----- Original Message ----- From: Bellisen@aol.com To: doreatr@rbnet.com Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: Genealogy research: Bowles/Wright I am researching the Martin Bowles and Jacob Bowles families. Martin b: 1829 Franklin County. Jacob b: 1806 Franklin Co. Martin married Susan trent, b: 1837 in Va. Jacob married Mary Poly Wright b: 1808 Maggottee Creek, Franklin Co. Any suggestions which would assist me is greatly appreciated. Thankyou in advance Bill Ellisen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

Bill, My records list the following for your Jacob Bowles and Mary (Wright) Bowles. The following is what is written up in my work _Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia, Part III: 1809 William Wright of Franklin County_: "Mary "Polly" (Wright) Bowles was a daughter of 1843 George Wright of Franklin County and Mary "Polly" (Abshire) Wright. (1809 William1, 1843 George2) The marriage record of Jacob Bowles and Polly Wright, daughter of George, Sr., was dated July 21, 1827, at Franklin County, Virginia: "Sir please to Issue licence for my Daughter Polly Wright to be married to Jacob Bowles and Oblige your Humble servt George Wright senr August 21 day 1827 Mr Tate or Dickeson CFC Sir you can Subscribe my name as Security to the Bond as I could not Possably Come myself Know all men by these Presents that We Jacob Bowles and Luke Wright are held and firmly Bound unto William B Giles Esquire Governor of the Common Wealth of Virginia in the sum of one hundred and Fifty dollars to which payment whereof well and truly to be made to the aid Governor and his successors We bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators jointly and severally firmly by these Presents sealed with our Seals & dated this 21st day of August 1827 The Condition of the above Obligation is such that whereas the above bound Jacob Bowles hath obtained from the clerk of the County Court of Franklin a licence for his intermarriage with Polly Wright of said County Now if there shall be no lawful Cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void, else remain in full force & Virtue Witness Jacob Bowles J C Tait Luke Wright" The will of 1843 George Wright dated August 12, 1839, and probated on January 2, 1843, at Franklin County, Virginia, W.B. 5/452 listed Polly Bowles as his daughter: ". . . . Item I give and bequeath unto my son Luke Wright a Horse bridle and saddle and 40 Dollars in money also I wish and desire that Polly Bowles and her children to have 100 Dollars at her mothers death . . . ." On May 14, 1847, at Franklin County, Virginia, Chancery Court Order Book A/ the Court issued the following order identifying Mary (Wright) Bowles as a child of George and Mary Wright: "May 14' 1847. At a Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery continued and held for Franklin County at the Courthouse on Friday the 14th day of May 1847 Sitting as a Court of Equity. Present - The Same Judge as on yesterday. Isaac Wade ) Plff against ) Polly Wright, widow of George Wright, Decd. ) Hiram Mills and Tenor his wife; Abram Teel, ) and Sucky his wife, and the same Hiram Mills ) and Abram Teel Administrators with the will ) annexed of George Wright Decd.; and Luke ) Wright, Gabriel Wright, Martin Wright, ) Pendleton Wright, Ambrose Abshire, and ) Charlotte his wife, John Wright, William Wright,) John Breedlove, and Kitty his wife; Paschal ) Meador and Quintina his wife; Polly Bowles ) and Martin Bowles, Elizabeth Bowles, Tenor ) Defts. Bowles, William Boles, Lucy Bowles, Cynthia ) Bowles and Mary Bowles children of the said ) Polly Bowles; George W. Wright and Polly his ) wife; and Quintina Wright, Elliott Wright, ) George Wright, Catharine Wright, Elizabeth ) Wright, Charlotte Wright and Julia Wright, ) children of the said George W. Wright, ) This day this cause came on to be heard upon the Bill of the Plaintiff the answer of the Defendants Abram Teel and Hiram Mills Administrators with the Will annexed of George Wright deceased, the subpoena awarded in this cause on the 6th day of August 1846 and the 23rd day of Sept 1846 which appears to have been duly served for more than two months upon the Defendants, Polly Wright, John Wright, Luke Wright, Kitty Breedlove, George W. Wright and Polly his wife, Quintina Wright, Elliott Wright, Geo. Wright, Catharine Wright Elizabeth Wright, Charlotte Wright, Polly Bowles, Elizabeth Bowles, Tenor Bowles, William Bowles, Lucy Bowles, Cynthia Bowles, Martin Bowles, Paschal Meador and Quintina his wife, Hiram Mills, and Tenor his wife, Abram Teel and Lucy his wife, Abram Abshire and Charlotte his wife, William Wright Mary Bowles, George Wright and Julia Wright. The order of Publication awarded against