Adam Poindexter DOWDY was grand uncle to John Thomas FLIPPEN. Adam Poindexter DOWDY's parents were John DOWDY & Nancy MARTIN. John Thomas FLIPPEN's mother was Lucy Jane DOWDY. Her parent's were John A. DOWDY & Missouri BAUGHAN. John A. DOWDY's parents were John DOWDY & Nancy MARTIN, making him brother to Adam Poindexter DOWDY.
I cannot help you with the land but maybe you could check it out at Cumberland Courthouse. I live in Maryland and am unable to travel anymore.
Thanks so much for the locations of the burial sites.
You can contact me directly if you like.

Ruby Talley Smith rubygem3@verizon.net