John Jones Bowie

Abt 1785 - Bef 1818  (~ 32 years)

• Name	John Jones Bowie  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1785	Burke County, Georgia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1818	Louisiana
  Notes	The son of Reason Bowie. Reason and his twin Rhesa brought their families on rafts down the Mississippi River and settled in Catahoula Parish, LA. (White and Toole, pp 42-43). Louisiana records mention the "Widow Bowie" circa 1820, which would indicate he died prior to that time. However, the Samuel Lyons Study Group tree instead shows that John J. Bowie remarried an Americus Watkins on 8 Aug 1831, and that he did not die until 1859, in Arkansas. This discrepency needs to be resolved.
  Person ID	I17459	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	"Reason" "Rezin" Bowie,   b. Abt 1758, Maryland d. Between 1819 and 1821, Opelousa, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Elve Catesby Jones,   b. Abt 1762, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia d. Abt 1837, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 75 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1782	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia   [2]
  	Excerpts from Steve Goodson's article "Bowie" http://www.texfiles.com/texashistory/goodsonbowie.htm Reason, had served in the Revolutionary War and was captured in Savannah. Savannah prisoners were allowed visits from sympathizers who often brought them food and clothing. One such sympathizer, a young lady named Elve Jones, of a prominent Georgia family, became acquainted with Reason and after the war in 1782, married him. Elve bore Reason ten children, five girls and five boys. Reason Bowie left Kentucky for Louisiana where he first went to Catahoula, the Bayou Teche and Opelousas, where he died in 1819. Elve Jones Bowie died in Shreveport in the home of her youngest daughter in 1837.
  Family ID	F6497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Scoggins,   b. Bef 1795   d. Abt 1833 (Age ~ 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1806	Louisiana
  	On Sept 15, 1817, John Jones Bowie and wife Nancy Scoggins Bowie (whom he married in 1806, the dtr of Jonas Scoggins) bought cattle, a saddle, and bridle at the Succession sale of Jonas Scoggins. The record states that John J. Bowie was bro-in-law of John Scoggins, son of Jonas. In Dec, 1817, John and Nancy moved to Harrisonburg according to Catahoula Parish records. (White and Toole, p 43).
  Children	1. Malinda Bowie,   b. 1813, Louisiana bur. Macune Baptist Church Cemetery, Macune, San Augustine County, Texas   2. John Bowie,   b. Abt 1817, Louisiana d. Abt 1840 (Age ~ 23 years)
  Family ID	F6496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1785 - Burke County, Georgia Marriage - Abt 1806 - Louisiana Death - Bef 1818 - Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 43 (Reliability: 3). [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Lawrence, David (david.lawrence@sdsu.edu) "Lawrence, Lyons , and Allied Families" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi -bin/igm.cgi?db=samlyons) Ver. Fri Apr 4 08:55:13 (Reliability: 3).