the absent defendants, Gabriel Wright, Martin Wright, Pendleton Wright and John Breedlove against whom the Plaintiff appears to have proceeded in the mode prescribed by law; exhibits and the examination of a witness and was argued by counsel upon consideration whereof the Court doth take the Bill of the plaintiff for confessed as to all the aforesaid defendants who have not answered, and it being suggested by the plaintiff that he has sold the land in the proceedings mentioned to Hay Turnbull, and the said plaintiff desiring that the same may be conveyed to the said Turnbull. The Court doth therefore adjudge order and decree that Thomas S. Greer who is hereby appointed a Commissioner for the purpose, do by a good and sufficient deed with special warranty convey to the said Hay Turnbull the tract of land in the Bill and proceedings and mentioned and that he report therefore to this Court in order to a final decree and liberty is reserved to the absent defendants to show cause against this decree at any time within the time and upon the terms prescribed by law. And as to any other question not settled by this decree This cause is continued until the next Term." On May 17, 1847, at Franklin County, Virginia, Chancery Court Order Book A/ the court entered its further order in the matter: "Polly Wright, widow of George Wright Decd., ) William Wright, John Wright Kitty Wright and ) Plffs and Quintina Wright children of the said ) George Wright Decd. ) against ) Hiram Mills, and Abram Teel Administrators ) with the Will annexed of George Wright Decd. ) the said Hiram Mills and Tenor his wife the ) said Abram Teel and Sucky his wife Luke ) Wright, Gabriel Wright, Martin Wright Ambrose ) Abshire and Charlotte his wife Pendleton ) Wright, Polly Bowles and Martin Bowles, ) Elizabeth Bowles, Tenor Bowles, William ) Bowles Lucy Bowles, Cynthia Bowles and ) Defts. Mary Bowles children of the said Polly Bowles ) and Polly Wright, Quintina Wright, Elliot Wright,) George Wright Catharine Wright and Elizabeth ) Wright, Charlotte Wright and Julia Wright the ) wife and Children of the said George W Wright ) legatees under the will of George Wright Decd. ) This cause this day again came on to be heard on the papers formerly read and the amended report of the Commissioner Thomas S. Greer of the 9' day of May 1846 with the plaintiffs exceptions thereto and they were argued by Counsel, on consideration whereof the Court sustains the first, second, third and the fifth exceptions of the said plaintiff except the sum of $40 in the said fifth exception as items improperly allowed the said Administrators by the said Commissioner in his report aforesaid and overrules the plaintiffs 4' exception and the said Commissioner will reform his account accordingly and report the same. The Court is of opinion that the testator George Wright by his will charges the whole of his estate with the payment of his debts, that the Legacy of the mansion house tract of Land to his wife Polly Wright for life with remainder over to the plaintiff John Wright, William Wright and Quintina Wright and the Legacy of acres of land to the wife and children of George W. Wright are the only special Legacies contained in the said Testators will, that as pecuniary and general Legatees and for want of adequate personal assetts(?) to pay the debts of said Testator the said pecuniary and general Legatees should contribute rateably from their several legacies to pay the same before a should be to the specific Legacies the Court is moreover of opinion that Hiram Mills and Abram Teel Administrators with the will annexed of George Wright Decd have so proceeded to administer the said assetts of their testators estate as to def some of the legatees of the whole amount of the bounty of their testator whilst the legacies of others remain unimpaired, and in order to produce equity among said pecuniary and general Legatees the court will substitute such of them as may be injured by these proceedings in the room and stead of the said creditors for satisfaction, and to that end doth adjudge order and decree that said Commissioner do estimate the value of each pecuniary and general Legacy, that have been by the said administrators for the payment of debts, the amount of rateable contribution from each and still retaining said Legacies to produce equality bringing to and the ballances reported in the hands of said administrators after reforming his said account in conformity with the principles of this decree and report the same to the Court with any matter specially stated deemed pertinent by himself or requested by the Parties to be so stated." On , 1848, at Franklin County, Virginia, Chancery Court Order Book A/ the court entered its further order in the matter: "Polly Wright, widow of George Wright Decd., ) William Wright, John Wright Kitty Wright and ) Plffs and Quintina Wright children of the said ) George Wright Decd. ) against ) Hiram Mills and Abram Teel Administrators ) with the Will annexed of George Wright Decd. ) the said Hiram Mills and Tenor his wife the ) said Abram Teel and Sucky his wife Luke ) Wright, Gabriel Wright, Martin Wright Ambrose ) Abshire and Charlotte his wife Pendleton ) Wright, Polly Bowles and Martin Bowles, ) Elizabeth Bowles, Tenor Bowles, William ) Bowles Lucy Bowles, Cynthia Bowles and ) Defts. Mary Bowles children of the said Polly Bowles ) and Polly Wright, Quintina Wright, Elliot Wright,) George Wright Catharine Wright, Elizabeth ) Wright, Charlotte Wright and Julia Wright the ) wife and children of the said George W Wright ) legatees under the will of George Wright Decd. ) Thomas S. Greer is appointed guardian ad litem of Polly Wright, Quintina Wright Elliott Wright, George Wright, Catharine Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Charlotte Wright and Judith Wright, infant children of George W. Wright to defend their interests in this suit, And therefore the said infants by their said guardian filed their answer to the plaintiff's bill, by leave of the Court, to which the plaintiffs replied generally. It appearing to the court that the defendants Luke Wright,, Gabriel Wright, Martin Wright, Ambrose Abshire, and Charlotte his wife, Pendleton Wright, Polly Bowles Martin Bowles, Elizabeth Bowles, Lucy Bowles, Catharine Bowles and Mary Bowles have been duly served with a subpoena in this suit more than two months, and they still failing to appear, and answer the plaintiff's bill, the same is taken for confessed against the said defendants, And now this cause this day came on to be heard on bills, the answers of the other defendants, the exhibits, the examination of witnesses and the report of Commissioner Greer filed in this suit and it was agreed by counsel, on consideration whereof, the Court not construing the Testator's Will in the proceedings mentioned and defining the rights of the parties under said Will being unable to do so from the insufficiency of said report, doth recommit the same to the said Commissioner with the following special instructions therein, that he do take an account of the administration of the Estate of George Wright Decd. by the defendant Hiram Mills and Abram Teel who are the Administrators with the said Will annexed that he do assertain the amount of assetts that came to their hands not specially devised or bequeathed by said Testator to the parties to this suit if their be any that he assertain the value of all the legacies contained in said Will separately discriminating between real and personal estate, that he do assertain what portion of each legacy contained in said will have been resorted to by the said Administrators to pay the debts of their testator that he assertain what legacies have been paid under said Will as well as those that remain unpaid, that he assertain whether the said Administrators have sold any of the lands of the said testators estate, set apart by him to pay pecuniary legacies and if so to whom sold, the price given and in what manner they have disposed of said purchase money, that he do also assertain whether the debts of the said Testator have been paid, and if not what portion remain unpaid, and the assetts in their hands to meet the same, that he discriminate the amount of assetts derived by said Administrators from debts due said testator from personal chattels, from slaves and land, and also the debts due from said testators estate by simple contract and by specialty and report his proceedings to the court with any matter specially stated deemed pertinant by himself or required by the parties to be so stated and the said Commissioner will be at liberty to examine either of the parties on oath and they are required to attend him for that purpose &c." On May 19, 1848, at Franklin County, Virginia, Chancery Court Order Book A/ the court entered a further order in the matter: "John Wright, William Wright, John Breedlove ) and Kitty his wife Paschal Meador and ) Plffs. Quintina his wife and Polly Wright. ) against ) Abram Teel and Hiram Mills Administrators ) with the Will annexed of George Wright Sr ) deceased and Abram Teel and Sucky his wife ) Defts. Hiram Mills and Tenor his wife, Luke Wright & ) others ) This cause this day again came on to be heard on the papers formerly read and the second amended report of Commissioner Thomas S. Greer to which there is no exception together with the special statement made at the instance of the Defendants Hiram Mills & Abram Teel the Court approving