Finding things at this website is a little tricky. To see the original "Survey for the Heirs of Benjamin Bowles" which includes owners (Wood, Hicks, Walker, Winn, Anderson, Watkins, and Hughes) of the warrants for Bowls' 2000 acres in Kentucky : At the website, choose "Patent Series", then "VA and Old Kentucky Patent Series", click on "Search", choose Old Kentucky Patent Series, sort by : Patent, and finally Scan the list for OK 2522. The first image in the group is the survey. The surveyor, John Payne, states " I do hereby certify that the warrants on which this survey was executed has never been in my possession." The website's general information about Wills states that "Occasionally patent applicants died before receiving their grant conveying land title. Heirs would submit a will (or a copy of a Will) to the Land Office to establish their claim to the unfinished patent. If accepted, the Grant would be issued "to the Heirs of..." Susan Beeler Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leathel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [BOWLES] Benjamin Bowls' will; Hanover Co., VA>Surry Co., NC > Bowls Benjamin,Heirs, 2000 ac. > Book 8, Page 358. > Date Surveyed Oct. 6, 1797. > Scott Co,Ky. > Watercourse, Elkhorn. > > 9. 1789 Woodford - Fayette --- Versailles. It was cut 2 times after it was > formed;1792 Scott. > 11. 1792 Scott - Woodford --- Georgetown. It was cut 2 times after it was > formed. > 1794 Harrison;1794 Cambell. > > Linne, when Benjamin wrote his will in 1780, he gave his brothers John > 1000ac and Thomas 500ac of land in KY. He gave his sister Mary Ford 500 ac > in Ky. In 1780 when this will was written the land was in Kentucky County > Virginia, then Fayette Co,KY then Woodford Co,Ky before Scott Co, KY in > 1797 > when the land was finally surveyed. I don't know who the land was surveyed > to in 1797, but don't think it was either of his brothers or his sister. I > assume that is why his will is listed in KY? > Leathel, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linne Gravestock" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:36 AM > Subject: [BOWLES] Benjamin Bowls' will; Hanover Co., VA>Surry Co., NC > > >> ===================================================================== >> Match: Bowls >> Source: [email protected] >> From: Julie <[email protected]> >> Subject: [VAWARREN] a new will section on a Ky website. >> >> >> Okay - I didn't notice this the last time I was on this site >> http://sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/wills/ - but on the Kentucky Land >> office site - they also have a few wills. I'm assuming these were >> filed with some of the land warrants. There are also un-claimed >> warrants, but I can't find where that was listed. >> >> Here are the wills >> Armstrong, samuel >> Barbee, thomas >> Barnett, james >> Berryman, john >> Bowls, benjamin >> Brooke, george >> Brown, Alexander >> Bulger, edward >> Byrd, Co. William >> Cabell, nicholas >> Carpenter, john >> Carrington, george >> Daniel, robert >> Dickerson, william >> Earley, joseph >> Early, joseph >> Eustace, hancock >> Eustace, Isabella >> fitzhugh, william >> Floyd, john >> Frakes, henry >> Harris, frederick >> Hart, nathaniel >> Hartley, Thomas >> Holt, John Hunter >> Johnson, Thomas >> Johnes, John Gabriel >> Kennedy, john Jr. >> Leewright, john >> Leitch, david >> Lindsay, joseph >> Linn, William >> Livingston, Justice >> Marks, Isaiah >> Marshal, Co. Thomas >> Mason, George >> Maury, abraham >> May, John >> McCracken, Cyrus >> McIntyre, Alexander >> Meriwether, george >> Miller, Ebenezer >> Payne, John >> Payne, John >> Penn, Gabriel >> Piper, Ann >> Piper, William >> Read, Edmund >> robards, William >> Robins, John Jr >> Rogers, John >> Rubsaman, Jacob >> Spears, Jacob >> Stephens, George William >> Steward, William >> suggett, James >> Wallace, Samuel >> Walls, George >> Watkins, John >> Wiatt, Gary >> Wilson, Willis >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

