Richard "Dickie" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett
Would like to find out who Richard's parents are, when he was eleven he was adopted by Thomas Wilkerson of Pittsylvania Co. VA.
Did his father die in the Revolutionary War?
"Richard Gowin" was married July 4, 1807 to Mary "Polly" Bennett, according to "Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868." by Katherine Kerr Kendall.She was the daughter of Thomas Bennett and Molly Bennett.James Rainey was bondsman for the marriage.
Fourteen years earlier "Sherwood Going" was married in Caswell County to Ruth Bennett April 30, 1793, according to the Kendall volume. James Gillaspy was the bondsman for their marriage."Sherwood Going" was remarried December 31, 1804 to Betsy Coventon.James Gillaspy was again the bondsman.
"Richard Going" was listed as a taxpayer in the 1810 tax list of Pittsylvania County April 10, 1810.He paid tax on one poll and one horse. He owned no slaves, according to "A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia."
"Richard Going" reappeared in the 1820 census of Pittsylvania County, page 49 as a farmer. He owned three slaves, and was the head of a household composed of:
"Going, Richard white male 26-45
white female 26-45
white male 10-16
white female 0-10
white female 0-10
white male 0-10
white male 0-10"
On January 8, 1819, "Richard Gowen of Pittsylvania County, Virginia" purchased 175 acres in Rowan County, North Carolina on Buffalow Creek from the executors of the estate of Jacob Hinkle and Hardy Jones of Surry County, North Carolina for $1,050, according to Davie County Deed Book 26, page 21.
On February 17, 1824 "Richard Gowin" received Land Grant No. 326 for 200 acres "on Buffalow Creek, next to that of Andrew Tucker, Thomas Oaks, et al.
"Richard Goin" deeded 25 acres [Lot No. 5] in the estate of Michael Hinkle, deceased to Elizabeth Elliott for $10, according to Rowan County Deed Book 30, page 638.
"Richard Goen" was referred to as an adjoining land owner on Buffalow Creek in a deed written October 12, 1830, according to Rowan County Deed Book 31, page 88.
Richard "Dickey" Gowan did not reappear in the 1830 census of Pittsylvania County, suggesting that he had removed to North Carolina during the decade. George Richard Gowan stated, "For many years he was overseer of a large plantation in his native state. Subsequently removing to North Carolina, he purchased land in Davie County, and in addition to raising grain and tobacco was a distiller."
On May 1, 1830 "Richard Gowin of Rowan County" purchased "Lot No. 3 which had belonged to Isaac Elliott, deceased & divided among his legatees" for $175 from William Wyatt and wife Elizabeth Wyatt, according to Rowan County Deed Book 9, page 1032.
On August 19, 1834 "Richard Goeing" conveyed to his son "James Goeing," "both of Rowan County" 98 acres on Bryants Creek for $400, according to Rowan County Deed Book 32, page 261.
On January 17, 1835 "Richard Gowing" gave a deed of trust in the purchase of "eight horses, 2 stills & furnishings, 28 stands, and a wagon & harness," according to Davie County Deed Book 32, page 246.
"Richard Going" in partnership with Sarah Helton was mentioned as owner of land adjacent to land conveyed in a deed dated February 10, 1837, according to Davie County Deed Book, page 49.This transaction is mentioned in "Davie County North Carolina Will and Deed Abstracts," by Jo White Linn.
Richard "Dickey" Gowan gave a deed to Major W. Gowan, his son, in 1837 to "98 acres on Bryan's Creek adjoining Nathan Chaffin, Green Bailey and Salley Helton" for $400, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 87.
Richard "Dickey" Gowan received a sheriff's deed to 129 acres for $325 September 24, 1838, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 194.
"Richard Gowings" was mentioned as the owner of adjacent land in a deed which conveyed land "in the forks of Yadkin River on Buffalo Creek" March 30, 1840, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 205.
The household of Richard "Dickey" Gowan was enumerated in the 1840 census of Davie County, page 203.He was a farmer and owned seven slaves.The family was listed as:
"Gowins, Richard white male 60-70
white female 50-60
white male 15-20
white female 15-20
white female 10-15
white male 0-5"
His son, "Major Gowins" was also listed as the head of household, page 203.
"Richard Gowan, Sr." gave a deed to Richard A. Gowan, his son, to 100.25 acres of land "adjacent to William Howard, Josiah Inglis and Tennison Cheshire" March 11, 1841, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 464.
"Richard Gowan, Sr." on the same date gave a deed to John Paxton Gowan, his son, to 104 acres "adjoining Major Gowan" for $500, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 471.
Richard "Dickey" Gowan was mentioned as owning land which was conveyed in a deed dated March 5, 1843, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 141.
"Richard Gowen" wrote his will November 14, 1844, and it was recorded in Davie County Will Book 1, page 63.He bequeathed "the home plantation to my wife Polly and after her death to my son George."
The will mentioned that his wife was to retain ownership of negro slaves Peter, Susannah and Dinah.
Thomas D. Gowan was mentioned as the eldest son of Richard "Dickey" Gowan.
The will specified that George H. Gowan, son, was to receive "the home plantation at his mother's death".
Martha Gowan Taylor, daughter, was to receive a slave named Phebe.
Mary GowanPerry, daughter, was to receive a slave named Angeline.
Major Wilson Gowan, son, was not mentioned in the will.
Richard A. Gowan, son, was to receive a slave named Bill.
John Paxton Gowan, son, was to receive a slave named James.
Daughters, Rachel Gowan and Ann Gowan, were not mentioned in the will.
Richard A. Gowan, son was named executor in the will which was witnessed by Francis A. Ward and William H. Beaty.
Richard "Dickey" Gowan died in adjoining Rowan County, North Carolina December 16, 1844 at age 68 and was buried in Olive Branch Methodist Church Cemetery in Davie County, according to Edgar Gowan Lowrance.
Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan died February 18, 1847 and was buried beside her husband.
Children born to them include:
Thomas Dodd Gowan born May 16, 1810
Mary Gowan born in 1812
Martha W. Gowan born in 1814
Major Redul Wilson Gowan born January 8, 1816
John Paxton Gowan born September 10, 1820
George H. Gowan born about 1821
Richard A. Gowan born about 1822
Ann B. Gowan born about 1823
Rachael Gowan born in 1826
Thomas Dodd Gowan, son of Richard Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born May 16, 1810 on a plantation near Danville, Virginia in Pittsylvania County.
He was referred to as the "eldest son" in the will of his father.He was brought to Davie County, North Carolina by his parents.He was married there November 15, 1832 to Jemima Lowry who was a native of Davie County.
On August 27, 1835 he purchased "98 acres & 54 poles on the bank of the Yadkin River next to F. A. Ward for $650, according to Rowan County Deed Book 33, page 97.George Lowry and Enoch W. Lowry witnessed the transaction.
"Thomas D. Gowan" gave a deed to George Lowry for 98 acres on the Yadkin River September 15, 1838 for $650, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 209.
"Thomas Gowen" was mentioned as owning land adjacent to land on Mill Creek, according to Deed Book 1, page 79.
"Thomas D. Going" was enumerated as the head of a household recorded in the 1840 census of Davie County, page 197.One member of the household was engaged in "trades & manufacturing" and three were in agriculture.He owned one female slave.The household was composed of:
"Going, Thomas D. white male 30-40
white male 30-40
white female 20-30
white male 20-30
white male 5-10
white female 5-10
white female 0-5
white female 0-5
white female 0-5"
Thomas Dodd Gowan was named as one of the commissioners to supervise the division of an estate April 12, 1847, according to Davie County Will Book 2, page 553.
Thomas Dodd Gowan was named as one of the commissioners to divide the estate of William Nash, according to Davie County Will Book 3, page 340.
He was named as one of the commissioners to divide the estate of Joseph Wesley March 6, 1850, according to Davie County Will Book 3, page 419.
Thomas Dodd Gowan was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1850 census of Davie County, page 385, living near Farmington, North Carolina.
Shortly afterward he removed to Indiana, then to Coles County, Illinois.He farmed there until his death November 28, 1870 near Charleston, Illinois.He was buried at Springville, Illinois.Jemima Lowry Gowan died in Swift County, Minnesota in the home of her son, James Gowan at the age of 88.
Eleven children were born to Thomas Dodd Gowan and Jemima Lowry Gowan including:
George Richard Gowan born September 23, 1833
James Gowan born about 1840
George Richard Gowan, son of Thomas Dodd Gowan and Jemima Lowery Gowan, was born September 23, 1833 in Davie County.
After the 1850 census he accompanied his parents in a move to Indiana and then to Coles County where he farmed until 1869 when he moved to Jasper County, Illinois where he farmed until 1873.In that year he relocated to Pettis County, Missouri where he worked in railroad construction.
In 1880 he was located in Linn County, Oregon, later he removed to Josephine County, Oregon.
George Richard Gowan was the subject of a historical sketch which was published about 1890 in "Oregon Portrait and Biographical Record:"
"George Richard Gowan has been a resident of Oregon for nearly a quarter of a century, and as a ranch owner has been identified with the agricultural prosperity of Josephine county, his farm being located about eight miles west of Grants Pass.
A son of Thomas Gowan, he was born September 23, 1833, in Davie County, N. C. His grand-father, Richard Gowan, was born and reared in old Virginia.
A native of Virginia, Thomas Gowan was born near Danville, and reared on a plantation. With his parents he removed to North Carolina, and from there went northward, locating first in Indiana, and from there going westward to Illinois. Purchasing land in Coles county, near Charleston, he was there engaged as a tiller of the soil until his death, when but fifty-six years old.
He married Jemima Lowry, who was born in Davie County, NC, and died at the home of her son, James Gowan, in Swift County, Minn., at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. Of the eleven children born of their union, three sons and eight daughters, ten grew to years of maturity, George Richard being the eldest child.
After receiving a limited education in the common schools of his day, George Richard Gowan worked with his father on the home farm, of which he subsequently had the entire charge for a few years. Renting land in Coles County, Ill. in 1860, he carried on general farming in that locality for nine years, and the ensuing four years was similarly engaged in Jasper County, Illinois.
Removing to Pettis County, Mo., in 1873, he located near Sedalia, and for about seven years worked as an assistant superintendent in the construction of new railways in that state. Coming to Oregon in 1880, Mr. Gowan stopped first in the Willamette Valley, in Linn County. After looking about for a few months in search of a favorable place in which to make a permanent location, Mr. Gowan purchased four hundred and six and three-fourths acres of land in Josephine county, near Grants Pass, and has since resided here.
He afterwards bought another tract of one hundred and twenty-five acres, but he has sold a part of his estate, and now owns a homestead farm of three hundred and sixty-six acres. At the present time he is not actively engaged in agricultural labor to any extent, renting the larger part of his land for grazing purposes. Mr. Gowan has one daughter, Mary Cornelia, wife of Clarence Brown, of Terre Haute, Ind. Politically Mr. Gowan is a steadfast Democrat, and for one term served as school director."
Children born to George Richard Gowan include:
Mary Cornelia Gowan born about 1863
Mary Cornelia Gowan, daughter of George Richard Gowan, was born about 1863. She was married about 1880 to Clarence Brown. In 1885 they lived at Terre Haute, Indiana.
James Gowan, son of Thomas Dodd Gowan and Jemima Lowery Gowan, was born about 1840.In 1900 he lived in Swift County, Minnesota.
Mary Gowan, daughter of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born in 1812 in Pittsylvania County.She was married about 1830, husband's name Penry. Later they removed to Texas where he became a rancher.
