveport city directories, employed at the Queensborough School. In 1927 through 1931 she was living at 3420 Mansfield Road near the residence of James Thomas Gowan. In 1932 she was living at 1110 Prospect Avenue. In 1933 she was living at 712 Christian and in 1934 at 230 Wall. In 1935 she was listed at 2610 Gilbert.

She was married June 16, 1936 at Jackson to James Benjamin Stalvey who was born December 9, 1908 in Pittsboro, North Carolina. He was the son of Archie Boyd Stalvey and Daisy Sessions Stalvey. No children were born to them. In 1964 and in 1993 they lived in South Miami, Florida.

James Curtis Gowan, son of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born September 10, 1911 at Bemis. He was shown living at 3420 Mansfield Road according to the 1929 through 1931 editions of the Shreveport city directory. “J. C. Gowan” was shown to be a helper at Shreveport Lamp Chimney Company during this period.

In 1930 and 1931 he was employed as a helper at Gowan Brothers Sandwich Shop. In 1932 James Curtis Gowan was shown as a helper at Joseph A. Gowan Sandwich Shop No. 2 and lived at 3415 Mansfield Road. In 1933 he was waiter employed by Joseph Augustus Gowan and was living at 3330 Mansfield Road. James Curtis Gowan did not appear in the directory subsequent to that date.

He was married March 15, 1946 in Corinth, Mississippi to Annette Massenburg. She was born July 11, 1923 at Jackson to Clyde Davis Massenburg and Constance Summer Massenburg. She was the daughter of Clyde Davis Massenburg and Constance Summer Massenburg. In 1957 they continued in Jackson. In 1993 they lived in McAllen, Texas. He died there November 6, 1994, and his body was cremated.

One daughter was born to James Curtis Gowan and Annette Massenburg Gowan:

Jennie Elizabeth Gowan born September 29, 1957

Jennie Elizabeth Gowan, daughter of James Curtis Gowan and Annette Massenburg Gowan, was born September 29, 1957 at Jackson.

Katherine Mable Gowan, daughter of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born July 1, 1914 in Bemis. She died January 25, 1915 at 18 months of “constipation of stomach and bowels, aggravated by an obstruction,” according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 200 signed by H. E. Brown, M.D. She was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, according to Mrs. E. B. Gowan, informant.

Robbie Lee Gowan, daughter of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born October 27, 1918 at Bemis. She was married October 28, 1941 to John Thornton Masterson in New York City. He was born March 1, 1911 in Kingston, New York to William Harry Masterson and Ethelyn Thornton Masterson. Robbie Lee Gowan Masterson became a concert pianist. In 1964 they lived in Larchmont, New York where he died November 13, 1980.

Children born to them include:

Sarah Eugenia Masterson born December 15, 1942
John Thornton Masterson, Jr. born August 1, 1946

Sarah Eugenia Masterson, daughter of John Thornton Masterson and Robbie Lee Gowan Masterson, was born December 15, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. She was married June 22, 1963 to David Clayton Daneker, son of Clayton Daneker and Mildred Ziethen Daneker. He was born September 25, 1941 in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1965 they lived in Boston and in 1966 in Baltimore.

Children born to them include:

Michael David Daneker born June 11, 1965
Lara Daneker born Nov. 17, 1966
Martha Elizabeth Daneker [twin] born January 17, 1968
Elaine Pamela Daneker [twin] born January 17, 1968
Anne Sarah Daneker born April 9, 1970
Peter Benjamin Daneker born February 27, 1973

John Thornton Masterson, Jr, son of John Thornton Masterson and Robbie Lee Gowan Masterson, was born August 1, 1946 in Brooklyn. He was married April 20, 1968 to Nancy Sether, daughter of James Wendell Sether and Hallie Fairbank Sether. She was born August 20, 1948. In 1968 they lived at Wooster, Ohio and in 1972 at Princton, New Jersey.

Children born to them include:

John Thornton Masterson III born October 25, 1968
Noah Daniel Masterson born September 27, 1972

Thomas Eugene Gowan, son of James Thomas Gowan and Maude Manning Zachary Gowan, was born June 16, 1921. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, from 1940 to 1945, primarily in the European theatre. He was married July 11, 1947 to Helen Raney in Bayside, New York. She was born September 3, 1927 in Portland, Oregon to George William Raney and Helen Louise Smith Raney.

They lived in Long Island, New York, and he was employed as a printing production manager in New York City and in Fairfield, New Jersey. In 1967 they lived in North Babylon, New York.

Upon retirement, they removed to Grand Junction, Colorado. He died there February 12, 1991 of colon cancer. In the latter part of the year Helen Raney Gowan, a member of Gowen Research Foundation, lived in Westminster, Colorado.

Children born to them include:

Michael Andrew Gowan born June 13, 1948
Katherine Ann Gowan born November 21, 1949
Peter Allen Gowan born May 28, 1951
James Zachary Gowan born June 16, 1954

Michael Andrew Gowan, son of Thomas Eugene Gowan and Helen Raney Gowan, was born June 13, 1948 in Flushing, New York. He was married to Katherine Marsh Dell Platt in Denver, Colorado April 26, 1987. In 1991 they lived in Lakewood, Colorado with Aaron Platt, son by a previous marriage.

He was remarried June 21, 1995 to Susan R. Eisaman. In 1997 they, members of Gowen Research Foundation, lived in Aurora, Colorado.

Katherine Ann Gowan, daughter of Thomas Eugene Gowan and Helen Raney Gowan, was born November 21, 1949 in Rochester, New York. She was married June 14, 1976 in Reno, Nevada to Billy Joe Black. In 1991 they lived in Porterville, California.

Children born to them include:

Amelia Nicole Black born June 18, 1979
Ernest Warren Black born April 2, 1981

Peter Allen Gowan, son of Thomas Eugene Gowan and Helen Raney Gowan, was born May 28, 1951 in Flushing. He was married June 2, 1986 in Santa Fe, New Mexico to Faith Hamilton of Philadelphia. In 1991 they lived in Boulder, Colorado.

Children born to Peter Allen Gowan and Faith Hamilton Gowan include:

Kira Gowan born February 27, 1987
Caden Hamilton Gowan born October 27, 1991

James Zachary Gowan, son of Thomas Eugene Gowan and Helen Raney Gowan, was born June 16, 1954 in Flushing. He was married about 1977 to Tami Britten at Brighton, Colorado. They were divorced about 1981.

One daughter was born to James Zachary Gowan and Tami Britten Gowan:

Laura Raney Gowan born August 6, 1980

Odell Gowan, a shipping clerk employed by Western Auto Supply, lived at 4146 Mansfield, according to the 1930 edition of the directory. In 1931 he was shown living at 2615 Dupont, the address of Richard Esters Gowan In 1932 he was listed as a mechanic at Fairway Garage living at 2537 Dupont, again the address of Richard Edward Gowan. In 1933 his address was 2915 Milton. He does not reappear in the directory subsequent to that date.

Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born October 22, 1878 in Carroll County. He appeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County as a one year-old. Later he lived with his parents at Bemis. “Laudy L. Gowan, age 22, born in October 1877 in Tennessee,” was enumerated in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Civil District 6, page 9, “boarding with Jack W. Richardson.”

Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan was married to “Narica Richardson” September 2, 1901, according to Carroll County marriage records. Narissa Richardson Gowan was born August 3, 1884 to Sam Richardson and Melicia Thompson Richardson in Carroll County. She died August 5, 1928 at Jackson and was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County. He was remarried to Blanche Smith. In 1943 he lived at Grand Junction. Blanche Smith Gowan died in the 1960s. Her obituary read:

“Bolivar, Tennessee–Mrs. Blanche Smith Gowan, 82, died at her home early this morning in Grand Junction. She was a lifelong resident of Hardeman County and had been in ill health for a long time. She was a Methodist. Burial will be in Grand Junction Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, L. L. Gowan of Grand Junction; three sisters, Mrs. Alma Trout of Grand Junction Mrs. Burnley Gibson of Memphis and Mrs. Patty Lee Upshaw of Lakeland, Florida.”

He lived at Jackson in May 1965 and died November 19, 1967 at Bolivar and was buried there. It is believed that no children were born to Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Blanche Smith Gowan.

Children born to Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan include:

Mary Alma Gowan born August 8, 1902
John Hastings Gowan born July 10, 1904
Edna Frances Gowan born September 6, 1906
William Andrew Gowan born November 17, 1908
Ruby Gowan born about 1911
Virginia Gowan born about 1914

Mary Alma Gowan, daughter of Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan, was born August 8, 1902. She was married September 23, 1923 to Warren Franklin Owens. He was born in September 1902 to Noah Franklin Owens and Alice Elizabeth Ray Owens at Bolivar, Tennessee. In 1985 and in 1993 Mary Alma Gowan Owens lived in Seabrook, Texas.

Children born to them include:

Charles Franklin Owens born June 10, 1923
John William Owens born July 20, 1925
Alma Louise Owens born March 24, 1931
Betty Jane Owens born October 5, 1933
Warren Ray Owens born March 1, 1934
Thomas L. Owens born December 10, 1935
Joyce Carolyn Owens born January 21, 1941

John Hastings Gowan, son of Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan, was born July 10, 1904. He was deceased by 1985. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Edna Frances Gowan, daughter of Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan, was born September 6, 1906 in Carroll County.. She was married about 1925 to Hubert E. Scammerhorn. He died in 1953. She lived in Abilene, Texas, but had returned to Jackson shortly before she died in June 1985. Her funeral services were held June 18, 1985, and she was buried in Pleasant Hills Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

Earl “Pete” Scammerhorn born about 1928
Gayle Scammerhorn born about 1930
Frances Scammerhorn born about 1933

William Andrew Gowan, son of Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan, was born November 17, 1908. He was married about 1931 to Ruby Grissom. William Andrew Gowan lived in Jackson in 1985.

Children born to William Andrew Gowan and Ruby Grissom Gowan are unknown.

Ruby Gowan, daughter of Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan, was born about 1911. She was married about 1930 to Orrie McConally. She was deceased by 1985.

Virginia Gowan, daughter of Luther Lawton “Laudie” Gowan and Narissa Richardson Gowan, was born about 1914. She was married about 1934 to John Carter. In 1985 Virginia Gowan Carter lived in San Antonio, Texas.

Edwin Bruce Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born May 3, 1881 in Carroll County. He was married at Bemis December 18, 1904 to Esther Hatton Douglass, daughter of Andrew Kerr Douglass and Virginia Davis Felts Douglass. She was born June 24, 1886 in Cheatham County, Tennessee. He worked on the GM&O Railroad and became a Methodist preacher in 1920.

She died in Jackson, Tennessee August 29, 1961 at age 75, and he died there November 20, 1982 at the age of 101. He was a member of Knights of Pythias and the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen. They were buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Children born to them include:

Lois Virginia Gowan born September 29, 1905
Forrest Bruce Gowan born December 8, 1908
Douglass Grady Gowan born April 29, 1911
James Wesley Gowan born August 13, 1913
Martha Frances Gowan born January 20, 1918
Jane Ellen Gowan born November 7, 1920

Lois Virginia Gowan, daughter of Edwin Bruce Gowan and Esther Hatton Douglass Gowan, was born September 29, 1905 in Humboldt, Tennessee. In 1933 she was living in Shreveport with her uncle, Richard Ester Gowan. She was married about 1934 to Enlowe Wylie Turner. In 1961 they lived at Jackson, Mississippi. In 1973 and in 1982 Lois Gowan Turner, a widow, lived at 424 Lexington Avenue, Jackson.

Forrest Bruce Gowan, son of Edwin Bruce Gowan and Esther Hatton Douglass Gowan, was born December 8, 1908 in Jackson. “Forrest B. Gowan” was a waiter in Joseph Augustus Gowan’s Sandwich Shop in 1929 and lived at 1748 Buckner Avenue, according to the Shreveport city directory. In 1932 he was listed as a waiter in the sandwich shop living at 3415 Mansfield Road. He did not reappear in the directory after that date.

He was married November 3, 1939 at Jackson to Sarah Emily Tyree, daughter of Arthur Perry Tyree and Sally Melissa Enochs Tyree. She was born December 4, 1917.

During World War II, he served as a infantry captain in the U.S. Army. He served in the North African campaign which was followed by duty in Sicily, Italy, France and Germany. He made the landing at Anzio beachhead. His company arrived in southern France aboard the Assault Boat St. Rafael and advanced to Germany. He crossed the Rhine River at Remagen [“One Bridge Too Far”] and pushed into Germany.

Upon returning home, he was a member of St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 332. He served as High Priest of the Clinton Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. He served as Illustrious Master, Jackson County No. 13 of Royal and Select Masters. He was Commander of Jackson Commandary No. 13 of Knights Templar. He was president of West Tennessee Area York Rite Association. He served as commander of Jackson Post No. 7, Disabled American Veterans, commander of the Eighth District Disabled American Veterans and vice commander, Department of Tennessee, Disabled American Veterans. In 1993, Forrest Bruce Gowan and Sarah Tyree Gowan continued in Jackson. He died there August 21, 1998, according to his widow.

Children born to Forrest Bruce Gowan and Sarah Emily Tyree Gowan include:

Bruce Tyree Gowan born August 17, 1948
Andrew Douglass Gowan born September 11, 1952

Bruce Tyree Gowan, son of Forrest Bruce Gowan and Sarah Emily Tyree Gowan, was born August 17, 1948 at Jackson. He was married August 2, 1969 to Marsha Ann Mullins. She was born at Jackson September 23, 1948 to Luther James Mullins and Willie D. Morse Mullins. In 1984 and in 1987 they lived in Broward County, Florida.

Children born to Bruce Tyree Gowan and Marsha Ann Mullins Gowan include:

Matthew Bruce Gowan born March 17, 1984
Elizabeth Ann Gowan born June 18, 1987

Andrew Douglass Gowan, son of Forrest Bruce Gowan and Sarah Emily Tyree Gowan, was born September 11, 1952 at Jackson. He was married October 4, 1975 to Pamela June Burgess.

Children born to Andrew Douglass Gowan and Pamela June Burgess Gowan include:

John Gowan born about 1977
Sarah Gowan born about 1980

Douglass Grady Gowan, son of Edwin Bruce Gowan and Esther Hatton Douglass Gowan, was born April 29, 1911 in Jackson. He was married August 26, 1948 to Martha Lurlyne Vestal. He was employed by the City of Jackson, Utilities Division and retired as chief accountant from that division. He died July 5, 1991 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery. No children were born to Douglass Grady Gowan and Martha Lurlyne Vestal Gowan.

James Wesley Gowan, son of Edwin Bruce Gowan and Esther Hatton Douglass Gowan, was born August 13, 1913 at Jackson. “James Wiley Gowan” died September 17, 1915, at age 2 “of malarial fever and meningitis,” according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 25815 signed by A. Herndon, M.D. He was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Martha Frances Gowan, daughter of Edwin Bruce Gowan and Esther Hatton Douglass Gowan, was born January 20, 1918 at Jackson. She was married about 1938 to James Hilliard. Later she was remarried to Milton Rhodes. In 1961 they lived in Phoenix, Arizona. She lived in Memphis in 1982. She was married for the third time September 1, 1984 to William Nicely.

Jane Ellen Gowan, daughter of Edwin Bruce Gowan and Esther Hatton Douglass Gowan, was born November 7, 1920. She was married about 1939 to William Lee Brien. In 1982 she lived in Huntsville, Alabama.

Emily Frances “Emma” Gowan, daughter of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan was born March 13, 1883 in Carroll County. She died January 30, 1907 unmarried and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery.

Joseph Augustus Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born January 25, 1885 in Cedar Grove, Tennessee. He was the first of several members of the family to remove to Shreveport, Louisiana. He shown as a clerk there in the 1920 and 1921 editions of the city directory. He was employed by a restaurant in 1922 and roomed at 1310 Jewell Avenue, the home of his mother, during this period.

