Elve Ap-Catesby Jones

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Personal and Family Information

Elve was born on 3 Apr 1766 in Savannah, Chatham Cty, Georgia, the daughter of unknown parents.

She died in 1838 in Shreveport, Bossier, Louisiana.

Her husband was Rezin Bowie, who she married on 8 MAR 1782 in Burke County, Georgia. Their eleven known children were David (?->1811), Lavina (1782-c1783), Lavissia (1782-c1783), John Jones (1785-1859), Sarah (1787-c1816), Mary (1789-1842), Margaret (1791-<1806), Rezin Pleasant (1793-1841), James (1796-1836), Stephen (1797-1833) and Martha (1806-<1870).

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EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth3 APR 1766
Place: Savannah, Chatham Cty, Georgia
Address: page 22
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

Death1838
Place: Shreveport, Bossier, Louisiana

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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

  1. 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
  2. Trail of the Bowie Knife
    Source: Trail of the Bowie Knife
    Authors: Sam Mims
    Publisher: The Guardian-Journal Homer Louisiana 1967
  3. 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