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).
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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
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
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Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings 1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society POBox 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
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Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings 1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society POBox 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
Source: | The Bowies and their Kindred A Genealogical and Biographical History |
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Authors: | Walter Worthington Bowie |
Date: | 1899 |
Publisher: | Cromwell Bros, Washington DC 1899 Library of Congress Cat # 74-172558 |
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
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Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings 1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society POBox 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
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Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings 1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society POBox 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
Source: | Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. Containing a list of the State's defenders; Officier and Men........under Authority of the Legislature.... |
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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 |
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
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Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings 1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society POBox 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |
Source: | The Rezin Bowie Family of Louisiana |
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Authors: | Virginia Lobdell Jennings 1998 |
Date: | 1998 |
Publisher: | Louisiana Genealogical & Historical Society POBox 82060 Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2060 |