He was married November 11, 1925 in Texarkana, Texas to Jessica L. Myers. She was born August 19, 1901 to Wilson Allen Myers and Minnie Ellen Ackley Myers in Rossville, Kansas.

He was listed as the proprietor of Gowan’s Sandwich Shop in 1923-24-25-26 editions of the directory. In the 1927 and 1928 editions two restaurants were listed in his name. His wife, “Jessie L. Gowan,” was listed with him. In 1928-29-30 he was shown to be in the restaurant business at 1039-41 Jordan Avenue and listed lived at 2801 Highland. His business address remained the same, but his residence was located at 712 Christian in 1931-1932. In 1932 two locations were listed for Gowan’s Sandwich Shops, one at 1041 Jordan and one at 3415 Mansfield Road.

In 1933-34-35 the sandwich shop was shown at the same address, but the couple lived at 712 Christian in 1933, 1319 Fairfield in 1934, back to 712 Christian in 1935. No mention is made of the sandwich shop in 1936, but the couple was listed as living at 712 Auten Place. They continued at that address in 1937, 1939, 1940 and 1941.

In 1939 Joseph Augustus Gowan, was shown as a salesman, Jessica L. Myers Gowan and their four children were listed in the city directory. “Mrs. Jessie M. Gowan was listed as a business college student in the 1940 directory, living at 712 Austin Place. Joseph Augustus Gowan continued in Shreveport in 1943.

Joseph Augustus Gowan in 1965 and in 1967 was a resident of Jackson, Mississippi and died there February 2, 1972 and was buried there. Jessica L. Myers Gowan died in Bakersfield California September 13, 1977 and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to Joseph Augustus Gowan and Jessica L. Myers Gowan include:

Joseph Augustus Gowan, Jr. born October 21, 1926
John William Gowan born November 1, 1928
Jessica Myers Gowan born August 5, 1930
James Nelson Gowan born June 1, 1932

Joseph Augustus Gowan, Jr, son of Joseph Augustus Gowan and Jessica L. Myers Gowan, was born October 21, 1926 in Shreveport. He did not marry. In 1993 he lived in New Orleans.

John William Gowan, son of Joseph Augustus Gowan and Jessica L. Myers Gowan, was born November 1, 1928 in Shreveport. He died July 8, 1978 at the age of 49, unmarried.

Jessica Myers Gowan, daughter of Joseph Augustus Gowan and Jessica L. Myers Gowan, was born August 5, 1930 at Shreveport. She was married July 5, 1950 to William E. Schmidt, Jr. In 1993 she lived in Houston, Texas.

Children born to them include:

Pam Schmidt born about 1953
Billy Schmidt born about 1956

James Nelson Gowan, son of Joseph Augustus Gowan and Jessica L. Myers Gowan, was born June 1, 1932 in Shreveport. He was married about 1955 to Barbara Jean Powers. Children born to James Nelson Gowan and Barbara Jean Powers Gowan are unknown.

Richard Ester Gowan, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan was born in Carroll County November 20, 1886. He was married January 15, 1910 to Laura Frances Williams. She was born March 12, 1889 to George Samuel Williams and Nannie B. Elinor Williams in Carroll County.

Richard Ester Gowan was shown in the 1924 edition of the Shreveport city directory as a waiter employed at Gowan Sandwich Shop at 1033 Jordan Avenue. His residence was shown as 2114 Claiborne Avenue and remained the same in each edition until 1930 when they were shown living at 4146 Mansfield Road. He was shown as the proprietor of Ed Gowan’s Sandwich Shop at that time.

In the 1931 edition of the directory he was listed as a tractor driver, living at 1615 DuPont with his wife, “Laura Gowan.” In 1932 he was shown as a laborer for American Service Company continuing to live at the same address with Laura Frances Williams Gowan. In 1933 he was listed as a dragline operator living at 2826 Catherine. His niece, “Lois Gowan” lived with them. In 1934 he lived at 2615 Carol. In 1935 he was listed as a contractor doing painting, paperhanging and decorating at 2615 Coral. They did not appear in the Shreveport directories after 1935.

They removed to Houston, Texas before 1943 with his son and daughter, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan. Richard Ester Gowan was murdered there with a fishing knife May 15, 1965. An account of his murder was published in a Houston newspaper:

“A 79-year-old pensioner was stabbed to death with a knife that had been given to him as a birthday present, and police said Sunday the motive appeared to be robbery.

Cut five times in the chest and twice in the back, Richard Gowan, a retired janitor for the Houston Independent School District, died on the floor of the bedroom in his small home at 1220 W. 26th Street.

Homocide Detective J. L. Marquis said the death weapon, a fishing knife with a 4-inch blade, lay beside the body. The knife had been given to Gowan by a relative on his birthday in November, Marquis said. Gowan was last seen alive at 7 p.m. Saturday when he left the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frances Ingram, 1221 W. 25th, after a visit.

Mrs. Ingram found the body, clad in pajamas, at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Marquis said an autopsy would be performed to determine the time of death. The bedroom had been ransacked. The clothes Gowan wore when he visited his daughter, as well as his fishing tackle box–the one the knife had been in–were found in the backyard.

The screen on the kitchen window had been removed, and the refrigerator door slightly open when officers arrived. Mrs. Ingram told Marquis her father had recently received his pension check and should have had $50 to $60. Marquis said it appeared that whoever robbed Gowan came in through the kitchen window, picked up his clothes and tackle box in the bedroom and took them outside to the backyard while Gowan slept.

Then the killer came back in and was surprised by Gowan who had just awakened and killed Gowan, the detective said. Gowan’s car, parked in the driveway, had also been ransacked, and the battery was missing.”

Richard Ester Gowan was buried in Brookside Memorial Park. Laura Frances Williams Gowan died there February 6, 1966 and was buried beside her husband. In addition to their children, they were survived by five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Children born to Richard Ester Gowan and Laura Frances Williams Gowan include:

Clinton Odell Gowan born November 4, 1910
Frances Olean Gowan born October 25, 1912

Clinton Odell Gowan, son of Richard Ester Gowan and Laura Frances Williams Gowan, was born November 4, 1910 at Bemis, according to Texas BVS File 1217793.

“Odell Gowan,” a shipping clerk employed by Western Auto Supply, lived at 4146 Mansfield, according to the 1930 edition of the directory. In 1931 he was shown living at 2615 Dupont, the address of Richard Ester Gowan In 1932 he was listed as a mechanic at Fairway Garage living at 2537 Dupont, again the address of Richard Ester Gowan. In 1933 his address was 2915 Milton. He does not reappear in the directory subsequent to that date.

He was married July 14, 1933 in Shreveport to Anna Virginia Cross. She was born January 16, 1913 in McGregor, Texas to William Morgan Cross and Eula May Alexander Cross.

They removed to Houston, Texas where he established a sheet metal business. They received a warranty deed from George D. Ehrenfried February 11, 1958 to Lot 21, Lake Forest Lodge, according to Montgomery County Deed Book 443, page 388. In 1960 they lived at 812 Wakefield, Houston. In 1972 they lived at 2034 Willomoss Street, Houston. He was show in the 1972 telephone directory as president of Gowan Sheet Metal, Inc. He died in June 1989.

Children born to Clinton Odell Gowan and Anna Virginia Cross Gowan include:

Clinton Odell Gowan, Jr. born December 29, 1934
Arthur Damon Gowan born August 9, 1936
Virginia Ann Gowan born June 25, 1940

Clinton Odell Gowan, Jr, son of Clinton Odell Gowan and Anna Virginia Cross Gowan, was born in Houston December 29, 1934, according to Texas BVS File 103264. In 1972 he, a vice-president of Gowan Sheet Metal, Inc. and his wife, Vivian E. Gowan lived at 1139 West Thornton Street, Houston, according to the telephone directory.

Arthur Damon Gowan, son of Clinton Odell Gowan and Anna Virginia Cross Gowan, was born in Houston August 9, 1936, according to BVS File 61281. In 1972 he, a vice-president of Gowan Sheet Metal, Inc. and his wife, Carolyn M. Gowan, lived at 4911 Gulf Street, Houston, according to the telephone directory.

Frances Olean Gowan, daughter of Richard Ester Gowan and Laura Frances Williams Gowan, was born October 25, 1912 at Bemis. In the 1930 edition of the Shreveport city directory she was shown as a waitress in Ed Gowan’s Sandwich Shop Living at 4146 Mansfield Road. In 1931 she was living in the residence of her parents at 2615 Milton. In 1934 she was living in her parent’s household at 2516 Coral. She removed along with her parents to Houston. She was married there December 11, 1940 to Henry Clay Ingram. He was born December 19, 1907 at Waco, Texas to Isaac Ingram and Winnie Newman Ingram.

Henry Clay Ingram died July 5, 1967 in Waco and was buried there. She lived in Miami in October 1973 and continued there in 1991.

Children born to them include:

Florence Olean Ingram born September 8, 1941
Lonnie D. Ingram [twin] born April 8, 1944
Lenny C. Ingram [twin] born April 8, 1944

Ethel May Gowan, daughter of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan was born August 25, 1889 in Carroll County. She died unmarried May 29, 1939 at Bemis and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery beside her parents..

Earl Vance Gowan, son of Joseph Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born September 20, 1892 in Carroll County. His death certificate showed his father [erroneously] as John Pirtle Gowan. Earl Vance Gowan was married about 1917 to Julia Ann Garrett, daughter of Rufus Woodrow Garrett, who was born in Missouri June 11, 1900. The Garrett family had come to the Bemis area in 1914. He became a watchmaker.

They continued in Bemis in 1935. Earl Vance Gowan died August 24, 1945 “of hemorrhage from the bowels,” according to Dr. H. N. Moore who signed his death certificate, recorded as Tennessee Registration No. 45801. He was buried in Bemis Cemetery. She worked for Bemis Company for 20 years before retirement. She died January 29, 1981, at age 80 in Intracare Nursing Home in Jackson and was buried beside her husband. She was a member of the Church of Christ

Her obituary appeared in the January 30, 1991 edition of the “Jackson Sun.” Survivors were listed as:

“She leaves six daughters, Mrs. Ellen Russell, Mrs. Virginia Perry and Mrs. Reba Robertson, all of Jackson; Mrs. Lydia Perry of the Bemis area; Mrs. Berdise Stewart of Henderson and Mrs. Mrs. Eleanor Mullikin of Jackson; two sons Rubus Earl Gowan of Zachary, Louisiana and William Earl Francis of Memphis; a sister, Mrs. Harriet Tosh of the Bemis area; 17 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.”.

Children of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan include:

Norma Virginia Gowan born June 11, 1918
Ellen Rebeccah Gowan born January 19, 1920
Anna Quindiline Gowan born about 1922
Lydia Ann Nell Gowan born May 19, 1925
Berdice Geneva Gowan born about 1928
Rufus Earl Gowan born about 1931
Nora Earl Gowan born about 1934

Norma Virginia Gowan, daughter of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born June 11, 1918. She was married about 1940 to Thomas Allen Francis.

Ellen Rebeccah Gowan, daughter of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born January 19, 1920 at Bemis. She was married about 1940 to Wallace Russell. In 1981 they lived at Jackson.

Anna Quindiline Gowan, daughter of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born October 19, 1922. She died January 27, 1924, at age 1 of bronchial pneumonia, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 138 and was buried in Bemis Cemetery.

Lydia Ann Nell Gowan, daughter of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born May 19, 1925. She was married about 1946 to Dennis Perry. In 1981 they lived near Bemis.

Berdice Geneva Gowan, daughter of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born about 1928. She was married about 1949 to Raymond Stewart. In 1981 they lived at Henderson, Tennessee.

Rufus Earl Gowan, son of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born about 1931. He was married about 1954 to Donna Mullican. In 1981 Rufus Earl Gowan and Donna Mullican Gowan lived in Zachary, Louisiana. unknown.

Nora Eleanor Gowan, daughter of Earl Vance Gowan and Julia Ann Garrett Gowan, was born about 1934. She was married about 1954 to Willie Mullican. In 1981 they lived at Jackson.

John Milton Gowan, Jr, son of John Milton Gowan and Sarah Virginia Gowan Gowan, was born November 20, 1894 in Carroll County. He was shown as a waiter and operator of Ed Gowan’s Sandwich Shop in 1922-23-24-25, according to the Shreveport city directories. In 1928 and 1929 he was shown to be a cook living at 1309 Jordan Avenue, rear, with his wife, Berdise Baker Gowan. She was born in 1898 in Texarkana, Arkansas. In 1926 and 1927 the couple the couple lived at 1835 Southern Avenue. In 1929 he lived at 1748 Buckner Avenue, and 2809 Catherine Avenue in 1930.

From 1931 until October 1973 they lived at 2920 College Avenue in Shreveport. He was listed as a cook and waiter in the restaurant of his brother, Joseph Augustus Gowan in the city directories for 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934. In 1935 John Milton Gowan, Jr. and Berdise Baker Gowan took over the operation of the restaurant when it went into bankruptcy and operated it for the next 24 years as Gowan’s Lunch. The restaurant was located at 1702 Texas Avenue. He continued in Shreveport in 1943. In 1965 he was shown in Shreveport, and In 1967 he lived at Blanchard, Louisiana.

In October 1973 John Milton Gowan, Jr. an invalid, and Berdise Baker Gowan continued to live at 2920 West College in Shreveport. She died December 2, 1973, and he died December 29, 1973. They were buried in Shreveport. No children were born to John Milton Gowan, Jr. and Berdise Baker Gowan.

Amanda Emily Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Sousan McFarlin Gowan, was born August 31, 1854 in Carroll County. Her mother died when she was four days old, and she was taken to raise by her half sister, Sophia Gowan Taylor in Arkansas. Amanda Emily Gowan was recorded back in Tennessee in the 1860 census however. She was married August 5, 1873 to James Augustus Chestnut. She was remarried about 1880, husband’s name Askew.

She was remarried to Frank M. Tubbs September 5, 1905, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan. He was born April 3, 1838 and died January 23, 1925. He was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery. Amanda Emily Gowan Chestnut Tubbs died December 24, 1939 at Spring Creek, Tennessee and was buried beside her parents in Hopewell Cemetery.

Children born to Amanda Emily Gowan Chestnut Askew include:

Roma Enloe Askew born April 25, 1892

Roma Enloe Askew, daughter of Amanda Emily Gowan Chestnut Askew, was born April 25, 1892 at Spring Creek. S She was married December 29, 1907 to her cousin, Thomas Otha Gowan. For their children, see his section of the manuscript.

Virginia Ann “Jennie” Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born about 1855. She was married about 1874 to Monroe Holden. In 1935 she continued at Jackson.

Mattie H. Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born June 26, 1857. She was deceased by 1935. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Emma J. Martha Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born in 1859, according to her tombstone. She was married about 1877 to George W. Jacobs who was born in 1851. She lived at Spring Creek, Tennessee in 1935. He died in 1910, and she died in 1936. They were buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.

Ellar Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born January 1, 1862. She was married about 1880 to B. F. Pickens. She died October 10, 1885, according to her tombstone in Hope Hill Cemetery.

Fannie Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born June 27, 1864. She died November 20, 1864 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery..

Ada Gowan, daughter of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born about 1867. She was deceased by 1935. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Bert Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born about 1868. He was deceased by 1935. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Marcus Virgil Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born June 27, 1870 in Madison County. “Mark Gowan” was enumerated in the 1880 census of Gibson County, Tennessee Enumeration District 32, page 6, Civil District 1. He was nine-years old, born in Tennessee and living in the home of Jessie Gardner. He was married about 1893 to Ida Warmoth.

“Mark V. Gowan, 29, born in Tennessee in June 1870, living alone” was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Gibson County, Enumeration District 20, page 6.

