One thing that makes researching families confusing is that counties started out large and eventually were divided into smaller counties to maker it more convenient for citizens to access government facilities such as courthouses. I was reading a land survey document about land owned by John Bowen, father of Daniel Bowen. It says his land is in Bedford County, TN. Later documents show him in Lincoln County. Bedford was divided and Lincoln and Moore counties were created. The Bowen family was mostly in Lincoln County and the Hensley family was in Moore County. The Elk Mill sat on the bank of the Elk River near the county line. My grandparents, Rawls Coston Bowen and Myrtle Hensley worked there as children. They later (1920s) married and eventually moved to Roanoke Rapids, NC for better paying jobs at the new J.P. Stevens Mill. Later they moved to Durham that built new mills.
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