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Descendants of John Boye

17. Rhodi⁴ Bowie (John³, Abraham², John¹ Boye) was born 1752 in , Charles, Md, Usa, and died 08 Aug 1814 in , Charles, MD, USA. He married Ann Price. She died 1814.

Notes for Rhodi Bowie:
PROGENATOR OF OUR BRANCH OF THE FAMILY. LIVED ALL HIS LIFE IN CHARLES COUNTY
MARYLAND IN DURHAM PARRISH, WHERE HE DIED IN 1818. SOME AUTHORITIES SAY
HIS DEATH WAS IN 1814. BOWIES AND THEIR KINDRED QUOTE A DATE OF 1818.
HIS WIFE IS LISTED IN "WHO AM I" BY C. NEWELL BOWIE AS ANN PRICE. "BOWIE'S
AND THEIR KINDRED INDICATES SHE WAS UNKNOWN. WE CAN BELIEVE ANN PRICE TO BE
CORRECT SINCE THE SAME NAME APPEARS IN OTHER ARCHIVAL DATA. HIS CHILDREN
LEFT DURHAM PARRISH AND MOVED TO ABBEVILLE, SC. BEFORE THEIR FATHERS DEATH. G.
HENRY BOWIE IN "WHERE THE BRAMBLES BLOOM" QUOTES FROM A PHOTO COPY OF RHODI'S
WILL, WHICH WAS SIGNED 6 OCT. 1808, NAMING "MY BELOVED WIFE, ANN BOWIE" AS THE
ONE TO WHOM HE LEFT HIS ENTIRE ESTATE. LATER ON IN THE WILL HE STATES: "AND
LASTLY I CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT MY LOVING WIFE ANN BOWIE, SOLE EXECUTRIX IF HIS
MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT". CHARLES COUNTY RECORDS SHOW THAT ANN BOWIE
PROBATED THE WILL OF "RHODY BOWIE, LATE OF CHARLES COUNTY, DECEASED", ON 2
SEPT. 1814. THE FIRST UNITED STATES CENSUS MADE IN 1790, SHOWS RHODY
BOWIE OF CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND AS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD AND HAD LIVING WITH HIM:
ONE MALE UNDER SIXTEEN, SIX FEMALES, ALL WHITE, AND ZERO SLAVES. SOME
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE RHODI'S MOTHER WAS ELIZABETH BRAWNER. MANY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING WILLS,
INDICATE THAT JOHN AND ISABELLA PEEL BOWIE HAD AT LEAST 13 CHILDREN. BY
ACCEPTING THE SINGLE MARRIAGE OF JOHN BOWIE TO ISABELLA WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR 14
CHILDREN TO THIS UNION. VETERANS RECORDS SHOW THAT RHODI WAS A PRIVATE IN THE
AMERICAN ARMY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

Addendum 17 March 1998: It is now known that John Bowie was married twice, and that Elizabet h Brawner, John's first wife was the mother of Rhodi. In his book, Bowies and Their Kindre d of Scotland and The Colonies, by Robert Bowie there are these notations on page 250: Rhod i Bowie lived in Durham Parish. Private American Army Revolution, Charles County Militia. 'R hoday' Bowie Oath of Allegiance, Somerset County, Maryland, page 123, 1778. Will signed Octo ber 6th 1808, references wife Ann Bowie. Will of Rhody Bowie late of Charles County, decease d, probated by wife Ann Bowie Ann September 2nd 1814. US Census 1790, Rhody Bowie of Charle s County, Maryland as head of household, had living with him: one male over 16, one male und er 16, and six females, all white, with no slaves. These females may have included a mothe r of Rhodi, and ? Gracie, another possible daughter.

More About Rhodi Bowie:
Burial: , Charles, MD, USA ¹
Record Change: 05 May 1998

More About Ann Price:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

Children of Rhodi Bowie and Ann Price are:

Nancy⁵ Bowie. She married (1) Gibbons. She married (2) ? Flory.

More About Nancy Bowie:
Record Change: 03 Apr 1999

More About Gibbons:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

Notes for ? Flory:
SPELLING NOT CLEAR, FIRST NAME UNKNOWN.

More About ? Flory:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

ii.

Catherine Bowie.

Notes for Catherine Bowie:
MARRIED A MR. FLURRY (OR FLORY) IN VIRGINIA AND LATER MOVED TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
Addendum March 17, 1998: From Bowies and Their Kindred of Schtland and the Colonies, by Rober t Bowie: Catherine Bowie: Catherine Bowie cane with her brother Eli from Maryland [to Sout h Carolina] about 1802. She lived with Eli and his family on the west bank of Job's Creek . Aunt "Katie" told er family that she wished to be buried under a beautifl young oak tree t hat stood on a hill across the creek east of their house.

More About Catherine Bowie:
Record Change: 13 Nov 1998

iii.

Eli Bowie, born 1774 in , Charles, Md, Usa; died 24 Jun 1844. He married Katherine Franklin in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa; born 1785 in , Charles, Md, Usa; died 28 May 1869 in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa.

Notes for Eli Bowie:
BORN IN CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND, SON OF RHODI BOWIE, SR., IN 1774. "KINDRED"
LISTS BIRTH AS 1781. IN 1800 HE MOVED WITH HIS SISTERS TO ABBEVILLE, SC.
ABOUT 1802 HE MARRIED CATHERINE (KATHERINE) FRANKLIN WHO ALSO WAS BORN IN
MARYLAND. HE OWNED A FARM IN BOONESBOROUGH TOWNSHIP AT DUE WEST, SC. AND
FOUNDED GILGAL CHURCH, STILL STANDING AND IN USE IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY
IN B. TOWNSHIP. BOWIE'S AND THEIR KINDRED LISTS HIS BIRTH AS 1781. MANY OF
THE DATES IN THIS TIME FRAME ARE DIFFICULT TO NAIL DOWN PRECISELY. OTHER
SOURCES LIST HIS BIRTH AS 1774. "KINDRED" LISTS HIS DEATH AS 1850 AND HIS
WIFE AS 1867. WHEN ELI CAME TO SC HE WAS IN LOVE WITH THE MARYLAND LASS THAT
BECAME HIS BRIDE SOON AFTER HER FAMILY FOLLOWED ELI'S FAMILY TO GREENWOOD
COUNTY. ELI WAS NOT A CHURCH MEMBER ALTHOUGH HE WAS RAISED IN A PRESBYTERIAN
FAMILY. AFTER HE MARRIED KATHERINE FRANKLIN THEY BUILT A HOME ON A FARM THEY
HAD PURCHASED IN THE BUCKSTAND SECTION OF THE ABBEVILLE DISTRICT ON THE
MICHAEL MCKEE LAND GRANT. THE HOUSE STOOD ON A HILL ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE
PRESENT GILGAL CHURCH. BETWEEN 1815 AND 1820 A METHODIST EXHORTER CAME THROUGH
THE AREA ON A MISSION TOUR. HE CONVERTED ELI WHO THEN EMBRACED THE METHODIST
FAITH AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING GILGAL CHURCH, approximately 1817/1820. HE DIED JUN E 24,1844
AND WAS BURIED IN OLD BOWIE BURYING GROUND NEAR THE GRAVE OF HIS SISTER
CATHERINE. KATHERINE, HIS WIFE, DIED MAY 28, 1869 AND IS BURIED BESIDE HER
HUSBAND.

More About Eli Bowie:
Burial: Due West, Abbeville, Sc, Usa
Record Change: 17 Oct 1998

Notes for Katherine Franklin:
Married Eli Bowie. Both were born in Maryland, probably both were born in
Charles County. They were active in the Methodist Church and owned a farm in
the Boonboro Township of Abbleville, SC. Her husband organized Gilgal Church
which is still in weekly use. She and Eli are buried in the old Bowie Cemetery near Gilgal M ethodist Church near Due West, Abbeville, SC.