For helpful answers to questions relating to patents, etc. in Kentucky, at the same website look for "Frequently Answered Questions" by going to "Military Reg. and Land Records", then "West of TN River Military Patents" and then you will see FAQ. Not easy to find but excellent source for detailed explanations regarding land subjects. Susan Beeler Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:51 PM Subject: Re: [BOWLES] Benjamin Bowls' will; Hanover Co., VA>Surry Co., NC > Finding things at this website is a little tricky. > > To see the original "Survey for the Heirs of Benjamin Bowles" which > includes > owners (Wood, Hicks, Walker, Winn, Anderson, Watkins, and Hughes) of the > warrants for Bowls' 2000 acres in Kentucky : > > At the website, choose "Patent Series", then "VA and Old Kentucky Patent > Series", click on "Search", choose Old Kentucky Patent Series, sort by : > Patent, and finally Scan the list for OK 2522. The first image in the > group > is the survey. > > The surveyor, John Payne, states " I do hereby certify that the warrants > on > which this survey was executed has never been in my possession." > > The website's general information about Wills states that "Occasionally > patent applicants died before receiving their grant conveying land title. > Heirs would submit a will (or a copy of a Will) to the Land Office to > establish their claim to the unfinished patent. If accepted, the Grant > would be issued "to the Heirs of..." > > Susan Beeler Anderson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leathel" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 7:50 AM > Subject: Re: [BOWLES] Benjamin Bowls' will; Hanover Co., VA>Surry Co., NC > > >> Bowls Benjamin,Heirs, 2000 ac. >> Book 8, Page 358. >> Date Surveyed Oct. 6, 1797. >> Scott Co,Ky. >> Watercourse, Elkhorn. >> >> 9. 1789 Woodford - Fayette --- Versailles. It was cut 2 times after it >> was >> formed;1792 Scott. >> 11. 1792 Scott - Woodford --- Georgetown. It was cut 2 times after it was >> formed. >> 1794 Harrison;1794 Cambell. >> >> Linne, when Benjamin wrote his will in 1780, he gave his brothers John >> 1000ac and Thomas 500ac of land in KY. He gave his sister Mary Ford 500 >> ac >> in Ky. In 1780 when this will was written the land was in Kentucky County >> Virginia, then Fayette Co,KY then Woodford Co,Ky before Scott Co, KY in >> 1797 >> when the land was finally surveyed. I don't know who the land was >> surveyed >> to in 1797, but don't think it was either of his brothers or his sister. >> I >> assume that is why his will is listed in KY? >> Leathel, >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Linne Gravestock" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:36 AM >> Subject: [BOWLES] Benjamin Bowls' will; Hanover Co., VA>Surry Co., NC >> >> >>> ===================================================================== >>> Match: Bowls >>> Source: [email protected] >>> From: Julie <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [VAWARREN] a new will section on a Ky website. >>> >>> >>> Okay - I didn't notice this the last time I was on this site >>> http://sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/wills/ - but on the Kentucky Land >>> office site - they also have a few wills. I'm assuming these were >>> filed with some of the land warrants. There are also un-claimed >>> warrants, but I can't find where that was listed. >>> >>> Here are the wills >>> Armstrong, samuel >>> Barbee, thomas >>> Barnett, james >>> Berryman, john >>> Bowls, benjamin >>> Brooke, george >>> Brown, Alexander >>> Bulger, edward >>> Byrd, Co. William >>> Cabell, nicholas >>> Carpenter, john >>> Carrington, george >>> Daniel, robert >>> Dickerson, william >>> Earley, joseph >>> Early, joseph >>> Eustace, hancock >>> Eustace, Isabella >>> fitzhugh, william >>> Floyd, john >>> Frakes, henry >>> Harris, frederick >>> Hart, nathaniel >>> Hartley, Thomas >>> Holt, John Hunter >>> Johnson, Thomas >>> Johnes, John Gabriel >>> Kennedy, john Jr. >>> Leewright, john >>> Leitch, david >>> Lindsay, joseph >>> Linn, William >>> Livingston, Justice >>> Marks, Isaiah >>> Marshal, Co. Thomas >>> Mason, George >>> Maury, abraham >>> May, John >>> McCracken, Cyrus >>> McIntyre, Alexander >>> Meriwether, george >>> Miller, Ebenezer >>> Payne, John >>> Payne, John >>> Penn, Gabriel >>> Piper, Ann >>> Piper, William >>> Read, Edmund >>> robards, William >>> Robins, John Jr >>> Rogers, John >>> Rubsaman, Jacob >>> Spears, Jacob >>> Stephens, George William >>> Steward, William >>> suggett, James >>> Wallace, Samuel >>> Walls, George >>> Watkins, John >>> Wiatt, Gary >>> Wilson, Willis >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thank you, Leathel and Sue, for guiding us through the thickets of the website and documents. I know that there have been a small group doing their best to see how these surnames and families connect, but they may be busy with Mother's Day festivities. This group and I think that the Benjamin Bowles in my line and the Benjamin Bowles you see below are related---we just don't know how. Since my Benjamin was born in 1785, I doubt that he was the soldier mentioned below. Here's something that I posted 7 years ago. I bring it out again, as we're always getting new members who might not have seen it. Can anyone tell us more information about the surnames below and how they connect to a Bowles? You may have information that we don't know about. Linne P.S.: Old-timers know that when you see that broken double line in any of my postings, unless I tell you otherwise, I won't have any more information about the posting. I'm just forwarding items that get sent to me. ========================================= I looked back in my notes on Benjamin Bowles and found that Vickie Miller did this lookup for me, which I posted to the Bowles list on 9 May 2001: Match: Bowles Source: [email protected] From: [email protected] Vickie Miller Subject: [WIGTON-WALKER] John Walker -Augusta Co and others Virginia's Colonial Soldiers by Lloyd D. Bockstruck p268 Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin BOWLES, assignee of David HARRIS, a soldier in the 2nd VA Rgmt 29 Sept 1779 Goochland Co; Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of John UTLEY WADE, a soldier in the 2nd Va Rgmt 29 Sept 1779 Goochland Co; Warrant assigned by John HUGHES to Joseph WATKINS who assigned it to Benjamin Bowles; Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of Gideon HIX/HICKS, a soldier in the 2nd Va Rgmt 29 Sept 1779 Goochland Co; Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of James BLANKFORD, a soldier in the 2nd Va Rgmt 20 Sept 1779 Goochland Co; Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of Joseph SHEPHERD, a soldier in the 2nd Va. Rgmt 4 Oct 1779 Henrico Co; Warrant for 200 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of George WEST, sergeant in the 2nd Va. Rgmt 20 Sept 1779 Goochland Co; Warrant for 100 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of William HUBDEN/HUBBARD, son and heir of James HUBDEN/HUBBARD, a soldier in the 2nd Va. Rgmt and of David LOSSCEN/LAWSON, heir of Peter LOSSCEN/LAWSON, a soldier in the 2nd Va. Rgmt 4 Oct 1779 Henrico Co; Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of John WALKER, a soldier in the 2nd VA Rgmt 29 Sept 1779 Goochland Co p273 Warrant for 50 acres issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of James HARRIS, a soldier in the 2nd Va. Rgmt n 1758. 4 Nov 1779 Hanover Co; Warrant issued to Benjamin Bowles, assignee of Peter WINN, the assignee of Matthew ANDERSON, a sergeant under Col. John HICKMAN in 1759. Proved on oath of Col. John HICKMAN. 7 Oct 1779 Hanover Co., VA >Finding things at this website is a little tricky. > >To see the original "Survey for the Heirs of Benjamin Bowles" which includes >owners (Wood, Hicks, Walker, Winn, Anderson, Watkins, and Hughes) of the >warrants for Bowls' 2000 acres in Kentucky : > >At the website, choose "Patent Series", then "VA and Old Kentucky Patent >Series", click on "Search", choose Old Kentucky Patent Series, sort by : >Patent, and finally Scan the list for OK 2522. The first image in the group >is the survey. > >The surveyor, John Payne, states " I do hereby certify that the warrants on >which this survey was executed has never been in my possession." > >The website's general information about Wills states that "Occasionally >patent applicants died before receiving their grant conveying land title. >Heirs would submit a will (or a copy of a Will) to the Land Office to >establish their claim to the unfinished patent. If accepted, the Grant >would be issued "to the Heirs of..." > >Susan Beeler Anderson