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Malinda Bowie

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  • Name Malinda Bowie  [1, 2
    Birth 1813  Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Burial Macune Baptist Church Cemetery, Macune, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • White and Toole add a footnote indicating that a HOUSTON POST article quoted noted Texas Historian Lewis Kemp as stating that Malinda was a niece of James Bowie of Alamo fame.
    Person ID I17460  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Jones Bowie,   b. Abt 1785, Burke County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1818, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Mother Nancy Scoggins,   b. Bef 1795   d. Abt 1833 (Age ~ 38 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1806  Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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).
    Family ID F6496  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Jefferson Haggerty,   b. Abt 1807   d. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Marriage
    • Additionally, some Harvey children (Amanda b. 1823, Charles Clavin b. 10 Feb 1825, John Austin b. 26 Jan 1827)moved to the Ayish in San Augustine county in 1834 with Jefferson Haggerty and wife Malinda Bowie Haggerty. Jefferson Haggerty was Chief Justice (County Judge) of San Augustine County (1840), but was killed soon after in an ambush resulting from the Shelby County Feud. Malinda Bowie Haggerty was said to have been a niece of James Bowie of Alamo fame. "It is a known fact by descendants still living that she was a half-sister of the three Harvey children whom she brought to Texas and reared." (White and Toole, p 43).
    Children 
     1. Araminta M. Haggerty,   b. Abt 1831, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1875, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)
     2. Obediance "Bede" Jane Haggerty,   b. 1835, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1813 - Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Macune Baptist Church Cemetery, Macune, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Macune Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas
    Macune Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas
    Historical Cemetery Marker Dedication. One of the earliest cemeteries in San Augustine county, with the earliest burial dating to 1845. Pictured are seventh and eighth generation descendants of Malinda (Bowie) Haggerty who is buried there.

  • Sources 
    1. [S633] Davis, Kathryn Hooper "San Augustine County, Texas Census Records 1860", p 16 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 34 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S302] Dalby, Jane (dalby@direcway.com) "Dalby_Huffman" Ver. July 8 08:13:15 2003 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=j1dalby.