John COWARD

1860 - 1835

• Name	John COWARD  [1]
  Death	Between 11 Apr 1834-5 Dec 1835	Marion County, South Carolina   [2, 3]
  Birth	1765/60  [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  HIST	Ref. W. Hoyt Poston - Sep 2, 1989 & Williamsburg County Deed Book C p.99 John Coward first showed up in the 1800 Census of Williamsburg County, SC. He had a land grant of 886 acres dated Feb 3, 1812, on south side of Lynches Creek in Williamsburg County. In 1820 he was in Marion County. On Dec 1, 1819 he purchased one tract of land containing 330 acres from James Myers of Washington County, Alabama. Same land originally granted to Daniel Myers, also a tract containing 799 acres, originally granted to Lewis Harrell (1790’s). Land was somewhere in Friendfield, SC area on north side of creek. He died in 1834 leaving a large estate and his widow Elizabeth (last name unknown) and several children; James, Solomon, Pallas, Isaiah, Jessie, and Ayrich. At least two of his sons moved to Charleston S. C. (James and Jessie).  [6]
  _UID	8A6806DC8B3D4D949FB8F054D00F1F2C42AC
  Person ID	I53600	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2007

  
  

  Father	James COWARD,   b. 1721   d. 1780-90
  Mother	Martha BOYKIN
  _UID	7BF49DCCB38548A48BE785D6530AA38049C2
  _UID	7BF49DCCB38548A48BE785D6530AA38049C2
  Family ID	F42323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth JAMES ?,   b. 1778   d. 22 Nov 1853 (Age 75 years)
  _UID	EC65E68234854014850B95CF415BE1A8DFB1
  _UID	EC65E68234854014850B95CF415BE1A8DFB1
  Children	1. Captain Solomon COWARD,   b. 1800, South Carolina d. 14 Dec 1865, Coward, Williamsburg DIstrict, South Carolina (Age 65 years)   2. James COWARD,   b. 1797   d. 9 Feb 1859 (Age 62 years)   3. Jessie/Jesse COWARD,   b. 1805   d. 1850 (Age 45 years)   4. Rix Ayrich “Arich” COWARD, Sr.,   b. Abt 1806   d. 10 Mar 1862, Coward, Williamsburg County, South Carolina (Age 56 years)   5. Isaiah COWARD,   b. 1803/11   6. Pallace/Palace COWARD,   b. 1800/1   d. 1859 (Age 58 years)   7. Elizabeth COWARD,   b. 1798   d. 14 Dec 1865 (Age 67 years)   8. Miles COWARD,   b. Abt 1810
  Family ID	F38196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Descendents of this John changed the spelling from Coward and Cowart about 1800 in Georgia. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S516] Eleazer Pate Scarborough, page 4, 90. [S516] Eleazer Pate Scarborough, page 4. [S687] Earline Hyman Hayes and Addie Mae Hyman Cox, page 122, 124. [S687] Earline Hyman Hayes and Addie Mae Hyman Cox, page 133. [S2401] Letter from Catherene Coward Pope. [S455] Donali Howell, Coward/Myers Connection.