Biography:

Genealogist; historical researcher. Born– June 7, 1925, Russellville, Ark. Parents– Edward E. and Mabel Louise (Cook) Matthews. Married– Eugene Guyland Cowart, June 24, 1946. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama three years, Edited; Valley Leaves, the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society Quarterly for two years; lecturer on Federal Land Records and genealogy. Member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Archives and the Alabama Constitutional Village.  Awarded the Richard S. Lackey Memorial Award in 1983 by the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University. Died May 22, 2011.

Source:

Margaret M. Cowart, Huntsville, Ala.; obituary, Pensacola News-Journal, May 25, 2011.

Compiler:

Old Land Records of Colbert County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1985.

Old Land Records of Franklin County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1986.

Old Land Records of Jackson County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1980.

Old Land Records of Lawrence County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1991.

Old Land Records of Limestone County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1984.

Old Land Records of Madison County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1979.

Old Land Records of Marshall County.  Huntsville, Cowart, 1988.

Old Land Records of Morgan County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Cowart, 1981.