Henry BOWERS (Sr.)
(-1788)
Catharine
(-After 1789)
Jacob BOWERS
(Abt 1764-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth MARTIN

Jacob BOWERS 2 3

  • Born: Abt 1764 2
  • Marriage: Elizabeth MARTIN on 23 Jun 1789 in Berkeley County, (West) Virginia 1
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

1. Tax List: 1785-1799, Berkeley County, (West) Virginia. 2 5 6

Real Property:

1788: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

1789: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

1790: [Unreadable]

1791: [Unreadable]

1792: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

1793: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

1794: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

1795: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.10.8

1796: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

1797: Jacob Bowers, 100a, value 35.16.8

[Thereafter Jacob is not found on the Rent Roll. Note how his omission from the rent roll coincides with the execution of the judgement in the Pendleton case. Perhaps it was the land Jacob had been farming that was conveyed to the Craighills. See the 1779 Court Event for Henry Sr.]

Personal Property:

1785: 1st Battalion, James McCalisters List
One of 3 white males 21+ in household of Henry Bowers

1786: 1st Battalion, James McCalisters List
Jacob & Henry Bowers Jr: 2 white males 21+

1787: 1st Battalion, entered 4 Sep
Named as one of 3 white males 21+ in household of Henry Bowers

1788: 1st Battalion, entered 20 Aug
Jacob Bowers: 2 horses

1789: 1st Battalion, entered 7 Oct
Jacob Bowers: 2 horses

1790: 1st Battalion, James Wilson Commissioner, entered 9 Aug
Jacob Bowers, 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

1791: 1st Battalion, James Wilson Commissioner, entered 26 May
Jacob Bowers, 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

1792: 1st Battalion, James Wilson Commissioner, entered 14 Jun
Jacob Bowers, 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

1793: James Wilson Commissioner
Jacob Bowers, 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

1794: James Wilson Commissioner
Jacob Bowers, 1 white male 16+, 3 horses

1795: Winn Winship Commissioner
Bowers, Jacob, 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

1796: Winn Winship Commissioner
Bowers, Jacob, 1 white male 16+, 3 horses

1797: Winn Winship Commissioner
Bowers, Jacob, 1 white male 16+, 2 horses

1798: Winn Winship Commissioner
Bowers, Jacob, 1 white male 16+, 4 horses
[This is the last tax list on which Jacob appears, suggesting he left Berkeley County about 1799. It is not known where he went.]


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Jacob married Elizabeth MARTIN on 23 Jun 1789 in Berkeley County, (West) Virginia.1


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Sources

1 Guy L. Keesecker, Marriage Records of Berkeley County, Virginia, 1781-1854, (Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1969), FHL Call No. 975.497 V2k, Page 20.

2 Personal Property Tax, 1783-1789, Berkeley County, West Virginia, FHL Film No. 2,024,478.

3 Family Records of Susan Davis Dixon. Susan descends from Henry Bower, Sr. of Berkeley County, (West) Virgina, through his son, Henry Bowers Jr. Her substantial Bowers research is featured at the Lively Roots website maintained by Gerald Lively, beginning with Henry Sr. at http://www.livelyroots.com/gerald/9911.htm, and continuing, at least for her line, to the present generation of descendants. Susan's e-mail address is spydr1031@aol.com.

4 Family Records of Susan Davis Dixon.

5 Land Book, 1782-1803, Berkeley County, West Virginia, FHL Film No. 531,232.

6 Personal Property Tax, 1790-1799, Berkeley County, West Virginia, FHL Film No. 2,024,479.

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