I want to add that I donated copies of the microfilm of the NC land grants in TN to the Clayton Library in Houston. It may also be available from the LDS Family History Centers too. Check their online catalog to see if it can be ordered from Salt Lake City. Donna Peggy K. Reeves wrote: > This may be of some assistance to those of you who have Bowers in TN > very soon after the Revolution... > > The state of TN was considered part of the state of TN at the time of > the Revolution. NC used generous bounty land incentives to attract > soldiers to sign up for the NC Continental Line. A private who served > the full time (not sure of the exact requirement, I believe it changed > over time), was eligible for 640 acres of bounty land. Higher ranking > officers could get more. The NC bounty land district, where these > warrants could be exchanged for land patents, was in the place that we > now know as middle Tennessee. It included the counties mentioned in > some of these postings. If you don't know where your people came from > before they were in TN, you might try looking for them in NC. The NC > Revolutionary bounty land grants can be copied from the NC Archives. > > Likewise, the place that we now know as KY was once part of VA. > Virginia gave out bounty land to it's Revolutionary soldiers in middle > Kentucky. The two bounty land districts of VA and TN met along the KY > and TN border. > > Peggy Reeves > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: BOWER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 17 > From: bower-request@rootsweb.com > To: bower@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:01:41 AM > >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Merle Bowers (D. Hinson) >> 2. James Bowers of Morris Co. NJ & Middle TN & Other Middle TN >> Bowers (D. Hinson) >> 3. James Bowers children (Middle TN) (D. Hinson) >> 4. Samuel John Bowers and Elizabeth Catherine White >> (Alvina Ballinger) >> 5. Re: Samuel John Bowers and Elizabeth Catherine White (D. Hinson) >> 6. Jeremiah Bowers & children (D. Hinson) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:54:57 -0500 >> From: "D. Hinson" <dhinson@suddenlink.net> >> Subject: [BOWER] Merle Bowers >> To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com, BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <48454D31.1060803@suddenlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> Is Merle Bowers still on the Bowers list? If so, please contact me. We >> are cousins. >> >> Donna Hinson >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:33:48 -0500 >> From: "D. Hinson" <dhinson@suddenlink.net> >> Subject: [BOWER] James Bowers of Morris Co. NJ & Middle TN & Other >> Middle TN Bowers >> To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com, BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <4845564C.9080504@suddenlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> I hope we haven't all given up on our Bowers genealogy as the list as >> been so quiet! I am reviewing old notes since it is too hot in TX to be >> outside now. >> >> James Bowers was in Montgomery Co., TN. He was b. May 28, 1756 in >> Morris Co., NJ, d. March 9, 1843 Sumner Co., TN. He had 3 sons also >> living in TN. I remember one was John. >> >> I think there used to be several descendants on the list of James. Are >> any of them still on the list? If so, have you taken the DNA test or >> thought about it? I did not notice James' lineage on the FTDNA page. >> In fact, I didn't notice anyone with ancestors in Middle TN who have >> taken the DNA test nor posted their lineage. We still have several >> Bowers in Wilson Co., TN with no connections......Jesse, Giles, and >> Morris Bowers, also a Jane Bower. I've not found any documentation to >> cite relationship to my Jeremiah Bowers, or to each other. My ancestor, >> Jeremiah Bowers also lived in Sumner Co. & Wilson Co., TN from around >> 1800 to 1837. In my analysis of his census records, none of the others >> in Wilson County are his children. >> >> I think the DNA tests may be the only thing to solve our brick walls >> once we've gotten back to the 1760's....where I now am. One thing in >> common with James of NJ is he was also in NC for a while just as my >> Jeremiah was. Did they all come to TN together? Are they related? >> >> We