Tattnall County, Ga Biographies  Joseph Lumpkin Cowart

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COWART, Joseph Lumpkin, farmer, Collins, was born Nov. 20,1849,
in Tattnall county, and was the son of James Cowart, a leading
farmer of the county. James Cowart was sheriff of the county
for a number of years, and was born in Tattnall in 1814, and
lived there all his life. He had two sons and one daughter. The
oldest son, Frank, was born July 11,1847, and the daughter,
Georgia, was born July 11,1847 (*this is not a typo on the
transcribers part, possibly twins?), married Joseph H. Buford,
and lives in Nassau county, Fla. Joseph Cowart is a farmer by
occupation, and is also engaged in saw milling. He has served
as constable and road commissioner, and is a man highly
esteemed by his neighbors. He has several living children and
others dead, as follows: Kate, born in 1887; Lottie, born in
1888; Sophronia, born in 1891; James Benjamin, born Feb.
1,1880; Thomas, born April 4,1882; Cleveland Lamar, born March
3, 1884; Hix, born May 15,1893; Oscar Napoleon, born May, 1874;
the dead: Clara, born in April, 1876, and died March, 1888;
Florida, born Feb. 26,1878, and died Nov. 7,1880. Mr. Cowart is
a member of Mt. Horeb Primitive Baptist church. Frank P.
Cowart, farmer, and brother of Joseph L. Cowart, was educated
in the schools of Tattnall county, and for several years was
employed as a teacher. He then engaged in farming which he has
since continued. He is a teacher of the Primitive Baptist
church and clerk of Anderson's congregation.