“Mark V. Gowan, a married man and a traveling salesman” died December 10, 1919 “of pulmonary tuberculosis following diabetes mellitus” at Medina, Tennessee in Gibson County, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 568, signed by G. W. Oliver, M.D. of Medina.

He was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery, according to Knox Jacobs, informant of Medina.

Children born to Marcus Virgil Gowan and Ida Warmoth Gowan include:

Katherine Gowan born March 5, 1910
Marcus Virgil Gowan born October 5, 1912
Paul Gowan born September 11, 1916

Katherine Gowan, daughter of Marcus Virgil Gowan and Ida Warmoth Gowan, was born March 5, 1910. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Marcus Virgil Gowan, son of Marcus Virgil Gowan and Ida Warmoth Gowan, was born October 5, 1912. He was married about 1935 to Virginia Hatley. Children born to Marcus Virgil Gowan and Virginia Hatley Gowan are unknown.

Paul Gowan, son of Marcus Virgil Gowan and Ida Warmoth Gowan, was born September 11, 1916. He was married about 1940 to Nancy Virginia Wright. Children born to Paul Gowan and Nancy Virginia Wright are unknown.

Luther Marcellus Gowan, son of Richard Marcellus Gowan and Mary Jane McFarlin Gowan, was born September 16, 1872. He was married December 25, 1901 to Mattie Magdalene Jacobs. She was born December 31, 1878 to Andrew Wade Jacobs and Susan Lycurgus Birdwell Jacobs. In 1902 they lived in Gibson County, Tennessee. Luther Marcellus Gowan died September 8, 1917 and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery. Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan died April 10, 1946 and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery

Children born to Luther Marcellus Gowan and Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan include:

Beatrice Gowan born October 8, 1902
Richard Wade Gowan born February 18, 1905
Alfred Jennings Gowan born August 12, 1907
Robbie Lee Gowan born February 10, 1910
Mary Sue Gowan born October 20, 1912

Beatrice Gowan, daughter of Luther Marcellus Gowan and Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan, was born October 8, 1902 in Gibson County, Tennessee. She did not marry. In 1989 she continued in Jackson.

Richard Wade Gowan, son of Luther Marcellus Gowan and Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan, was born February 18, 1905. He was married about 1928 to Virginia Hamilton. He died October 4, 1974 and was buried in Hope Hiull Cemetery. Children born to Richard Wade Gowan and Virginia Hamilton Gowan are unknown.

Alfred Jennings Gowan, son of Luther Marcellus Gowan and Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan, was born August 12, 1907. He was married about 1928, wife’s name unknown. He was remarried about 1935 to Christina Trout. He died before 1989. Children born to Alfred Jennings Gowan and Christina Trout Gowan are unknown.

Robbie Lee Gowan, daughter of Luther Marcellus Gowan and Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan, was born February 27, 1910. She was married about 1929 to Uckle Samuel Bell. In 1989 she lived in Kennewick, Washington.

Mary Sue Gowan, daughter of Luther Marcellus Gowan and Mattie Magdalene Jacobs Gowan, was born October 20, 1912. She was graduated from Medina High School in 1930 and was married shortly afterward to Tommy Williams. She was later remarried to Harry Lenord Rickard. He died in 1951. In 1958 she removed to Washington. She died August 2, 1989 in Kennewick, Washington and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery.

Children born to Harry Lenord Rickard and Mary Sue Gowan Williams Rickard include:

Rick Rickard born about 1947

Rick Rickard, son of Harry Lenord Rickard and Mary Sue Gowan Williams Rickard, was born about 1947. In 1989 he lived in Seattle, Washington. Three children were born to him:

Christopher Rickard born about 1972
Benjamin Rickard born about 1975
Abraham Rickard born about 1978

William Granville Gowan, son of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan, was born September 20, 1815 in Madison County, according to the research of Forrest Bruce Gowan. He was married January 14, 1839 in Carroll County to Eveline Bruce Wood, according to Carroll County Marriage Book A. The groom was 24 and the bride 19. She was born November 22, 1819, according to her tombstone. Her son, James Edwin Gowan identified her as the daughter of John Wood and Sophia Wood.

William Granville Gowan appeared as the head of a household in the 1840 census in adjoining Madison County, Tennessee, page 45. The household consisted of:

“William G. Gowan white male 20-30
white female 15-20
white male 0-5”

James Edwin Gowan stated:

“My father bought a tract of timber and prairie land and erected a blockhouse as a protection against the Indians of whom there were plenty in those days. The nearest mill and depot of supplies was 75 miles away. As soon as possible, he erected a mill, which when completed was operated by oxpower.”

William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan were listed in the 1850 census of Carroll County as the head of Household 881-136:

“Gowan, G. 35, born in TN, farmer, $1,580
real estate, illiterate
Evelina B. 30, born in TN
James E. 9, born in TN
Mary F. 6, born in TN
Flavius M. 5, born in TN
Pleasant H. 1, born in TN”

The household of William Granville Gowan reappeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 13, page 13 as household No. 94-94. The family was listed as:

“Gowan, William G. 64, born in VA, father born in
VA, mother born in VA
Evaline B. 59, born in TN, father born in
NC, mother born in NC
Granville L. 20, born in TN, father born in
VA, mother born in TN, son,
farm laborer”

They reappeared in the 1900 census of Carroll County in Enumeration District 127, page 12, 6th Civil District:

“Gowan, William G. 84, born in VA, November 1815
Evaline 80, born in TN, November 1819”

The will of William Granville Gowan dated January 11, 1896 is recorded in Carroll County Will Book, and it mentions “wife, E. B. Gowan.” He died April 11, 1905, and his will was probated June 19, 1905. She died August 29, 1908. They were buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County.

Children born to them include:

James Edwin Gowan born October 31, 1836
Mary F. Gowan born in 1845
Flavius Morris Gowan born in 1845
Pleasant H. Gowan born in 1849
George H. Gowan born January 29, 1854
Sarah Virginia Gowan born April 4, 1856
Granville Luther Gowan born January 2, 1859
Harris M. Gowan born about 1862

James Edwin Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born in Madison County October 31, 1836, according to an interview he gave about 1892 for “Portrait and Biographical Review.” A “white male, under 5” appeared in his father’s household in the census of 1840 of Madison County. He appeared as a nine-year-old [13?] in the 1850 census of Carroll County living in his father’s household.

The interviewer wrote:

“He received his early education in the subscription schools and afterward attended Jackson Academy at Jackson, Tennessee. In 1847, he entered McKendree College and graduated in the class of 1849 after which he began the study of medicine with Dr. Branick of Jackson.” In was graduated from Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio and commenced practicing medicine at Metropolis, Illinois.

On March 6, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company B, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry Regiment and served two years before honorably discharged in May 1864. In 1866 he was graduated from Rush Medical College at Chicago and resumed the practice of medicine in Massac County, Illinois. He located on a farm which he purchased nine miles from Metropolis. He was a physician and a farmer until 1880. At this time he removed to Metropolis and opened a drugstore, continuing in business until 1892 when he again followed his medical profession.”

He was married in 1863 to Harriett Yates, daughter of John Yates and Elizabeth Wallbright Yates. She was born in Ohio. She is also identified as the step-daughter of Mike Wilkins of Massac County.

The household of James Edwin Gowan was enumerated in the 1880 census of Massac County, Enumeration District 63, page 16, Washington Precinct as:

“Gowan, James E. 38, born in Tennessee
Harriett 36, born in Ohio
Eva 15, born in Illinois
John 13, born in Illinois
Anna 10, born in Illinois
Nettie 8, born in Illinois
Charles 6/12, born in Illinois
Gowan, Edwin 4, born in Illinois
and two servants”

James Edwin Gowan died in 1893 at age 57. William Morris Gowan confirmed that James Edwin Gowan was a doctor.

His interviewer wrote:

“Dr. Gowan has been a member of the Southern Illinois Medical Association from its organization and is also a member of Gethsemane Commandery No. 41, K. T. of Massac Lodge No. 442, I.O.O.F. and Egyptian Encampment. He has served as Steward of the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guards.”

Michael Reed Gordon of Groton, Massachusetts called November 29, 1995 to report that he was a descendant of James Edwin Gowan. He stated that James Edwin Gowan was remarried to Lillian Jamison and had a daughter, Amy Gowan who was born about 1890. He also advised that James Edwin Gowan [or his son James Edwin Gowan, Jr.] responded to the gospel call at the end of his life. As he stepped into the river to be baptized, he fell into a whirlpool and was never seen again.

Children born to James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, according to Mrs. Robert Louis Cox, 626 McConnell, Memphis, Tennessee, 38112, a descendant, include:

Evaline E. Gowan born in 1865
John G. Gowan born in 1867
Anna Gowan born in 1870
Minnonetta “Nettie” Gowan born in 1872
James Edwin Gowan, Jr. born in 1876
Charles G. Gowan born in 1880

Evaline E. Gowan, daughter of James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, a namesake of her grandmother, Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born in 1865 in Massac County. About 1885, she was married, husband’s name unknown, and to this union four children were born.

John G. Gowan, son of James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, was born in 1867 in Massac County. He appeared in the 1880 census of Massac County as a 13-year-old living in the household of his father. He was married about 1888 to Lillian V. Jameson, daughter of Joseph D. Jameson and Jennie O’Melverny Jameson.

The obituary of Joseph D. Jameson recorded:

“Joseph D. Jamison, a well-known citizen of this place, formerly Marshal of the town, dropped dead in his yard yesterday. He had just returned from the river where he had gone to see his brother-in-law, James Vineyard, off for Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Jamison was about 45 years old and had been in poor health for some six months. He leaves a wife [Jennie Vineyard Jameson] and one daughter [Lillian V. Jameson Gowan] to mourn his death.”

Children born to John G. Gowan and Lillian Jameson Gowan include:

Amy Gowan born about 1890
John Edward Gowan born October 7, 1891
Harriet Aline Gowan born about 1895
Julia G. Gowan born about 1898

Amy Gowan, daughter of John G. Gowan and Lillian V. Jameson Gowan, was born about 1890.

John Edward Gowan, regarded as the son of John G. Gowan and Lillian V. Jameson Gowan, was born October 7, 1891. His death was recorded on the same day, according to the bible of Joseph D. Jameson.

Harriet Aline Gowan, daughter of John G. Gowan and Lillian Jameson Gowan, was born about 1895. She was married about 1910 to James Finley Reed, son of James Reed and Hanna Shepard Reed. James Reed was a conductor on the CBQ Railroad until his retirement and then became a constable for the area. Hanna Shepard Reed was the daughter of Jim Shepard and Pheobe Malterny Shepard.

James Finley Reed and Harriet Aline Gowan Reed lived in Centralia, Illinois a sons and two daughters were born to them:

Margret Reed born about 1918
Jimmie Joan Reed born about 1920
John “Jack” Reed born about 1922

Margret Reed, daughter of James F. Reed and Alice Gowan Reed, was born about 1918. She was married about 1931 to Ed Kalbercamp. In 1996 Margret Reed Kalbercamp Gillum and her daughter, Judie Kalbercamp Robbins lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have retained the Gowan family bible “which had a number of newspaper clippings in it,” according to a letter written December 27, 1995 by Roy C. Gordon of Kennebunk, Maine, father of Michael Reed Gordon.

One daughter was born to them:

Judy Kalbercamp born about 1934

Judy Kalbercamp, daughter of F. J. Kalbercamp and Margret Reed Kalbercamp, was born in 1943. She was married about 1969 to Sonny Robbins. In 1996 she continued in Albuquerque.

Children born to them include:

Matthew Kalbercamp Robbins born in 1973

Jimmie Joan Reed, daughter of James F. Reed and Alice Gowan Reed, was born about 1920. She was married about 1946 to Roy C. Gordon.

Children born to them include:

Steven Reed Gordon born in 1949
Michael Reed Gordon born in 1950
David Edward Gordon born in 1960

Steven Reed Gordon, son of Roy C. Gordon and Jimmie Joan Reed Gordon, was born in 1949. He was married about 1972 to Ruthie Hall.

Children born to them include:

Sarah Gordon born about 1975
Andrew Gordon born about 1978

Michael Reed Gordon, son of Roy C. Gordon and Jimmie Joan Reed Gordon, was born in 1950. In 1995 he was living in Groton, Massachusetts where he, a Foundation member, was active in the research of his Gowan family.

David Edward Gordon, son of Roy C. Gordon and Jimmie Joan Reed Gordon, was born in 1960. He was married in 1990 to Lisa Campbell.

Children born to them include:

Nathaniel Roy Gordon born about 1992

John “Jack” Reed, son of James Finley Reed and Aleene Gowan Reed, was born about 1922. He was regarded as “reincarnation of his great-uncle Charles Gowan because of his uncanny resemblance to him,” according to Roy C. Gordon. Both had very dark hair and very light skin color. In 1996, John “Jack” Reed lived in Omaha, Nebraska.

Brian Gordon born about 1960
Pamela Gordon born about 1963

Julia Gowan, daughter of John G. Gowan and Lillian Jameson Gowan, was born about 1898. She was married about 1918 to Ed Kessell and lived in Centralia, Illinois. No children were born to them.

Anna Gowan, daughter of James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, was born in 1870 in Massac County. Anna Gowan appeared in the 1880 census of Massac County as a 10-year-old living in her father’s household. She was married first to Ed Corlis. Upon his death, Anna Gowan Corlis was married to L. G. Simmons.

Minnonetta “Nettie” Gowan, daughter of James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, was born in 1872 in Massac County. She appeared in the 1880 census as an eight-year-old living in the household of her father.

James Edwin Gowan, Jr, son of James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, was born in 1876. He appeared as a four-year-old in the 1880 census of his father’s household. Of this individual nothing more is known. He may have been the individual who stepped into the baptismal whirlpool and drowned in 1893.

Charles E. Gowan, son of James Edwin Gowan and Harriett Yates Gowan, was born in 1880 in Massac County. He appeared in the 1880 census as a six-month-old child living in the household of his father. Roy C. Gordon wrote December 27, 1995, “It is my rememberance that Charles Gowan was the one who was drowned while preparing to be baptized.”

Researcher Descendants:

Louise Gowan Fisher, Box 387, Memphis, TX, 79245.
Margret Reed Kalberkamp Gillum, 3901 Indian School Rd, Albuquerque, NM, 87110
Michael Reed Gordon, 19 Old Homestead, Groton, MA, 01450, 508/448-3298
Roy C. Gordon, 28 Penwood Drive, Kennebunk, ME, 04043
Forrest Bruce Gowan, 240 Wallace Road, Jackson, TN, 38301, 901/668-5324
Helen Raney Gowan, 3447 W. 9th Avenue, No. 8-16, Westminster, CO, 80030
Phillip Alan Gowan, Box 5777, Nashville, TN, 37208
Don Wayne Gowins, 709 Toby Drive, Marion, IL, 62959, 618/993-3526,
<dgowins@siu.edu>
Judy Kalberkamp Robbins, 909 Warm Sands Dr, Albuquerque, NM, 87123
Jack Reed, 32205 S. 118th St, Omaha, NE, 68144
Gerald F. Scott, Jr, 1924 Greene 912 Road, Paragould, AR, 72450.

Mary F. Gowan, daughter of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born in 1844 in Carroll County. She appeared in the 1850 census of Carroll County as a six-year-old living in the household of her father. She was married December 14, 1865 to J. C. C. Thompson, according to Carroll County Marriage records.

Flavius M. Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born in 1845 in Carroll County. He appeared in the 1850 census as a five-year-old living in his father’s household.

In the 1880 census of Craighead County, Arkansas, Powell Township, Household No. 223-2232 enumerated on June 20, 1880 appeared the household of “Flavious Gowen,” believed to be Flavius M. Gowan. At that time he stated that he was born in Tennessee and that both of his parents were born in Virginia.

