Thanks again Karen for this info, all very helpful. I have one more connection up the line, it is: Benjamin B Bowden (1803-1892) married Anna Bowles he was born in N Carolina and Died in Missouri, my 4 x gf Son: William A Bowden married Mary Chaney (1828-1921) - my 3x grandfather If there are only four Bowden lines in the US it may be possible to get them more complete with our groups email connection. Thanks, Katherine On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:06 PM, <andover-mg@juno.com> <andover-mg@juno.com> wrote: > My Bowdon/Bowden/Boudin/Bowdoin(even Bowdown) family is the southern > branch. I started doing research on these folks about 15 years ago. > > I seem to have found the Northern U.S. Bowden families were not directly > at least related to my Bowdons, some of whom spell their names Bowdon, > some Bowden. I do have the will of my third great grandfather whose name > is spelled two different ways in the same document. > > I have Thomas Bowdon born 1793 Chester County, NC. This is from a Bible > record and could be 1793 or 1799 because the writing is difficult to > read. I do not have the original Bible. I do have a list of their > children, the first of whom was born in 1823. The family lived in a > variety of places throughout the south. One of the family members settled > in Limestone CO, TX. Among the places the family lived: The Carolinas, > TN, AL, MS, and AR. > > I'd like to connect to others studying the southern Bowden families. They > were people of some means as witnessed by the people they kept in > slavery. > > Karen > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have been working on my Bowden line for more than 10 years.  William and Jesse Bowden came to Twiggs County Georgia in 1808 or earlier as my ggg or gggg grandfather, Matthew Bowden was born there in 1808 when Twiggs County was still part of Wilkinson County.  Twiggs County was established from part of Wilkinson County in 1809.  One of my problems was that the Twiggs County courthouse burned circa 1903 and all records were lost.  Matthew was the son of Jesse based on census records that only gave the ages of children in the household and one of the male ages fit the age of Matthew at the time of the census.  Getting past Jesse has been my brick wall for a long time, at least until I had my YDNA results compare against one other person who has traced his genealogy back to John and Molly Bowden.  Assuming that the his ancestry is correct and our DNA shows and common ancestry 10 generations back that puts Jesse, William and Matthew right on center target with his genealogy.  I would feel more comfortable it I had more YDNA results pooled from other descendents of John and Molly Bowden.  One of the problems is that there appears to be several Jesse's and William's that are cousins or uncles to my line.  I think YDNA is to tool that is needed to completely break down my brick wall.  Any help from the Bowden group here was be greatly appreciatee. Wayne Bowden Gray Georgia ________________________________ From: Keltic Kat <mcnamara971@gmail.com> To: bowden@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [BOWDEN] Roll Call Thanks again Karen for this info, all very helpful. I have one more connection up the line, it is: Benjamin B Bowden (1803-1892) married Anna Bowles he was born in N Carolina and Died in Missouri, my 4 x gf Son: William A Bowden married Mary Chaney (1828-1921) - my 3x grandfather If there are only four Bowden lines in the US it may be possible to get them more complete with our groups email connection. Thanks, Katherine On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:06 PM, <andover-mg@juno.com> <andover-mg@juno.com> wrote: > My Bowdon/Bowden/Boudin/Bowdoin(even Bowdown) family is the southern > branch. I started doing research on these folks about 15 years ago. > > I seem to have found the Northern U.S. Bowden families were not directly > at least related to my Bowdons, some of whom spell their names Bowdon, > some Bowden. I do have the will of my third great grandfather whose name > is spelled two different ways in the same document. > > I have Thomas Bowdon born 1793 Chester County, NC. This is from a Bible > record and could be 1793 or 1799 because the writing is difficult to > read. I do not have the original Bible. I do have a list of their > children, the first of whom was born in 1823. The family lived in a > variety of places throughout the south. One of the family members settled > in Limestone CO, TX. Among the places the family lived: The Carolinas, > TN, AL, MS, and AR. > > I'd like to connect to others studying the southern Bowden families. They > were people of some means as witnessed by the people they kept in > slavery. > > Karen > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree with Wayne Bowden. The DNA is a great tool that can help point us in the right direction in our searches. My Uncle, George Bowden, was the one Wayne Bowden was able to make a connection with through the YDNA matches. My Bowden line goes back to John and Molly Bowden through their son, Elias Simpson Bowden, who settled in Fentress County, Tennessee, after his service in the War of 1812. Cathy Bowden Moore Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2013, at 5:53 PM, wayne bowden <wabowden99@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have been working on my Bowden line for more than 10 years. William and Jesse Bowden came to Twiggs County Georgia in 1808 or earlier as my ggg or gggg grandfather, Matthew Bowden was born there in 1808 when Twiggs County was still part of Wilkinson County. Twiggs County was established from part of Wilkinson County in 1809. One of my problems was that the Twiggs County courthouse burned circa 1903 and all records were lost. Matthew was the son of Jesse based on census records that only gave the ages of children in the household and one of the male ages fit the age of Matthew at the time of the census. Getting past Jesse has been my brick wall for a long time, at least until I had my YDNA results compare against one other person who has traced his genealogy back to John and Molly Bowden. Assuming that the his ancestry is correct and our DNA shows and common ancestry 10 generations back that puts Jesse, William and Matthew right on center > target with his genealogy. I would feel more comfortable it I had more YDNA results pooled from other descendents of John and Molly Bowden. One of the problems is that there appears to be several Jesse's and William's that are cousins or uncles to my line. I think YDNA is to tool that is needed to completely break down my brick wall. Any help from the Bowden group here was be greatly appreciatee. > > Wayne Bowden > Gray Georgia > > > ________________________________ > From: Keltic Kat <mcnamara971@gmail.com> > To: bowden@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:48 PM > Subject: Re: [BOWDEN] Roll Call > > > Thanks again Karen for this info, all very helpful. I have one more connection up the line, it is: > Benjamin B Bowden (1803-1892) married Anna Bowles he was born in N Carolina and Died in Missouri, my 4 x gf > Son: William A Bowden married Mary Chaney (1828-1921) - my 3x grandfather > > If there are only four Bowden lines in the US it may be possible to get them more complete with our groups email connection. > > Thanks, > > Katherine > > > > On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:06 PM, <andover-mg@juno.com> <andover-mg@juno.com> wrote: > >> My Bowdon/Bowden/Boudin/Bowdoin(even Bowdown) family is the southern >> branch. I started doing research on these folks about 15 years ago. >> >> I seem to have found the Northern U.S. Bowden families were not directly >> at least related to my Bowdons, some of whom spell their names Bowdon, >> some Bowden. I do have the will of my third great grandfather whose name >> is spelled two different ways in the same document. >> >> I have Thomas Bowdon born 1793 Chester County, NC. This is from a Bible >> record and could be 1793 or 1799 because the writing is difficult to >> read. I do not have the original Bible. I do have a list of their >> children, the first of whom was born in 1823. The family lived in a >> variety of places throughout the south. One of the family members settled >> in Limestone CO, TX. Among the places the family lived: The Carolinas, >> TN, AL, MS, and AR. >> >> I'd like to connect to others studying the southern Bowden families. They >> were people of some means as witnessed by the people they kept in >> slavery. >> >> Karen >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message