WILL OF JOSEPH COWAN deceased    February Term 1846

1st, I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Jane Cowan...two Negroes Charles and Mary.

5th, I five and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Meacham one Negro girl named Betty.

6th, I give to my daughter Rosanna Meacham one Negro girl named Liza.

7th, I give to my son John Cowan one Negro boy named Aaron

8th, I give to my daughter Nelly Baxter one Negro boy named Jesse.

9th, I give to my daughter Susanna Cowan one Negro girl named Margaret...

10th, I give to my daughter Polly Ann Meacham one Negro girl named Caroline.

11th, I give to my son Richard G. Cowan one Negro boy named Bob...

12th, I give to my daughter Jane Cowan one Negro girl named Raney...

13th, I give to my daughter Sally Hill Cowan one Negro girl named Rod...

14th, I give to my son David A. Cowan one Negro boy named Lige...

                               Joseph Cowan (Seal)

Signed and sealed in our
presence this 28th day of
Oct. 1845
                               S. Sparkman
                               C.R.. Sparkman

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