The household was enumerated as:

“Gowen, Flavious 33, farmer, born in TN, father
born in VA, mother born VA
Mallie J. 20, born in AR, father born in
KY, mother born in IL
William B. 2, son, born in AR, father born
in TN, mother born in AR
Thomas L. 3/12. son, born in AR, father
born in TN, mother born
in AR”

Flavius M. Gowan did not appear in the 1870 census of Craighead County.

Pleasant H. Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born in 1849 in Carroll County. He appeared as a one-year-old in the 1850 census of Carroll County living in the household of his father.

Martha E. Gowan, daughter of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born in 1852. She was married November 12, 1868 to George H. Martin, according to Carroll County marriage records.

George H. Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born January 29, 1854. He was married about 1873 to his first cousin-once removed, Louisa Jane “Lou” Gowan. She was born August 10, 1851 to Bill Gowan and Dicey Ledbetter Gowan.

George H. Gowan appeared as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 13, page 16, Household No. 111-111, enumerated as:

Gowan, George H. 24, born in TN, father
born in VA, mother
born in TN
Louisa J. 28, born in TN, father
born in TN, mother
born in TN
Martha F. 5, born in TN, father
born in TN, mother
born in TN
Lucy S. [Dicy L.?] 4, born in TN, father
born in TN, mother
born in TN
Harriett E. 2, born in TN, father
born in TN, mother
born in TN
Dellie D. [Sallie D?] 1, born in TN, father
born in TN, mother
born in TN
Stephens, Calvin 19, hireling, farm
laborer, born in
TN, father born in
TN mother born
in TN”

George H. Gowan died in 1920 and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County.

It was recorded in family records that Louisa Jane Gowan Gowan was 82 on August 10, 1933.

Louisa Jane Gowan Gowan, age 104, was pictured in a newspaper article in 1955 with a great-great-granddaughter, Brenda Sue Spain, age 4. At that time she was living with her daughter, Mrs. Sam McAlexander near Cedar Grove. Over 100 grandchildren were in attendance at her 104th birthday party. The article continued:

“A member of the Pleasant Hill Church since she was 13, Mrs. Gowan remains active, although she admits that ‘sometimes I am just a little bit tired of staying here. I believe I know all about this world I want to know for now.”

Louisa J. “Lue” Gowan Gowan died November 18, 1958 and lived to be 107, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan. She was buried beside her husband in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Children born to George H. Gowan and Louisa Jane Gowan Gowan include:

Martha Frances “Fannie” Gowan born October 4, 1874
Lucy S. Gowan born about 1876
Harriett E. Gowan born about 1878
Sallie D. Gowan born about 1879
Dicey Harriett Gowan born about 1881
Gertrude Gowan born about 1883
William Oscar Gowan born October 17, 1884
Myrtle Gowan born about 1886
Etta Gowan born about 1888
Horace Gowan born about 1894
Freda Gowan born about 1897
Ada Gowan born about 1901
Hattie Gowan born about 1903

Martha Frances “Fannie” Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa Jane Gowan Gowan, was born October 4, 1874. She was married December 30, 1897 to John T. Holder who was born December 2, 1867. Eleven children were born to them:

Lou Ellen Holder born September 20, 1898
Mary Zella Holder born March 26, 1900
Curlin Ezeda Holder born November 20, 1901
Clois Ezekiel Holder born October 11, 1903
Clyde Hervy Holder born February 12, 1905
Hazel Helen Holder born April 13, 1907
Lular Margaret Holder born June 27, 1909
Bonnie Ezel Holder born April 23, 1911
Cattie Zola Holder born July 16, 1912
Sammie Lee Holder born April 15, 1914
Warren Dee Holder born April 26, 1917

Lucy S. Gowan [Dicy L. ?] Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1876. She was born about 1899 to Granville Warren. No children were born to them.

Harriet E. Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1878.

Sallie D. Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1879.

Dicey Harriett Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1881.

Gertrude Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1883. She was married about 1900 to Elmo McAlexander, perhaps a brother to Will McAlexander.

William Oscar Gowan, son of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born October 17, 1884. He was married twice, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan. He was married about 1907 to Myrtle E. Barger. She was born September 12, 1877 and died October 23, 1919. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County.

It is believed that he was married second about 1920, wife’s name Gladys May.

William Oscar Gowan died July 12, 1932 and was buried beside Myrtle E. Gowan.

The obituary of Gladys May Gowan, 75 was published in October 1978. It stated:

“Mrs. Gladys May Gowan died Monday at Compton Medical Center in St. Louis after a short illness. The widow of Oscar Gowan was a former resident of Milan. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Norris Sellars of Milan, Mrs. Elaine Martin of Jenkinsburg, Georgia and Mrs. Loretta Jagger and Mrs. Venelle Nelley, both of St. Louis; a son, Julian Hilton Gowan of Lemay, Missouri; two sisters Mrs. Robbie Black of Cedar Grove and Mrs. Nonnie Kelly of Portland, Oregon, 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.”

Myrtle Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1886. She was married about 1905 to Sam McAlexander, perhaps a brother to Will McAlexander.

Etta Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born January 8, 1891. She was married about 1907 to Joe Warren. She died June 25, 1950 and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Horace [Harris?] Gowan, son of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1894. He removed to Arkansas.

Freda Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1897.

Ada Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1901. She was married about 1920 to Elmo McAlexander, perhaps a brother to Will McAlexander.

Hattie Gowan, daughter of George H. Gowan and Louisa J. Gowan Gowan, was born about 1903. She was married about 1919 to Will McAlexander.

Sarah Virginia Gowan, daughter of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born April 4, 1856 in Carroll County. She was married to her cousin, John Milton Gowan. For details of their life, see his section.

Granville Luther Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born January 2, 1859, probably in Carroll County. He appeared as a 20-year-old living in the household of his father in the 1880 census of Carroll County. He was married about 1882 to Norma Clark. He was remarried about 1883 to Alice Hopper who was born May 2, 1859. No children were born to Norma Clark Gowan. In 1943 he was living in Bemis. Granville Luther Gowan died March 8, 1949 and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County. Alice Hopper Gowan died January 26, 1946 and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to Granville Luther Gowan and Alice Hopper Gowan include:

Granville Elmer Gowan born December 31, 1883
Otis Marcellus Gowan born in 1899

Granville Elmer Gowan, son of Granville Luther Gowan and Alice Hopper Gowan, was born December 31, 1883 at Cedar Grove, Tennessee. He was married October 3, 1909 in Corinth, Mississippi to Nellie Grace Epps. She was born September 9, 1886 to John Allen Epps and Mary Elizabeth Hunt Epps. Granville Elmer Gowan died October 6, 1958 and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Jackson. Nellie Grace Epps Gowan died August 22, 1981 and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to them include:

Pansy May Gowan born October 3, 1910
Granville Elmer Gowan, Jr. born July 30, 1912
Pattie Maurice Gowan born November 23, 1914
Nelda Grace Gowan born September 8, 1918

Pansy May Gowan, daughter of Granville Elmer Gowan and Nellie Grace Epps Gowan, was born October 3, 1910 in Jackson. In 1981 she lived in Jackson unmarried.

Granville Elmer Gowan, Jr, son of Granville Elmer Gowan and Nellie Grace Epps Gowan, was born July 30, 1912 at Alamo, Tennessee. In 1981 he lived at Jackson.

Pattie Maurice Gowan, daughter of Granville Elmer Gowan and Nellie Grace Epps Gowan, was born November 23, 1914 at Alamo. She was married in 1937 to U. S. Murray. In 1981 they lived at Jackson.

Children born to U. S. Murray and Pattie Maurice Gowan Murray include:

G. Allen Murray born about 1939

G. Allen Murray, son of U. S. Murray and Pattie Maurice Gowan was born at Jackson about 1939. He became a physician and was practicing at Memphis in 1981.

Nelda Grace Gowan, daughter of Granville Elmer Gowan and Nellie Grace Epps Gowan, was born September 8, 1918 at Alamo. She was married in 1940 to C. Bowman. She died June 1, 1956.

Otis Marcellus Gowan, son of Luther Granville Gowan, was born in 1899. He died in 1965 and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Harris M. Gowan, son of William Granville Gowan and Eveline Bruce Wood Gowan, was born about 1862, probably in Carroll County. Of this individual nothing more is known.

Archibald Beauregard Gowan, son of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan was born May 8, 1818 in Tennessee, according to Forrest Bruce Gowan. Of this individual nothing more is known.

David Crawford Harris Gowan, son of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan was born September 4, 1821 in Tennessee. He was married October 26, 1854 to Priscilla H. “Penny” Fuller, according to “Carroll County, Tennessee Marriages, 1838-1859.” Children born to David C. H. Gowan and Priscilla H. Fuller Gowan are unknown.

Pleasant Andrew Gowan, son of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan, was born August 29, 1822 near Jackson. He was married July 30, 1849 to Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris, according to Gerald F. Scott, Jr, a descendant of Paragould, Arkansas. John L. Brown was a witness to the ceremony. Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris was born in Virginia August 1, 1827.

Pleasant Andrew Gowan appeared as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Carroll County, Household 99, page 17 as:

“Gowan, Pleasant A. 28, born in TN
Mary A. E. 23, born in Virginia
Landron R. 2/12, born in TN”

Pleasant Andrew Gowan reappeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 8, page 25, Civil District 1, as the head of a household. The family was enumerated as:

“Gowan, P. A. 57, born in TN, father born in
District of Columbia,
mother born in VA
Mary A. E. 52, born in VA, father born
in NC, mother born in NC
Mary C. F. 10, born in TN, father born in
TN, mother born in VA
Harris, V. A. 48, born in VA, father born in
NC, mother born in VA
[sister-in-law]”

The District of Columbia was surveyed in 1791 and dedicated in 1800 with land from Fairfax County, Virginia and Prince George County, Maryland.

Pleasant Andrew Gowan received land grant No. 16772 for 19 acres in adjoining Henderson County, Tennessee February 1, 1883, according to Tennessee State Land Office records.

Children born to Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan include:

Landon R[oss?] Gowan born July 7, 1850
Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan born August 28, 1851
P[leasant?] A[rchibald?] B[eauregard?] Gowan
born January 2, 1853
John Henry G. Gowan born Sept. 12, 1854
Richard L. Gowan born Nov. 10, 1856
Granville B. Gowan born Sept. 26, 1858
R. Will Gowan born June 30, 1860
Nancy H. Gowan born June 30, 1861
A. J. Gowan born October 8, 1863
R. A. Gowan born August 1, 1867
Mary E. L. Gowan born August 11, 1869

Landon R[oss?] Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born July 7, 1850. He was married about 1875, wife’s name, Mary A. An earlier “Landon S. Gowing” appeared in nearby Amelia County, Virginia. He appeared in the marriage records there when three of his daughters were married between 1828 and 1833.

Landon R. Gowan appeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 8, page 24, Civil District 1 as the head of the household:

“Gowan, L. R. 30, born in TN, father born in
TN, mother born in VA
Mary A. 24, born in TN, father born in
TN, mother born in TN
William B. 4, born in TN, father born
in TN, mother born in TN
Horace R. 2, born in TN, father born in
TN, mother born in TN”

Landon R. Gowan was remarried about 1886 to Mrs. Martha Grace. The household of Landon R. Gowan was recorded in the 1900 census of Madison County, page 6, 12th Civil District:

“Gowan, Landon R. 49, born in TN in July 1850
Martha 45, born in TN in September 1854
Marvin 13, born in TN in April 1887
Maud E. 12, born in TN in May 1888
Mattie J. 10, born in TN in May 1890
Felix U. 8, born in TN in May 1892
Grace, Thomas 25, born in TN in October 1874
son-in-law
Hellen 19, born in TN in January 1880,
daughter
Harmon K. 3, born in TN in July 1897
grandson
Clifford 1, born in TN in February 1899
grandson”

Landon R. Gowan, a farmer, died June 21, 1919, at age 68 in Madison County of pernicious anemia, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 48812, signed by F. L. Keil, M.D. of Lavinia, Tennessee. He was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, according to his son, Marvin Gowan of Medina, Tennessee, informant.

Children born to Landon R. Gowan and Mary A. Gowan include:

William B. Gowan born about 1876
Horace Ross Gowan born about 1878
Helen Gowan born in January 1880
Charles Ernest Gowan born December 30, 1882

Children born to Landon R. Gowan and Martha Grace Gowan include:

Marvin Gowan born in April 1887
Maud Ethel Gowan born in May 1888
Mattie J. Gowan born in May 1890
Felix U. Gowan born in May 1892

William B. Gowan, son of Landon R. Gowan and Mary A. Gowan, was born about 1876. He appeared as a four-year-old in the 1880 census of his father’s household.

Horace Ross Gowan, son of Landon R. Gowan and Mary A. Gowan, was born about 1878 in Tennessee. He appeared as a two-year-old in the 1880 census of his father’s household.

He and his younger brother, Charles Ernest Gowan made a move to Texas about 1890, according to Louise Gowan Fisher of Memphis, Texas who wrote June 28, 1993:

“Their stepmother and Dad sent Landon Ross Gowan and Charley Earnest Gowan to one of their mother’s sisters in Texas when they were quite young. All I know of her is that her name was Greene and that she lived in Alvord, Texas at the time. Both Horace and Charley came on to Estelline and Memphis, and both married into real nice pioneer families.”

On August 27, 1911 he was married to Mineola “Minnie” Green [perhaps a cousin] at Jacksboro, Texas, according to the Jack County, Texas Marriage Book 6. page 47. Mineola “Minnie” Green was born in Jack County in 1888.

Horace Ross Gowan received a deed to lots in Block 19, Estelline, Texas from R. L. Bailey September 1, 1911, according to Hall County Deed Book 68. page 249.

Horace Ross Gowan died about 1917 and Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan was appointed administratrix of the estate, according to Hall, County Probate Book 4, page 187.

Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan, “femme sole of Hall County” received a deed from J. H. Bauman to lots in Block 9, in Estelline, Texas November 12, 1918, according to Hall County Deed Book 32, page 492.

Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan was remarried to T. N. Copeland January 12, 1922, according to Hall County Marriage Book 3, page 48. The couple moved to Jack County. Later by 1931, they had returned to Estelline. Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan Copeland died in Jack County December 19, 1970, according to Jack County death records.

Children born to Horace Ross Gowan and Mineola “Minnie Green Gowan include:

Monna Delza Gowan born August 7, 1912
Horace Ross Gowan, Jr. born May 24, 1914

Monna Delza Gowan, daughter of Horace Ross Gowan and Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan, was born August 7, 1912 at Estelline. She appeared as a nine-year-old in the probate records of her father in 1921, according to Hall County Probate Book 3, page 3 and Book 4, page 187.

In 1931 she was listed as a freshman liberal arts student from Estelline at Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas. She listed her mother as Mrs. T. N. Copeland, Box 67, Estelline at that time.

Monna Delza Gowan was married to Jack S. Raines, age 24, of Estelline November 24, 1932 at Hollis, Oklahoma, according to Harmon County, Oklahoma Marriage Book 8, page 559.

Horace Ross Gowan, Jr, son of Horace Ross Gowan and Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan, was born May 24, 1914 at Jacksboro. He was graduated from Texas A&M College in the class of 1939 with a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering. At that time he gave his residence as 215 Belknap Street, Jacksboro.

He enlisted in the U. S. Army from that address February 15, 1941 and became a major in the 141st Coast Artillery. During World War II he served in the Battles of Luzon and Northern Solomons and was overseas from October 6, 1942 until November 8, 1945. When discharged April 7, 1946 he stated that he was a petroleum engineer for Texas Company.

He was married September 21, 1946 to Ima Jean Edwards, according to Jack County Marriage Book 10, page 121. The wedding was performed in the First Christian Church at Denton, Texas.

