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| Glen Owen is included in the 1800 census of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, in Captain McElroy's District: Glen Owen, males, 3 under 10; 1 10/16; 1 16/26; 1 26/45; females, 2 10/16; 3 16/26; 1 26/45, 10 slaves. Next door was Jane Raffety.211 Glen Owen is included in the 1820 and 1830 censuses of Oglethorpe County.212
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| | Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Will of Glen Owen, dated 3 June 1839, proved and recorded at the September Term 1839, Oglethorpe County. I give to my beloved wife Dorothy Owen during her natural life the tract of land where I now live and have in cultivation supposed to contain five hundred fifty acres more or less. Also for the same period of time the following negroes: Hago, Ann, Hiley, Sarah, Joe and Berton. Also for the same period of time my riding carridge and carriage horses and harness my cart and oxen and as much of the stock of every kind as she may choose. Also as much of my household and kitchen furniture as she may desire and such of my plantation and farming utensils as she may select. I further will and bequeath to my beloved wife the present or any future crop of corn cotton and etc. that may be on hand or being in progress of being made at the time of my death. 2nd I lend to my daughter Elizabeth Echols the following negroes: Isaac and Terry during her natural life and also for the same period of time the negro girl Lucy and at her death to be equally divided between her children then in life. The negroes not to be subject to payment of any debts contracted by her husband in any way. The two negroes Terry and Lucy I consider as so much property over and above what I have given to my other children consequently must be valued to her according to the value of such negroes at the time of my death and be accounted to her as a part of her patrimony in my estate. Terry has been in the possession of my daughter for several years and Lucy is now going into her possession for the first time. My daughter being now at my house on a visit and will leave in a few days when she will take Lucy with her. My will and desire is that at my death or the death of my wife my other children be made equal to my daughter Elizabeth before she receives any more of my estate. 3rd My will and desire is that the balance and residue of my estate both real and personal not herein specifically disposed of be divided into eight shares equal or parts and one share given to each of my six children John H. Owen, Thomas Owen, Davis Owen, Susannah Wynn, Elizabeth Echols, and Sarah Smith, and one share to the
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| 211 Mary Bondurant Warren, 1800 Census of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, the only extant census of 1800 within the state of Georgia (Athens, Georgia, 1965), p. 7.
| | 212 1830 U.S. Census, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, p. 78. Glen Owen.
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