Elizabeth C. (Pool) Cowan (1809 - 1864)

Born 30 Nov 1809 in Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of David (Cowen) Cowan — married 21 Feb 1836 in Blount, Perry, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1864 at age 54 in Blount, Alabama, United States

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Lyle McElhaney [send private message] and William Pool [send private message]

Biography

Elizabeth C. Pool was born on 30 November 1809 to William Hudson Pool and Catharine Kelley^[1]. She was the first of twelve children.

On 27 October 1808 she married David Cowan in Blount County, Alabama, USA^[2]. Together they raised nine children: Sarah Frances, Temperance Adeline, Mary Ann, Martha Jane, Elizabeth C., Sabrina Emmeline, James john, Joseph Pinkney amd Matilda E.^[3]

On 1 January 1864, Elizabeth died in Blount County, Alabama, USA. David remarried to Sarah L. Adams on 18 December 1864 in Blout County^[4].

David died on 9 September 1870 in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama, USA. Sarah died on 13 June 1920 in Blount County.

Research Notes

The documentation for this Elizabeth C Pool and David Cowan has, in some profiles, been mixed with data from a different David Cowan who married a woman named Desdemonia Anderson. This update of profile attempts to clarify the record ... this is not Desdemonia Anderson.

The Pool, Traynhan, Semms Bible shows the name to be Elizabeth Pool with no middle name. ( middle name may be Catherine, but at present we have no primary documentation to prove that),

Best available evidence is that the profiles of two different David Cowan men have become mixed up in some family trees. There is a marriage document from Alabama that shows "a" David Cowan marrying "a" Desdemonia Anderson ... and some trees have co-minguled these two different women's data.

Based on a review of available documentation Profile this will use the Elizabeth Pool name as found on the Historical Marker in the Pool Family Cemetery in Laurens SC , which is the same name as found in the Pool family Bible. I also note that when Elizabeth Pool's father, William Hudson Pool, named his children in his 1860 Will, He referred to Elizabeth as Elizabeth Cowan ( the spelling of Cowan in the Will may be Cowen or Cowan); this will is considered to strongly support "Elizabeth Pool Cowan" as the correct married name of this daughter of William Hudson Pool and Catherine Kelley Pool.

Added by Lyle McElhaney:

I find it possible to believe that Elizabeth C. Pool and Desdemonia Anderson may be the same person, somehow. Perhaps she wanted to hide her identity on the marriage license for some reason. Looking up data in ancestry dot com,
- birthdates are a couple of months apart;
- death dates are the same;
- Birth and death places the same.
- Both have children names Temperance Adeline, Mary Ann, abd Sabrina Emmaline;
- Elizabeth had a sister named Diadema Pool who died at age 8. She could have gotten confused with her sister.
- Data on the second Cowan or on Desdeminia; other family, for example - seems hard to come by.

Sources

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Census

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1860 US Census: Cowan, David, Bureau of the Census; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C, "Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Record Group 29; NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls." (Year: 1860; Census Place: Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama; Roll: M653_2; Page: 1041; Image: 395; Family History Library Film: 803002 [1]).
   David Cowan in the 1860 United States Federal Census
   
   Name: David Cowan
   Age: 49
   Birth Year: abt 1811
   Gender: Male
   Birth Place: South Carolina
   Home in 1860: Eastern Subdivision, Blount, Alabama
   Post Office: Summit
   Family Number: 201
   
   David Cowan: 49
   Elizabeth Cowan: 32
   Femperance Cowan: 20
   Mary A Cowan: 18
   Martha J Cowan: 16
   Elizabeth Cowan: 14
   Emiline Cowan: 12
   William Cowan: 10
   J P Cowan: 8
   Matilda E Cowan: 3
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Marriage: Cowan-Pool (Anderson) (AL), Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama, "Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969; Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969." ([2] [3]).
   David Cowan in the Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
   
   Name: David Cowan
   Spouse: Desdemonia Anderson
   Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1836
   County: Blount
   State: Alabama
   Performed By Title: Justice of the Peace
   Performed by Name: James Childers
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Will: Pool, William, Ancestry.com. South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, "South Carolina County, District and Probate Courts." ([4]).
   William Pool in the South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980
   
   Name: William Pool
   Gender: Male
   Residence Date: Abt 1859
   Residence Place: State of South Carolina, Laurens District
   Will Date: 14 May 1859
   Probate Date: 14 May 1859
   Probate Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
   Inferred Death Year: 1859
   Inferred Death Place: South Carolina, USA
   Item Description: Estate Papers, Packets 135-3 to 139-3, 1800-1931
   
   William Pool
   Catharine: Wife
   Ritter: Enslaved Person
   Drury Perry: Ritter's Son
   Quincy: Ritter's Son
   Sarah: Ritter's Child
   Stepney: Boy
   Tempy: Girl
   Wm H Pool: Child
   Thos J. Pool: Child
   Elizabeth Corven: Child
   Nancy Thomason: Child
   Temby Nix: Child
   Sally Williamson: Child
   Catherine Mc Cewen: Child
   Rebeccah Medlock: Child
   Mary Cool: Child
   Martha M. Pool: Child
   Temperance Nix: Daughter
   Sarah Williamson: Daughter
   Katherine Mc Cuin: Daughter
   William H. Poll: Son
   Thomas J. Pool: Son
   Mary: Daughter
   Martha M. Pool: Daughter
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Marriage: Cowan-Adams (AL), Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920, "Ancestry.com. Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 [database on-line]" ([5]).
   David Cowan in the Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920
   
   Name: Cowan
   Gender: Male
   Spouse: Sarah Hunter
   Spouse Gender: Female
   Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1864
   Marriage Place: Blount
   Performed By: Justice of Peace
   Surety/Perf. Name: A. F. Whitley
   OSPage: 299

Other references:

• Ancestry.com, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), www.ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Tree.

• Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 25, Yalobusha, Mississippi; Roll: M593_754; Page: 136B; Image: 281; Family History Library Film: 552253.

• 1860 Will of William Hudson Pool, Will of William Hudson. State of South Carolina, Laurens District.

remainder of estate to be distributed "as equally as possible between my children, Wm H Pool, Thomas J Pool, Elizabeth Cowen {spelling may be Cowan or Cowen}, the childrejn of Nancy Thomas Thomason, Tempy Nix_,Sally Williamson and Catherine McGowan, Rebecca Medlock, Marry Pool, & Martha M Pool, James Thomas alike.

• Pool Traynham Senn Family Bible, http://www.andersoncounty.scgen.org/library/pdf-newsletters/1993/1993-Sep.pdf. See photocopy in media section wt pool note; there are a few questions / possible errors in the published transcription but in general they agree with other documents, tombstones, and family records passed down by my aunt Marie Pool Clarke transcription shows William H Pool II as William Hudson Pool, - -- have obtained photocopies of the Pool, Traynaham , Senn Family Bible and have added the photocopies to the supporting references for this genealogy).

• 1993 Anderson Record Births, Marriages, Deaths for Desc of James Pool
  

see [http://www.andersoncounty.scgen.org/library/pdf-newsletters/1993/1993-Sep.pdf[. See photocopy in media section

Anderson Genealogical Society, Anderson Record (Name: SC Genealogical Society; Date: September 1993;), Anderson Record - SC Genealogical Society.

• US Census 1850 Blount Alabama

dwelling Number 276
family number 277.
David Cowen age 40
Elizabeth Cowen 40
Sarah ?Cowen 13
Adaline Cowen 11
Mary Cowen 9
Martha Cowen 7
Elisabeth (sic) 5
Emeline Cowen 2

• 1860 United States Federal Census- Ancestry Transc, David Cowan

Age 49 Farmer born 1811 South Carolina
hone in 1860 Bount, Alabama
real estate value 4500,
Personal estate 800
David Cowan age 49
Elizabeth Cowen (listed age is transcription error) born in SC

all children shown born in Alabama
Temperance Cowan 20
Sarah ?Cowen 13
Adaline Cowen 11
Mary Cowen 18
Martha Cowen 16
Elisabeth (sic) 14
Emeline Cowen 12
William Cowan 10
JP Cowan 8
Matilda E Cowan.
Mother: Catherine Kelley
Father: William Hudson Pool

• 1860 Will of William Hudson Pool, Will of William Hudson. State of South Carolina, Laurens District.

remainder of estate to be distributed "as equally as possible between my children, Wm H Pool, Thomas J Pool, Elizabeth Cowen {spelling may be Cowan or Cowen}, the childrejn of Nancy Thomas Thomason, Tempy Nix_,Sally Williamson and Catherine McGowan, Rebecca Medlock, Marry Pool, & Martha M Pool, James Thomas alike.

• 1850 US Census Eastern Blount County Alabama, USA, in Nov 1850. in Nov 1850 David Cowan listed include(words Male, Female, born in added by wtp)

David Cowan age40 Male Farmer 1000 born in SC 1810
Elizabeth Cowan 40 F SC 1810
Sarah 13 F Ala 1837
Adaline 11 F Ala 1849
Mary 9 F Ala 1851.