Horace Ross Gowan, Jr. and Ima Jean Edwards Gowan owned a ranch and dealt in oil ad gas minerals in Jack County. On October 24, 1956 they contracted with Coke L. Gage on a lease of 200 acres, land, according to Jack County Deed Book 214, page 429.

Horace Ross Gowan, Jr. suffered a heart attack on his ranch 15 miles south of Jacksboro on July 4, 1968 and died there, according to Jack County Death Book 5, page 162. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Jacksboro. His residence at the time of his death was listed as 1111 West Thompson, Jacksboro.

Ima Jean Edwards Gowan became the administrator of the estate of Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan Copeland in 1970 and 1971. In 1973 she continued to live in Jacksboro at 1111 West Thompson.

Children born to Horace Ross Gowan, Jr. and Ima Jean Edwards Gowan include:

Mary Martha Gowan born November 16, 1950
James Don Gowan born December 30, 1952

Mary Martha Gowan, daughter of Horace Ross Gowan, Jr. and Ima Jean Edwards Gowan, was born November 16, 1950, at Jacksboro according to BVS File 172006.

In February 1971 she was represented by her mother in the settlement of the estate of her grandmother, Mineola “Minnie” Green Gowan Copeland. In 1971 she was a junior student at West Texas State University, Lynette Apartments, Canyon, Texas, according to the student directory.

James Don Gowan, son of Horace Ross Gowan, Jr. and Ima Jean Edwards Gowan, was born December 30, 1952 at Jacksboro, according to Jack County Birth Book 6, page 422.

On February 8, 1971 he signed an agreement with his mother regarding his father’s estate, according to Jack County Deed Book 679. On April 6, 1971 he gave a warranty deed to Annie L. Dixson, believed to be a relative of his father, according to Jack County Deed Book 327, page 191. In 1972 he was listed as a freshman at Texas Tech University and showed his permanent residence with Lester Phillips, 1111 West Thompson, Jacksboro. On September 8, 1973 he gave an easement to Southwestern Gas Pipe Line Company, according to Jack County Deed Book 380, page 864.

Helen Gowan, daughter of Landon R. Gowan and Mary A. Gowan, was born in January 1880. She was married about 1895 to Thomas Grace, believed to be the son of Mrs. Martha Grace who was married to her father as his second wife.

The family of Thomas Grace and Helen Gowan Grace was enumerated in the household of Landon R. Gowan in the 1900 census.

Children born to them include:

Harmon K. Grace born in July 1897
Clifford Grace born in February 1899

Charles Ernest Gowan, son of Landon R. Gowan and Mary A. Gowan, was born December 30, 1882.

On January 2, 1912 he received a deed from J. E. King for land in Hall County, Texas, according to Hall County Deed Book 24, page 526. This land was awarded to H. G. Stephens by the Texas Land Commission at $2 per acre originally. Charles Ernest Gowan paid $5,200 for the tract.

On January 13, 1917 Charles Ernest Gowan received a patent from the State of Texas to 160 acres of land located on the Indian Creek tributary of Red River, according to Hall County Patent Book 1, page 488. He was shown as an assignee of H. G. Stephens in the transaction. On September 8, 1923 Charles Ernest Gowan received a deed from Mrs. Alice W. Richardson and the T. A. Richardson estate to 2.5 acres located on the outskirts af Memphis, Texas for $500, according to Hall County Deed Book 44, page 516 and Deed Book 46, page 45.

On February 12, 1924 he purchased land from S. F. Laughlin for $1,400, according to Hall County Deed Book 47, page 15. On April 2, 1934 he received a deed from J. M. Elliott, according to Hall County Deed Book 63, page 625.

Charles Ernest Gowan was married to Nannie Ola McElreath about 1910. She was born in Grayson County, Texas in 1891.

Ola McElreath Gowan appeared in the legal records of Hall County February 1, 1952 when she received a partial deed from W. F. McElreath to 160 acres, according to Hall County Deed Book 101, page 340. In this deed Charles Ernest Gowan was described as “a person of unsound mind.”

Charles Ernest Gowan was declared non compus mentis by the Probate Court of Hall County December 27, 1950, according to Probate Court Book 16, page 66. His estate, valued at $12.925, was placed under the administration of Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan.

Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, administratrix deeded land to her daughters, Dorothy Gowan and Louise Gowan Fisher May 22, 1953 for $8,000, according to Hall County Deed Book 103, page 268.

Charles Ernest Gowan went to court January 15, 1954 and obtained a judgement to set aside the estate administration. The court judged him sane, according to Probate Book 16, page 179. He apparently regained control of his property because on May 31, 1955 he entered into an oil and gas lease with Sinclair Oil & Gas Company, according to Hall County Deed Book 108, page 509.

Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan were divorced during this period. On December 19, 1956 Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, a femme sole, deeded to Charles Ernest Gowan her interest in a ten‑acre plot in Memphis with residence and in an 80-acre plot, according to Hall County Deed Book 109, page 248. At the same time Charles Ernest Gowan deeded to Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, “an unmarried woman” his interest in 2.5 acres in Memphis and in an 80‑acre plot in the county, according to Hall County Deed Book 109, page 247.

Charles Ernest Gowan, “an unmarried man” leased his 80 acres to K. C. Bates May 8, 1957 for oil and gas exploration, according to Hall County Deed Book 114, page 319. Charles Ernest Gowan died December 7, 1957 of a cerebral hemorrhage, after a 40-year residence in Hall County at age 74. At the time of his death, he, a retired farmer, lived on West Main Street in Memphis. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in Memphis.

Two days later Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan received a deed from Charles Richard Gowan, her son, on December 9, 1957, according to Hall County Deed Book 112, page 463.

Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, his estranged widow, was again appointed administratrix of the estate by the court. The estate consisted of 80 acres of land in the county and a 10‑acre plot on the outskirts of Memphis.

Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan continued to make her home in Memphis and in the March 1974 telephone directory continued to have a listing [259‑2383].

He was married about 1905, wife’s name unknown. He died in 1957, according to Louise Gowan Fisher, a daughter.

Children born to Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan include:

Abbie Phoeby Gowan born November 27, 1912
Nanie Margaret Gowan born October 23, 1913
Dorothy Gowan born January 10, 1915
Charles Richard Gowan born May 10, 1918
Louise Gowan born December 30, 1922

Abbie Phoeby Gowan, first child of Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, was born November 27, 1912, according to Hall County Delayed Birth Book B, page 51 and BVS File 39611. Her parents lived on a farm four miles southwest of Memphis at that time. She died January 25, 1926 at age 13, according to BVS File 1825.

Nannie Margaret Gowan, second child of Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, was born October 23, 1913, according to Hall County Delayed Birth Book 1, page 136. During World War II, she worked at Bluebonnett Ordinance Plant at McGregor, Texas.

In 1951 she was married to Bernard Whitney of Clifton, Texas where they owned a jewelry store and a dress shop until his death in 1965. She then lived in Hillsboro, Texas for 14 years, working part of that time as a cashier at Thunderbird Restaurant. She was dorm director at Baylor University in Waco, Texas for several years following. In 1991 she became a resident at Stilwell Teacher’s Retirement Home in Waco before moving to Lutheran Sunset Home in Clifton where she died of cancer February 24, 1995 at the age of 81. Her funeral was conducted by Rev. Claus Rholfs of Waco and Rev. Brian Gowan, a nephew of Houston, and she was buried in Clifton Cemetery beside her husband.

She was active in many volunteer activities, according to her obituary published in the February 26, 1995 edition of the “Waco Tribune-Herald.” She volunteered for Providence Hospital, Caritas and Meals on Wheels. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Waco where she held many offices for United Methodist Women. Mark Whitney, a step-son of Clifton and a sister, Louise Gowan Fisher, survived her.

Dorothy Gowan, third child of Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, was born January 10, 1914, according to Hall County Birth Book B, page 175. In 1957, at age 43, she remained single, living in Memphis.

Charles Richard Gowan, fourth child of Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, was born May 10, 1918, according to Hall County Delayed Birth Book 2, page 145. Charles Richard Gowan in 1837 was a freshman at Texas Technological College living at 2017‑14th Street, according to the Lubbock, Texas city directory. In 1940 and 1941 he was listed as assistant manager of Penrod’s, according to the directory. In 1940 he lived at 1412 Main Street. and in 1941 he lived at 1608 Broadway.

He was married about 1946, wife’s name Una. She was a native of Ireland. In 1958 they were residents of Walla Walla, Washington. He was deceased by June 1993, and she lived in Spokane, Washington. Four sons and two daughters, names unknown, were born to them.

Louise Gowan, fifth child of Charles Ernest Gowan and Nannie Ola McElreath Gowan, was born December 30, 1922, according to Hall County Birth Book 4, page 38. Prior to 1953 she was married to Elmer Fisher and lived at Pampa, Texas. He died in December 1992, and Louise Gowan Fisher in June 1993 lived alone on a 400-acre ranch four miles west of Memphis. Children born to them are unknown.

In 1930, at the age of seven, she was taken back to Jackson, Tennessee for a visit with her family members. In 1993, 63 years later, she returned to visit with her family members again and to gather genealogical information. She a member of Gowen Research Foundation is devoting time to developing the history of her branch of the Gowan family.
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Ernest Eugene Gowan was born in Hall County August 8, 1926, according to BV5 File 50477.
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Willodeane Gowan was born in Hall County August 17, 1926, according to BVS File 50475.
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Marvin Gowan, son of Landon R. Gowan and Martha Grace Gowan, was born in April 1887. He appeared in the 1900 census of his father’s household as a 13-year-old. In 1919 he lived at Medina, Tennessee.

Maud Ethel Gowan, daughter of Landon R. Gowan and Martha Grace Gowan, was born in May 1888. She was recorded as a 12-year-old in the 1900 census of her father’s household. She was married about 1912, husband’s name Gately.

Children born to Maud Ethel Gowan Gately include:

Mary Helen Gately born about 1922

Mary Helen Gately, daughter of Maud Ethel Gowan, was born about 1922. She was married about 1946, husband’s name Vickers.

Children born to Mary Helen Gately Vickers include:

Celia Vickers born about 1951

Celia Vickers, daughter of Mary Helen Gately Vickers, was born about 1951. She began work in a bank in Jackson in 1975 and continued there in 1993. She is the mother of three children.

Mattie J. Gowan, daughter of Landon R. Gowan and Martha Grace Gowan, was born in May 1890. She appeared as a 10-year-old in the 1900 census of her father’s household.

Felix U. Gowan, son of Landon R. Gowan and Martha Grace Gowan, was born in May 1892 and was reported as an eight-year-old in the census of 1900.

Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan, daughter of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth Harris Gowan, was born near Jackson August 28, 1851. She had a first-hand experience with the Civil War, according to Connie LaDelle Ball Chandler, a granddaughter of McCrory, Arkansas.

“When she was 13, one of her uncles was shot in the leg during the Battle of Shiloh. He crawled into the woods and hid. He started for home [90 to 100 miles away] crawling through the woods at night and hiding in the daytime, living on berries and roots. The family thought that he had been killed in the battle, but one morning, she went out to milk the cows and found him in the barn, deathly ill with gangrene in his wound. He cautioned her not to let anyone know of his presence because Union soldiers were still in the area.

He requested her to bring a sharp butcher knife, some water and rags for bandages. They built a fire to sterilize the knife and to boil some water. They placed a tourniquet above the wound, and she was instructed to complete the amputation in the event that he passed out. They disjointed the leg at the knee, cauterized it to stop the bleeding and pulled the skin down over the stump. She bandaged the stump and stood vigil while he slept. The war was over by the time his wound had healed, and he could then let all know that he had survived the “hornet’s nest” and the Battle of Shiloh.

I have in my possession a quilt that she made when she was a little girl. She picked the cotton, carded it, spun the thread, wove the material, dyed it using leaves for the green and bark for the brown dye. Then she cut the pieces and pieced them together, carded cotton bats for the filling, and then quilted it.”

Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan was married January 6, 1874 to George Falcon Wood, according to Carroll County marriage records. He was born February 14, 1854 near Jackson, according to Gerald F. Scott, Jr.

Connie LaDelle Ball Chandler wrote:

“She served as a midwife to ladies in the community, riding horseback or in a buggy to attend to the women. Once she went on a call in the buggy, driving a mare with her young colt following. The baby was slow in arriving, so she returned home to fix supper for her family. When she returned for the birthing, she tied up the colt and rode the mare. The baby finally arrived, about daylight she was ready to return home. When she mounted the mare, the horse took the bit between her teeth and raced all the way home. She was so anxious to return to her colt, that she was uncontrolable. The rider had great difficulty staying on the horse. She ran so fast and recklessly that Grandmother was bleeding from the nose and ears when they got home.”

They removed to Tipp, Arkansas in 1887 and assisted in organizing the Friendship Methodist Church in the following year. They removed to McCrory, Arkansas in 1903 where he operated a livery stable. Later he and his son Edward Hermon Wood operated a general store in McCrory.

He died April 29, 1912 at McCrory, Arkansas in Woodruff County, according to Connie LaDelle Ball Chandler. He was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery there She died August 2, 1947, three weeks short of her 96th birthday, and was buried beside her husband.

Children born to them include:

Margaret Eula Wood born December 25, 1879
Pleasant Andrew Wood born September 13, 1885
Edward Hermon Wood born February 15, 1888
Elizabeth Myrtle Wood born December 29, 1889
Martha Abi “Mattie” Wood born June 22, 1892

Margaret Eula Wood, daughter of George Falcon Wood and Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan Wood, was born December 25, 1879 in Carroll County. Eulah Margaret Wood was married about 1900 to Edward Martin Fowler. Three sons and four daughters were born to them. She died April 10, 1942.

Pleasant Andrew Wood, son of George Falcon Wood and Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan Wood, was born September 13, 1885 at Camden, Tennessee in Carroll County. He died in 1904 at age 19.

Edward Hermon Wood, son of George Falcon Wood and Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan Wood, was born February 15, 1888 in Carroll County. He came to McCrory with his father and assisted him in the operation of a general store there. He was married about 1911 to Lena Jane Cloys. Edward Hermon Wood closed the store in 1915 and removed to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Four sons were born to them. He died there April 19, 1966.

Elizabeth Myrtle Wood, daughter of George Falcon Wood and Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan Wood, was born December 29, 1889 at Tipp, Arkansas, according to Gerald F. Scott, Jr. She was married about 1911 to William Lee Walker. In 1915 they removed to Tulsa, Oklahoma where he was employed by Globe Refining Company. He died in 1967, and she died August 18, 1971 at Blackwell, Oklahoma

Martha Abi “Matti” Wood, daughter of George Falcon Wood and Martha Angeline “Angie” Gowan Wood, was born June 22, 1892 at Tipp. She was married May 5, 1909 to Howard Luther Ball. He was born in 1885 to William Wilson Ball and Mary Ann Wiggins Ball. He at times operated a grocery store, a cafe and a clothing store. She died March 14, 1942 and was buried in Fakes Cemetery at McCrory. He died in May 1961.

Eleven children were born to them:

Hargis Nelson Ball born April 19, 1910
Mary Christine Ball born September 23, 1910
Elton Ensley Ball born November 17, 1914
Annie Ruth Ball born January 19, 1918
Louis Dixon Ball born June 22, 1920
Connie LaDelle Ball born February 9, 1922
Robert Nathan Ball born August 16, 1924
Iris Lorene Ball born August 9, 1926
Howard Leilon Ball born July 7, 1928
Martha Ellen Ball born August 1, 1933
Barbara Jo Ball born November 22, 1935

Pleasant Archibald Beauregard Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born January 2, 1853 in Carroll County, according to family records. His name was recorded as Pleasant Abner Boniepart Gowan in family records.

