Armstrong and Rowden Families to Miller Missouri

Abel and Tabitha (Rowden) Armstrong appeared on the census in 1830 in Rhea County, Tennessee. In 1860 they are found on the census of Richwoods Twp., Miller, Missouri.

Abednigo and Catherine (Hannah) Rowden appeared on the census 1819, 1820, 1821 in Rhea County, Tennessee, on the 1829 McMinn County, Tennessee Tax List, in the census of 1830 in Roane County, Tennessee, on the 1831 McMinn County, Tennessee Tax List, on the Rhea County, TN Tax Lists 1832-1834, the census in 1840 in Roane County, Tennessee, and on the census in 1850 in Being 26th. District, Dallas, Missouri.

Abraham Echols and Ann (Brandon) Rowden are found on the Rhea Co., TN Tax List in 1827, 1829, the Rhea County, Tennessee census in 1830, and on the census of 1860 in Boone Twp., Maries, Missouri.

Asa and Margaret (Hannah) Rowden appeared in the 1819 Tax Lists of Meigs County, Tennessee as residing in Rhea County, on the tax lists of 1821-1822 and 1827-1829 in Rhea County, on the census in 1830 in Rhea County, and on the census in 1860 in Boone Twp., Maries, Missouri. An unknown source gave information that they had arrived in Osage County, Missouri in 1842. Asa was named as an early resident of Maries County, Missouri in “Turnbo’s Tales of the Ozarks: Biographical Stories”.

Elijah A. and Celia (Hughes) Rowden appeared on the tax list of 1822 in Rhea County, Tennessee, and on the census of 1850 in District 17, Cedar, Missouri. By 1860 Elijah was in Looney Twp., Polk, Missouri with his second wife, Jane (Ford).

Laban B. Rowden married Jane Hubbert 27 Mar 1831 in Rhea County, Tennessee. They appeared on the census in 1850 in 16th District, Cass, Missouri.

Samuel Echols and Nancy (Smith) Rowden appeared on tax lists for Rhea County in 1829, and by 1840 they appeared on the census of Johnson County, Missouri. In 1850 they were residing in District 16, Cass, Missouri. He died in Sep 1876 in Freeman, Cass, Missouri.

Submitted by Carol Hattrup
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