now have several who have done the DNA test but many of us do not >> match anyone so far. There are only a bout 36 participants. We simply >> don't have enough Bowers yet. And......Bowers is one of the most >> popular names. There are a lot of us! I think it's exciting that we >> now have a DNA test that can put our groups together. Even though I'm >> back to 1768 in VA, I do not know Jeremiah's brothers. As many of you, >> I'm looking for a needle in the haystack in VA and not found a definite >> record for Jeremiah but see many Bowers with similar family names but no >> proof of connections. And, since the DNA test ruled out that my line >> was connected to Giles Bowers who lived across the Tar River from my >> Jeremiah, living in close proximity is obviously no longer a given that >> two Bowers are related. >> >> So, Bowers cousins, if you can't stand an unresolved puzzle like me, >> think about trying the DNA method. Robert Strong, on the list, can give >> you more info. >> >> Donna >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:36:23 -0500 >> From: "D. Hinson" <dhinson@suddenlink.net> >> Subject: [BOWER] James Bowers children (Middle TN) >> To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com, BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <484556E7.6040005@suddenlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> James Bowers Children: >> 1. John b: 1785 NC d: after 1850 md: ca 1807 Frances buried: probably >> Blooming Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, TN >> 2. Joseph b: 1787 NC d: Sept 23, 1841 md: ca 1815 Polly Mary buried: >> Blooming Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, TN >> 3. James JR. b: 1801 TN md: ca 1837 Susan Allen >> 4. Elizabeth b: 1803 TN md: ca 1828 Asa McMurtry >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:11:53 -0700 >> From: "Alvina Ballinger" <aball@tscnet.com> >> Subject: [BOWER] Samuel John Bowers and Elizabeth Catherine White >> To: <bower@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <001a01c8c59c$ec59b050$0300a8c0@Casper> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" >> >> Hello, >> I haven't tried this for some years but does anyone connect with this line? >> Alvina Ballinger >> Bremerton, WA >> Descendants of Samuel John Bowers >> >> 1 Samuel John Bowers b: 1760 >> .. +Elizabeth Catherine White b: 1765 m: 1783 >> . 2 William Bowers >> . 2 John 1 Bowers b: 20 Aug 1784 >> ..... +Sophia Miller b: 1788 m: 28 Dec 1814 >> ..... 3 Elizabeth (Betsy) Bowers b: 31 Jan 1814 >> ......... +John James 11 Williams Jr. b: 08 Apr 1815 m: >> 1832 >> ..... 3 Elias (Eli) Bowers b: Nov 1815 >> ..... 3 Mary (Polly) Bowers b: Abt. 1818 >> ......... +William C. Smith b: 1822 m: 1844 >> ........ 4 Minerva Smith b: Oct 1844 >> ............ +Andrew Jacobs b: 1851 m: 1877 >> ..... 3 Eleanor (Lucy) Bowers b: 01 Apr 1819 >> ......... +William J. McElhiney b: 16 Oct 1813 m: Abt. 1840 >> ........ 4 Sarah McElhiney b: 12 Jul 1841 >> ............ +Benjamin Frampton b: 20 Sep 1825 m: 24 Nov >> 1859 >> ............ 5 Alice Frampton b: 29 Jun 1861 >> ............ 5 Anna L. Frampton b: 20 Apr 1863 >> ................ +John Halstead >> ............ 5 Ela Nora Frampton b: 02 Oct 1865 >> ................ +Cashman Tucker m: 01 Jul 1886 >> ............... 6 Eula Tucker b: 28 Jun 1887 >> ............... 6 Mamie Tucker b: 05 Jun 1890 >> ............... 6 Harry Tucker b: 29 Sep 1898 >> ............... 6 Nellie Tucker b: 18 Jul 1902 >> ............ 5 Myrtie Bertha Frampton b: 29 May 1871 >> ................ +William Yater Ballinger b: 31 Mar >> 1870 m: 10 Dec 1888 >> ............... 6 James Lee Ballinger b: 1889 >> ................... +Isabella b: 1890 >> ............... *2nd Wife of James Lee Ballinger: >> ................... +Isabel E. Mc Conaghy b: 1890 m: 28 Nov >> 1908 >> ............... 6 Claude Frampton Ballinger b: 13 Oct 1892 >> ................... +Romona Loring b: 1895 m: 22 Jan 1913 >> ............... *2nd Wife of Claude Frampton Ballinger: >> ................... +Helen K. Olsen b: 10 Jul 1902 >> ............... 6 William Paul Ballinger b: 29 Dec 1896 >> ................... +Goldie E. Clark b: 08 Apr 1899 m: >> 04 Jun 1919 >> ............... *2nd Wife of William Paul Ballinger: >> ................... +Margaret Rose Wilschnack b: 04 Apr >> 1902 m: 02 Nov 1923 >> ............... 