Mary Gowan Penry was listed as the recipient of a "negress slave named Angeline" in her father's will written November 14, 1844, according to Davie County Will Book 1, page 63.
The Penry bible records:
"Joel Perry married December 14, 1848 Ursula Dwiggan
C. V. Walker married December 27, ---- Amanda Perry
W. J. S. Walker married May 10, 1893 Maggie Gowan
Joel Perry born April 15, 1821, died August 29, 1872
Ursula Perry born February 18, 1821
Sarah Amanda Perry born August 17, 1853
Maggie K. Walker born October 4, 189?
Cleo E. Walker died May 15, 1897
Samuel Perry, son of Thomas & Ann Perry, born
January 21, 1782
Mary McMahan, daughter of Samuel McMahan, wife of
Samuel Perry, born June 9, 1787"
Martha W. Gowan, daughter of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born in Pittsylvania County in 1814."Martha W. Gowin" was married November 17, 1831 to Samuel Taylor, son of William Taylor and Amy Brock Taylor. He was born October 30, 1806.
In her father's will dated November 14, 1844, Martha Gowan Taylor was the recipient of a negress named Phebe.They removed to Texas where he became a rancher.
Children born to them include:
Benjamin F. Taylor born January 12, 1836
Mary Ann Taylor born March 17, 1838
Sarah Elizabeth Taylor born December 15, 1839
Richard Nathaniel Taylor born December 31, 1841
Major Redul Wilson Gowan, son of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born January 8, 1816 in Pittsylvania County. He was married July 6, 1837 to Nancy Cook Cheshire, daughter of Tennison Cheshire and Mary Cheshire.
Major Wilson Gowan received a deed to 98 acres on Bryan's Creek "adjoining Nathan Chaffin, Green Bailey and Salley Helton" from his father, Richard "Dickey" Gowan, Sr. in 1837 for $400, according to Davie County, North Carolina Deed Book, page 87.
Major Redul Wilson Gowan was listed as the head of the household in the 1840 census of Davie County, page 203, in a location adjacent to his father. He was a farmer and owned one slave.The household was listed as:
"Gowins, Major white male 20-30
white female 15-10
white male 0-5
white female 0-5"
Major Redul Wilson Gowan was listed as the owner of adjacent property in a deed from Richard "Dickey" Gowan to John Paxton Gowan March 11, 1841. According to Davie County, North Carolina Deed Book 1, page 471, 104 acres of land was sold for $4,500.
Major Redul Wilson Gowan was listed in the will of his father dated November 14, 1844. His family reappeared in the 1850 census of Davie County, page 410. He was a farmer who owned 200 acres of land and lived in a two-room log house "one mile from the schoolhouse," according to Richard W. Gowan, a son.He died in 1852, according to his son, Simeon C. Gowan.
Tennison Cheshire wrote his will October 8, 1853 and made bequests to "daughter Nancy Gowen and her seven children which she had by Major Gowen," according to Davie County Will Book 1, page 13.He died in November 1854 and was buried in Cheshire Cemetery on his plantation.
Tennison Cheshire was married first to Barbara Mock and second to Polly Shaw. A granddaughter of Tennison Cheshire and Barbara Mock Cheshire, Mrs. Mary Tennison Blackwell Lowery was born July 12, 1853.She, at age 83 in 1936, was identified as the mother of "Dr. Lowery of Salisbury."
Tennison Cheshire and Barbara Mock Cheshire were the parents of two sons: John Cheshire who "died at school and was buried in the family graveyard" and Wesley Cheshire who was killed in the Civil War.
Major Redul Wilson Gowan died June 7, 1858 and was buried in the Cheshire Cemetery near Mocksville, North Carolina.The cemetery was located on the Holman-Cana Road on land owned in 1950 by Wiley McCamrock.
Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan was remarried, husband's name Shoemaker. She died December 16, 1904 and was buried beside her first husband.
