Daughter of Baylis Earle and Mary (Prince) Earle. Born 4 November 1775 in South Carolina.
Married John William Gowen, a Revolutionary Soldier.
Sources
Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate. 1776-1985. Fifth General Assembly. Upper District Between Broad and Saluda Rivers. SOURCES: Andrea Files, roll 5, #260, p. 3, 9-12, 16. Aud. Accts., 2137. Biography Directory of the House, 1: 209; 3: 208-9. Joseph Earle Birnie, The Earles and the Birnies (Richmond, Va., 1974), p. 37-40, 44, 48-49, 51, 184-185, 190-191. Census, 1790, 67. Census, 1800, Spartanburg Co., 180; Greenville Co., 264. Isaac Newton Earle, History and Genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus (Marquette, Mich., n.d.), p. 116-125, 155-156, 161, 162, 163. Julius Richard Earle, Earle. Short Biographical Sketches and Family History (Hollands, SC? 1899), p. 2. Samuel B. Earle, "Genealogy of the Earle Family in South Carolina," Earle Family Collection, in SCL. Green, p. 66-67. Holcomb, Notices from Pendleton Messenger, p. 21. Landrum, Spartanburg County, p. 266-275. McCrady, 3: 778. Maddox & Carter, p. 29. Manning, Our Kin, p. 1041. Mays, Mays Family, p. 89, 97-112. Misc. Recs., 2U: 277. Reynolds & Faunt. SC Counties. SC Statutes, 7: 264. Senate Journals, 1784, 6. State Grants, 3: 23; 10: 188, 622; 15: 270; 17: 13, 14, 61; 19: 279; 20: 128; 22: 437; 45: 473. Townsend, p. 216, 218.
The Earles amd The Birnies by Joseph Earle Birnie (1974). Privately Printed. Richmond, Virginia.
“My Maternal Ancestors” Compiled by Ruth Cobb Oliver (1987); Ruth Cobb Oliver and her mother did extensive genealogical research. They traveled to archives across the United States gathering information which was documented/copied/compiled in a book "My Maternal Ancestors" in the Ashville, Alabama archives.
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I'm working on the WikiTree Spring Clean-A-Thon. The database is showing an error for Miriam Gowen. Her death date is prior to the birth of her last three children. Would you please research and find an answer to this mystery?
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I'm working on the WikiTree Spring Clean-A-Thon. The database is showing an error for Miriam Gowen. Her death date is prior to the birth of her last three children. Would you please research and find an answer to this mystery? Thanks! A Fellow Wiki-Genealogist, Debbie https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Database_Errors