Capt William R BOWEN

Male 1742 - 1804  (62 years)


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  • Name William R BOWEN  [1, 2
    Prefix Capt 
    Born 1742  , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Occupation
    • Indian fighter
    Military 1774 
    • 1st Lt, Capt William Russell's Co against the Shawnee, Colonial Army of Virginia
    Military 10 Oct 1774 
    • Battle of Point Pleasant
    Residence 1784  , Sumner, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 15 Dec 1804  , Sumner, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I4142  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2016 

    Father John BOWEN,   b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1761, , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Lilly MCILHANEY,   b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 4 Apr 1780 and 20 Jun 1780, , Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married Abt 1731  [5
    Family ID F1539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Henley RUSSELL,   b. 1760,   d. 1815, , Smith, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 1777  , Washington, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Abingdon is now in Washington County.
    Children 
     1. Col John H BOWEN,   b. 1780, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1822, , Sumner, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Louisa BOWEN,   b. Abt 1781,   d. Deceased
     3. Samuel BOWEN,   b. Abt 1783,   d. Deceased, , , Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Catherine BOWEN,   b. Mar 1785,   d. 7 Mar 1868, , Wilson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     5. Tabitha BOWEN,   b. Abt 1787,   d. Deceased
     6. William R BOWEN,   b. Abt 1789,   d. Deceased, La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Celia Wilson BOWEN,   b. Abt 1791,   d. Deceased
     8. Levisee BOWEN,   b. Abt 1793,   d. Deceased
     9. Mary BOWEN,   b. Abt 1795,   d. Deceased
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F1890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Some records show that he was born in Fincastle County which did not exist until 1772. Fincastle was created from Botetourt County which had only just formed in 1770. Botetourt was created from Augusta County.
      William served under Colonel William Campbell at the Battle of King's Mountain, where his brother Rees was killed. He commanded a company of mounted rangers to protect the frontier. His commission was signed by Governor Patrick Henry. He was also the maternal grandfather of Tennessee Governor William Bowen Campbell.
      First Lieutenant in Captain William Russell's company in the campaign against the Shawnee and other Indian tribes in 1774.

      Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
      Volume III, page 465
      DEED BOOKS
      Page 229.--28th February, 1767. John Smith to Jonathan Smith,

  • Sources 
    1. [S887] Will, Book 1, page 73, Lilly McIlhaney Bowen.
      ... my sons Reese, William and Robert Bowen ...

    2. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
      ... They had twelve children, one of whom, Captain John Bowen, was the father of Captain William Bowen who was the first to emigrate to Tennessee ...

    3. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
      ... Captain William Bowen was born in Fincastle County, Virginia, then Augusta County, in 1742 ...

    4. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 232.
      ... He died in Sumner County on December 15, 1804 ...

    5. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
      ... married Lily McIlhaney and ...

    6. [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 233.
      ... Captain William Bowen, in 1777, married Mary Henley Russell, daughter of General William Russell and his wife, Tobitha Adams, in Augusta County, Virginia, now Washington County, near where Abingdon now stands ...


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