James W Bowie

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Personal and Family Information

James was the son of unknown parents. The date and place of his birth have not been found.

He died before 1876 in Jackson County, Arkansas.

His wife was Caniza Reeves, who he married on 7 SEP 1859 in Hernando, Desoto County, Mississippi. Their two known children were J. M. (1859-?) and Mary Alice (c1861-c1890).

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth
Type: 1850 Census,
Address: Tennessee, Henderson County, Dist 11, 9 Nov 1850, M/F page 388, family #74 Uncle Bobby's guess, not likely our guy.
DeathBEF 1876
Place: Jackson County, Arkansas
Address: 2nd marriage of Caniza in 1876 to M Sullivan
CensusABT 1850
Age: 16
Address: Henderson Cty Tenn 1850 census? --this is the James that Bobby B Bowie picked as husband of Caniza Reeves and father of Arthur 1881-1941. THIS is probably NOT our guy...... 9 Nov 1850, Family 74 With father Daniel / David Bowie/Buie/Bruce 51 M, farmer born NC John 22 M farmer, born Tenn Sarah 20 F, born Tenn James 16 M, born Tenn … THIS is probably NOT our guy...... Nancy 13 F, born Tenn Catherine 11F, born Tenn Margaret 9 F, born Tenn
Census 1850, Desoto Cty Miss- Index
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Map of Mississippi in 1860
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Census search, Mississippi 1850
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Census 1850 Mississippi, Desoto family 560
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Census 1850 Mississippi, Desoto family 705
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ResidenceABT 1860
Place: Coldwater Mississippi
Address: about 1885 or maybe 1890 is thought to have farmed for Ben F Simmons near Tupelo, Arkansas.
Agency: BBB notes, probably family verbal history
See Note 9

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Notes

Note 1

Marriage bond 6 Sept 1859 signed JW Buie

certificate of martimony of JW Buie and Miss C Reeves date 7 Sept 1859

recorded Marriage Book C, Desoto County Mississippi

copy in poseesion of AFB 2/6/03

Note 2

unable to find in Desoto Cty census 1860, 70 and 80 2/03

Try it spelled "Buie"

unable to find on Ancestry.com using soundes 2/17/04

see also JW Bowie age 46 born Maryland abt 1814, Wood Chopper, 1860 census of Louisiana, Catihoula parsh, pine Woods

note that 1880 Census has Caniza as widow Sullivan with 2 adult children in Desoto County, Miss. Walker is adjoining neighbor

Note 3

Doris Mulholland letters to BBB 4/30/71 and 7/5/1980

James and Caniza came to Jackson County with 3 children enroute maybe to Missouri. James was stricken ill and died, is buried on unmarked grave on the Simmons farm near Tupelo.

Earlier spelling was Buie per her Dad, Arthur.

Note 4

JAMES W? BUIE 30 Miss 1850 Jefferson ,

Township 10 east, 18 August, 1850

Dwelling 433, Family 433, line 18

JAMES W? BUIE 30 male, white, $300 real estate, carpenter Ireland

C.McBride?. 33 female, white, born Miss

Mary Buie, 1, female, white, born "dto-- Miss"?

This isn't a bad fit if spelling is W Buie and not McBride. Carpenter and young daughter named Mary are good fits with Doris info.

JW Buie sign marrage certifcate to C Reeves in 1859, again possible fit.

also is James P Buie in township 8 east, dwelling 242 age 21, born Miss

Note 5

Non paternity event/NPE/Not Parent Expected AFB’s FamilyTreeDNA Kit 926600 Y-DNA-111 in Jan 2020 in Haplogroup I-A7115. positive on 54 SNP and has two matches at Genetic Distance 2, two at Gen Dist 3, three at Gen Dist 4, and more than twenty matches from Genetic Distance 5 to 10, most with Walker name, all in group 2 of the Walker Project.