More About Katherine Franklin:
Record Change: 17 Oct 1998

iv.

Richard Price Bowie, born 1781; died 23 Feb 1850. He married (1) Jane Dickerson Milford; died 1864. He married (2) Catherine Elizabeth Hodges; died 1845.

Notes for Richard Price Bowie:
BORN CHARLES COUNTY MARYLAND. MARRIED ELIZABETH HODGES WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF
MAJOR JOHN HODGES AND THE SISTER OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON HODGES. HE WAS
MARRIED A SECOND TIME TO JANE D. MILFORD. ACCORDING TO "KINDRED" ALL THE
CHILDREN OF HEZEKIAH AND LUCINDA SIMS BOWIE MOVED TO CHOCTAW COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI PRIOR TO 1850. THE CENSUS OF 1850 SHOWED:
HOUSE 546 G. H. BOWIE AGE 28
JOHN BOWIE AGE 22
HOUSE 547 W. W. BOWIE AGE 26
NARCISSA AGE 26
SARAH AGE 5
LUCINDA AGE 2
JANE AGE --
THESE NAMES APPEARED WITH THE NOTATION: THESE ARE THE 3 OLDEST.

(Note:In WHERE THE BRAMBLES BLOOM G. Henry Bowie indicates Richard Price Bowie
was born in 1781, which causes some confusion as to which date is correct. He
first married Catherine Hodges, sometime listed as Elizabeth Hodges. It is
likely her name was Catherine Elizabeth Hodges. They had six children
together. After Catherine died, he married Jane Dickson (or Dixon) Milford and
together they had one child, Martha Jane Bowie. He is buried in the old Bowie
Family Burying Ground near Due West, Abbeville County, SC. An inscription on
his tombstone reads: "He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church,
Greenville Congregation." Greenville Congregation was in Greenwood County, SC.

More About Richard Price Bowie:
Burial: Due West, Abbeville, Sc, Usa
Record Change: 05 May 1998

Notes for Jane Dickerson Milford:
2ND WIFE OF RICHARD PRICE BOWIE

More About Jane Dickerson Milford:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

Notes for Catherine Elizabeth Hodges:
Catherine Elizabeth Hodges was the sister of General Hodges. She is buried
beside her husband in the Old Bowie Burying Ground near Due West, Abbeville
County, SC.

More About Catherine Elizabeth Hodges:
Burial: Due West, Abbeville, Sc, Usa
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

Frances Bowie, born 1782. She married Doyel.

Notes for Frances Bowie:
SOME RECORDS SPELL THE MANE AS FRANIS INDICATING MALE. HOWEVER, DUE TO
OTHER RECORDS I BELIEVE FRANCES TO BE CORRECT. MARRIED A MR. DOYEL
FIRST NAME NOT KNOWN. IN HIS BOOK "WHERE THE BRAMBLES BLOOM", G. HENRY BOWIE
CONFIRMS THIS SPELLING. SHE WAS BORN IN CHARLES COUNTY, MD. SHE MOVED WITH
HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO ABBEVILLE COUNTY, SC. AND LIVED ON PART OF THE
MICHAEL MCKEE LAND GRANT. HER HOME WAS ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF GILGAL CHURCH,
WHICH WAS STILL STANDING IN 1978. IT WAS OWNED AT THAT TIME BY S. H. FURMAN.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT HERS SONS RICHARD P. DOYEL AND BOWIE DOYEL MOVED TO MCCOOL,
MISSISSIPPI. HENRY BOWIE NOTES THAT HE FOUND A GRAVE STONE FOR RICHARD P.
DOYEL IN OLD BOWIE CHAPEL CEMETERY NEAR MCCOOL. HER RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IS
NOT KNOWN, NOR THE FIRST NAME OF HER HUSBAND. TWO OF HER BROTHERS WERE
PRESBYTERIAN AS ATTESTED BY THE GRAVESTONE OF ONE BROTHER WHICH READS "A
CONSISTENT MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, GREENVILLE CONGREGATION".
RECORDS OF GREENVILLE PRESBVYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS THIS ABOUT RICHARD. P.
DOYEL: "ELIGIBLE TO OCCUPY SEAT 56". FRANCES WAS BELIEVED TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE SAME CHURCH AND WAS LIKELY BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY IN AN UNMARKED
GRAVE. THE NAME IS SPELLED DOYAL IN SOME RECORDS. HER HUSBANDS GRAVE SITE IS
ALSO UNKNOWN.