His death certificate shows his birth as January 27, 1853. He was married January 14, 1879 to Annie Bethamia Rollins, daughter of Wesley Rollins and Sallie Hmuphrey Rollins. She was born June 26, 1859 in Madison County. Pleasant Archibald Beauregard Gowan, a farmer died May 7, 1936 at age 83 in Madison County, according to Tennessee DVS Death Certificate No. 13057. F. L. Keil, M.D. attributed his death to chronic asthma, a condition he had received treatment for since 1900, pulmonary emphysema and arteriosclerosis. He was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, according to his son, William Henry Gowan, informant of Lexington, Tennessee.

Annie Bethamia Rollins Gowan “widow of A. B. Gowan,” died February 8, 1937, at age 77 in Carroll County of rectal cancer, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 2369 signed by F. L. Keil, M.D. She was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, according to Mrs. Mollie Roe, informant of Spring Creek, Tennessee. Children born to them are unknown.

Children of Pleasant Archibald Beauregard Gowan and Annie Bethanie Rollins Gowan, according to a list compiled April 17, 1930 include:

William Henry Gowan born May 26, 1880
Mary Elizabeth Gowan born June 6, 1882
John Calvin Gowan born March 1, 1886
Homer Harrison Gowan born March 2, 1889
Andrew Harvey Gowan born June 14, 1892
Sarah Effie Gowan [twin] born May 4, 1895
Jesse Needom Gowan [twin] born May 4, 1895
Emly Luizer Gowan born November 8, 1898
Nellie Penina Gowan born May 6, 1904

John Henry G. Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born September 12, 1854 in Tennessee. He was a farmer near Jackson, Tennessee.

John Henry G. Gowan died May 3, 1929 at age 74 “of gall bladder infection, ruptured gall bladder,” according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 15640, signed by E. E. Valler, M.D. of Spring Creek, Tennessee. He was buried at Browns Church Cemetery, according to G. G. Gowan of Jackson, informant.

Mrs. Emily Parish Gowan was born in Tennessee February 3, 1853 to John I. Parish and D. K. Childers Parish. In 1929, she, a widow was living in Madison County. She died there October 9, 1929, at 76 “of a cerebral hemorrhage, causing hemophilia of right side,” according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 31781, signed by Dr. E. E. Miller. She was buried at Browns Church Cemetery, according to Guy G. Gowan, informant of Jackson, Tennessee.

Richard L. Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born November 10, 1856.

Granville B. Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born September 26, 1858.

R. Will Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born June 30, 1860.

Nancy H. Gowan, daughter of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born June 30, 1861.

A. J. Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born October 8, 1863.

R. A. Gowan, son of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born August 1, 1867.

Mary E. L. Gowan, daughter of Pleasant Andrew Gowan and Mary A. Elizabeth “Emma” Harris Gowan, was born August 11, 1869. She appeared as a 10-year-old in the 1880 census of her father’s household.

Mary Thompson Gowan, daughter of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan was born June 12, 1824 in Tennessee. She was married about 1843 to Lemuel Day.

May Susan Gowan, daughter of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan was born April 16, 1827 in Tennessee. She was married about 1845 to William Andrew Poteet. Later she was remarried to George Wood.

Martha Gowan, daughter of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan was born January 10, 1820 in Tennessee. She was married about 1849, husband’s name Hampton.

Jennie Gowan, daughter of William Henry Gowan and Judith Harriet Atkinson Gowan was born August 7, 1831. She was married about 1850 to Jubal Gaston.
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D. A. Gowan was a resident of Trezevant, Tennessee in December 1971, according to the telephone directory.
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Disa H. Gowan, “wife of W. J. Gowan” died December 21, 1872, age 37 years, five months, according to her tombstone in Lavinia Cemetery. W. J. Gowan, born July 28, 1836, died October 22, 1875, was buried beside her. H. V. Gowan, “daughter of W. J. Gowan and D. H. Gowan” born September 4, 1863, died February 22, 1877, was buried beside her parents. An infant of H. V. Gowan, born February 17, 1877, died May 2, 1877, was buried beside her.
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The obituary of Mrs. Eula Gowan, unidentified, who died in Jackson in April 1982 was printed in the April 24, 1982 edition of the “Jackson Sun:”

“Services for Mrs. Eula Gowan, 87, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at George A. Smith & Sons Main Street Chapel with the Rev. Paul Clark officiating. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

Mrs. Gowan was found dead of natural causes at her home Tuesday morning by Jackson police. She was a Gibson County native and had lived the past 60 years in Jackson. She was a member of Calvary Baptist church. Surviving is a brother, Ernest Gardner of Jackson.”
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Fredia Gowan, born 1893, died 1904, was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County.
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Guy G. Gowan and Jesse N. Gowan, veterans of World War I, lived in Madison County about 1925.
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J. F. Gowan appeared as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 8, page 6, Civil District 1:

“Gowan, J. F. 21, born in TN
Dealy A. 24, born in TN
Emma L. 1, born in TN
Joyner, J. C. 21, born in TN, brother-in-law
Gowan, R. L. 9, born in Tennessee, brother”

It is apparent that J. F. Gowan was married to Dealy A. Joyner about 1877, probably in Carroll County.

“Mrs. Dealie Ann Joyner Gowan,” daughter of Joshua Joyner and Lucinda Robinson Joyner Gowan, was born in Carroll County in 1853. In 1929, she, a widow lived at Whitthorne, Tennessee. She died January 20, 1929, at age 76 in Carroll County of influenza, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 219, signed by J. L. Woodall, M.D. She was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, according to William Gowan, informant of Atwood, Tennessee.
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J. R. “Jim” Gowan who was born in 1894, died in 1967, according to his tombstone in Lavinia Cemetery. Also on the stone was inscribed “Elizabeth Gowan, born 1911.”
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Jodie Gowan was a resident of Atwood, in December 1971, according to the telephone directory.
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Johnny Fred Gowan was a resident of Trezevant, Tennessee in December 1971, according to the telephone directory.
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Lillie Gowan, “age 13, born in July 1886 in Tennessee, white,” was enumerated in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 23, page 13, “as a servant of Joseph E. Bailey.”
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M. B. Gowan, “age 13, born in Tennessee, father born in TN, mother born in TN,” appeared in the 1880 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 8, page 3, living in the household of B. A. Adams on June 3, 1880.
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Miss M. J. Gowan was married February 18, 1873 to J. T. Turner, according to Carroll County marriage records.
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Mrs. Mary E. Gowan was born in Virginia about 1828. She, a widow, died March 1, 1911 in Madison County of cancer, according to BVS Death Certificate No. 60191.
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Martha E. Gowan was married November 12, 1868 to George H. Martin, according to Carroll County marriage records.
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Mrs. Marvin Gowan, Cecil Gowan, Francis Gowan and Mrs. Hallie Gowan were residents of Cedar Grove, Tennessee, according to the December 1971 telephone directory.
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Mary Gowan, age 12, born in Tennessee in July 1887; and her twin sisters, Rubie Gowan and Ruth Gowan, age 10, born in Tennessee in April 1890 were enumerated in the household of their uncle, William Rains in the 1900 census of Madison County, Enumeration District 99, page 8, 12th Civil District.
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Mary Lee Gowan was born in Carroll County in 1913 to J. C. Gowan and Artie Smith Gowan. She died October 26, 1920, at age 7, of diphtheria, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 254. She was buried at Lebanon, according to A. H. Gowan, informant of Spring Creek, Tennessee.
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Norma Gowan, “wife of Elmer Gowan” was born June 8, 1886 and died May 10, 1907, according to her tombstone in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County

Otis M. Gowan, born 1899, died 1965 was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County.
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Rackie Wyaneda Gowan, daughter of J. C. Gowan and Artie Smith Gowan, was born in Carroll County October 10, 1922. She died April 1, 1928, at age five of pneumonia, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate 14465 signed by F. L. Keil, M.D. She was buried in Lebanon Cemetery, according to A. H. Gowan, informant of Spring Creek.
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Robert L. Gowan, born in May 1870, was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Nashville, Tennessee, living on Propect Avenue. He was recorded in Enumeration District 107, page 11, as:

“Gowan, Robert L. 30, born in May 1870 in TN
Laura L. 31, born in December 1888 in TN
Vada G. 10, born in November 1889 in TN
James R. 6, born in December 1893 in TN
Martha J. 3, born in March 1896 in TN”

James R. Gowan, 1894-1967, was buried in Lovania Cemetery in Carroll County. Beside him was buried Elizabeth Gowan, born 1911.
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Seaton Gowan was married to Roxie Seavers December 26, 1900 in Carroll County, according to Carroll County Marriage records. Of Seaton Gowan and Roxie Seavers Gowan nothing more is known. “Rolie Seavers Gowan, wife of E. C. Gowan, born April 1, 1880, died December 1906” was buried in Lovenia Cemetery.
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Steven Gowan, “21, born in May 1879 in Tennessee, servant” was recorded in the household of Rufus W. Beal in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 122, page 2.
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Vernon E. Gowan, born July 27, 1893, died April 12, 1942 was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Carroll County. Buried beside him was Annie Lee Gowan, born 1900, died 1931.
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William A. Gowan, “age 19, born in May 1881 in Tennessee,” was enumerated in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 122, page 13, as a “servant of Enoch G. Poe.”
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William F. Gowan was married about 1920 to Mary E. Sires, daughter of Billie Sires and Etta Stribling Sires. She was born November 10, 1889 in Tennessee. Mary E. Sires Gowan died in Carroll County March 4, 1935, at age 45, according to Tennessee DVS Death Certificate No. 19344. Dr. F. L. Keil attributed her death to pneumonia and influenza. She was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, according to her husband, informant for the certificate.

Children born to William F. Gowan and Mary E. Sires Gowan include:

Harvey Gowan born in 1912
Fred Gowan born July 4, 1917
[unnamed son] born May 10, 1925

Harvey Gowan, son of William F. Gowan and Mary E. Sires Gowan, was born in Carroll County in 1912. He died of pneumonia September 23, 1936, at age 24, according to Tennessee DVS Death Certificate No. 28986 signed by F. L. Keil, M.D. He, an unmarried farmer, was buried at Hopewell, according to W. F. Gowan of Milan, Tennessee, informant.

Fred Gowan, son of William F. Gowan and Mary E. Sires Gowan, was born in Carroll County July 4, 1917. He died one month later, August 18, 1917 of cerebra spinal meningitis and malaria, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 378, signed by J. P. Adams, M.D. He was buried at Hopewell Cemetery..

An unnamed son was born to William F. Gowan and Mary E. Sires May 10, 1925. He died the same day of prematurity, according to Tennessee BVS Death Certificate No. 169, signed by G. C. Bryant, M.D. He was buried at Hopewell Cemetery, according to J. A. Waller of Milan, Tennessee, informant.
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Mrs. Willie Hardin Gowan, unidentified, died in Madison County in 1986. Her obituary read:

“Services for Mrs. Willie Hardin Gowan, 80 will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Lawrence-Sorenson Funeral Home with elder T. L. Webb officiating. Burial will be in Ward’s Grove Cemetery in Madison County.

Mrs. Gowan, a retired employee of Henry I. Siegel Company in Bruceton with 19 years service, was a native of Henderson County. She was the daughter of the late William Abner Webb and Ludie Mae Hardin Webb. She attended Lexington High School and lived most of her life in Ward’s Grove community.

Surviving are two daughters, Kay [Gowan] Baker of Jackson and Dean [Gowan] Vails of Lexington; a son Milton F. Gowan of Lexington; a brother, James H. Webb of Jackson; a sister, Ludie Mae Sharp of Bruceton; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.”
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Lillie Gowen, “age 24, born in December 1875 in South Carolina” and “Margurite Gowen, “age 6, born in March 1894 in Indiana” were recorded as lodgers with Susan Ellen Fryer in the 1900 census of Carroll County, Enumeration District 138, page 8.
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Frank L. Gowan and his wife Ella Gowan were listed in the Shreveport city directory in 1920, rooming at 1408 Texas Avenue, the same address given by Oscar A. Gowan and his wife Bennie Gowan. He was listed as a vulcanizer with Southern Tire Company in 1922, working at the same place with William L. Gowan and living at the same address. In 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927 he was living at 6109 Blanchard, the same address given by Oscar A. Gowan.

In 1928 he was employed by Strothers Tire & Battery and lived at 6304 Blanchard Avenue. In 1925 and 1926 he was a vulcanizer at Swift’s Tire Service and lived at 1204 Reynolds Avenue, same address as Oscar W. Gowan. In the 1927 and 1928 editions his residence was listed as 1719 Southern Avenue. In 1928 it was shown as 2110 Southern Avenue.

In 1930 and 1931 Frank L. Gowan and Ella Gowan lived at 1310 Reynolds Avenue. In 1930 he was a vulcanizer for Bauman Brake Service, and in 1931 he was employed by Modern Tire Repair Service. In 1932 the couple had moved to McDade Road in Bosier City, adjoining the residence of Oscar W. Gowan. In 1933 they lived at 7411 St. Vincent Avenue. In 1934 he was employed by Modern Tire Company and lived at 1215 Barksdale Boulevard.

In 1936 he was shown as a helper employed by Oscar W. Gowan and lived at 920 Barksdale Boulevard. They continued at that address through 1940. In 1941 the couple lived at 2928 Barksdale Boulevard in Bosier City, Louisiana.

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, MISCELLANEOUS

Agnes Going was married to Overton Nuckols January 8, 1811, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Marriages, 1733-1815.” Robert Blunkall was surety.
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Burgess Going, son of Thomas Going, was a resident of Goochland County in 1748, according to the research of LaFay Gowan of Birmingham, Alabama.
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Edward Gowin appeared on the tithe list taken in King William Parish by Thomas Turpin June 10, 1744, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists 1735-1749.” He may have been the Edward Going who appeared with Thomas Going in Granville County, North Carolina in the next decade.
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Henry Going was married to Susannah Ffreeson, “both of this parish” July 22, 1764 in Goochland Parish, according to “Douglas Register.” Of Henry Going and Susannah Ffreeson Going nothing more is known.

“Henry Going was enumerated in the 1782 census of adjoining Hanover County as the head of a household of eight persons.
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John Gowen and Agnes Harlow, “both of Goochland County” were married March 28, 1758, according to “Douglas Register.” Children born to John Gowen and Agnes Harlow Gowan are unknown. Dorothy Ford Wulfeck also makes mention of the marriage in her “Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800.”
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Thomas Going was recorded as a taxpayer in St. James Northern Parish in 1746, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists 1735-1749.” He reappeared on the tithe list of Goochland County in 1747. “Thomas Goen” was on the tax roll of the county in 1748 with “one poll.” He may have been the Thomas Going who appeared in Granville County, North Carolina in the next decade.
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William Gowin was a witness to a deed made July 10, 1740 by John Hyde Sanders to Allen Howard to 570 acres for 68 pounds, according to Goochland County deed records. The property was located in St. James Parish on the south side of James River on Deep Creek. John Hyde Sanders had purchased 250 acres of the land February 19, 1740-41 from William Lax and Elizabeth Lax for 50 pounds. William Gowin was also a witness to that transaction.
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William Going appeared on the tax roll of Goochland County, St. James Northern Parish in 1747, 1748 and 1749, according to “Goochland County, Virginia Tithe Lists 1735-1749.”
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William Goings was a soldier in World War I from Goochland County, according to “Goochland County, Virginia History” by Helene Barrett Agee.

Gowen Manuscript:

GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA–B

William Gowan was born about 1730 of parents unknown, place unknown. He was married about 1754 to Anastasia Sullivan. On January 20, 1755 he purchased five acres from Thomas Stark, according to Goochland County Deed Book 6, page 440.

“Will: Gowan and Anna Stacia Sullivan” were the parents of Anna Stacia Gowan, “their first child,” born September 17, 1756, according to “The Douglas Register.” She was baptized March 6, 1757, according to page 50. W. Mac. Jones, editor of “The Douglas Register” described the volume as “Being a detailed record of Births, Marriages and Deaths together with other interesting notes, as kept by the Rev. William Douglas from 1750 to 1797. An Index of Goochland Wills, Notes on the French-Huguenot Refugees who lived in Manakin-Town.”

