McGOWAN / McGOWEN, etc.

Census Records
 Hyde Co., NC : 1800 - 1810
White Co., TN : 1820 - 1840

1800 Hyde Co., NC Census

NAMES
OF
HEADS
OF
FAMILIES

M
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L
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9

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10
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15

M
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S

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25

M
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E
S

26
TO
44

M
A
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UP		 F
E
M
A
L
E
S

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TO
9		 F
E
M
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L
E
S

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15		 F
E
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25		 F
E
M
A
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S

26
TO
44		 F
E
M
A
L
E
S

45
&
UP
McGoune, Joseph, Jur. 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
McGoune, Joseph, Sen'r.   0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

1810 Hyde Co., NC Census

Names
of
Heads
of
Families

 

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26

 

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A
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45

 

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45
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Up

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E
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10

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E
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45

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Up

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McGowns, Joseph (Jr.) 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1
McGowns, Martha (widow of
Joseph McGowns, Sr.) 		0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0

Note: Joseph McGowan, Sr. died c. 1801 in Hyde Co., NC. See: Estate Inventory of Joseph McGOUN (c.1745-1801)

1820 White Co., TN Census

Head
of Family

White Males

White Females

0
to
10

10
to
16

16
to
18

16
to
26

26
to
45

45
&
up

0
to
10

10
to
16

16
to
26

26
to
45

45
&
up

McGowen, James 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
McGowen, Amos 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Note: In March, 1819, Joseph McGowen sold his 50 acre farm in Hyde County, NC and moved his family across the length of North Carolina, over the Appalachian Mountains to middle Tennessee, a distance of over 500 miles. There, in July, he purchased 200 acres of land, on the waters of the Caney Fork in White County. In the 1820 White Co. census, Joseph McGowen, Jr., his wife (name unknown), his sons Samuel, Dempsey Bryant and Walker are all living in the household of his son James McGowen. His eldest son Amos McGowen is living in his own household with his wife and their first two children.

1830 White Co., TN Census

Head
of Family

Free White Males

Free White Females

0
to
5

5
to
10

10 to
15

15 to
20

20 to
30

30 to
40

40 to
50

50 to
60

60 to
70

70 to
80

80 to
90

90
to
100

100 +

0
to
5

5
to
10

10 to
15

15 to
20

20 to
30

30 to
40

40 to
50

50 to
60

60 to
70

70 to
80

80 to
90

90
to
100

100 +
McGowan, Samuel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGowan, Joseph 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
McGowan, James 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGowan, Amos 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note: By 1830, Joseph McGowen, Jr., his wife have their own household with their two youngest sons Dempsey Bryant & Walker, while middle son Samuel McGowen has also begun his own family along his older brother Amos and James McGowen.

1840 White Co., TN Census

Head
of Family

Free White Males

Free White Females

0 to
5

5 to
10

10 to
15

15 to
20

20 to
30

30 to
40

40 to
50

50 to
60

60 to
70

70 to
80

80 to
90

90
to
100

100 +

0 to
5

5 to
10

10 to
15

15 to
20

20 to
30

30 to
40

40 to
50

50 to
60

60 to
70

70 to
80

80 to
90

90
to
100		 100 +
McGowen, James

2 

0 

1

0 

0 

0

1 

0 

 1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

2 

1

0 

 0 

 0

1 

0 

1

0 

0 

0 

0 

McGowen, Amos 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGowen, Samuel 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGowen, Bryant 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McGowen, Wiley 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Note: Once again it appears that Joseph McGowen, Jr. and his wife are living in the household of his son, James McGowen. Sons Amos, Samuel and Bryant also have their own households. By 1840, Joseph's nephew, Wiley McGowan, the son of James (c.1774-1854) & Betsy McGowan of Hyde Co., NC, has moved to White Co., TN, and settled near his uncle's family.

In 1840, James McGowen died in White County, however most of his children remained in the area. By 1850, most of the other McGowens had moved. After 1843, Amos McGowen had moved to Arkansas where he died. By 1850 his widow Louisa and their children had settled in Wright Co., Missouri. Samuel McGowan also moved by 1843 and both he and his brother Walker McGowen were living in Marion Co., Alabama by 1850. Their cousin Wiley McGowan had moved North to Saline Co., Illinois by 1857. Brother Dempsey Bryant McGowen remained in White County until after the Civil War when he started to move his family to join those already in Missouri, however they he ended up stopping and staying in Caldwell Co., Kentucky. The father, Joseph McGowen was still in White County in 1850, 81 years old. He was probably deceased shortly thereafter.

Go to 1850 - 1910 White Co., TN Census

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