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Descendants of Rhodi Bowie

Generation No. 2

2. Nancy⁵ Bowie (Rhodi⁴, John³, Abraham², John¹ Boye) 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

Child of Nancy Bowie and ? Flory is:

Mary⁶ Flory, born 1810; died 11 Nov 1887.

4. Eli⁵ Bowie (Rhodi⁴, John³, Abraham², John¹ Boye) was born 1774 in , Charles, Md, Usa, and died 24 Jun 1844. He married Katherine Franklin in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa. She was born 1785 in , Charles, Md, Usa, and 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

Children of Eli Bowie and Katherine Franklin are:

Franklin⁶ Bowie, born 09 Jan 1804; died 23 Nov 1860. He married Melinda Smith; born 1810; died 1892.

Notes for Franklin Bowie:
It is not certain whether Franklin Bowie, son of Eli Bowie and Katherine
Franklin Bowie, was born in the Stsoney Point scetion of Greenwood County or
the Gilgal area of Abbeville County. He is buried in the Bowie Burying ground
near Gilgal Methodist Church.

More About Franklin Bowie:
Record Change: 17 Oct 1998

Notes for Melinda Smith:
Malinda Smith Bowie and Franklin Bowie had no issue. Sshe is buried in the
Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery near Coronaca, in Greenwood County, SC. Her
date of birth and date of death are uncertain.

More About Melinda Smith:
Burial: Coronaca, Greenwood, Sc, Usa
Record Change: 17 Oct 1998

+	11	ii.	James Price Bowie, born 08 Oct 1808; died 30 Aug 1879.
+	12	iii.	Hezekiah Bowie II, born 1809; died 01 Oct 1850.
	13	iv.	Jane Bowie, born Nov 1810; died 18 Nov 1884.

Notes for Jane Bowie:
Jane Bowie never married. She was affectionately called Aunt Jenny. Sshe
spent most of her time waiting on the sick in the community. She was the only
girl in a family of six brothers, and made her home by living for a time with
each member of her family. She died 18 Nov 1884 and is buried in Gilgal
Methodist Church Cemetery. Gravestone is broken, but legible

More About Jane Bowie:
Record Change: 21 Oct 1998

+	14	v.	William B. Bowie, born Jun 1812; died 21 Sep 1894.
+	15	vi.	Asa Bowie, born 31 Mar 1818 in Due West, Abbeville, Sc, Usa; died 04 Jul 1899 in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa.
+	16	vii.	Henry Brawner Bowie, born 1821 in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa; died 1903.

5. Richard Price⁵ Bowie (Rhodi⁴, John³, Abraham², John¹ Boye) was born 1781, and died 23 Feb 1850. He married (1) Jane Dickerson Milford. She died 1864. He married (2) Catherine Elizabeth Hodges. She 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

Child of Richard Bowie and Jane Milford is:

Martha Jane⁶ Bowie, born 11 Nov 1845 in Due West, Abbeville, Sc, Usa; died 23 May 1919.

Children of Richard Bowie and Catherine Hodges are:

Frances⁶ Bowie.

More About Frances Bowie:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

ii.

Matilda Bowie. She married Marshall Norris.

Notes for Matilda Bowie:
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON MATILDA

More About Matilda Bowie:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

More About Marshall Norris:
Record Change: 16 Jan 2001

+	20	iii.	RhodiBowie, Jr., born Abt. 12 Dec 1814 in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa; died 11 Aug 1896 in McCool, Attala, Ms, Usa.
+	21	iv.	Gracie Ann Bowie, born 1820.
+	22	v.	John Bowie, born 08 Mar 1822 in , , Sc, Usa; died 29 Apr 1919 in Weir, Choctaw, Ms, Usa.
+	23	vi.	James Price Bowie, born Jan 1828 in Abbeville, Abbeville, Sc, Usa; died in , Choctaw, Ms, Usa.

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