A reference to Rev. Douglas appeared in “Our Kin, the Genealogies of Some of the Early Families who Made History in the Founding and Development of Bedford County, Virginia.”

“There came to Virginia October 6, 1750, one William Douglas, Minister who was born August 3, 1708 in ye shire of Galloway, Parish of Pennington, Scotland, son of William and Grishield [McKeand] Douglas; married November 27, 1735, Nicholas Hunter, born September 1715 in Nithsdale County, Glencavin Parish, Scotland. He died December 31, 1781. Had charge of St. James Northern Parish in Goochland County, Virginia for twenty-seven years; Maniken Town [King William Parish] for nineteen years, and ministered to a charge in Buckingham County for four years. He had only one child, a daughter, Margaret [or “Peggy”] who married [first] Nicholas Merriwether; [second] Tyrril. Rev. Wm. Douglas had a brother, John [died 1761]; married Martha Herron and had five children, viz: [1] William, [2] James, [3] George, [4] Peggie, [5] Samuel.”

On July 18, 1757 William Going sold his five acres to Jeremiah Pack, according to Goochland County Deed Book 7, page 177.

“James Gouven” was born to “William Gouven & Honesty Sullivan” November 28, 1758 and was baptized February 18, 1759, according to page 58. They were the parents of another child [unnamed] born March 4, 1770, according to the register of Rev. Douglas. Their daughter, Nancy Goin, was born on that date.

“William Going, Anester Going, [hir mark]” and John Robinson were witnesses to a bill of sale executed May 3, 1759 by William Bramlet, Sr, according to Bedford County Deed Book 1, page 182.

It is suggested by Dr. Virginia Easley DeMarce of Arlington, Virginia in a letter written March 23, 1993 that “Anastasia Sullivan Gowan”, “Anna Stacia Sullivan Gowan,” “Honesty Sullivan Gowan,” “Anester Going,” and “Anister Goin” are all the same individual. Illiteracy and alliteration contributed to the various versions and make it impossible to ascertain that all were the same individual.

In 1767, William Gowan and “Anester” Sullivan Gowan bought “84 acres on the west side of Orrick’s Creek from Randle Woodward,” according to Bedford County Deed Book 3, page 33. In 1769, “Anester Going et ux, William Going” sold the property to William Austin, according to Deed Book 3, page 121.

“William Going” was a witness to the will of Robert Allen which was written July 27, 1770, according to “Abstracts of Bedford County, Virginia Wills, Inventories and Accounts, 1754-1787” by Joida Whitten. “William Going” and John Quarles appeared in court March 22, 1773 to prove the will of Robert Allen. June A. Smith, Foundation member of Bremerton, Washington, identifies Allen as a school teacher.

“William Going” was ordered to provide “his hands to clear stones on the road leading from Otter Creek” about 1771, according to Bedford County Court Order Book 3, page 242.

In 1777, “William Going, Randolph Woodward et al” received a deed to 550 acres on the north side of Orrick Creek” from Jeremiah Stone, according to Bedford County Deed Book 5, page 470. In the same year, he sold “300 acres on Orricks Creek, adjoining William Stone and George Wright” to Joseph Hackworth, according to Bedford County Deed Book 5, page 510.

In 1778, “William Goin” gave a deed to “100 acres on Orrick’s Creek, adjoining Hackworth, to William Millican” according to Bedford County Deed Book 6, page 63.

Bedford County taxpayers in 1782 included “Joseph Going, 1 male over 21, 1 slave; William Going, 1 male over 21 and William Going, Jr, 1 male over 21.”

“William Going, Sr, 1 white male over 21, with 2 horses and 6 cows” appeared in the 1783 tax roll of Bedford County. Also appearing on the tax roll of 1783 were “David Going, white male over 21, 1 horse, 3 cows,” Stephen Going, white male over 21, 2 horses, 4 cows” and “Daniel Going, white male over 21, 1 horse, 3 cows.”

“William Going, Sr. and William Going, Jr,” both over 21 with no slaves were recorded in Bedford County tax records of 1784.

About 1785, William Gowan made a declaration to the Bedford County Court that he had lost an Auditor’s Warrant which had belonged to Daniel Going. The bankrupt Continental Congress was not financially able to pay the Revolutionary soldiers at the end of the war and issued Auditor’s Warrants as promissory notes for future payment. The various states faced financial difficulties as well.

His declaration, recorded in Court Minutes Book 8, page 78, read:

“Bedford County
Virginia Court Records

William Gowing came into court and made oath that he had an Auditor’s Warrant for £4:16s and some odd pence which did belong to Daniel Gowing and he lost the same. That he has not directly or indirectly received any satisfaction for the same which is ordered to be certified to the Auditors of Pub. Accts. Memo Bond given with Wm. Hand [his fee] in Pen[alty?] of £9:12:0”

On February 6, 1787, William Gowan returned to court to repeat his affidavit and to renew the bond:

“William Gowing came into court and made oath that he had an Auditor’s Warrant for £4:16s and some odd pence for the services of Daniel Gowing from the Auditor of Public Accounts bearing date of 3d Dec. 1782 and that he lost the same. That he has not directly or indirectly received any satisfaction for the same which is ordered to be certified etc . . . Memo bond given in the penalty of £9:12:0”

“Isham Going and William Going, Jr, both over 21 and owning no slaves” appeared in the 1785 tax list of Bedford County.

In the 1786 tax roll of Bedford County, “William Going, Sr, white male over 21, 2 horses, 4 cows” was recorded, along with “Daniel Going, white male over 21, 2 horses, 3 cows.”

On April 23, 1787 “William Going, 2 white males over 21, 4 horses” was recorded on the Bedford County tax rolls. On the same date, “William Going, Jr, 2 white males, 2 horses.” On May 5, 1787 “Daniel Going, 1 white male over 21, 2 horses” along with “Isham Going, one white male, 1 horse.”

“William Gowen of Bedford County” was listed as a taxpayer on “one poll,” according to “Virginia Taxpayers, 1782-1787”

In 1787, “William Going et al” gave a deed to “170 acres on Orrix Creek to Richard Dearen,” according to Bedford County Deed Book 7, page 695.

In 1787, “Annister Going and William Going, et al” gave a deed to “163 acres on Island Creek, adjoining Joseph Barrington,” to Isaac Wade, according to Bedford County Deed Book 8, page 31.

On April 29, 1788 “Joseph Gowin was assessed on “2 males over 21 and 1 horse.” On June 12, 1788, “William Gowin Jr. and Daniel Gowin” were each assessed, “1 white male.”

On March 21, 1789, “Joseph Goings” was assessed on one poll and one horse by William Pate, according to Bedford County tax records. On the same date, “William Goings, Sr. was assessed on two polls” by William Pate. On May 30, “William Gowin, Jr. was assessed on two polls by Matthew Pate. On the same date, “Daniel Gowin” was assessed on “1 poll” by Matthew Pate.

On March 22, 1790, “William Goin was assessed on 1 poll. On April 24, 1790, “William Goin, [Jr?] was assessed on 1 poll” by Matthew Pate. On July 3, “Daniel Goin” was assessed on 1 poll” by Pate.

On April 25, 1791, “Daniel Goin was assessed on 1 white poll” and “William Gowin, Jr. was assessed on 2 white polls by Matthew Pate. On July 20, 1791, “William Gowin, Jr. was assessed on one pole, and “James Gowin” was accessed on 1 white poll” by Pate.

On April 23, 1792 “William Gowin, Jr. was assessed on 2 polls,” and on May 28, 1792 “William Gowin was assessed on 2 polls” by Matthew Pate. On July 10, 1792 “Isham Gowin, Daniel Gowin and James Gowin” were each assessed on 1 poll” by Matthew Pate.

On March 18, 1793 “William Gowin, 2 polls; May 28, Daniel Gowin, 1 poll; May 28 Isham Gowin, 1 poll and July 29 William Gowin, Jr, 2 polls.”

On March 28, 1794, “William Gowing, 1 poll; May 26, William Gowing, Sr, 1 poll; June 20, Daniel Gowing, 1 poll and June 20, Isham Gowing, 1 poll” were assessed by Matthew Pate.

In 1794, “Anister Goan et al” gave a deed to 150 acres on Orricks Creek and Moses Run” to Henry Adams, according to Bedford County Deed Book 9, page 334.

“William Goin” gave his consent for the marriage of his daughter “Nancy Goin” to Henry Vanover August 28, 1795, according to “Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, 1755-1800” by Earle S. Dennis. Later in the same year, “William Gowing, father of Betsey Gowing,” consented to her marriage to “John Gower,” according to the Dennis volume. In another document concerning the marriage, Isham Gowen, believed to be her brother, was surety for the marriage of “Elizabeth Gowing to John Gowen,” December 22, 1795.

In 1796, “William Goan, Isaac Wade et al” received 100 acres “at the mouth of the north fork of Island Creek,” according to Bedford County Deed Book 10, page 149. In the same year, “William Goan” sold “50 acres on Island Creek, adjoining John Wigginton” to Thomas Mayo, according to Deed k 10, page 175.

In 1798, “William Going, Sr.” gave a deed to Jeremiah Hilton to “33 3/4 acres on Island Creek, adjoining Isaac Wade,” according to Bedford County Deed Book 10, page 478.

William Gowan and some of his sons went to Kentucky about 1800, perhaps to build some accommodations prior to removal there. Later the whole family appeared in Madison County, Kentucky.

“William Goin” appeared on the 1799 tax list of Madison County. His listing showed “one male above 21 and one male from 16 to 21, three horses and no land.”

William Going appeared in the tax records of Madison County August 12, 1800, according to the research of Christine S. Agee of Richmond, Kentucky, county seat of Madison County. He was shown as “one male above 21, three horses and no land.” In the tax list of 1801 he was recorded as “one male above 21, four horses and no land.”

On May 3, 1802 the Madison County Court appointed “William Gowan” “to survey the road in the room of Susey Conson and that he with the same tithes do open and keep road in good repair according to law.” This “William Gowan” is not regarded as the elder William Gowan who was somewhat incapacitated at that time.

On July 4, 1803, he was exempted from paying tax “because of infirmities and old age,” according to Madison County Court Order Book, Volume C. He was shown as “one male, three horses and no land. In the 1805 tax list “William Goens” was recorded along with “Jeremiah Goens,” “Micajah Goens,” “Manoah Goens,” and “Joseph Goens.”

From 1800 to 1811 various members of the family appeared on Madison County tax lists. Included were William Going, Jeremiah Going, Micajah Going, Manoah Going, Francis Going and Joseph Going.

Aaron Going, son of William Going was bound out to learn a trade” December 2, 1805, according to Madison County Deed Book F.

In 1806 “William Gowin” was on the Muddy Creek township tax list “with no land.” In March 1806, he gave consent for his granddaughter, “Rebecca Gowing” to marry William Goin.” They were married March 8, 1806, Witnesses were “James Goin” and Henry Vanover. “William Gowing” was married March 9, 1806 to “Rebecca Gowing,” according to “Madison County, Kentucky Marriages, 1724-1843.”

It is believed that William Gowan died shortly afterward.

“Annaster Goan, widow” sent her consent for the Madison County Clerk to issue a marriage license to “Thomas Sanders and my daughter, Sally Goan” on January 22, 1808. Her consent form was witnessed by “Joseph [X] Goan” and “Francis [X] Goan.”

“Anester Going” appeared as the head of a household in the 1810 census of Madison County, according to Christine S. Agee. The family was rendered as:

“Going, Anester white female over 45
white female 26-45
white male 16-26
white female 10-16
white male 0-10”
white female 0-10

About 1818, “Anester Going” prepared an endorsement to the Revolutionary pension application of her son, Joseph Gowen affirming that she was his mother, according to the research of June A. Smith in 1993. “Anester Goins” appeared on the 1820 tax list of Madison County. Micajah Goins and Manoah Goins appeared there with her.

Children born to William Gowan and Anastasia Sullivan Gowan are believed to include:

Anastasia Gowan born September 17, 1756
William Gowen, Jr. born about 1757
James Gouven born November 28, 1758
Daniel Gowen born about 1759
Joseph Going born about 1760
Isham Gowen born about 1762
Jeremiah Goin born about 1767
Manoah Gowen born about 1768
Nancy Goin born March 4, 1770
Elizabeth “Betsy” Gowing born about 1775
Micajah Going born about 1782
Sally Goan born about 1792

Anastasia Gowan, “first child” of William Gowan and Anastasia Gowan, was born September 17, 1756 in Goochland County, according to “The Douglas Register.” Of this individual nothing more is known.

William Gowen, Jr, regarded as a son of William Gowan and Anastasia Sullivan Gowan, was born about 1757, probably in Goochland County, Virginia. It is believed that he was married in Bedford County, Virginia about 1774, wife’s name unknown. After the birth of three children, it is assumed that she died.

He was remarried about 1777 to Jamima “Jimminy” Burns, according to June A. Smith. She was reportedly a sister to Ann Burns who was married to Isham Gowen, brother of William Gowen, Jr. Jamima “Jimminy” Burns was “a cousin to Robert Burns, the Scotch poet,” according to William Floyd, a grandson-in-law of William Gowen, Jr. in a statement made in 1904.

William Gowen, Jr. became a Revolutionary soldier by about 1777, apparently leaving his three children in the care of their new step-mother. The name of his regiment and its place of operation is unknown. The Bedford County Court minutes reveal that Jamima “Jimminy” Burns Gowen received financial assistance from the county during his absence:

“Jamima Going, wife of William Gowin, a soldier in the service of the United States all’d [allotted] £10 in the hands of William Leftwich, Gent. Ordered to be cert’d [certified] to treasurer,” according to Bedford County, Virginia Court Minutes of November 24, 1777, page 135.

The court minutes of Bedford County Court Minutes dated July 27, 1778 recorded:

“Jamima Going, wife of William Going, Jr, all’d £8 for the support of herself and Family for Six Months in the absence of her Husband, a soldier in the service of the United States in the hands of William Leftwich, Gent. which is ordered to be Cert.”

William Floyd also stated that William Gowen, Jr. was “killed with an axe by a crazy man.” Floyd, then 84, made the statement in the summer of 1904 when he was interviewed by Charles E. Gowen, his nephew. William Gowen, Jr. may have been so severely injured in the axe attack that he was made an invalid, but he did not die until 1815 in Tennessee.

Charles E. Gowen, a grandson of James Burns Gowen and an early-day genealogist, kept a journal regarding people and events of that period in Bedford County, Tennessee. William Floyd stated in the interview that James Burns Gowen was born November 22, 1785 “near Lynchburg, Virginia.” Harold Ora Gowen, a great-great-grandson of James Burns Gowen of Tarpon Springs, Florida wrote in 1976 that James Burns Gowen was born in 1786 and that he was a “son of William Gowen.”

Family researchers, have assumed for many years that William Gowen, Jr. was slain about 1790. It appears that in 1790 that his children were placed in other homes. The three children of the first marriage, Jeremiah Gowen, Santford L. Gowen and Judy Gowen, apparently went to live with their grandparents, William Gowen and Anastasia Sullivan Gowen. The two sons of the second marriage, James Burns Gowen and William Davis Gowen were bound out to their uncle, James Burns, brother of Jamima “Jimminy” Burns Gowen, according to William Floyd. Accordingly, researchers had regarded all of the children as orphans at that time.

However, Cubert Thomas Wood, Foundation member of Columbia, Tennessee found what appears to be the probate records of William Gowen, Jr. in the courthouse there. This places the death of William Gowen, Jr. in Williamson County, Tennessee in 1815—25 years later than previously thought. The new discovery of Cubert Thomas Wood produces more questions than answers.

