 1749 - 1833 (84 years)
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| Name |
Charles BOWEN [1, 2] |
| Born |
1749 |
, Augusta, Virginia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1833 |
| Person ID |
I4183 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
16 Mar 2016 |
| Father |
John BOWEN, b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 19 May 1761, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 56 years) |
| Mother |
Lilly MCILHANEY, b. 1705, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Between 4 Apr 1780 and 20 Jun 1780, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1731 [3] |
| Family ID |
F1539 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Draper, KING'S MOUNTAIN AND ITS HEROES; HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN, p. 262
"Charles Bowen, of Captain William Edmondson's company, of Campbell's Regiment, heard vaguely that his brother, Lt. Reece Bowen, had been killed, and was much distressed and exasperated in consequence. On the spur of the moment, and without due consideration of the danger he incurred, he commenced a wild and hurried search for his brother, hoping he might yet find him in a wounded condition only. He soon came across his own fallen Captain Edmondson, shot in the head and dying; and hurrying from one point to another, he at length found himself within fifteen or twenty paces of the enemy, and near to Colonel Cleveland, when he slipped behind a tree.
"At this time, the enemy began to waver, and show signs of surrendering. Bowen promptly shot down the first man among them who hoisted a flag; and immediately, as the custom was, turned his back to the tree, to re-load, when Cleveland advanced on foot, suspecting from the wildness of his actions that he (Charles Bowen) was a Tory, and demanded the countersign, which Bowen, in his half-bewildered state of mind, had, for the time being, forgotten. Cleveland, now confirmed in his conjectures, instantly levelled his rifle at Bowen's breast, and attempted to shoot; but fortunately it mis-fired. Bowen enraged, and perhaps hardly aware of his own act, jumped at and seized Cleveland by the collar, snatched his tomahawk from his belt, and would in another moment have buried it in the Colonel's brains, had not his arm been arrested by a soldier, named Buchanan, who knew both parties. Bowen, now coming to himself, recollected the countersign, and gave it--"Buford;" when Cleveland dropped his gun, and clasped Bowen in his arms."
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| Sources |
- [S887] Will, Book 1, page 73, Lilly McIlhaney Bowen.
... my son Charles ...
- [S844] Will, John Bowen.
- [S868] Historic Sumner County (TN), Cisco, Jay Guy, (1909, Folk-Keelin Printing Company, Nashville, Tennessee), pg 231.
... married Lily McIlhaney and ...
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