Person:Grace Greenlee (1)
Grace "Grizzell" Greenlee, "The Heroine of Piedmont Section"
b.23 Jun 1750 Augusta County, Virginia
d.13 May 1823 Morgantown, Burke County, North Carolina
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1736
  1. Jane GreenleeAbt 1736 -
  2. John Greenlee1738 - Bef 1809
  3. James Greenlee1740 - 1813
  4. Samuel Greenlee1743 - Bef 1751
  5. Margaret GreenleeAbt 1748 - Abt 1786
  6. Grace "Grizzell" Greenlee, "The Heroine of Piedmont Section"1750 - 1823
  7. Samuel "the younger" Greenlee1751 -
  8. David Greenlee1752 - 1820
  9. Mary GreenleeEst 1754 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 23 Dec 1778
  1. Mary "Polly" Bowman1779 - 1825
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Gen. Charles McDowell1743 - 1815
  • W.  Grace "Grizzell" Greenlee, "The Heroine of Piedmont Section"1750 - 1823
m. Mar 1783
  1. Eliza Grace McDowell
  2. Gen. Athan Allen McDowell1790 - 1832
  3. Capt. Charles Gordon McDowell - 1859
  4. James R. McDowell
  5. Margaret McDowell
  6. Sallie McDowell
  7. Sarah Grace McDowell
  8. Mary McDowell
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Facts and Events
Name Grace "Grizzell" Greenlee, "The Heroine of Piedmont Section"
Gender Female
Birth[1] 23 Jun 1750 Augusta County, Virginia
Marriage 23 Dec 1778 Rockbridge County, Virginiato Patriot Capt. John Bowman, of the Battle of Ramsour's Mill, NC
Marriage Mar 1783 Quaker Meadows, Burke County, North Carolinato Gen. Charles McDowell
Death? 13 May 1823 Morgantown, Burke County, North Carolina
Alt Death? 18 May 1823 Burke County, North Carolina
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Clearing the Record

From the wikipedia page of Capt. John Jacob Bowman (1733-1781):

Unfortunately, this man [John Jacob Bowman] has been linked to several inaccuracies through time. First one says he was killed at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill in North Carolina on June 20, 1780. Although a Captain John Bowman was mortally wounded in that battle, it was not the same (John) Jacob Bowman. Another inaccurate link would be the husband of Grace Grizel Greenlee. Grace did marry a John Bowman but again she did not marry (John) Jacob Bowman.

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Notes

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Grace Grizzell GREENLEE BIRTH: ABT 1740 DEATH: 13 MAY 1823 Father: James GREENLEE Mother: Mary Elizabeth MCDOWELL

Family 1: Capt. John BOWMAN

Family 2: Gen. Charles MCDOWELL MARRIAGE: MAR 1783, Quaker Meadows, Burke County, North Carolina

Margaret MCDOWELL
Charles MCDOWELL
Sarah MCDOWELL
Athan MCDOWELL
James MCDOWELL
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References
  1. ↑ Find A Grave.

    Grace Grizzell Greenlee McDowell
    BIRTH
    23 Jun 1750
    Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
    DEATH
    18 May 1823 (aged 72)
    Burke County, North Carolina, USA
    BURIAL
    Quaker Meadows Cemetery
    Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, USA

    Daughter of James Greenlee &
    Mary Elizabeth [McDowell] Greenlee

    1st married John Jacob Bowman, Capt.
    December 23, 1778
    Rockbridge Co., Virginia

    Daughter of this marriage:
    Mary [Bowman] Tate

    2nd married Gen. Charles M. McDowell
    1782

    Children of this marriage:
    Capt. Charles Gordon McDowell
    Sarah Grace [McDowell] Praxton
    Maj.Gen. Athan A. McDowell
    James R. McDowell

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20894216/grace-grizzell-mcdowell

  2.   .

    Grace Greenlee

    Daughter of Mary McDowell and James Greelee, married John Bowman.

    Grace Greenlee moved from Virginia to Burke County and made their home at Hickory Grove in 1777. She helped her husband manufacture gunpowder during the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in South Carolina in 1780.

    She jumped on a horse with her daughter, Polly, and rode to her wounded husband. She was in a “race with death” to reach her husband and did so just before he died.

    She returned to Burke County where she ran the family homestead on her own before remarrying at age 32.

    From “A woman of courage: The first Margaret McDowell” by Eunice Ervin for The News Herald – Oct. 18, 1978

    https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/burke-county-has-long-history-influential-women/329652872/

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