Hi, Brenda, Any chance that you have ever had reason to connect this BOWLES family group of North Carolina with the BOWLES family of (Chief) John BOWLES, born: Abt. 1746/1750 in North Carolina, son of ? BOWLES, a Scottish descended trader, and his Cherokee wife, name unknown? (Chief) John BOWLES would later live in several places throughout the south including being in Missouri until 1811 and then in Arkansas until 1819 and then into East Texas until his death in 1839. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick-Barnett In a message dated 12/16/2004 2:38:37 PM Central Standard Time, BrendaBP@aol.com writes: Are any of the list members descended from William Bowles/Booles (m. Sally Bevin) who settled in Wilkes/Green Cos. area of GA after the Revolutionary War? I'm also interested in John Bowles/Booles and Jesse Bowles/Booles who were found living close to this William around the early 1800s. There's good evidence that this William Bowles/Booles was brother of my Benjamin Bowles of NC (and John, Jesse above may also be related). I would like to track down some descendants of these guys in hopes of finding someone who would be interested in participating in the DNA project. Brenda