MAJ John Bowie
BIRTH 10 May 1740
East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
DEATH 20 Sep 1827 (aged 87)
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Upper Long Cane Cemetery
Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
John Bowie was born May 10, 1740, in the Parish of New Kirkpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He immigrated to America in 1762 and landed in Virginia June 8th of that same year. His first business was an engagement with the Cherokee Indians in Tennessee. He married Rose Reid, the daughter of Colonel George Reid and they settled on Long Cane Creek in Abbeville, South Carolina. In 1777, he was commissioned Captain in the 5th South Carolina Regiment. He was wounded at Savannah, October 9, 1779. He was a Major in 1781 and served until the close of the war. After the Revolutionary War, John Bowie served for many years as clerk for the Abbeville County Court.
His wife Rose was the daughter of Col. George and Margaret Reid.
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