Also, in researching BOWEN in/near Culpeper & Fauquier counties (where there are BOURNE lines, too), distinguising the two surnames in handwritten legal documents of the 1700s & 1800s can be VERY difficult, so wouldn't be surprised to find one became the other... On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Henrik Rasmussen <[email protected]>wrote: > Because of the brick wall I have hit on my Bowen family around 1800, I am > suspicious the name may have been something else prior. Illiteracy seems to > be part of the problem. When asked to give names people often had no idea > how it was spelled and the person taking the information wrote down what > they heard when the person spoke their name. I don't think it was always a > desire to make a change. > > My Bowen family was around Fayetteville, TN. > > _____________ > Rik Rasmussen > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bob Keating <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > When my GGF Worldly Wright Bowen, moved from Georgia to North Florida, > > Waldo, in the 1800s. Any similar experiences? > > Bob Keating > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- ===== Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no disguising the truth." DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak"
Oh, a branch of Culpeper are BOWENs went to TN about 1815... On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Kathleen B. Simons < [email protected]> wrote: > Also, in researching BOWEN in/near Culpeper & Fauquier counties (where > there are BOURNE lines, too), distinguising the two surnames in handwritten > legal documents of the 1700s & 1800s can be VERY difficult, so wouldn't be > surprised to find one became the other... > > > On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Henrik Rasmussen <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Because of the brick wall I have hit on my Bowen family around 1800, I am >> suspicious the name may have been something else prior. Illiteracy seems >> to >> be part of the problem. When asked to give names people often had no idea >> how it was spelled and the person taking the information wrote down what >> they heard when the person spoke their name. I don't think it was always a >> desire to make a change. >> >> My Bowen family was around Fayetteville, TN. >> >> _____________ >> Rik Rasmussen >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bob Keating <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > When my GGF Worldly Wright Bowen, moved from Georgia to North Florida, >> > Waldo, in the 1800s. Any similar experiences? >> > Bob Keating >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > [email protected] 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 >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > ===== > Kathleen Bowen Simons > Falls Church, Virginia > > "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no > disguising the truth." > DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak" > -- ===== Kathleen Bowen Simons Falls Church, Virginia "I don't really care that they label me a Jesus freak - there ain't no disguising the truth." DC Talk & Newsboys, "Jesus Freak"