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Hannah (Woods) Cowan (abt. 1750 - abt. 1819)

Hannah Cowan formerly Woods
Born about in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 69 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Hannah (Woods) Cowan was a Virginia colonist.

Hannah (Woods) Cowan was born about 1750 in Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America, daughter of Lt. Col. Archibald Woods Sr. (1706 - 1764) and Isabella (Gass) Woods (1717 - 1766).

Hannah married James I. M. M. Cowan (~1719 - 1789) on the same day that her brother, Michael Woods married his second wife, Dec. 24, 1767 in South Carolina.[1] Their children were:

  1. Hiram Cowan ( - )
  2. Isabella (Cowan) Baskin (1768 - )
  3. Drusilla (Cowan) Baskin (~1773 - )
  4. James Cowan II (1775 - 1849).

Hannah Woods Cowan moved from Virginia to South Carolina. Michael Woods wrote "We left Virginia Oct. 11, 1764 and settled on the Savannah River Jan. 3, 1765." So,three sons and four daughters of Archibald Woods were living in South Carolina in 1768.[2]

James Cowan petitioned the State of South Carolina for 100 acres of land in Granville County, which was later the 96th District, and still later Abbeville County, December 1767.[3] James Cowan received from the State of South Carolina a grant of the above land, described as lying on the banks of the Savannah River, and being surrounded by vacant land, December 1768.[4]

James Cowan, Sr. received from the State of South Carolina 220 acres in Abbeville County, 96th District (old Granville County) January 1798. The land described as lying on Rocky River, a branch of the Savannah River, and bound by William Baskin's land and Joseph Trimble's land.[5]

"Papers for payment of services in the Revolutionary War" bears the name of James Cowan, Private, who served under Captain John Cowan. The pay was for "Military Service" and for "Ferrying soldiers back and forth across the Savannah River". (Original in Veterans' Memorial Library, Columbia, S.C.)

As Hannah Woods Cowan is shown in the 1810 Census as "head of a family" the death of her husband must have occurred between 1800 and 1810 since he is recorded in the census of 1800.[6]

On 21 July 1815 she made her Last Will which listed her sons Hiram, John, and her daughter Drusilla Cowan Baskin, so perhaps her other children had predeceased her or were of age when he husband, James Cowan died and Hannah's will merely to distribute the residual of the estate of James Cowan to the children who were minors at the time of his death.

Hannah died about 1819 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States aged ~69.

Her Last Will was proved on 29 July 1819. [7]


Research Notes

Hannah Woods had a brother by the name of John Woods.This gives us names of two of the sons and one daughter.

Sources

  1. "Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 51, pages 366-67 quoting from Michael Woods , which quotes from Michael Woods' "Age Book"; and Vol. 52, page 48, which quotes the Woods-McAfee Memorial" by Rev. Neander Woods
  2. "A History of the Cowan Family with Descendants of Dr. James Jones Cowan and Sarah Ann Cook Cowan" by Dr. Zachary S. Cowan and his wife Martha Wilkins Cowan
  3. "Citizens and Immigrants - S.C. 1768 pg 72
  4. "Land Grants, Vol. 17, page 96, in the Office of the Secretary of State, Columbia, S.C.
  5. "Land Grants, Vol. 43, page 273, office of the Secretary of State, Columbia, S.C.
  6. "United States Census, 1810," database with images,FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-4S8 : accessed 11 November 2018), Hannah Cowin, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 18, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 60; FHL microfilm 181,419.
  7. South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 Abbeville Wills, 1815-1837, Vol. 02, page 70-71, Image 59-60, [1]

Acknowledgments

Woods-426 was created on 09 Feb 2011 through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged.





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Possible Son:

James Cowan had no will on record in Abbeville County, but the Census of 1790 showed that he had seven free white males in his household.

James Cowan, born Nov. 14, 1775, and Agnes Jones, born Mar. 5, 1791, were married July 27, 1811, and they had the following children:

James Jones Cowan, born April 8, 1812 John Woods Cowan, born Dec. 19, 1813 Robert Frazier Cowan, born Mar. 17, 1816 Mary Harris Cowan, born December 24, 1818 Elizabeth Baskin Cowan, born Feb. 11, 1821 William Harris Caldwell Cowan, born May 15, 1825 Daniel Bird Cowan, born Nov. 7, 1827

The first four children of James Cowan and Agnes Jones Cowan were born in South Carolina; the remainder were born in Georgia. Check Henry County, Georgia for this family and Franklin for some further research on other kids.

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