6 Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger b: 14 Jan 1908 >> ................... +William Allen >> ............... *2nd Husband of Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger: >> >> ................... +Calvin Kersh >> ............... *3rd Husband of Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger: >> >> ................... +Rod C. Farrand >> ............... *4th Husband of Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger: >> >> ................... +Alfred Scheerer >> ............ 5 William Charles Frampton b: 02 May 1878 >> ................ +Neva Ruth Jay b: 04 Jun 1895 >> ............... 6 William Cashman Frampton >> ................... +Vera N.N. >> ............... 6 Bennie Joe Frampton >> ................... +Peggy Lou York m: 25 Oct 1957 >> ........ 4 Elias B. McElhiney b: 30 Nov 1843 >> ........ 4 Haskell H. McElhiney b: Abt. 1850 >> ........ 4 Clarissa McElhiney b: Abt. 1852 >> ............ +John Doe Bolles >> ........ 4 Melissa McElhiney b: Abt. 1855 >> ............ +John Doe Brown >> ........ 4 William J. McElhiney b: Jul 1857 >> ............ 5 Marjorie Allegra McElhiney b: 19 Nov 1904 >> ........ 4 Mary A. McElhiney b: Abt. 1864 >> ............ +John W. Patterson >> ..... 3 John II Bowers Jr. b: 1825 >> ......... +Jane Miller b: 27 Sep 1827 >> ..... 3 Evaline Bowers b: 20 Jun 1827 >> ..... 3 Sophia Bowers b: Abt. 1828 >> ..... 3 Caroline Bowers b: Abt. 1832 >> ......... +James B. Miller b: 1824 m: Bef. 1847 >> ..... 3 Solomon Bowers b: 15 Jul 1833 >> . 2 Philip Bowers b: 07 Dec 1787 >> . 2 Elizabeth (Betsy) Bowers b: 28 Jan 1789 >> . 2 Mary Ann Bowers b: Jul 1793 >> . 2 Samuel Bowers b: 01 Mar 1798 >> . 2 Andrew Bowers b: 09 Mar 1801 >> . 2 Susan Bowers b: 1805 >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1480 - Release Date: 6/3/2008 >> 7:00 AM >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:38:25 -0500 >> From: "D. Hinson" <dhinson@suddenlink.net> >> Subject: Re: [BOWER] Samuel John Bowers and Elizabeth Catherine White >> To: bower@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <48459DB1.1060606@suddenlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> Alvina, >> >> Could you give more details on Samuel John Bowers; i.e., where born, >> married, died, lived. Maybe he might fit in as a brother to someone. >> Thanks, Donna >> >> >> Alvina Ballinger wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hello, >>> I haven't tried this for some years but does anyone connect with this line? >>> Alvina Ballinger >>> Bremerton, WA >>> Descendants of Samuel John Bowers >>> >>> 1 Samuel John Bowers b: 1760 >>> .. +Elizabeth Catherine White b: 1765 m: 1783 >>> . 2 William Bowers >>> . 2 John 1 Bowers b: 20 Aug 1784 >>> ..... +Sophia Miller b: 1788 m: 28 Dec 1814 >>> ..... 3 Elizabeth (Betsy) Bowers b: 31 Jan 1814 >>> ......... +John James 11 Williams Jr. b: 08 Apr 1815 m: >>> 1832 >>> ..... 3 Elias (Eli) Bowers b: Nov 1815 >>> ..... 3 Mary (Polly) Bowers b: Abt. 1818 >>> ......... +William C. Smith b: 1822 m: 1844 >>> ........ 4 Minerva Smith b: Oct 1844 >>> ............ +Andrew Jacobs b: 1851 m: 1877 >>> ..... 3 Eleanor (Lucy) Bowers b: 01 Apr 1819 >>> ......... +William J. McElhiney b: 16 Oct 1813 m: Abt. 1840 >>> ........ 4 Sarah McElhiney b: 12 Jul 1841 >>> ............ +Benjamin Frampton b: 20 Sep 1825 m: 24 Nov >>> 1859 >>> ............ 5 Alice Frampton b: 29 Jun 1861 >>> ............ 5 Anna L. Frampton b: 20 Apr 1863 >>> ................ +John Halstead >>> ............ 5 Ela Nora Frampton b: 02 Oct 1865 >>> ................ +Cashman Tucker m: 01 Jul 1886 >>> ............... 6 Eula Tucker b: 28 Jun 1887 >>> ............... 6 Mamie Tucker b: 05 Jun 1890 >>> ............... 6 Harry Tucker b: 29 Sep 1898 >>> ............... 6 Nellie Tucker b: 18 Jul 1902 >>> ............ 5 Myrtie Bertha Frampton b: 29 May 1871 >>> ................ +William Yater Ballinger b: 31 Mar >>> 1870 m: 10 Dec 1888 >>> ............... 6 James Lee Ballinger b: 1889 >>> ................... +Isabella b: 1890 >>> ............... *2nd Wife of James Lee Ballinger: >>> ................... +Isabel E. Mc Conaghy b: 1890 m: 28 Nov >>> 1908 >>> ............... 6 Claude Frampton Ballinger b: 13 Oct 1892 >>> ................... +Romona Loring b: 1895 m: 22 Jan 1913 >>> ............... *2nd Wife of Claude Frampton Ballinger: >>> ................... +Helen K. Olsen b: 10 Jul 1902 >>> ............... 6 William Paul Ballinger b: 29 Dec 1896 >>> ................... +Goldie E. Clark b: 08 Apr 1899 m: >>> 04 Jun 1919 >>> ............... *2nd Wife of William Paul Ballinger: >>> ................... +Margaret Rose Wilschnack b: 04 Apr >>> 1902 m: 02 Nov 1923 >>> ............... 6 Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger b: 14 Jan 1908 >>> ................... +William Allen >>> ............... *2nd Husband of Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger: >>> >>> ................... +Calvin Kersh >>> ............... *3rd Husband of Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger: >>> >>> ................... +Rod C. Farrand >>> ............... *4th Husband of Myrtie Arvilla Ballinger: >>> >>> ................... +Alfred Scheerer >>> ............ 5 William Charles Frampton b: 02 May 1878 >>> ................ +Neva Ruth Jay b: 04 Jun 1895 >>> ............... 6 William Cashman Frampton >>> ................... +Vera N.N. >>> ............... 6 Bennie Joe Frampton >>> ................... +Peggy Lou York m: 25 Oct 1957 >>> ........ 4 Elias B. McElhiney b: 30 Nov 1843 >>> ........ 4 Haskell H. McElhiney b: Abt. 1850 >>> ........ 4 Clarissa McElhiney b: Abt. 1852 >>> ............ +John Doe Bolles >>> ........ 4 Melissa McElhiney b: Abt. 1855 >>> ............ +John Doe Brown >>> ........ 4 William J. McElhiney b: Jul 1857 >>> ............ 5 Marjorie Allegra McElhiney b: 19 Nov 1904 >>> ........ 4 Mary A. McElhiney b: Abt. 1864 >>> ............ +John W. Patterson >>> ..... 3 John II Bowers Jr. b: 1825 >>> ......... +Jane Miller b: 27 Sep 1827 >>> ..... 3 Evaline Bowers b: 20 Jun 1827 >>> ..... 3 Sophia Bowers b: Abt. 1828 >>> ..... 3 Caroline Bowers b: Abt. 1832 >>> ......... +James B. Miller b: 1824 m: Bef. 1847 >>> ..... 3 Solomon Bowers b: 15 Jul 1833 >>> . 2 Philip Bowers b: 07 Dec 1787 >>> . 2 Elizabeth (Betsy) Bowers b: 28 Jan 1789 >>> . 2 Mary Ann Bowers b: Jul 1793 >>> . 2 Samuel Bowers b: 01 Mar 1798 >>> . 2 Andrew Bowers b: 09 Mar 1801 >>> . 2 Susan Bowers b: 1805 >>> >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG. >>> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1480 - Release Date: 6/3/2008 >>> 7:00 AM >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:54:11 -0500 >> From: "D. Hinson" <dhinson@suddenlink.net> >> Subject: [BOWER] Jeremiah Bowers & children >> To: BOWER-L@rootsweb.com, BOWERS-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <4845A163.9020401@suddenlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >> Jeremiah Bowers born 1768 in VA, Abt. 1852 in KY, probably Todd or Logan >> Co. He married Margaret Eason September 4, 1809 in Sumner Co. TN, >> daughter of Samuel Eason and Nancy Deans. Margaret was born 1782 in NC, >> probably Nash Co. and died Aft. 1851 in KY, probably Todd or Logan Co. >> >> Migration: VA>NC>TN>KY >> >> Lived in NC until abt. 1800. Lived in TN until abt. 1837. Lived in >> Todd Co., KY until death. >> >> Children: (Note: Son Bartlett moved to MS from TN, others went to KY >> with parents but later moved to IL except for youngest son, Thomas, who >> stayed in KY.) >> >> 1. Bartlett Deans Bowers, born 1810 in Sumner Co., TN; died Bet. 1882 - >> 1884 in MS, probably Grenada Co.. >> 2. John L. Bowers, born 1814 in Sumner Co., TN; died in IL?. >> 3. Boy Bowers, born Bet. 1815 - 1820 in Sumner Co., TN. >> 4. Nancy Bowers, born Bet. July - August 1818 in Sumner Co., TN. >> 5. Girl Bowers, born Bet. 1820 - 1825 in Sumner or Wilson Co., TN. >> 6. James J. Bowers, born June 18, 1824 in Sumner or Wilson Co., TN; >> died February 19, 1876 in Nashville, Washington Co., IL. >> 7. Thomas F. Bowers, born 1829 in Sumner or Wilson Co., TN; died Aft. >> 1910, probably KY. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the BOWER list administrator, send an email to >> BOWER-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the BOWER mailing list, send an email to BOWER@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWER-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of BOWER Digest, Vol 3, Issue 17 >> ************************************ >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1543 - Release Date: 7/9/2008 6:32 PM > > > >