BOWIE
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African-American
Sailors Named Bowie in the Civil War
Bowie Cousin is Distinguished
Scientist and "Leading Greek"
The Bowie family is one of the Scottish families
of Our American Families (the others being the Mansons and
the McCrays). With a rich, distinguished and complex history, the
Bowies reflect every aspect of America's social, political, and cultural
history.
The Bowies came to America in the 17th century.
- Concentrated in Maryland; key colonial family
- Migrated south to Carolinas; west to Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
- This branch descended from South Carolina family; moved west to Louisiana
- Rhesa Bowie
- Col Jim Bowie
- James Bowie, Free Man of Color