McGOWAN FAMILY RECORDS

Joseph Megoun (Mcgown), Dec'd.
(c.1745-1801)

An Account of the Sale of the Goods and Chattels of the Estate by
Elijah Windley, Administrator
December 19, 1801


February Term, 1802
Ben Forman, Clk.

Joseph McGowan was the progenitor of most Hyde County McGowans. He was the son of William McGowan, Sr. (c.1708-c.1782) and Frances Hendricks of Perquimans and Tyrrell Counties. He moved from the Gum Neck area of Tyrrell County to the South West area of Mattamuskeet Lake about the time his father died in 1782. At that time he leased a plantation from the estate of Samuel Weston on Heron Bay. Joseph McGowan was born ca. 1745 and died ca. 1801. He was married to Martha (maiden name unknown) McGowan. They were parents of:

Joseph McGowen, Jr. moved to White Co., TN in 1819 with his wife (unknown) and five sons. James McGowan married Elizabeth "Betsy" Hodges and they were parents of ten or eleven children. William McGowan and John McGowan also remained in Hyde County but their children are unknown.

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