the said report doth confirm it, and rejects the said special statements, and doth adjudge order and decree that the defendants Hiram Mills and Abram Teel Administrators with the will annexed of George Wright decd. do pay out of the assetts of their Testators estate in their hands to be administered if to be had and if not then out of their own estate to the plaintiffs Polly Wright William Wright, John Wright, Kitty Wright and Paschal Meador and Quintina his wife the sum of $844.78 cents with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum thereon from the 7' day day of October 1847 till paid and the Court doth further adjudge order and decree that the said Polly Wright upon her entering into bond with good and approved security in the penalty of two thousand dollars payable to the said William Wright John Wright, Kitty Wright and Pasca Meador and Quintina his wife conditioned to be discharged by the payment of the sum of $844.78 at the death of the said Polly Wright that she the said Polly shall have the use and Benefit of the said sum of $844.78 for life, that in the event of the said Polly being unable to tender the said bond with security as aforesaid the Court will hereafter provide for her reserving the annual interest on said sum of money and the parties are at liberty to resort to this Court in this suit for that purpose. The Court doth further adjudge order and decree that the said Defendants do out of the assetts of their testators in their hands to be administered if to be had, if not, then out of their own estate pay to the defendant Polly Bowles, Martin Bowles, Elizabeth Bowles Tenah Bowles, William Bowles, Lucy Bowles Cynthia Bowles & Mary Bowles the sum of $86.55 with like interest thereon fro the 7' day of October 1847 till paid that the said defendants do pay out of the said assetts if to be had if not then out of their own estates to the defendant Luke Wright the sum of $57.70 with like interest thereon from the 7' day of October 1847 till paid. That the said defendants do pay out of the said assetts if to be had, if not, then out of their own estates to the defendant Gabriel Wright the sum of $115.50 with like interest thereon from the 7' October 1847. That the said defendants do pay out of the said assetts if to be had, and if not, then out of their own estate to Martin Wright the sum of $115.40 with like interest thereon from the 7" day of October 1847 till paid. That the said defendants do pay out of the said assetts if to be had, if not then out of their own estates to the defendants Ambrose Abshire and Charlotte his wife the sum of $115.40 with like interest thereon from the 7" day of October 1847 till paid. That the said defendant do pay out of the said assetts if to be had, if not, then out of their own estates to Pendleton Wright the sum of $5.77 with interest thereon from the 7" day of October 1847 till paid. That the said Defendants do pay out of the said assetts if to be had, if not, then out of their own estates to Polly Wright, Quintina Wright Elliott Wright, George Wright Catharine Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Charlotte Wright and Julia Wright the wife and children of George W. Wright Decd. the sum of $34:62 with interest thereon from the 7" day of October 1847 till paid. That the said Hiram Mills do retain in his own hands out of the said assetts in right of his wife Tenah the sum of $115.40. That the said Defendant Abram Teel do retain in his hands out of the said assetts the sum of $115.40 in right of his wife Sucky Teel. The Court doth further adjudge order and decree that the costs of this suit be paid by the parties to this suit devisees and legatees of George Wright equally." The 1850 Census for Franklin County Virginia, listed Jacob Bowles with the following household: Occu- Real Pers Name Age Sex Color pation Estate Property Born Jacob Bowles 44 M Laborer Virginia Mary Bowles 41 F Virginia Christina Bowles 18 F Virginia William Bowles 15 M Virginia Lucy Bowles 13 F Virginia Cynthia Bowles 12 F Virginia Mary Bowles 8 F Virginia This record indicates that Mary "Polly" (Wright) Bowles was born in about 1809 and that Jacob Bowles was born in about 1806." I would be happy to exchange information on this Wright line with you and other interested researchers. Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 RNGrant@grantandgordon.com Rena Worthen wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bellisen@aol.com > To: doreatr@rbnet.com > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:37 PM > Subject: Genealogy research: Bowles/Wright > > > I am researching the Martin Bowles and Jacob Bowles families. > Martin b: 1829 Franklin County. 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