Belinda, this is the information I have on Chief John Bowles. Robert FIRST GENERATION 1. Chief John Bowles Sr1 was born in 1746. He was Principal Chief of the Cherokees between 1795 and 1813. He died on 16 July 1839 in Van Zant Co. TX. Cause of Death: shot in head during battle REFN: 2645 John Bowles was the son of a scotch trader and a full blooded Cherokee woman. His father was killed and robbed by two North Carolinas while on his way home from Charlestown with goods for his establishment. This murder was in 1768 when the son was only twelve years old, but within the next two years the fair complexioned, auburn haired boy had killed both his father's slayers. Starr, A33, p472 The Texas Cherokees, pp10-11 "In January (1810) Duwali, also known as Bowl and Bold Hunter, chief of the Town of Little Hiwassee river, now western NC and another headman named Saulowee (Tsu-lawi or Fox) jointly conducted a group of seventy five from their village...Duwali's and Takatoka's people settled along the White and St. Francis rivers in present day northeast Arkansas. The Texas Cherokees, p99; "Bob Smith, with a pistol in his hand, ran toward him from further down the line...I called 'Captain, don't shoot him' but he fired, striking Bowles in the head and killing him instantly." (John Hunter Reagan - eyewitness to Duwali's death, 7/16/1839). Myths of the Cherokee, p146 Christmas Day 1839, in a fight on Cherokee Creek, San Saba Co., TX...captured were the wife & family of The Bowl. When Duwali saw that his people were going to be over run, he rode to the rear of his small army of warriors and there he waited for the advancing Texans. The 83-year old chief rode with sword and hat given him by his fiend Sam Houston. (The sword is now in the Masonic Lodge in Tahlequah, OK). The old chief was shot and knocked off his horse, and he rolled over to a sitting position. While he sat on the ground singing his war song, a Captain Smith rode up, stepped off his horse, and shot the old warrior in the head with a pistol. The Texan would not allow his body to be removed. The bones of the old chief remained exposed and on the ground until the late 1800's. On the "Houston" treaty of Feb 23, 1836 Chief Bowles places and X mark with the name of Colonel Bowl. His son, John, places an X mark with the name of John Bowl BOWL (ca. 1756-1839). Chief Bowl (also known as Duwali, Diwal'li, Chief Bowles, Colonel Bowles, Bold Hunter, and the Bowl), the principal chief of the Cherokees in Texas, was born in North Carolina around 1756. He was the son of a Scottish father and a full-blooded Cherokee mother. Duwali was leader of a village at Little Hiwassee (in western North Carolina). In 1791 he signed the Treaty of Holston, and in 1805 he signed an unauthorized cession treaty, a move that proved unpopular with the majority of Cherokees. In early 1810, to access better hunting ground and to escape growing pressures of settlement in the southern states, he and his band moved across the Mississippi River and settled in the St. Francis River valley, near New Madrid, Missouri. In 1812-13 his people moved into northwestern Arkansas, south of the Arkansas River, and in 1819 they once more moved on, stopping briefly in southwestern Arkansas and at the three forks of the Trinity River before settling north of Nacogdoches. In Texas Chief Bowl became the primary "civil" chief or "peace chief" of a council that united several Cherokee villages. In 1822 he sent diplomatic chief Richard Fieldsqv to Mexico to negotiate with the Spanish government for a land grant or title to land occupied by Cherokees in East Texas. In 1827 he cooperated with the Mexican government in putting down the Fredonian Rebellion.qv In 1833 he made another attempt to secure from the Mexican government land on the Angelina, Neches, and Trinity rivers, but negotiations were interrupted by political unrest in Texas. In February of 1836 Sam Houstonqv negotiated a treaty with Bowl's council, guaranteeing the tribe possession of lands occupied in East Texas. After the Texas Revolution,qv however, the treaty was invali He was married to Oo Loo Tsa. Chief John Bowles Sr and Oo Loo Tsa had the following children: 2 i. Lightningbug Bowles was born in 1784 in TN. 3 ii. Tu Bowles was born in 1786 in TN. He was married to Jennie Due about 1795. Jennie Due was born in 1766 in Cherokee Nation Carolina. She was Full Blooded Cherokee. Chief John Bowles Sr and Jennie Due had the following children: +4 i. John Bowles Jr (born in 1796). 5 ii. French Bowles was born in 1798 in TN. 6 iii. Nellie Bowles was born in 1800 in TN. 7 iv. Standing Bowles was born in 1802. He was Clan Unknown Long Haried. 8 v. James Bowles was born in 1830 in TN. He was married to Oo Ti Yu. Chief John Bowles Sr and Oo Ti Yu had the following children: 9 i. Rebecca Bowles was born in 1816 in MD. He was married to Sally Waters. Chief John Bowles Sr and Sally Waters had the following children: 10 i. Samuel Bowles was born about 1810. 11 ii. Nannie Bowles was born about 1814. 12 iii. Rebecca Bowles was born in 1816 in Cherokee Co. TX. 13 iv. Eliza Bowles was born about 1823. SECOND GENERATION 4. John Bowles Jr (John-1) was born in 1796 in TN. He died on 25 December 1839 in San Saba Co. TX. He was married to Jennie. Jennie was born in 1800. John Bowles Jr and Jennie had the following children: +14 i. John M. Bowles Sr (born in 1832). THIRD GENERATION 14. John M. Bowles Sr (John-2, John-1) was born in 1832 in TN. He died before 1865. He was married to Millie Hall (daughter of Owen Hall and Susannah) in March 1853 in Lee Co. VA. Millie Hall was born in 1832 in Lee Co. VA. John M. Bowles Sr and Millie Hall had the following children: +15 i. Malvina Bowles (born on 28 December 1853). 16 ii. Lorenzo D. Bowles was born in 1854 in VA. +17 iii. Martha C. Bowles (born in 1860). +18 iv. John M. Bowles Jr (born in 1863).