Captain James Walker Cowan

Male 1770 - 1815  (45 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Captain James Walker Cowan was born in 1770 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died in Sep 1815 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA.

    James married Mary Polly Weir Montgomery on 23 Apr 1800 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA. Mary (daughter of Captain James Houston Montgomery and Margaret Elizabeth Weir) was born on 25 Dec 1777 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Dec 1853 in DeSoto, Mississippi, USA; was buried in 1853 in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Reverend Samuel Montgomery Cowan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1801 in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 May 1881 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1881 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA.
    2. 3. Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Apr 1803 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1850 in Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Reverend Samuel Montgomery Cowan Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 10 Mar 1801 in Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; died on 5 May 1881 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1881 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA.

    Samuel married Nancy Coker Clements on 20 Jul 1830 in Lincoln, Tennessee, USA. Nancy was born on 6 Dec 1811 in Lincoln, Tennessee, USA; died on 8 Aug 1900 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1900 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 6 Apr 1803 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA; died in 1850 in Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA.

    Elizabeth married William Hugh Montgomery in 1823 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA. William (son of Hugh Weir Montgomery and Susan Cowan) was born in 1792 in Blount County, Tennessee, USA; died on 1 Oct 1829 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1829 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. James Chester Montgomery  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1824 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died after 1860 in DeSoto, Mississippi, USA.
    2. 5. Mary Ann Montgomery  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1826 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; died on 22 Jan 1893 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.
    3. 6. William M Montgomery  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1830 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died before 1835 in Tennessee, USA.
    4. 7. Avarine Eva Montgomery  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1830 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Jan 1918 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1918 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James Chester Montgomery Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth2, 1.James1) was born in 1824 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died after 1860 in DeSoto, Mississippi, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Lavinia Gwinn. Lavinia was born in 1828 in Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Mary Belle Montgomery  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Apr 1859 in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA; died on 27 Dec 1928 in Cypress, Phillips, Arkansas, USA.

  2. 5.  Mary Ann Montgomery Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth2, 1.James1) was born on 2 Oct 1826 in Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; died on 22 Jan 1893 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

    Mary married General Nathan Bedford Forrest on 25 Sep 1845 in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA. Nathan was born on 13 Jul 1821 in Bedford County, Tennessee, USA; died on 29 Oct 1877 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1877 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Captain William Montgomery Forrest  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA; died on 7 Feb 1908 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1908 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

  3. 6.  William M Montgomery Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth2, 1.James1) was born in 1830 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died before 1835 in Tennessee, USA.

  4. 7.  Avarine Eva Montgomery Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth2, 1.James1) was born on 4 Jan 1830 in Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA; died on 4 Jan 1918 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1918 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA.

    Avarine married Reverend Lewis C Taylor on 23 Mar 1868 in DeSoto, Mississippi, USA. Lewis was born on 16 Apr 1823 in Tennessee, USA; died in 1892 in Meridian, Bosque, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Mary Belle Montgomery Descendancy chart to this point (4.James3, 3.Elizabeth2, 1.James1) was born on 19 Apr 1859 in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA; died on 27 Dec 1928 in Cypress, Phillips, Arkansas, USA.

    Mary married David Smith Womack in 1879. David was born on 11 Jul 1854 in Walls, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA; died on 29 Sep 1937 in Phillips, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Captain William Montgomery Forrest Descendancy chart to this point (5.Mary3, 3.Elizabeth2, 1.James1) was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA; died on 7 Feb 1908 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA; was buried in 1908 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.

    Family/Spouse: Jane Taylor. Jane was born in 1845 in Mississippi, USA; died on 18 Nov 1882; was buried in 1882 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Nathan Bedford Forrest, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1872 in Oxford, Lafayette, Mississippi, USA; died on 13 Mar 1931 in Hamilton, Florida, USA; was buried in 1931 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA.