Stephen Bowen (abt. 1757 - 1838)

Born about Jun 1757 in Duplin, Colony of North Carolina

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Died 10 Nov 1838 at about age 81 in Telfair, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Stephen was born about 1757,^[1] the oldest of at least 9 children to Clifton R Bowen and Martha Edwards. His siblings were: Elijah, Levi, Mark, Amelia, John, Mary Elizabeth, Edward, and Martha.

• Fact: Military Enlistment (28 Aug 1778) Enlisted under Lt. Curtis Ivy, 5th N.C. Regiment, Continental Line^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• Fact: Military (Aug 1781) Honorably discharged by Maj. Redden Blount^[6]
• Fact: Residence (1779) Duplin, North Carolina, United States (Name on one of two petitions, 1779, to the Gen. Assembly from inhabitants of New Hanover, Duplin and Bladen Co. asking that a new county be made to help those in the remote parts of the counties....)^[7]

He married Rachel Highsmith, daughter of Daniel Highsmith Jr and Lucretia Parker, on 1 May 1780 in Duplin County, North Carolina.^[8] He was about 23 years old. They had about 6 children together:

1. Elizabeth Bowen
2. Stephen Bowen
3. Malcey Bowen
4. Nancy Bird Bowen
5. Mary Bowen
6. William Bowen

• Fact: Residence (1797) Montgomery, Georgia, United States^[9][10][11]
• Fact: Land Deed (1 Mar 1802) Deed conveys 419 acres on the Ohoopee River in Tattnall Co. from James Warner (unsourced)
• Fact: Residence (1820) Tattnall, Georgia, United States^[12]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth
Stephen Bowen	Head	M	45 & over	abt 1750-1775
1 White Female	Wife	F	45 & over	abt 1750-1775

• Fact: Sale of Land (16 Jan 1823) Bulloch, Georgia, United States; Mark Bowen, on behalf of himself and Martha Bowen, Stephen Bowen, Elijah Bowen, Levy Bowen, John Bowen, and Daniel Hendricks (heirs of Clifton Bowen) to Benjamin Pearson, $400 for 200 acres, s.e. border by the widow Lanier, and n.e. border by Ogeechee River, n.w. border by William Fletcher, and s.w. border by Daniel Hendricks^[13]
• Fact: Pension Papers Executed (11 Oct 1825) Tattnall, Georgia, United States^[14][15]
• Fact: Pension (15 May 1826) Application granted - drew pension until death.^[16]
• Fact: Deed Gift (10 Feb 1827) Telfair, Georgia, United States^[17]
• Fact: Residence (1830) Tattnall, Georgia, United States^[18]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Est Birth
Stephen Bowen	Head	M	70-79	abt 1751-1760
1 White Female	Wife	F	70-79	abt 1751-1760

He passed awawy in 1838 at the age of 81.

• Stephen Bowen 1757-1838 Huxfords Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia Vol. 3, page 28: Stephen Bowen, Revolutionary Soldier, whose last thirty eight years were spent in Tattnall and Telfair Counties, was born in Duplin Co., NC in 1757, a son of Lieut. Clifton Bowen, R.S. (See Vol. 2). He was married in May 1780 in Duplin Co., NC to Rachel Highsmith, a daughter of Daniel Highsmith, a Revolutionary Soldier of NewHanover Co. NC. Stephen enlisted August 28, 1778, in the struggle for Independence, and enrolled under Lieut. Curtis Ivey, 5th Regiment, Continental Line. He was honorably discharged August 1781 per his pension papers. ^[1]

Stephen was born about 1757. He passed away in 1838.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Book", Huxford, Folks. Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia ; Vol. 3: A Biographical Account of Some of the Early Settlers of that Portion of Wiregrass Georgia Embraced in the Original Counties of Irwin, Appling, Wayne, Camden, and Glynn, 2002. Stephen Bowen RS, page 28. (note: digital edition not available)
2. ↑ "Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 10162 #120 : accessed 28 September 2022), Stephen Bowen, Sergt., Enlisted: 28 Jul 1778, Sharp's Company, served 3 years; citing Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution : with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous records.. unknown: The D.A.R., 1932.
3. ↑ "Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution", database with images,Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 10162 #512 : accessed 28 September 2022) Stephen Bowen, Received by H. Montfort, Absract of the Army Accts. of the N.C. Line; citing Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution : with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous records, page 507, No 376; unknown: The D.A.R., 1932.
4. ↑ "Revolutionary War Card (back), image, Ancestry.com, Media, Stephen Bowen, Tattnall County, Georgia; Dead, Paid from 4 Sep 1838 to 10 Nov 1839. Private, Capt Sharpe's Company of Col Armstrong's Regiment of the North Carolina Line; 3 years, Sep 1778 to Aug 1830. Pay to commence at $8/mo beg 15 May 1826.
5. ↑ "North Carolina, U.S., Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1776-1783", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3185 #29971 : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen, Comments: No.: 238. To whom granted and rank: Stephen Bowen, Sergt. No. acres: 428 Service in months: 36 Location and to whom deeded and date of warrant. Within the limits of the lands allotted the officers and soldiers of the Continental Line, by Law, 1783, Oct. 14: Oct. 25 : C. Ivey; citing Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution. Durham, NC, USA: The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932.
6. ↑ "Digital Image", Ancestry.com (Media : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen, Warrant Issued on 25 Oct 1783, by William Hill, Secretary of State of North Carolina, to Stephen Bowen, Sergt. in Capt Sharpe's Company of the 10th Regiment; Enlistment: 28 Aug 1778, term of 3 years.
7. ↑ "U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2234 #27782 : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Steven Bowen, 1779, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing Document: Series: General Assembly; Box: Jan - Feb 1779 [North Carolina State Archives]; Call Number: Folder: Petitions; Page Number: 6; Family Number: 103.
8. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: QP9V-FBGS : accessed 9 Mar 2021), Stephen Bowen and Rachel Hysmith, 7 May 1780, Duplin, North Carolina, United States; citing North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History. Ancestry.com, database (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4802 #76218 : accessed 27 Sep 2022)
9. ↑ "Georgia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890", database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3542 #3702181 : accessed 28 September 2022) Stephen Bowen, 1797, Montgomery County, Georgia, United States; citing Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Georgia Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes; Page: 089.
10. ↑ "Georgia, U.S., Property Tax Digests, 1793-1892", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1729 #4802642 accessed 28 September 2022) Stephen Bowen, Year: 1797-1798; Place: Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing Georgia Tax Digests [1890]. 140 volumes. Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives.
11. ↑ "Some early tax digests of Georgia", image, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen, 1797-1798, Montgomery County, Georgia (93-1/2 acres pine land).
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: XHLX-R1B : accessed 28 Sep 2022), Stephen Bowen, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing page 117, line 59, NARA microfilm publication M33 (Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.) roll 117. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1483550 : accessed 27 Sep 2022)
13. ↑ "Abstract of Land Deed", image, Ancestry.com (Media : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen, Heir of Clifton Bowen; citing Bulloch County, Georgia Records Deed Book AAAA and Record Book 5 (1819-1840), page 205, 16 Jan 1823.
14. ↑ "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1116 #1179 : accessed 28 September 2022) Stephen Bowen; Year range: 1833-1849; Pension Office Place: Georgia, United States; citing The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 5.
15. ↑ "Digital Image", Ancestry.com (Media : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen, aged 68, Tattnall County, Georgia, 11 Oct 1825, Declaration of the acts of Company on 18 Mar 1818 and 1 May 1820.
16. ↑ "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1116 #122907 : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen, 1818-1832, Georgia, United States; citing The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 2.
17. ↑ "Digital Image, Abstract", Ancestry.com (Media : accessed 28 Sep 2022) Stephen Bowen to Daniel Duglass, granson, 10 Feb 1827, Telfair, Georgia, United States; deed gift of a 2 year old bay filly (unbranded); appoints John Duglas, his father, as trustee; witnessed by Ambrose Smith and Jeremiah Wells, JP; recorded by Duncan McRae, Clk, 10 Jan 1828; citing Deed Book H, Telfair County Georgia, 1830-1838.
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: XHGG-WKL : accessed 20 Feb 2021), Stephen Bowen, Tattnall, Georgia, United States; citing page 375, NARA microfilm publication M19 (Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 20; FHL microfilm 7,040. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8058 #937432 : accessed 28 Sep 2022)

See Also

"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 Sep 2022, 14:11), entry for Stephen Bowen (PID FamilySearch Person: L7PK-G7C ); contributed by various users.

Acknowledgement

Bowen-3788 was created by Living Williams on 16 Mar 2016. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Living and others.

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