Children born to them include:
Mary A. Gowan born May 14, 1838
Emory T. Gowan born January 7, 1840
Barbara A. Gowan born about 1842
Richard W. Gowan born August 31, 1844
Simeon C. Gowan born April 1, 1847
Martha E. Gowan born May 3, 1849
Major Melroth Rowan Gowan born May 19, 1852
Mary A. Gowan, daughter of Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born May 14, 1838.She was married December 20, 1855, to Francis Asbury Cheshire.She died June 4, 1859.
Emory T. Gowan, son Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born January 7, 1840.He died in 1856 and was buried in the Cheshire Cemetery.
Barbara Catharine Gowan, daughter of Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born 08 Feb 1842, in Davie County.She was married 24 Dec 1856 to James Cling Austin.It is believed that no children were born to the couple.
The will of Barbara Catharine Gowan Austin, dated June 3, 1891, was probated in Davie County, December 15, 1897, according to Davie County Will Book 2, page 233.The will named her husband, J. C. Austin and nieces, Julia Gowan and Mamie Gowan Curtis.
She mentioned in the will "land willed by Tennison Cheshire to my mother, Mrs. Gowan, now Mrs. Shoemaker."E. E. Hunt was named executor of the will which was witnessed by George W. Sheek and James McGuire.
Richard W. Gowan, son of Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born August 31, 1844 in Davie County. He was living in Knoxville, Tennessee about 1916 when he gave details of his life inresponse to a questionnaire, according to "Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires" by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.
He reported that he was age 78, born in Davie County and enlisted there at Mocksville, North Carolina in the 42nd North Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company E under Capt. T. J. Brown.He replied that his regiment was moved to Richmond, Virginia and engaged first in the Battle of Seven Pines.
Following that engagement, it fought in the Battle of Gaines Mill and the Battle of Malvern Hill. He reported next a battle "on Chapin farm, east of Richmond fighting Spoon Butler." He was wounded during the Battle of Petersburg and was furloughed for six months. He rejoined his regiment at Wilmington, North Carolina and marched to Greensboro, North Carolina under Gen. Joseph Johnston.It was surrendered there "to Sherman," and he was discharged April 26, 1865. He returned home to Davie County in 1866.
He then "went west for about 20 years and came back in 1882." He reported that he had been on the Knoxville Police Force for 35 years.
Simeon C. Gowan, son of Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born April 1, 1847 in Davie County.He was married May 20, 1866, wife's name Lucy Ann Boles
He was the head of a household enumerated in the 1880 census of Davie County, Enumeration District 57, page 22, Mocksville Township, as:
"Gowan, Simeon 42, born in NC
Lucy A. 41, born in NC
Mary A. 13, born in NC
William T. 11, born in NC
Maggie M. 8, born in NC
Alice O. 5, born in NC"
He lived at Mocksville, North Carolina. His wife died about 1910. It is reported that he had a brother who lived in Knoxville, Tennessee.He continued to live in Mocksville in 1926.
Recorded in his family bible were a number of individuals who are believed to be members of his mother's second family:
"Alfred Shoemaker, born August 13, 1829, married
November 4, 1856, died March 20, 1896.
G. W. Shoemaker, born September 12, 1858, married
September 16, 1880
J. F. Shoemaker, born July 24, 1860, married May 15,
1888, died July 9, 1899.
T. I. Shoemaker, born February 11, 1864, married
October 19, 1904."
Children born to Simon D. Gowan and Lucy A. Gowan in include:
Mary A. Gowan born about 1866
William T. Gowan born about 1868
Maggie M. Gowan born about 1871
Alice O. Gowan born about 1874
Maggie M. Gowan, "best daughter" of Simeon C. Gowan and Lucy A. Gowan, was born about 1871. She was married about 1890 to Rev. William J. S. Walker, son of Calvin Vinson Walker and grandson of Rev. Vinson Walker "of Heidelburg Church section about Advance." They lived in Elkin, North Carolina.
