James Bowie
Personal and Family Information
James was born in Scotland, the son of unknown parents. The date is not known.
He died about 1796 in Washington County, Georgia.
His wife was Sarah Whitehead, who he married on BEF 18 JUL 1765 in North Carolina. Their eleven known children were Rezin (1762-1821), Elay (1768->1798), Comfort (1768->1811), Rhesa (>1769-<1810), Sara (<1769-1799), Nancy (<1769-c1775), Alice (<1769-c1775), Martha (1770->1799), John (?-c1816), Mary (<1796->1798) and Ana (<1796->1798).
Events
Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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Death | ABT 1796 |
Place: | Washington County, Georgia |
Address: | Sale of estate of James Bowie Deceased
11 March 1979 Washington County, Georgia, copy filed in West Flordia
John Bowie and Salley Menasco, executors
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The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
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Immigration | 1742 |
Place: | Maryland |
Address: | from Scotland to Maryland in 1742. James was oldest of eight brothers and sisters
page 4, VL Jennings, Rezin Bowie Family
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The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
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Will | 17 JUN 1768 |
Place: | St George Parish, Georgia |
Address: | Will of Thomas Whitehead -- "give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Buoy wife pf James Buoy"
"give and bequeath to my son Reason Whitehead"
presented 16 June, recorded 17 June 1768. |
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The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
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Other Event | 1 DEC 1764 |
Place: | Georgia |
Type: | Deed |
Address: | first applied for grant of land |
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The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
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Other Event | 12 MAR 1784 |
Place: | Washington County, Georgia |
Type: | Deed |
Address: | Cert if Col Greenbury Lee, entitled to bounty of 250 acres page 26
recorded 287 acres in Washington County each to James and Reason 17 May 1784 page 199 |
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Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. Containing a list of the State's defenders; Officier and Men........under Authority of the Legislature....
Source: | Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. Containing a list of the State's defenders; Officier and Men........under Authority of the Legislature.... |
Authors: | Lucian Larmar Knight, LL. D, F.R.S. State Historian and Director of the Department of Archives and HIstory |
Date: | 1920 |
Publisher: | Atlanta, Ga. Index Printing Co
https://archive.org/details/georgiasrosterrev00knigrich |
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Multimedia
Notes
Note 1
BE CAREFUL HERE!
"The Bowies and their Kindred" only very loosely ties this James(1739-1796) back to the Maryland Bowies. Page 258 and 259 statements such as "In the absence of documentary evidence, family tradition must be accepte.." and "If such was the case" and "It is not know where...but seems to be".
"The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana" by Virginia Lobdell Jennings is a much more scholarily research of this James Bowie(1739-1796) and his decendents. Wills and land records are used to better document the names, familys, places and dates. At the same time comparasions are made with the claims in WW Bowie book.
Most of what I use for decendents of James Bowie and Sarah Whitehead is taken from Jenning's book.
Arthur F Bowie 27 December 2008
Sources
- The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
- The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
- The Bowies and their Kindred
A Genealogical and Biographical History
Source: | The Bowies and their Kindred
A Genealogical and Biographical History |
Authors: | Walter Worthington Bowie |
Date: | 1899 |
Publisher: | Cromwell Bros, Washington DC 1899
Library of Congress Cat # 74-172558 |
- The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
- The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
- Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. Containing a list of the State's defenders; Officier and Men........under Authority of the Legislature....
Source: | Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. Containing a list of the State's defenders; Officier and Men........under Authority of the Legislature.... |
Authors: | Lucian Larmar Knight, LL. D, F.R.S. State Historian and Director of the Department of Archives and HIstory |
Date: | 1920 |
Publisher: | Atlanta, Ga. Index Printing Co
https://archive.org/details/georgiasrosterrev00knigrich |
- The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings
1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society
POBox 82060
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |