Needham M COWARD

According to:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~msswterr/pioneer-c.htm

"Early Southwest Mississippi Territory Pioneer DB"

Coward, Needham M. -
b 1790 Dobbs Co NC to Needham and Phebe COWARD.
d 1869 Amite Co MS.

Area and Date Settled ; Sources -

1808 - Was living in Barnwell Co SC by 1799. Left Barnwell Co SC in 1808 and travelled with his oldest brother, Hardy Coward to MS Territory. "Monday 12 Dec 1808--one passport for Hardy Coward and his family through the Creek Nation."
Source: GEORGIA PASSPORTS, 1785-1809, ISSUED BY GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, pps 50 & 268.

Nancy Hadley STONE; married 21 Dec. 1815 in Amite Co MS;

On 27 Dec 1811 both Needham COWARD & brother Hardy signed the PETITION TO CONGRESS BY INHABITANTS OF THE TERRITORY asking to be admitted in the union as a free, sovereign, and independent state;

Area and Date Settled ; Sources -

See above;
1816 MS Territory Census;

Submitted by - Ruth Coward Cunningham

2620. Needham M COWARD ¹¹⁵ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸ (Needham M.⁹, Edward (Cowherd)⁸, John⁷, William Coward⁶, William Coward⁵, William Coward⁴, Thomas³, John², Robert¹) was born in 1790 in Dobbs, NC ^{¹¹⁵ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸} and died in 1869 in Amite, MS ^{¹¹⁵ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸} at age 79.

Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1840. ¹¹⁸ Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

Needham married Nancy Hadley STONE ¹¹⁵ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸ on 12 Dec 1815 in Amite, Mississippi, USA.¹¹⁵ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸ Nancy was born in 1798 in Beaufort, SC ^{¹¹⁵ ¹¹⁷ ¹¹⁸} and died after 1850.^¹¹⁸

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