Martha E. Gowan, daughter of Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born May 3, 1849.She was married February 21, 1866, to James D. Boles.She died March 15, 1880.
Major Melmoth Rowan Gowan, son of Major Redul Wilson Gowan and Nancy Cook Cheshire Gowan, was born May 19, 1852 in Davie County. He was married December 21, 1875, to Mary Ellen Williams. She was born September 9, 1851 to Isaac Williams and Elenor "Nellie" Walker Williams. In 1876 they lived at Mocksville, North Carolina. He died July 11, 1884 and was buried in Cheshire Cemetery. She died February 2, 1888 and was buried beside her husband.
Children born to them include:
Julia Ella Josephine Gowan born September 21, 1876
Julia Ella Josephine Gowan, daughter of Major Melmoth Rowan Gowan and Mary Ellen Williams Gowan, was born September 21, 1876 at Mocksville. She was married October 12, 1899 at Knoxville, Tennessee to Samuel Edgar Lowrance.He was born February 9, 1874 to Washington Monroe Lowrance and Octavia Hill Lowrance of Catawba County, North Carolina. She died January 4, 1927 at Chester, South Carolina and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery there.He died August 20, 1945 and was buried beside his wife.
Children born to them include:
Edgar Gowan Lowrance born February 14, 1910
Edgar Gowan Lowrance, son of Samuel Edgar Lowrance and Julia Ella Josephine Gowan Lowrance, was born February 14, 1910 at Chester. He was married August 15, 1936 at Frederick, Oklahoma to Lillian Francis Brunelle who was born October 24, 1911 in Dallas, Texas. In 1992 they lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Edgar Gowan Lowrance is a member of Gowen Research Foundation and an active researcher of the Gowan family history.
John Paxton Gowan, son of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born September 10, 1820 in Pittsylvania County. He became a hardware merchant in Salisbury.
John Paxton Gowan and Richard A. Gowan, his brother, were creditors to John Sheek December 10, 1842 when he sold three lots in Mocksville, North Carolina to Jesse A. Clement, according to Davie County, North Carolina Deed Book 2, page 80.
John Paxton Gowan and Richard A. Gowan purchased "Lot No. 1 in S. E. Square of Mocksville" from Matthew F. Miller, January 16, 1846, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 452.
John Paxton Gowan received a deed from A. D. Jones, "land where my mother now lives adjoining Samuel Frost, Solomon Seaford and J. A. Coon to pay note of $47.50 to Lemuel Bingham" March 2, 1846, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 437.
John Paxton Gowan and Noah Perry were appointed as two of the commissioners to supervise the partitioning of land received by Mrs. Sarah P. Coon as her inheritance March 13, 1846, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 498.
John Paxton Gowan was mentioned as a creditor to James H. Allen in a deed dated November 23, 1846, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 527.John Paxton Gowan received a mortgage and deed of trust from Alexander Chaplin December 16, 1847, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 591.
John Paxton Gowan was appointed as one of the commissioners to evaluate the estate of John Hunter June 3, 1848, according to Davie County Deed Book 3, page 83.
He was married December 13, 1848 to Mary Louvenia Lucky, according to Rowan County marriage records. She was born September 14, 1826 to Samuel Luckey and Rebecca Neely Luckey. Mary Louvenia Lucky Gowan died August 3, 1864 at "age 37 years, 10 months and 20 days" and was buried in South River Methodist Episcopal Church Yard. Two of her children were buried adjoining her.'
John Paxton Gowan and W. B. Ward were mentioned as the occupants of a house and lot in Mocksville "known as storehouse Lot" in a deed conveying the property from Richard A. Gowan to Henry R. Austin March 23, 1850, according to Davie County Deed Book 3, page 392.
John Paxton Gowan witnessed a deed July 16, 1866, according to Rowan County Deed Book 66, page 553 and verified it December 28, 1885.
