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Martha Ann Cowan 1777–1845 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1777

Birth Location: Fincastle County, Virginia

Death Date: 1845

Death Location: Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

Father: Andrew Cowan

Mother: Mary Walker

Spouse(s): Joseph Jr

Children(s): Martha Dickson, Abner Dickson, James Dickson, John Dickson, Joseph III, Hugh Dickson, Adam M.D., Margaret Dickson, Anna Dickson, William Dickson

Martha Ann Cowan was born in 1777 in Fincastle County, Virginia, the child of Andrew Cowan And Mary Walker. Martha Ann Cowan married Joseph Dickson Jr, and had children including Abner Dickson, Adam Wilson Dickson M D, Anna Kate Annie Dickson, Hugh Dickson, James Cowan Dickson, John Bell Dickson, Joseph Dickson Iii, Margaret Dickson, Martha Patsy Dickson, William Dickson. Martha Ann Cowan passed away in 1845 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Martha Ann Cowan was born in 1777 in Fincastle County, Virginia, the child of Andrew Cowan And Mary Walker.
  • Martha Ann Cowan married Joseph Dickson Jr, and had children including Abner Dickson, Adam Wilson Dickson M D, Anna Kate Annie Dickson, Hugh Dickson, James Cowan Dickson, John Bell Dickson, Joseph Dickson Iii, Margaret Dickson, Martha Patsy Dickson, William Dickson.
  • Martha Ann Cowan passed away in 1845 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.

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Martha Cowan's Ancestors

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Martha Cowan
1777–1845
Birth Place: Fincastle County, Virginia
Parents
Andrew Cowan
1741–1798
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Mary Walker
1743–1793
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Samuel (R Cowan) Sr.
1701–1776
Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Mary Henderson
1720–1780
Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Cowan
1680–1802
Margaret Hodge
1684–1772
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jannet Broun
1660–1718
William Hodge
1661–
Christian Craig
1660–1684

Martha Cowan's Descendants

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Martha (Ann) Cowan (1777–1845) m. Joseph (Dickson) Jr (1772–1839)
  1. 1. Martha (Patsy) Dickson 1803–1859 m. William (Harrison) Trotter 1804–1856
    1. 1. Crockett (Lee) Trotter 1840–
    2. 2. Nancy (Ann) Trotter 1827–1884
    3. 3. James (Cowan) Trotter 1827–1900
    4. 4. Elizabeth Trotter 1833–1889
    5. 5. John (William Trotter (DNA) 1)LINK 1844–1884
    6. 6. Margaret Trotter 1834–
    7. 7. Catherine Trotter 1846–
    8. 8. John (B) Trotter 1848–
    9. 9. James Trotter 1838–
    10. 10. Margaret Trotter 1838–
  2. 2. Abner Dickson 1814–1879
  3. 3. James (Cowan) Dickson 1802–1863
  4. 4. John (Bell) Dickson 1810–1894
  5. 5. Joseph (Dickson) III 1812–1858
  6. 6. Hugh Dickson 1800–1839
  7. 7. Adam (Wilson Dickson) M.D. 1818–1870
  8. 8. Margaret Dickson 1803–1880
  9. 9. Anna (Kate "Annie") Dickson 1807–1868
  10. 10. William Dickson 1818–1848

Martha Cowan's Timeline

2 Records

1777
1777
Birth of Martha Ann Cowan in Fincastle County, Virginia
Fincastle County, Virginia
1845
1845
Age 68
Death of Martha Ann Cowan in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1777
    Event Place: Fincastle County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1845
    Event Place: Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

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