Leola: Are you sure about the war service? I searched Progeny whih I have and all variations of the name you listed and did not find him. However if he served in as Pennsylvania unit I might have him for you. Let me know what you think. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leola Ripperger" <leeripp@iland.net> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: [MDWASHIN] Re: Books of Interest > Donna: I am looking for BOWERS in early Maryland. My husband's 4th gr. > grandfather was John Leonard Bowers and he enlisted in the Rev. Army in > 1776 in Hagerstown. I have seen the name spelled Bowars, Boward, Bauer > in addition to the BOWERS. I am looking for any and all information on > Bowers or similar spellings in that area for that time period in > Frederick or Washington Counties. I will take any Bowers/bowars/Boward > information listed if there is any given in any of the books. Thank > you so much for your wonderful offer to look things up for others, it is > greatly appreciated. > > Lee Ripperger > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing > lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To > subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Lee, There is an early estate in the distributions for Washington County: BOWER, Jacob. Adm. Magdalen, William Philbe. 3/29/1783; widow, Jacob, Barbara, Conrad, John, Catherine, Mary, George, Susanna, Susanna Aulebaugh paid 5/31/1799 t. T56.14.14 [pounds, shillings, pence]. Also BOWART(D), Margaret. Adm. George BRUMBAUGH. 4/14/1830; Mary McDANIEL, George, Margaret FIGALEY, Christine KIFER, Michael, Jacob, Andrew, Sarah CREAGER. T $11.07. There are 57 grooms in the marriage license index for Washington County - BAUER is a very common German name that I believe means farmer, so you are going to run into lots of them. I think I've encountered them in WV in Jefferson County as connections to some of the lines I research there. . There is a William Bowers listed in THIS WAS THE LIFE, he was a grand juror in August of 1752 in Frederick County; also in August of 1754. There is a Rev. George Bower listed in newspaper abstracts by Wright, 1799-1805. In Myers' Marriages Licenses for Frederick Co. MD 1778-1810 are these entries: June 17, 1780 BOWER, Martin to HANDSHEW, Barbara Nov. 17, 1780 BOWER, Phillip to PERRY, Sarah Dec. 4, 1810 BOWER, William F. to ATKINS, Rachel Mar. 22, 1809 BOWERS, Margaret to COOK, Thomas May 11, 1807, BOWERS, Susannah to FREEZE, George Hope something clicks. Lauren Brantner gordon crooks wrote: > Leola: Are you sure about the war service? I searched Progeny whih I > have and all variations of the name you listed and did not find him. > However if he served in as Pennsylvania unit I might have him for you. > Let me know what you think. > > Gordon > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leola Ripperger" <leeripp@iland.net> > To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 6:32 PM > Subject: [MDWASHIN] Re: Books of Interest > > >> Donna: I am looking for BOWERS in early Maryland. My husband's 4th gr. >> grandfather was John Leonard Bowers and he enlisted in the Rev. Army in >> 1776 in Hagerstown. I have seen the name spelled Bowars, Boward, Bauer >> in addition to the BOWERS. I am looking for any and all information on >> Bowers or similar spellings in that area for that time period in >> Frederick or Washington Counties. I will take any Bowers/bowars/Boward >> information listed if there is any given in any of the books. Thank >> you so much for your wonderful offer to look things up for others, it is >> greatly appreciated. >> >> Lee Ripperger >> >> >> >> ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== >> Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and >> mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. >> To subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Are your ancestors Pennsylvania Dutch?? Check out the Pennsylvania > Dutch Family History site at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >