Captain James Walker Cowan

1770 - 1815  (45 years)

• Name	James Walker Cowan  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	Captain
  Birth	1770	Augusta County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military	1812  [6]
  	Officer in War of 1812
  Will	15 Oct 1814	Franklin County, Tennessee, USA   [7]
  	LW&T
  Death	Sep 1815	Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
  Burial	Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I11385	Clan Montgomery Society | John Montgomery and Esther Houston
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	John Cowan, Major,   b. Bef 1748   d. Abt 1784 (Age > 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Walker,   b. Abt 1748
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1768
  Family ID	F3679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Polly Weir Montgomery,   b. 25 Dec 1777, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Dec 1853, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1800	Blount County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 7]
  Children	1. Samuel Montgomery Cowan, Rev.,   b. 10 Mar 1801, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 5 May 1881 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elizabeth McCroskey Cowan,   b. 6 Apr 1803, Blount County, Tennessee, USA d. 1850, Horn Lake, DeSoto, Mississippi, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ann Cowan,   b. Abt 1804  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Julia Cowan,   b. Abt 1806  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Cowan,   b. Abt 1808  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Martha Cowan,   b. Abt 1810  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Rachel Cowan,   b. Abt 1812  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1770 - Augusta County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 23 Apr 1800 - Blount County, Tennessee, USA Will - LW&T - 15 Oct 1814 - Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Death - Sep 1815 - Franklin County, Tennessee, USA Burial - - Cowan, Franklin, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Ref.: Erick M. Pg 29. At the age of 15 he was captured by Shawnee Indians and carried north from the settlement in Blount County. He escaped in one year, his father was killed, his mother held captive for seven years, and a sister killed. He commanded a company from Franklin County during the Creek War.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3899] Blount Tennessee Marriage List, (Name: US Genweb Archives;), http://files.usgwarchives.org/tn/blount/vitals/marriages/. [S3451] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;), Database online. Record for Samuel Magdalena Montgomery Shook [S3474] 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 [S5344] Montgomery, Erick Dale, The Montgomery Family of Franklin County, (Name: Franklin County Historical Review; Location: Franklin County, Tennessee, USA; Date: Jan 1978;). [S3451] Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other Stateshttps://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 [S5524] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 03Pages 065-073 John Montgomery Married Mary LoveSisters Jane and Mar with Families in Franklin County.