More About Frances Bowie:
Record Change: 05 May 1998

More About Doyel:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

vi.

Gracy Bowie, born 1786.

More About Gracy Bowie:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

vii.

Hezekiah Bowie, born 08 Oct 1793 in Durham Parish, Charles, Md, Usa; died 01 Oct 1850 in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa. He married Lucinda Elizabeth Simms; born Abt. 13 Mar 1800 in , Va; died 31 Jul 1872 in Chester, Choctaw, Ms.

Notes for Hezekiah Bowie:
BORN IN CHARLES COUNTY, MD. AND WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS MOVED
TO ABBEVILLE, SC. IN 1800. HE OWNED A FARM IN THE BOONESBORO TOWNSHIP
AND MARRIED LUCINDA ELIZABETH SIMMS, ALSO KNOWN AS LUCINDER. THEY HAD
A LARGE FAMILY AND MOVED TO MISSISSIPPI IN 1852, SETTLING AT MCCOOL.
EVERETTE BOWIE, FAMILY RESEARCHER, HAS A LETTER (A COPY) WRITTEN TO LUCINDER BY NARCISSA PRES LEY AND DATED AUGUST 23 1894. NARCISSA MAY HAVE BEEN A SISTER SINCE SHE ADDRESSSED THE LETTE R: DEAR SISTER LUCINDA. THIS IS VERY LIKELY THE CORRECT SPELLING OF HER NAME, BUT IT HAS BEE N SEEN IT BOTH WAYS.

ADDENDUM: "WHERE THE BRAMBLES BLOOM" BY G. HENRY BOWIE INDICATES HEZEKIAH DIED IN SOUTH CARO LINA BEFORE HE COULD SELL HIS PROPERTY THERE, AND IS BURIED IN OLD BOWIE BURIAL GROUND NEAR G ILGAL CHURCH. APPARENTLY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN MOVED TO CHOCTAW COUNTY, MS. NEAR MCCOOL. MC COOL IS JUST INSIDE ATTALA COUNTY. RECORDS SHOW SHE IS BURIED IN SALEM CEMETERY IN CHOCTAW CO UNTY, MISSSSIPPI.

More About Hezekiah Bowie:
Burial: Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa
Record Change: 13 Nov 1998

Notes for Lucinda Elizabeth Simms:
COURTESY OF JEAN BOWIE PETERS WE SHOULD ADD ELIZABETH TO HER NAME. HER NAME HAS BEEN SEEN SP ELLED 2 WAYS: LUCINDA & LUCINDER. WE KNOW SHE WAS BORN
IN 1800 SO I DID SOME CREATIVE ARITHMETIC ON HER BIRTH DATE. JEAN HAS A NOTE ON HER RECORD T HAT SHE LIVED 62 YEARS, 4 MONTHS, AND 19 DAYS. CONSIDERING 1800 AS A LEAP YEAR SHE WAS BOR N 73 DAYS INTO 1800. HENCE MY CALCULATION OF DOB 13 MAR 1800.

More About Lucinda Elizabeth Simms:
Burial: Chester, Choctaw, Ms
Record Change: 02 Mar 1998

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