My Bowen family lived in Powell, Tennessee. My grandfather Andrew Jackson Bowen used to tell me that he was told Bowen started out as Owen. But I have no proof of this other than his word. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:51 PM, "Kathleen B. Simons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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" > > ------------------------------- > 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