Elve Catesby Jones

Abt 1762 - Abt 1837  (75 years)

• Name	Elve Catesby Jones  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1762	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1837	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana   [2]
  Person ID	I17495	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	"Reason" "Rezin" Bowie,   b. Abt 1758, Maryland d. Between 1819 and 1821, Opelousa, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	8 Mar 1782	Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia   [1]
  	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.
  Children	1. David Bowie,   b. Abt 1784, Burke County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Jones Bowie,   b. Abt 1785, Burke County, Georgia d. Bef 1818, Louisiana (Age 32 years)   3. Sarah Bowie,   b. Abt 1787, Burke County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Bowie,   b. Abt 1789, Burke County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   5. Martha Bowie,   b. Abt 1791, Burke County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mary Bowie,   b. 4 May 1792, Burke County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   7. Rezin Pleasants Bowie,   b. 8 Sep 1793, Tennessee d. 17 Jan 1841, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Age 47 years)   8. James Bowie,   b. Abt 1795, Logan County, Kentucky d. 6 Mar 1836, The Alamo, San Fernando de B?xar, Coahuila And Texas, United Mexican States (Age 41 years)   9. Stephen Bowie,   b. 1797, Kentucky d. Abt 1831, Louisiana (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F6497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Aug 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1762 - Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia Marriage - 8 Mar 1782 - Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia Death - Abt 1837 - Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S907] Goodson, Steven "Bowie" ; http://www.texfiles.com/texashistory/goodsonbowie.htm.