Slaves of Sarah Cowan, Mississippi

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Warren, Mississippi, United States
Surnames/tags: Cowan slavery

Introduction

This page's purpose is to record the people enslaved by Sarah (Jones) Cowan (1800-1872) and attempt to connect them to their families.

Slaves

1. Charlotte, named as the servant who poisoned Sarah Cowan.^[1]
2. Tom, a runaway.^[2]

In the 1850 slave schedule Sarah Cowan held 69 enslaved people in Warren, Mississippi, United States.^[3]

	Sarah Cowan - Owner
	Gender	Age
1	Female	85
2	Female	55
3	Female	54
4	Female	45
5	Female	40
6	Female	35
7	Female	35
8	Female	34
9	Female	34
10	Female	32
11	Female	30
12	Female	28
13	Female	25
14	Female	24
15	Female	22
16	Female	21
17	Female	20
18	Female	20
19	Female	19
20	Female	17
21	Female	11
22	Female	9
23	Female	8
24	Female	8
25	Female	6
26	Female	5
27	Female	5
28	Female	5
29	Female	4
30	Female	4
31	Female	3
32	Female	3
33	Female	3
34	Female	2
35	Female	1
36	Female	2/12
37	Male	60
38	Male	49
39	Male	42
40	Male	40
41	Male	40
42	Male	39
43	Male	38
44	Male	36
45	Male	34
46	Male	34
47	Male	32
48	Male	25
49	Male	22
50	Male	19
51	Male	18
52	Male	18
53	Male	15
54	Male	15
55	Male	15
56	Male	14
57	Male	10
58	Male	8
59	Male	8
60	Male	8
61	Male	8
62	Male	8
63	Male	8
64	Male	8
65	Male	6
66	Male	4
67	Male	3
68	Male	2
69	Male	6/12

In the 1860 slave schedule Sarah Cowan held 86 enslaved people in Warren, Mississippi, United States.^[4] The first page of this 1860 census enumeration was not fully transcribed. It included a note under her name:
"Hannah Slave, 120 years old, mother of 23 children." ^[5]

	Sarah Cowan - Owner
	Gender	Age
1	Hannah Slave	120
2	Female	70
3	Female	55
4	Female	55
5	Female	55
6	Female	50
7	Female	50
8	Female	50
9	Female	45
10	Female	45
11	Female	30
12	Female	30
13	Female	30
14	Female	30
15	Female	30
16	Female	30
17	Female	30
18	Female	30
19	Female	30
20	Female	30
21	Female	30
22	Female	30
23	Female	12
24	Female	11
25	Female	11
26	Female	10
27	Female	8
28	Female	6
29	Female	6
30	Female	4
31	Female	3
32	Female	2
33	Female	2
34	Female	10/12
35	Female	8/12
36	Male	65
37	Male	65
38	Male	60
39	Male	60
40	Male	60
41	Male	60
42	Male	45
43	Male	45
44	Male	40
45	Male	40
46	Male	40
47	Male	38
48	Male	35
49	Male	30
50	Male	30
51	Male	30
52	Male	30
53	Male	25
54	Male	25
55	Male	25
56	Male	25
57	Male	25
58	Male	25
59	Male	25
60	Male	25
61	Male	25
62	Male	18
63	Male	18
64	Male	18
65	Male	18
66	Male	17
67	Male	17
68	Male	17
69	Male	16
70	Male	16
71	Male	16
72	Male	15
73	Male	7
74	Male	7
75	Male	7
76	Male	7
77	Male	6
78	Male	2
79	Male	2
80	Male	1
81	Male	1
82	Male	1
83	Male	1
84	Male	1
85	Male	6/12
86	Male	2/12

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   Vicksburg Daily Whig (Vicksburg, Mississippi) Thu, Mar 8, 1860, page 2
   Newspapers Clip: 136685350 (accessed 12 December 2023)
2. ↑ 1845 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   Vicksburg Daily Whig (Vicksburg, Mississippi) Tue, Apr 8, 1845, page 3
   Newspapers Clip: 136698848 (accessed 12 December 2023)
3. ↑ Slave Schedule: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington Dc; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91196558 (accessed 11 December 2023)
   Sarah Cowan, slave owner of 69 enslaved people, in 1850 in Warren, Mississippi, USA.
4. ↑ Slave Schedule: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #93226368 (accessed 11 December 2023)
   Sarah Cowan, slave owner of 82 enslaved people, in 1860 in Warren, Mississippi, USA.
5. ↑ Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 81; Line: 39; Digital film/folder number: 005170183; FHL microfilm: 000803603; Image number: 537
   FamilySearch Record: WKPH-XQW2 (accessed 11 December 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSH-L9X
   Sarah Cowan, slave owner, in 1860 in Warren, Mississippi, United States.