I HAVE INFOMATION ON THE COWART FAMILY BACK TO 1687, JAMES COWARD. COWARD NAME AND COWART ARE IN MOST CASES ARE THE SAME.THE NAME IS ENGLISH AND WAS DERIVED COWHERD (HERDMANS OF THE COWS) OCCUPATION NAME. I HAVE PICTURES BACK TO 1790. JAMES COWART THROUGH HIS SON WILLIAM OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, HEADS THE OLDEST, LARGEST, AND MOST WIDESPREAD COWART FAMILY LINE IN THE US. THEY ARE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, ALL OF ALABAMA, AND MISSISSIPPI,FLORIDA,SOUTH CAROLINA,LA.OK.CA.ARK.TX.AND GEORGIA.I HAVE OVER 400 NAMES THAT SPREAD BACK TO 1687.OF WHICH EIGHT JOHN COWART.I HAVE COPIES OF CIVIL WAR DOCUMENTS , WAR OF 1812, AND INFORMATION BACK TO THE MILTA 1776. IF YOU WISH YOU MAY CALL 903-643-2508 HOME I LIVE IN LONGVIEW TEXAS