He purchased "1 acre in the great west square of Salisbury on Main Street, reserving a ten-foot alley from Main to Church Streets" for $600 from Moses L. Holmes and wife, Eliza A. Holmes December 4, 1872, according to Rowan County Deed Book 54, page 338.
Following the death of Mary Louvenia Lucky Gowan, he was remarried to Sophia A. KluttzHorah, daughter of Sheriff Caleb Kluttz of Salisbury and widow of Lt. George Horah who was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness.She was born February 7, 1844.She "inherited considerable property on south Main Street" from Lt. Horah, and John Paxton Gowan "built a splendid brick house on it."
Upon her death John Paxton Gowan was married for the third time, about 1869to Kathryn Wilson Carson.She was a daughter of William Moffett Carson and Sarah Catherine Wilson Carson and a great-granddaughter of Col. George Moffett.He would have been 49 and she 23.
They were enumerated in the 1880 census of Rowan County, Enumeration District 246, page 47 in Salisbury township:
"Gowan, J. P. 59, born in North Carolina
K. W. 33, born in North Carolina
R. T. 9, born in North Carolina, son
E. R. 4, born in North Carolina, daughter
J. P. 3, born in North Carolina, son
W. C. 1/12, born in North Carolina, son"
John Paxton Gowan and wife, Kate W. Gowan, of Rowan County, were one of the heirs of Samuel P. Carson who owned land in Coryell County, Texas prior to his death.Samuel P. Carson had received one league and one labor in a land grant dated August 26, 1856. Date of the deed transferring part of the property to John Paxton Gowan and Kate W. Carson Gowan was July 17, 1884. Other heirs included George S. Carson, Rebecca Whitson and M. S. Duffie.
He died September 17, 1901 and was buried in Buck Creek Cemetery at McDowell, North Carolina.His obituary read:
"Mr. John Paxton Gowan of Davie County, North Carolina died at Mrs. Gowan's home on Buck Creek, a few miles from Marion. His first wife was a sister of Dr. Lucky, and by her he had a daughter Mollie who grew to young womanhood and taught Sunday school in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died on Bank Street in the house next to that of Mr. Robert Davis."
Children born to John Paxton Gowan and Mary Louvenia Lucky Gowan include:
Mollie Rebecca Gowan born October 31, 1850
Samuel L. Gowan born December 19, 1954
Children born to John Paxton Gowan and Sophia A. Kluttz Horah Gowan include:
[son] born about 1861
Theo Gowan born about 1864
Children born to John Paxton Gowan and Kathryn Wilson Carson Gowan include:
R. T. Gowan born about 1870
Emily Rebecca "Emmie" Gowan born August 1, 1875
John Paxton Gowan, Jr. born about 1876
Wilson C. Gowan born in 1880
Mollie Rebecca Gowan, daughter of John Paxton Gowan and Mary Louvenia Lucky Gowan, was born in Salisbury October 31, 1850. She died about 1870 and was buried beside her mother in South River Methodist Episcopal Church Yard.
Samuel L. Gowan, son of John Paxton Gowan and Mary louvenia Lucky Gowan, was born December 19, 1854 in Salisbury.He died the following year, May 16, 1855 and was buried beside his mother.
A son, name unknown, was born to John Paxton Gowan and Sophia A. Kluttz Horah Gowan about 1961.He died January 2, 1862.
Theo Gowan, son of John Paxton Gowan and Sophia A. Kluttz Horah Gowan, was born about 1864. He died in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1921.Children born to him are unknown.
R. T. Gowan, son of John Paxton Gowan and Kathryn Wilson Carson Gowan, was born about 1870 in Salisbury. He appeared as a nine-year-old in the 1880 census of Rowan County.
Emily Rebecca "Emmie" Gowan, daughter of John Paxton Gowan and Kathryn Wilson Carson Gowan, was born August 1, 1875 in Salisbury.She appeared as a four-year-old in the 1880 census of her father's household.She, age 17,was married February 14, 1893 to John Henry Gorman, age 23, in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Salisbury by Dr. W. H. Leith, according to Rowan County Marriage Book C, page 84.H. S. Livengood, J. F. McCubbins and M. L. Gaskill were witnesses.
