Sherranlynn Kincaid Nichols AT http://home.att.net/~skincaid/families.htm is also researching your line. I don't know how far back she has gotten though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Bowles" <ralph.bowles@tesco.net> To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:53 AM Subject: Re: Bowles, 1820 Franklin County VA Census > Hi Gracie > > I have seen your inquire about William Bowles and Sarah Preston and I > would like to help if I can. > I am related to William Allen Bowles and Sarah Preston. I am sure this is > the William Bowles you are referring to when you said he was married to > Sarah Preston. > I too am working on my tree and still trying to find out when WA & Sarah > they arrived in America, where they landed and the ship they came over on. > I know many people from our branch and doing the same, but I seem to have > lost touch with them . Hoping to reestablish contact with them. Maybe then > I can trace family in England. I am now living here and it's sad that I > can't knock on a few doors and over turn as few headstones to uncover > ancestors here. > You will see dozens of men named William Bowles. I myself am named Ralph > William Bowles from Gary Indiana. My dad was born on Hump Mountain., W.V. > > This is all we know about William Allen and Sarah: > The original settler, whose name was William Allen Bowles, was an > Englishman who crossed the Atlantic Ocean shortly after the signing of the > Declaration of Independence by the thirteen American colonies. His wife's > name was Sarah (Sally) Preston, she was Irish. Both he and his wife > crossed the Atlantic Ocean on the same ship before their marriage, both > were unable to pay for their transportation. > They were arrested and sold for the amount of their ship fare across the > sea to New York(???). William Allen Bowles was sold to a tanner, and Sarah > Preston was sold to a baker, each for a term of seven years. After the > expiration of this long period they were married, and removed to Franklin > County, Virginia. They had two sons, Edmond and David. David is my 3rd > great-grandfather. > > *Bowles, William Allen (*1770 - <1850) (Exact date of birth ?) 4th > great-grandfather > b. in ?? England (WHERE?) > d. BEF 1850 in Virginia > spouse: Preston, Sarah (Sally) (1765 - 1859) > > Married: 23 JAN 1797 in Franklin, Virginia > > Marriage is found in "Over the Mountain Men & Their Early Court Records in > South West Virginia" > > by Anne Loury Worrell: Franklin VA Marriages 1786-1806, William Bowles and > Sally(Sarah?)Preston, 23 JAN 1797, John Preston, Sur. > > ----------child: Bowles, Edmond (1807 - 1886) 3rd great-grand uncle > > ----------child: Bowles, David (1811 - 1885) 3rd great-grandfather > > *Preston, Sarah (Sally?) (1765 - 1859) 4th great-grandmother > > b. 1765 in ?? Ireland (WHERE?) > > d. 10 DEC 1859 in Hump Mountain, Fayette County, Virginia > > spouse: Bowles, William Allen (*1770 - <1850) > > Married:. 23 JAN 1797 in Franklin, Virginia > > ----------child: Bowles, Edmond (1807 - 1886) > > ----------child: Bowles, David (1811 - 1885) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gracie Stover" <ggracie@cox.net> > To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:32 AM > Subject: Re: Bowles, 1820 Franklin County VA Census > > >>I am not sure which William it would be. Did William Bowles marry Nancy >>Bolling in Franklin Co? >> I have that Wm Bowles md Sally Preston in Franklin County, and may have >> missed the other William. >> The only thing I know about Wm Bowles and Sally Preston is that >> some of their line ended up in Summers Co, WV. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <leathel@sbcglobal.net> >> To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:48 PM >> Subject: Re: Bowles, 1820 Franklin County VA Census >> >> >>> OPPS, George Sr died 1824, Betsy was 88 in 1843. My guess is that George >>> Sr >>> and William Bowles (page 5) were brothers? Would anyone know if William >>> Bowles (page 5) is one of these William Bowles below? One more question, >>> would anyone know if George and William are sons of William Bowles of >>> Carolina Co, VA? >>> Leathel, >>> >>> BOWLES, William BOLLING, Nancy 27 Dec 1800 >>> BOWLES, William PRESTON, Sally 22 Jan 1797 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <leathel@sbcglobal.net> >>> To: <BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:54 AM >>> Subject: Bowles, 1820 Franklin County VA Census >>> >>> >>>> 1820 Franklin County VA Census >>>> page 3 >>>> Jeremiah Bowles - 200010-30110 >>>> Ann Bowles - 100000-21010 >>>> Reuben Bowles - 000010-00010 >>>> William Bowles - 100100-00010 >>>> page 5 >>>> Joseph Bowles - 210010-31110 >>>> William Bowles - 120101-11001 >>>> page 6 >>>> George Bowles Jr. - 000010-00110 >>>> George Bowles Sr. - 000001-00001 >>>> >>>> We know that George Bowles Sr is George Bowles and Betsy Arthur. George >>>> had died by 1824 when Betsy age 88 filed for a pension. We know Reuben >>>> Bowles was a son of George and Betsy and probable George Jr. We also >>>> know >>>> that Jeremiah Bowles listed above is not Jeremiah Bowles born 1816. >>>> Does >>>> anyone know who this William Bowles, page 5, about the same age as >>>> George >>>> Bowles Sr is? >>>> Leathel, >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >