Thanks, Kern, for your offer of help.
I'm looking for two Bowers brothers -- William and Giles, or possibly James Giles -- prior to 1837. Giles and Willliam were b ca 1806 and 1810, respectively, in NC. They came to Georgia ca. 1830, perhaps from Barnwell Co., SC.
James married a Thompson -- Judy, d/o John Thompson -- in 1830 in Lincoln Co., GA, and died about six years later. Judy remarried her sister's widower, Thomas Brack, and had four Bowers children -- Sarah (b 1829 GA, m Elliott), John (b 1833 GA, m Garrett), Lourania (b 1834 GA, m Patridge or Partridge), and Lewis Thomas Bowers (b 1836 GA, m Bennett).
I've never found a document for Giles, but the last of his six children, Martha, was born early 1837 in Georgia.
Family legend says William died in a horse-racing accident, but some of my cousins suspect he and Giles were hanged for horse theft. That seems possible as both disappeared about the same time in 1837. One of my cousins says he once saw a record that the brothers were involved in horse thefts from Aiken Co., SC.
My Giles married a woman named Rebecca lnu, b ca 1809 SC. She showed up in Marion Co., GA, ca 1840 with Giles's six children -- Mary Ann (b 1828 Barnwell Co., SC, and m Josey), John (1830 SC, married Sasser), James Alexander (b 1831 GA, m Sasser), George W. (b 1834 GA, m Deavours), Sarah Jane (b 1837 GA, m Tullis) and Martha (b 1838 GA). Rebecca later married a ufn Marlow and a Robert Bell.
I'm also interested in learning Rebecca's maiden name. Family says it was Giles, but I supect it was Gill or something else.
Again, thanks.
Rodney Bowers, Lonsdale, AR