Moses COWAN

                   Terry Cowan Document #34.
             Grundy County, TN Deed Book C. (first existing book)
p. 27.  27 Dec 1852.  Moses S. Cowan to Wm. Cunningham for $100.00.  5000 A in Dist 5 of Grundy County on Wolfpen Branch.  Wit. Allen N. McClelaugh and John Hobles.
             Grundy County, TN Deed Book D
p. 267.  Moses S. Cowan to Wilson Purdom, representative of Lyda Purdom, for $500.00 1333 1/3 acres where Rock House Creek pitches off the bluff.  16 Apr 1859.  Wit. Commodore Fults and Carroll Fults.
p. 394.  Moses Cowan to J.M. Bolden for $100.00, 200 A in Dist 5 at headwaters of Elk and Collins Rivers.  Beginning at boundary line of a 5000 A tract formerly owned by said Moses which was entered and granted Stewart Cowan, next to a disputed 5000 A tract entered and granted Wm Armstrong.  23 Jan 1860.  Wit:  Wilson Purdom and Carroll Fults.
p. 437.  Moses Cowan to Wilson Purdom $100 for 300 acres in 5th Dist, beginning on a white oak, it being the NE corner of the 5000 A tract originally entered and granted to Stewart Cowan and Deeded by him to said Moses.  23 Jan 1860.  Wit:  J.M. Bouldin and Carroll Fults.
p. 541.  Moses Cowan to David Fults for $5.00, land in 5th dist on headwaters of Elk River 200 acres.  4 Jan 1860.  Wit:  J.M. Bouldin and W. Purdom.
               Grundy County Deed Book E
p. 72.  Eliza A. Cunningham to Moses Cowan for $50.00.  5000 Acres in Dist 5 of Grundy County.  Top of Cumberland Mountain near Wolfden Branch where it pitches off the cliff 16 Apr 1859.  Wit:  Carroll Fults and J.M. Cunningham.
Deed Books G,H.I, and J nil for Cowan (thr 1903)
[All the above indicates that Moses received most of Stewart's land, that he sold the 5000 A to Wm. Cunningham in 1852, then Eliza sold hte 5000 A back to Moses in 1859.  I would suspect that Eliza was another sister of Moses and that her husband Wm. Cunningham had died between 1852 and 1859.  Also, Moses dies without heirs of hte body and that his brothers and sisters who would by law inherit his estate are unknown to the court in the late 1880's when the land is sold for taxes.  -BMM]

Terry Cowan Document #35
Grundy County, TN Records searched:
County Court Minute Books A (1844-1854), B (1855-1859), C (1860-1866), D (1866-1872)
Grundy County Will Books 1 and 2 (thru 1914).  These books contain powers of attorney.
Chancery Court Minute Books A (1836 - 1869), B (1870 - 1877), C (1878 - 1888), D (1889 - 1895), E (1895 - 1902)
Circuit Court Minute Book 1-3 (thru 1896)
Grundy County Deed Books C-J (thru 1903)
Grundy County Settlement Book 1 (1854 - 1857)
Chandery Minutes and Will books nil for Cowan.
       Circuit County Minute Book 1
29 Dec 1887.  State of TN vs. Lucinda Cowan and unknown heirs of Moses Cowan, dec'd.  Tract 1 - 1200 Acres in Dist 1, bounded on N by James Windon and Brawley, on South by R.B. Roberts, on East of Jonathan Wootens heirs and on West by H Overturf and W.A. Griswold now owned by the heirs of Moses Cowan dec'd whose names and residences are unknown.  Tract 2 - 200 A in Dist 6.
          Circuit Court Minute Book 2.
p.  10.  Land belonging to Lucinda Cowan and Moses Cowan's heirs was not sold for want of a bid.  24 Apr 1888.
p.  283.  Wm. H. Hampton purchased 1200 A tract of land assessed to Moses Cowan's heirs.  Sold for taxes for the years 1885 and 1886 with interest and costs.  6 Aug 1888.

        There is a Moses Cowin who married Lousinda Fults, 16 June 1845 in Grundy County.  This couple is in Warren County in 1850 and back in Grundy in 1860.  No children in 50 or 60, but by 1870 he has acquired another (younger) wife and four children aged 5 to 14.
(Note from Terry's genealogist)

I cannot find them in Warren County in 1850,
or in Grundy co or anywhere else in 1870.

1860 Census, Grundy County, Tennessee
Name: 	Moses S Cowan
Age in 1860: 	40
Birth Year: 	abt 1820
Birthplace: 	Tennessee
Home in 1860: 	District 10, Grundy, Tennessee
Gender: 	Male
Post Office: 	Altamont
Household Members:
Name 	Age
Moses S Cowan 	40
Lucinda Cowan 	35