AFB’s Ancestry DNA shows many matches and ThruLines with Allan Walker/Esther McCory, and John Motheral/Jane Currie families, strongest matches are in Joel Walker and Mary Motheral descendants. AFB has marked more than 250 shared DNA matches in Walker/Motheral, McCrory, Allen group.

No Bowie/Buie/variant have shown in either Y-DNA or Ancestry DNA before grandchilden of Arthur Bowie 1881-1941

It is possible to image several theories to name parents of Arthur Bowie 1881-1941, however the most likely and simplest is that James Motheral Walker is his father and Caniza Reeves (Buie/Sullivan/Bowie) is his mother. June 1880 census of Tate County, Mississippi, shows James M Walker living (dwelling 204, family 209) next to Caniza Sullivan, twice widowed with her two adult children, (dwelling 205, family 210). Arthur born in May 1881.

Note 6

Henderson Cty Tenn 1850 census? --this is the James that Bobby B Bowie picked as husband of Caniza Reeves and father of Arthur 1881-1941. THIS is probably NOT our guy......

9 Nov 1850, Family 74

With father Daniel / David Bowie/Buie/Bruce 51 M, farmer born NC

John 22 M farmer, born Tenn

Sarah 20 F, born Tenn

James 16 M, born Tenn … THIS is probably NOT our guy......

Nancy 13 F, born Tenn

Catherine 11F, born Tenn

Margaret 9 F, born Tenn

http://msgw.org/desoto/gsdcm.htm

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
 P. O. BOX 607, HERNANDO, MS. 38632-0607 Phone (662) 429-1310

http://msgw.org/tate/index.html

Tate formed in 1873 from southern div of Desoto

The Tate County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc at tatehistory@hotmail.com

P.O. Box 974 Senatobia MS 38668-0974

society's offices and library at 105 Court Street, Senatobia, MS. The Library is open each Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m

Monday night 6-8 p.m. By appointment ONLY. Please contact librarian at 292-3509 for appointments.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arjackso/

Jackson Co Historical Society  P.O. Box 711 Newport, Arkansas   72112

JACKSON COUNTY LIBRARY 213 Walnut, P. O Box 190, Newport.Ark 72112,telephone 870-523-2952

Note 7

consider the son of Wm P Bowie, age 46 born NC, in Northern Div of Desoto Cty MS, Oct 18, 1850.

Dwelling 560 family 560

wife CH Bowie age 41 born VA, ( matches court record <la/catahoul/court/prob001.txt>?)

N age 14 female born Tn

Wm age 12 female? born Tn

C age 9 female born Tn

J. age 5 male born TN

A age 2 female? born Miss

C Tanner age 80 born VA

nearby in dwelling 705 family 705 is

Jessie Britt age 56 born NC with family

Anna age 35 female born TN

REEVES Carmiza 10 TN

she is five years senior, would be 19 marrying 14 yr old...not likely but possible.

james Reeves age 13 born TN

Jonah Reeves age 8 born TN

Jesse T Britt age 3 born Miss

from 1870 Census Undex

also look at Bowie, David W, Union Co , p 490, El Dorado Twp

Mahla, Union, p486, Cornia Twp

Nancy, Union, p 494, Eldorado Twp

Note 8

Consider James W Buie, Jefferson county family#433

age 30 male, carpenter, born Ireland $3000

C.M. 33 female, born Miss

Mary 1 female, born Miss

Nearby family 421 Malcolm Buie 40 , m, planter, born MIss

Anna 35, f, NC

E. 15 f, Miss

F.S. 10 f, Miss

family 227 D.G Buie

family 230 G.M. Buie

with family 242 James P Buie

Yazoo familys 463 and 510 also had Buie

Note 9

could there be connection between JW Bowie leaving northern mississippi for Ben Simmons land in NE Arkansas in mid to late 1880s and Ben Simmons bear hunting at a camp in NE Mississippi in that same time frame?