 1742 - 1804 (62 years)
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| Name |
William R BOWEN [1, 2] |
| Prefix |
Capt |
| Born |
1742 |
, Augusta, Virginia, USA  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
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| Military |
1774 |
- 1st Lt, Capt William Russell's Co against the Shawnee, Colonial Army of Virginia
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| Military |
10 Oct 1774 |
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| Residence |
1784 |
, Sumner, Tennessee, USA |
| Died |
15 Dec 1804 |
, Sumner, Tennessee, USA [4] |
| Person ID |
I4142 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Father |
John BOWEN, b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 19 May 1761, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years) |
| Mother |
Lilly MCILHANEY, b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Between 4 Apr 1780 and 20 Jun 1780, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1731 [5] |
| Family ID |
F1539 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Henley RUSSELL, b. 1760, d. 1815, , Smith, Tennessee, USA (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
1777 |
, Washington, Virginia, USA [6] |
- Abingdon is now in Washington County.
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| Children |
| | 1. Col John H BOWEN, b. 1780, , , Virginia, USA , d. 25 Sep 1822, , Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 42 years) |
| | 2. Louisa BOWEN, b. Abt 1781, d. Deceased |
| | 3. Samuel BOWEN, b. Abt 1783, d. Deceased, , , Missouri, USA |
| | 4. Catherine BOWEN, b. Mar 1785, d. 7 Mar 1868, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA (Age ~ 82 years) |
| | 5. Tabitha BOWEN, b. Abt 1787, d. Deceased |
| | 6. William R BOWEN, b. Abt 1789, d. Deceased, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA |
| | 7. Celia Wilson BOWEN, b. Abt 1791, d. Deceased |
| | 8. Levisee BOWEN, b. Abt 1793, d. Deceased |
| | 9. Mary BOWEN, b. Abt 1795, d. Deceased |
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| Last Modified |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Family ID |
F1890 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Some records show that he was born in Fincastle County which did not exist until 1772. Fincastle was created from Botetourt County which had only just formed in 1770. Botetourt was created from Augusta County.
William served under Colonel William Campbell at the Battle of King's Mountain, where his brother Rees was killed. He commanded a company of mounted rangers to protect the frontier. His commission was signed by Governor Patrick Henry. He was also the maternal grandfather of Tennessee Governor William Bowen Campbell.
First Lieutenant in Captain William Russell's company in the campaign against the Shawnee and other Indian tribes in 1774.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Volume III, page 465
DEED BOOKS
Page 229.--28th February, 1767. John Smith to Jonathan Smith, £90, slaves. Teste: John Mills, Joseph Luney, James McKair (McKain?), William Bowen.
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| Sources |
- [S887] Will, Book 1, page 73, Lilly McIlhaney Bowen.
... my sons Reese, William and Robert Bowen ...
- [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
... They had twelve children, one of whom, Captain John Bowen, was the father of Captain William Bowen who was the first to emigrate to Tennessee ...
- [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
... Captain William Bowen was born in Fincastle County, Virginia, then Augusta County, in 1742 ...
- [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 232.
... He died in Sumner County on December 15, 1804 ...
- [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
... married Lily McIlhaney and ...
- [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 233.
... Captain William Bowen, in 1777, married Mary Henley Russell, daughter of General William Russell and his wife, Tobitha Adams, in Augusta County, Virginia, now Washington County, near where Abingdon now stands ...
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