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Street is bounded on the East by Front Street, on the North by land of Helena Dorhauer, wife of Charles T. Cowand, on the West by Cowand Avenue, and on the South by land of Julia Cowand, wife of Dr. S. S. Herrick." (Book M, page 512, Hancock County Deed Records.)
It is believed that Jesse Cowand and his family occupied what was called "The Cottage" (now the property of Nr. and Mrs. Hunter Kimbrough) while Elmwood Manor was being completed, and where they later moved. This is the property bought by Jesse Cowand from Melite Lessassier on September 28, 1826, containing 88 acres (in what was then known as Choucoupoulou, Shieldsboro, and now Bay St. Louis), which deed is recorded in Book A at pages 307-310 and states among other things and in particular the following: * * * * "the said land sold with the buildings and improvements thereon." It is believed that The Cottage was built by Lessassier and was on this property at the time of its purchase by Jesse Cowand. My grandfather's older brother (the second Jesse Cowand), in later years when the property was divided among the heirs, became the owner of the present Kimbrough property. This second Jesse Cowand was the father of Gertrude Cowand Penney. In those days there was another small building to the rear of the main house and connected by a covered gallery or porch. This small building was moved in the 1920s to the south of the main dwelling near the ravine and used as rental property and was destroyed in the hurricane of 1947. This second Jesse Cowand was an Ordnance Sergeant with the 7th Louisiana Infantry during the Civil War, having enlisted in 1861 and paroled in 1865. He died in 1890 and was buried in the Cowand Cemetery.
It might be added here that my grandfather, Charles T. Cowand, who was the youngest child of Jesse Cowand, was born in the southwest bedroom of Elmwood in 1846. He told me when I was a child that during the War of 1812 the British fired a cannon ball at Elmwood which was lodged in a wan. At that time only the four walls were standing as the building had not been completed. I can recall seeing this cannon ball on the grounds at Elmwood where It was set on a small pedestal of some sort, but it disappeared in later years. Charles Cowand died December 31* 1917 and was buried in the Cowand Cemetery.
As of the present time (January 1980) there is yet a small portion of this old plantation or property of the original Estate of Jesse Cowand, deceased, still in the Cowand family besides the family cemetery, and that is Lots 6l, 62, and 63, First Ward, Bay St. Louis and located on Julia Street. These lots are owned by my three brothers, Jesse R. Cowand, Glen L. Cowand and Malcolm A. Cowand.
This the 15th day of January, 1980.