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&query=bowers&submit=search&databaseid=5420&title=bute+county%2c+north+carolina+court+minutes%2c+1767-79&databasename=butenc1767&searchengine=sse.dll&server=search&type=f&fh=0