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Elijah Cowan 1770–1811 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1770

Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: ABT 1811

Death Location: Jackson County, Georgia, USA

Father: William Cowan

Mother: Sarah Stewart

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Elijah Cowan was born in 1770 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA, the child of William Cowan And Sarah Stirling Stewart. Elijah Cowan married Prudence Stovall. Elijah Cowan passed away in 1811 in Jackson County, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Cowan was born in 1770 in Rowan, North Carolina, USA, the child of William Cowan And Sarah Stirling Stewart.
  • Elijah Cowan married Prudence Stovall.
  • Elijah Cowan passed away in 1811 in Jackson County, Georgia, USA.

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Elijah Cowan's Ancestors

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Elijah Cowan
1770–1811
Birth Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Parents
William Cowan
1731–1789
Sailsbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah (Stirling) Stewart
1734–1816
Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
John Cowan
1688–1758
Elizabeth Parke
1692–1777
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Matthew (James) Stewart
1716–1790
Washington, Tennessee, United States
Elizabeth Montgomery
1716–1792
Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Mariorie Broun
1660–1758
Samuel Parke
1673–1750
Hannah Cadman
1672–1702
Lazarus Stewart
1690–1744
Margaret Harris
1685–1755
Hugh Montgomery
1705–1779
Catherine Moore
–1832
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Cowan's Timeline

2 Records

1770
ABT 1770
Birth of Elijah Cowan in Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Rowan, North Carolina, USA
1811
ABT 1811
Age 41
Death of Elijah Cowan in Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Jackson County, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1770
    Event Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: ABT 1811
    Event Place: Jackson County, Georgia, USA

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