If William Gowen, Jr. were killed in Williamson County in 1815, why were his sons bound out to James Burns. his brother-in-law in Bedford County, Virginia about 1790?

Was William Gowen incapacitated in an attack in Virginia and died from his wounds some 25 years later in Tennessee?

Did the Bedford County Court regard his sons as mulattos or Melungeons? Mulatto children [and Melungeons] in Virginia were frequently bound out, even from two-parent homes when the court felt that they could receive better care elsewhere. .

There is no evidence that Jamima “Jimminy” Burns Gowen had more than two children. She and her two sons accompanied her brother, James Burns in a move to Davidson County, Tennessee in the winter of 1785. William Floyd spoke of the “exposure, hardship and difficulties” on the trek that James Burns Gowen had mentioned to him. Apparently William Gowen, Jr. also accompanied the Burns party to Tennessee and later settled in adjoining Williamson County.

Sandford L. Going and Jeremiah Going” accompanied their grandfather, William Gowen and most of his sons in a move to Madison County, Kentucky about 1798. Judy Gowen apparently remained in Bedford County until about 1805. “Judah Going” was married in adjoining Campbell County to Austin Dickinson March 2, 1805, according to “Campbell County, Virginia Marriages, 1718-1850.”

The property of William Gowen, Jr, which suggested that he was a carpenter, was inventoried in Williamson County as:

A True Inventory of the property of William Gowen, Dec’d. October 7, 1815:

Four head of horses, Six head of cattle, Eighteen head of hogs, Two feather beds & furniture, Three saddles, One loom, One desk, One table, Five chairs, One wheel, One reel, Two pots, One kettle, One Dutch oven, One waggon and gears, One plow, Three hoes, One mattock, Three axes, One jointer, One round shave, Three augers, One hand saw, One foot addz, Three bells, Three chisells, One gauge, One hammer, One cross, One iron wedge, One shackle, One drawing knife, One pair flat irons, One currying comb, One slate, One pair compasses, Five books, One slay, Two bridles, One dish, Six pewter plates, One coffee pot, Three bassins, Three bottels, Two tumblers, Five table spoons, Six tea spoons, One earthen dish, Four plates, One crock, One grind stone, Some cotton & flax, Five knives & forks, Two pair of cards, One candle stick, Some leather, One coffee mill, One froe, One log chain, One set of spools, Two tin kettles, Two tubs, Three pails, Two coolers, One churn, One half bushel, Two barrells, Two trunks, One pair of pinchers & some awls.
Jimminy Gowen

Which Inventory as above recited was produced into open court January Session 1816 by the Admr. Ordered to be recorded. Page 197, A. P. Hardeman, Clk.”

An estate sale of the “inventory of William Gowen, Dcsd” was held November 3, 1815, and the buyers were recorded as:

“Jemima Gowen *Froe & wedge $ 1.50
A. Johnston 3 Augers 1.06¼
Jonathan Potts Handsaw & Drawing knife 1.06¼
Calub Mandley Round Shave. hammer, compass
chisel & gauge .93½
Jemima Gowen Bell & foot adz 1.43½
Jesse Bizzel Clevis, pincher & curry comb .75
A. Johnston 2 Chissels .43¼
Geo. Burnet 1 Bell .81¼
Jemima Gowen AX & hoe 1.35½
Jonathan Potts Hames & traces 2.12½
Moe Capps 1 Ax 1.81¼
Daniel Duns Hackel & [illegible] .12½
Michal Dooly Hames & traces 2.18½
John Bridges Jointer & adz .50
Glen Owen Mattock hoe & singeltrees 2.00
Willm. A. Wells Barthew plow 2.81¼
Betsey Hood Washing tub .50
Edward Harris 1 Pigin .37½
A. Johnston 1 Baskett .37½
John Wise Half bushel .26
Edw. Sampson Half log chain 1.25
Salley Kenley Hoe .25
Jemima Gowen 1 Kettle 2.50
John Wise Larg pot 3.87¼
Moe Capps Dutch oven & hooks 2.56½
Salley Kenley Small pot .50
Edwd Harris 5 Chairs 2.43¼
Jemima Gowen Clock reel .75
ditto Saddle & wheel 1.00
A. Johnston Large kegg 1.00
A. Johnston Small kegg .31½
Bryant Gay Saddle & bridle 6.25
Benj. Sampson Saddle & bridle .50
Geo Burnet 1 Barrel & cotton 1.37½
Jemima Gowen Bag of cotton 3.00
Betsey Hood 1 Loome 6.00
A. Johnston Dish, 6 plates, bason & 5 spoons 5.00
Isaac Bizzel Hay & harness 1.06½
Jemima Gowen Dish, 2 plates, 2 tumblers,
coffee pot & candles .78
ditto Basin & tin pan .25
ditto Barrel .25
Salley Kenley 2 Plates, 3 cups-saucers & basket .25
Jemima Gowen 2 Bottels 1.43½
Salley Kenley Small trunk .50
Jemima Gowen Bed & furniture 2.00
John Fussell Bed & furniture 24.00
Edwd Harris Desk 6.62½
Dempsey Duns Waggon & hand gear 30.25
Betsey Hood 1 Sett of spools 2.00
Anderson Berryman Grind stone 1.25
Joseph Allen 1 Large saws 9.75
ditto 6 Hoggs, 1st choice 18.00
Salley Kenley 5 Hoggs, 2nd choice 5.00
Joseph Allen 5 Hoggs, 3rd choice 5.00
Georg Glascock Black heifer 8.25
Calub Mandley Red heifer 3.56¼
Dempsey Duns Red cow 11.50
Jos. Johnston Small red heifer 2.00
John Wells Black cow 11.00
Dempsey Duns Red bull calf 1.50
Daniel Duns Bay horse 52.12½
Littleton Johnston Black mare 30.31½
Jemima Gowen Gray mare 10.00
Elisha Williams Bay colt 15.00
Jemima Gowen Flax .50
Salley Kenley Leather 2.12½
Jemima Gowen 10 Barrels corn 5.00
Salley Kenley 10 Barrels corn 5.00
—.–
Total $ 327.35

*A froe was a carpenter’s knife with the blade set at right angles to the handle. It was used in making shingles and scantlings.

Neither of her sons made purchases at the auction sale of her household effects.

It is possible that at this time Jamima Burns Gowen was making preparations to join the household of her brother, James Burns. James Burns removed to Davidson County, North Carolina [later Tennessee], probably in the winter of 1785. William Floyd mentioned the “hardships and deprivation endured by the family” on the move to Tennessee.

The Davidson County Court on January 3, 1786 session ordered that “a handsaw in the hands of James Burns be attached and sold and monies thereby applied toward the debt of Evan Baker.” Henry Ramsey had successfully sued Baker before the court for a debt due in October 1784 and had been awarded £7:10 damages, according to Court Minute Book 1, page 485,

James Burns was appointed October 5, 1786 to the grand jury of “Davidson County, Territory of the U.S, South of the River Ohio.”

“James Burns, garnishee” was sued by the executors of the estate of Peter Johnston October 11, 1790, according to the records of Davidson County Court. “James Burnes” was summoned as a juryman for the court session of April 1791 and again in 1792.

James Burns and John Burns were named to a panel of veniremen in April 1793. On July 10, 1793, the court ordered that “so much of the road from Capt. Burns in the main road from Capt. Mansco’s to Nashville, viz, from the first crossing of Mansco’s Creek above his mill to where it joins the aforesaid Main Road to Nashville be discontinued.”

“James Byrns” was named to the grand jury April 15, 1794. “James Byrn” and “Stephen Byrns” were appointed as grandjurors in October 1794. “James Byrns” was commissioned a justice of the peace October 14, 1795. “James Byrns” was named tax assessor in “Stephen Byrns Company” January 13, 1796 by the court Other Burns men, probably kinsmen of James Burns, began to appear in the Davidson County records. Matthew Burns received a deed to Davidson County land from William Dobbins. Hopkins Lacey appeared in court July 13, 1791 to prove the deed.

“Stephen Byrns” was appointed to a road venire “to lay off a waggon road from county line of Tennessee County to the top of the ridge at the head of Cloud’s Fork and into Nashville Road about one mile from Mansker’s Lick at trees marked this 27th day of December 1791.” In 1792 and 1793 “Stephen Byrns” served on three jury panels.

John Burns was appointed a juryman for the first time October 10, 1791. He was on a jury panel again April 9, 1793. “Jno. Byrns, Geo. Perry and Jno. Ferry appointed as patrollers or searchers in Capt. David Shannon’s Militia Company.” On October 7, 1797 John Burns was selected as a juror in Superior Court.

“Capt. James Byrns” and Isaac Baker were securities for a $500 bond posted by Zacheus Baker July 11, 1796. Zacheus Baker had been “convicted of fornication by the oath of Eleanor Thompson and fined $25.” The bond was for the purpose of “indemnifying the parish of Davidson County from any Trouble or Expense concerning Birth, Maintenance or Education of a Bastard child sworn to him by sd. Eleanor Thompson.”

On July 12, 1796, “James Byrns” and Leven Donelson proved the “Last Will & Testament of Charles Baker, Dcsd.” Elizabeth Baker was qualified as his executor. On October 15, 1800 “James Byrns” was qualified as the executor of Charles Baker.

On the following day, “Routh Shout [Ruth Shute], an Orphan aged seven years last May past bound unto James Byrns until she attain age 18 years. Byrn to learn her to knit, sew & spin. And to give her Two good suits of Cloathing and a Horse & Saddle & Bridle worth $50 at the expiration of the term.”

On July 9, 1797 “Letter of attorney from Polly Lefever to James Byrns was proven by oath of Isaac Walton.” The document dealt with the division of land between the orphans of Isaac LeFever which was acknowledged by Jesse Glasgow and James Burns.

On April 14, 1800 “Capt. James Byrns came into court and released Ruth Shoat as being her Master. And the Court released him from his Obligation by Virtue of her Indenture and record made thereof.”

On January 15, 1801, “William Byrns” was appointed constable. He “gave bond of $650 with Zacheus Baker and James Williamson securities. Qualified.” On April 14, 1801 William Burns was named as a constable to the Superior Court. On October 11, 1803 “William Byrn” appeared in court to prove a deed from Robert Barnett to Ann Randal.

On January 16, 1801 “James Byrns, Esquire was designated by the Davidson County Court to take lists of Taxable Property in Capt. Baker’s Militia Company in Davidson County for the year 1801.” He was reappointed January 11, 1802 for the year 1802 and again for 1803 and 1804.. On January 12, 1802 in “State vs. James Byrns, Zacheriah Betts, prosecutor.” he was required to post a recognizance bond of $100.

In April 1802 James Burns was named as one of the 31 justices of the peace of Davidson County. On April 18, 1802 “James Byrn” was tried for assault on Zach Betts: “State of Tennessee agt. James Byrn, assault committed on Zach Betts. Jury find James Byrn Guilty of holding a stone in a throwing posture without raising his hand or throwing the stone, which, if the Law consider an assault, we find him guilty. If not, we find for the defendant.” [verdict signed by 12 jurors]. “Saturday Morning on Solem Argument had in the above case the Court are of Oppinion that the above was an Assault and fine him $1.”

On April 13, 1802, “Pursuant to a petition signed by sundry inhabitants, ordered that the road from Nashville to Robertson [County] Courthouse, beginning at the ford on Mansker’s Creek at John Rhoads Plantation be taken out of the Old Road up the side of the Creek along the New Road now cut out through Rhoads, Powells & Byrnes land, same being by their consent, and that so much of the Old Road as is parallel thereto be discontinued.”

On July 22, 1802, “James Byrn, Esquire” was appointed coroner for Davidson County by the Davidson County Court after posting a $5,000 bond. Isaac Walton and Nathan Ewing were his bondsmen. On October 15, 1802 Zacheus Baker was appointed Inspector of Cotton, and James Burns was his bondsman.

On July 11, 1803, the Davidson County Court minutes record that “It is ordered that the Clerk receive lists of taxable property during the present session by Jas. Byrns, Jas. M. Lewis and James Dickson, Esquires, sitting as a court.” On that date “James Byrns” was appointed guardian of “Ephrim Byrns, James Byrns and Stephen Byrns, orphans.” His bond was set at $600, and Henry Bradford was his bondsman.

On October 11, 1803 “James Byrns” and George Perry posted a $6,000 bond for Isaac Baker and Isaac Walton, administrators of the estate of Zacheus Baker, deceased. The administrators returned an inventory of the estate, and the court ordered it sold, “the Negroes excepted.”

Several counties surrounding Davidson County began to operate their own court systems in 1803, James Burns began to appear in adjoining Robertson County.

On October 12, 1803, “Justice James Byrns, Esquire took the statement of Elizabeth Fields relative to a deed that she and husband Dempsey Fields executed.” On the same day James Burns was appointed to take the “List of Taxables in Capt. Baker’s Company for 1804.

On August 4, 1806 James Burns was a resident of Robertson County, Tennessee, according to “Robertson County, Tennessee Court Minutes, 1796-1807” by Carol Wells. On that date he and “Jeremiah Goins” were appointed to a road venire. “Jeremiah Goins” is regarded as his nephew, the son of William Gowen, Jr. and his first wife.

It is believed that children born to William Gowen, Jr. and his first wife include:

Jeremiah Goins born about 1774
Sandford L. Gowen born about 1775
Judy Gowen born about 1776

Children born to William Gowen, Jr. and Jamima “Jimminy” Burns Gowen include:

James Burns Gowen born November 22, 1785
William Davis Gowen born about 1788

Jeremiah Goins, regarded as a son of William Gowen and his first wife, was born about 1774, probably in Bedford County. “Jeremiah Goin” and “Isham Goin” were listed as sureties in the marriage of “Nancy Goin” to Henry Vanover August 28, 1795, according to “Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia, 1755-1800.” This “Jeremiah Goin” may have been the uncle of Jeremiah Goins, son of William Gowen, Jr.

On September 4, 1797, “Jeremiah Goan” was “charged with feloniously taking and carrying away from the house of John Quinn on the 29th of August, sundry goods, the property of Robert Ross, value $6,” according to “Bedford County, Virginia Court Records,” Book 1, page 208.

He accompanied his grandfather in a move to Madison County, Kentucky about 1798. “Jeremiah Gowin” was married in 1799 in nearby Mercer County, Kentucky, according to the research of Christine S. Agee. It is believed that the bride’s name was Susannah Campbell. “Jeremiah Gowin” was listed in Madison County tax list of October 1, 1800, according to the “Second Census of Kentucky” by G. G. Clift, Kentucky Historical Association. He was recorded as “over 21, with no land.” In 1801, 1802 and 1803, he was shown as “over 21, one horse and no land.” In 1805 “Jeremiah Goens” appeared in the tax list of Silver Creek township with no land. He was recorded along with “William Goens,” “Micajah Goens,” “Manoah Goens” and “Joseph Goens.”

“Jeremiah Goins” and James Burns, suggested as his uncle, appeared on a road venire August 4, 1806 in Robertson County, Tennessee, according to “Robertson County, Tennessee Court Minutes, 1796-1807” by Carol Wells.

“Jeremiah Goin” and James Goin were listed in the 1812 tax list of Sumter County in Capt. Gabriel Martin’s company, according to “Sumter County, Tennessee Taxpayer Lists.”

Sanford L. Gowen, regarded as a son of William Gowen, Jr. and his first wife, was born in Bedford County about 1775. Of this individual nothing more is known. June A. Smith wrote February 2, 1995 that he was not found in the tax records of Madison County, Kentucky.

Judy Gowen, regarded as a daughter of William Gowen, Jr. and his first wife, was born about 1776 in Bedford County. “Judah Going” was married in adjoining Campbell County to Austin Dickinson March 2, 1805, according to “Campbell County, Virginia Marriages, 1718-1850.”

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