Donna, I believe this is Giles Bowers Sr b. c1715 VA d. 1800 Franklin Co NC and Jesse was his son, and Young McLemore (migrated to west TN) who was son-in-law of Giles is also in these court records. Bute Co NC was formed in 1764 from Granville Co and in 1779 was abolished by division into Warren and Franklin Counties. Giles Bowers entered land in Granville Co NC c1740-1750 on Lynches Creek of Tar River. Could this be the Jesse Bowers in early records of Wilson Co TN? Howard Bowers ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Hinson <dhinson@kellnet.com> To: <BOWER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: [BOWER] Ancestry Search for Bowers - Bute Co., NC > The Bute County NC Court Minutes 1767-1779 are free to search on > Ancestry at the moment. Below is URL for Bowers search. > > Giles and Jesse only Bowers listed: > http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=butenc1767&ti=0&gs=bowers&quer y=bowers&submit=search&databaseid=5420&title=bute+county%2c+north+carolina+c ourt+minutes%2c+1767-79&databasename=butenc1767&searchengine=sse.dll&server= search&type=f&fh=0 > > > ==== BOWER Mailing List ==== > Need to reach Colleen, the discussion coordinator? Send her an email > at <ladyaudris@earthlink.net>. >