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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- Mary Cowan
- Locations
- St. Clair County, Alabama, USA
- Researcher
- Sheila Jarrett
- Researcher's E-mail
- sjarrett_81 AT yahoo.com
- Researcher Location
- Desha County, Arkansas, USA
- Comments
- Besty (about age 25) and her daughter Dinah (about age 10) Sold separately in a Probate auction after the death of Mary Cowan in January 1859- Probate records dated February 1859 through March 1859 in Saint Clair County, Alabama, USA Betsy was sold to someone listed as S. Heursk. Dinah was sold to someone listed as A. Warren. Both can be found on the 1850 Slave Schedules under Mary Cowan in Saint Clair County, Alabama, USA
- On-line Tree or Website
- West-Jarrett Family tree is on Ancestry.com Husband is descended from Mary Cowan and has completed DNA testing through Ancestry, 23& Me and FamilyTreeDNA, Genetic matches are welcome to contact him (or me since I do 98% of our family's genealogy.
- Join mailing list?
- Yes
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- 1