Rix Ayrich “Arich” COWARD, Sr.

Abt 1806 - 1862  (56 years)

• Name	Rix Ayrich “Arich” COWARD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1806  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4A160D9AEF134E938CD590FC941273E1D17A
  Death	10 Mar 1862	Coward, Williamsburg County, South Carolina   [1, 3, 7]
  Person ID	I20509	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	John COWARD,   b. 1765/60   d. Between 11 Apr 1834-5 Dec 1835, Marion County, South Carolina
  Mother	Elizabeth JAMES ?,   b. 1778   d. 22 Nov 1853 (Age 75 years)
  _UID	EC65E68234854014850B95CF415BE1A8DFB1
  _UID	EC65E68234854014850B95CF415BE1A8DFB1
  Family ID	F38196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ann COCKFIELD,   b. Abt 1805   d. 10/15 Jun 1868 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1827  [1]
  _UID	1D127F0ABB0F4BFBB5C2A7D525CB32A38081
  _UID	1D127F0ABB0F4BFBB5C2A7D525CB32A38081
  Children	1. William James COWARD,   b. 1832   d. 1862 (Age 30 years)   2. Mary Ann COWARD,   b. 22 Dec 1828, Williamsburg County, South Carolina d. 7 Feb 1901, Florence County, South Carolina (Age 72 years)   3. John E. COWARD,   b. 1835   d. 1885 (Age 50 years)   4. Duncan/Dunkin COWARD,   b. 1836   d. 1861/63 (Age 27 years)   5. Rix Ayrich “R. A.” COWARD, Jr.,   b. 1838   d. 3 Nov 1863, in the Civil War, from wounds suffered in action on 19 or 20 September 1863 in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia (Age 25 years)   6. Unas J. “Eunice” COWARD,   b. Abt 1845   d. 1885 (Age 40 years)   7. Martha Elizabeth COWARD,   b. 1830   d. 1864 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F14981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2001

  
  

  Family 2	Anna,   b. 1814
  _UID	6845FC3B3F6B4204AD321C164F84FCAE62E1
  _UID	6845FC3B3F6B4204AD321C164F84FCAE62E1
  Family ID	F142380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  1850 Census, Williamsburg County, SC page 267 Coward Heritage says that Ayrick had a second wife named Anna born 1814. I know of NO proff that there was a second wife. How could he have married her when his wife died after he did? 3/17/01 jkh He lived in Florida [3, 8]

  
  

• Sources

  [S388] dhowell@darientel.net Donali Howell, Looking for Hutchinson’s. [S456] Jeff B. jjbede@bellsouth.net, Coward/Myers. [S455] Donali Howell, Coward/Myers Connection. [S516] Eleazer Pate Scarborough, page 31. [S687] Earline Hyman Hayes and Addie Mae Hyman Cox, page 138. [S22754] Herbert O. Chambers, III, (Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1907 Buena Vista Circle, Wilmington, NC 28411-7892 (910)686-4816), pages 245-246. [S516] Eleazer Pate Scarborough, page 10. [S516] Eleazer Pate Scarborough, page 45.