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Thomas Cowan was born on Jan 23, 1747 in Salisbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.[1]
Parents: son of John Cowan “Gunsmith” and Catherine Skiles (?);
Spouse: married Mary Barkley
Capt. Thomas Cowan died 04 December 1817 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina and was buried in Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mill Bridge, Rowan, North Carolina, United States of America.[2]
Service Record: Rowan County Regiment; 1779 to 1782;1779-1781, a Captain of Light Horse under Col. Francis Locke. 1781, at the battle of Cowpens, SC under Lt. Col. David Caldwell. 1781, at Cowan's Ford under Maj. James Hall. Wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs, SC. 1782, a Captain under Col. James Brandon in the recreated 2nd Rowan County Regiment. Born on 1/23/1748/9 in NC. Battles: Briar Creek (GA), Stono Ferry (SC), Ramseur's Mill, Kings Mountain (SC), Cowpens (SC), Cowan's Ford, Tarrant's Tavern, Eutaw Springs (SC).[3]
Thomas Cowan Revolutionary War Pension Application, W18922[4]
On this 11th day of November 1853 personally appeared before the court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions for the county aforesaid now in session, it being a court of Record, Thomas L. Cowan, a resident of the town of Salisbury in the said county, aged about seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th, 1835 granting Pensions to certain widows, - that he is the son of the identical Thomas Cowan and Mary Barkley his wife and widow. That the said Thomas Cowan deceased, serv'd as a Private and an Officer in the Army of the Revolution in the North Carolina Militia; that he has frequently heard his father speaking of his services both as a private and as a captain in the Revolutionary War; that he heard him speaking of being at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, and of being in the Skirmish at Cowan's Foard [sic] on the Catawba, when the British crossed that River, and also at the Skirmish at Torrence's on the same day. That he thinks he has heard him speaking of being at the battle of the Cow-Pens, and various other places which he cannot now recollect; that he cannot recollect the names of the Officers under whom he served, except GenL Lincoln; and that he has often heard him speak of his services under that General. That from the tradition of the neighbourhood, he thinks he was elected Captain in the year 1780, and that he serv'd his country in that capacity untill [sic] the close of the War. He further states, that his father Thomas Cowan & Mary Barkley his mother were married on the 30th December 1773, as appears from the Record in the Family Bible; and that they lived together as man and wife, from that period untill his death, which took place on the 4th day of December 1817, - that there is no other record proof of their marriage that he is aware of, that they raised a large family of children; the following of whom are still living, Viz, Thomas Lincoln, this declarant, Anna, Jane, James & Nancy. He further states that his mother Mary Cowan liv'd a widow from the time of her said husbands death, to the period of her own death, which took place on the 5th day of August 1836. He is not aware of any other evidence existing either as to the services of the said Thomas Cowan, or his marriage to the said Mary Barkley his mother, other than that herewith rent.
BURIAL: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery Mill Bridge, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 13861367[6]
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Categories: Bear Poplar, North Carolina | Rowan County Regiment, North Carolina Militia, American Revolution | Battle of Cowan's Ford | Battle of Eutaw Springs | Battle of Torrence's Tavern | Battle of Kings Mountain | Battle of Stono Ferry | Battle of Ramsour's Mill | Pennsylvania, Cowan Name Study | Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors