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William Barkley Erwin 1809–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Jan 1809

Birth Location: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 27 Aug 1837

Death Location: Either, North Carolina, United States

Father: Josephus Erwin

Mother: Catherine Cowan

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William Barkley Erwin was born in 1809 in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, the child of Josephus Erwin And Catherine Nancy Cowan. William Barkley Erwin passed away in 1837 in Either, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • William Barkley Erwin was born in 1809 in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, the child of Josephus Erwin And Catherine Nancy Cowan.
  • William Barkley Erwin passed away in 1837 in Either, North Carolina, United States.

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William Erwin's Ancestors

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William Erwin
1809–1837
Birth Place: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Josephus Erwin
1769–1846
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Catherine (Nancy) Cowan
1774–1839
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
(Capt) (Joseph Johnson Erwin) Sr
1729–1793
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland
Agnes (Reed) Erwin
1731–1803
Pennsylvania, Somerset, PA
Thomas (Cowan \Capt.) *
1748–1817
Salisbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Elizabeth Barkley (Cowan)) *
1755–1836
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
James I
1709–1770
Agnes Paterson
1716–1771
Robert Reed
–1794
Agness Cathey
1689–1734
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Drum
1675–1744
Margaret Wylie
1660–1730
John Paterson
1685–1749
Agnes Paterson
1687–1760
John I
1649–1721
Bethiah Frye
1653–1730
Alexander Y
1640–1697
Margaret Armstrong
1645–1698

William Erwin's Timeline

2 Records

1809
25 Jan 1809
Birth of William Barkley Erwin in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
1837
27 Aug 1837
Age 28
Death of William Barkley Erwin in Either, North Carolina, United States
Either, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Jan 1809
    Event Place: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1837
    Event Place: Either, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree

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