Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan

1803 - 1850  (46 years)

• Name	Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	6 Apr 1803	Blount County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1850	DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  	Northern Division
  Death	1850	Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I5014	MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Captain James Walker Cowan,   b. 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1815, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Polly Weir Montgomery,   b. 25 Dec 1777, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Dec 1853, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 Apr 1800	Blount County, Tennessee, USA   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F3140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Hugh Montgomery,   b. 1792, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Oct 1829, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	1823	Franklin County, Tennessee, USA   [3, 11]
  Children	> 1. James Chester Montgomery,   b. 1824, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA d. Aft 1860, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA (Age > 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Mary Ann Montgomery,   b. 2 Oct 1826, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Jan 1893, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William M Montgomery,   b. 1830, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA d. Bef 1835, Tennessee, USA (Age < 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Avarine Eva Montgomery,   b. 4 Jan 1830, Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Jan 1918, Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Apr 1803 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 1823 - Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Death - 1850 - Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Folios

  The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants (Owensville, Indiana, USA, J P Cox, 1903), BooksAndPeriodicals https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 . Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1.

  
  

• Sources

  [S679] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Northern Division, DeSoto,Mississippi; Roll: M432_371; Page: 371B; Image: . Record for Elizabeth Montgomery [S838] Bio Info on MontgomeryMaryAnn, Biographical Information Mary Ann Montgomery. [S781] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;). [S274] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1959; Roll #: 76. Record for Evelynn Montgomery Taylor http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2376&h=189933&indiv=try [S1435] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other States https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322. Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322 [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03 Pages 065-073 John Montgomery Married Mary Love Sisters Jane and Mar with Families in Franklin County. [S794] Blount Tennessee Marriage List, (Name: Name: US Genweb Archives;;), http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/blount/vitals/marriages/. [S795] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:1997;;). [S261] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2008;;), Database online. Record for James Cowan [S256] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03 Pages 063-065 Family of James Houston Montgomery and Margaret ElizabethWeir.