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The Cowans of Cowan, Tennesse had lived in the beautiful Shenadoah Valley for generations. Revered in this small community named for their forefathers, they lived a life of ease and privilige. During the Civlil War, young William Cowan, hardly more than a boy and the only male not in uniform, is left to manage the Cowan holdings. Somehow, this boy managed to hold onto his family's land. But the ou... More

The Cowans of Cowan, Tennesse had lived in the beautiful Shenadoah Valley for generations. Revered in this small community named for their forefathers, they lived a life of ease and privilige. During the Civlil War, young William Cowan, hardly more than a boy and the only male not in uniform, is left to manage the Cowan holdings. Somehow, this boy managed to hold onto his family's land. But the outcome of the war was not in his favor. Losing almost everything with the fall of the South, and after trying for 15 years to rebuild, William Cowan decided to sell his ancestral home and move his family west to Texas. Auctioning off his beloved Broadlawn Plantation, he hired three rail cars to move his wife Belle and his seven young children to a tiny town in Parker County Texas named Millsap. The transition from the grandeur of Broadlawn to a small two room log cabin is especially difficult in the harshness of sunbaked Texas. Adding to the problems of settling in strange surroundings is the other family traveling with them; Abner and Charlotte Cowan and their two children. Former slaves, now partners and friends of William and Belle. Will the townspeople accept them . . . . . . . . . Young Annie Cowan was only five years old when this journey began. This is her story

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