Emily Rebecca "Emmie" Gowan Gorman, #80074, Miss Eliza¬beth Gorman, #219419 and Miss Grace Gorman, #259725 were admitted as DAR members on the Revolutionary services of Col. George Moffett of Virginia.
Children born to them include:
Elizabeth Gorman born about 1896
Grace Gorman born about 1899
John Paxton Gowan, Jr, son of John Paxton Gowan and Kathryn Wilson Carson Gowan, was born about 1876 in Salisbury. He was recorded as three-year in the 1880 census. He died April 12, 1921.
Wilson C. Gowan, son of John Paxton Gowan and Kathryn Wilson Carson Gowan, was born in 1880. He appeared at age "one month" in the 1880 census of his father's household.
George A. Gowan, son of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born about 1823 in Davie County.
George H. Gowan and his brother, Richard A. Gowan, were witnesses to a deed from Phillip F. Meroney to Daniel and Thomas Brown December 3, 1842, according to Davie County, North Carolina Deed Book 2, page 119.
He was mentioned in his father's will written November 14, 1844 as the recipient of the "the home plantation at his mother's death."
George H. Gowan became a Methodist minister in Georgia.
Richard A. Gowan, son of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born about 1822.
It is believed that he was the "white male, age 15-20" who appeared in the household of Richard "Dickey" Gowan, Sr. in the 1840 census of Davie County, North Carolina.
Richard A. Gowan received a deed from his father March 11, 1841 to 100.25 acres adjoining William Howard, Josiah Inglis and Tennison Cheshire, his maternal grandfather for $600, according to Davie County Deed Book 1, page 464.
Richard A. Gowan and George H. Gowan, his brother, were witnessed to a deed from Philip F. Meroney to Daniel and Thomas Brown December 2, 1842, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 119.
Richard A. Gowan and John Paxton Gowan were creditors of John Sheek and received payment from the sale of three lots in Mocksville, North Carolina when he deeded the property to Jesse A. Clement December 10, 1842, according to Davie County Deed Book 2, page 80.
Richard A. Gowan was named executor and recipient of a negro slave named Bill in his father's will written November 14, 1844, according to Davie County Will Book 1, page 63.
Richard A. Gowan gave a deed to W. M. Massey to 113.25 acres for $40 March 8, 1850, according to Davie County, North Carolina Deed Book 3, page 454.
Richard A. Gowan gave a deed to Henry R. Austin to a house and lot in Mocksville, North Carolina "known as Storehouse lot now occupied by J. P. Gowan and W. B. Ward", according to Davie County Deed Book 3, page 392. Date of the deed was March 23, 1850.
He became a doctor and was enumerated in the 1850 census with "Thomas Gowan, age 3."Apparently his wife had died.
Ann B. Gowan, daughter of Richard "Dickey" Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born in 1826 in Pittsylvania County.She was married about 1846 to William Brown. He came from Fayetteville, North Carolina and was a "brother to John D, Andrew and Tom Davis Brown." William Brown was a tinner whose shop was located on South Main Street in Salisbury. Another source states that he was a "tanner."
On July 2, 1877, they conveyed to William C. Coughenour a lot on Church Street "adjoining John Paxton Gowan in the great west square of Salisbury," for $1, according to Rowan County Deed Book 53, page 492.
They had no children, but reared "her niece, Annie Gowan who was married to William Livengood, son of Henry Livengood of Davie County."A son, Gowan Livengood, was born to them
Rachel Gowan, daughter of Richard Gowan and Mary "Polly" Bennett Gowan, was born in 1826 in Davie County. She was listed in her father's will dated November 14, 1844 as unmarried. She was married after November 1844 to William Henderson. They removed to Georgia, according to Simeon C. Gowan.