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- Jesse was residing in Hancock Co., Tenn. in 1860, where he owned land valued at $2,000. (1860 Census, Family #804). He and his family had moved to Hancock County between 1854 and 1860, and in 1860 bought a tract of land from George G. Herd. After the death of Jesse, his son, Enoch S. Bowen, lived in the house until he died in 1910. Jesse Bowen is buried in a cemetery a few miles downriver from where he lived, in an area called Wallen's Bend.
Jesse Bowen died sometime after 1880, when he appeared in the census of Hancock County.
"Sarah Horton told me that when Jason Y. Bowen died a hand hewn marker was placed at his grave. Later his family purchased a marker and the old stone was then put to Jesse's grave." [Jean K. Horton, Kingsport, Tenn.; letter to William A. Yates, 23 Jun 1977]
In her record book, Jane Belle Roark Brown stated that, "My great-great grandfather Jesse Bowen was married before his marriage to Sallie Durham and had several sons and daughters. His son Lewis Bowen lived and died on top of Powell's Mountain in Scott Co., Va., over looking Turkey Cove to the north and Duffield to the south. His son George lived near Pattonsville, Va. and his son Reese lived on top of Copper Ridge in Hancock Co. Tennessee overlooking the Clinch River to the north and Clinch Mountain to the south. He later moved to Greenville Texas and died there. His daughter Jennie Bishop lived and died on top of the "Natural Tunnel" in Scott Co. Va. His daughter Aggie married Claiborne Neeley and lived and died on Clinch River, Scott Co. Va. His daughter Sallie married a Mr. Johnson in Scott Co. Va. and died there several years ago". [Photocopies in possession of William A. Yates, the present writer (see attached photocopy).]
For anyone concerned about proof of the children of Jesse Bowen and Elizabeth Stanley, the above account is convincing. From the context of the manuscript, it was written between 2 Jun 1928 and 10 Jan 1935. Jane says, "They [Alfred Thomas Bowen and his second wife] presented me with book and this record". She further states, "This record was written by my grandfather Alfred Thomas Bowen, is absolutely accurate, and can be verified". The children of Jesse Bowen were aunts and uncles of Alfred Thomas Bowen.
"My grandfather was named Jesse Bowen and he moved from North Carolina to Scott County, Virginia years ago... My grandfather also had a son named Henry, as well as one named Reese..." [Alfred Thomas Bowen, Knoxville, Tenn., to Mrs. W. E. Gunn, 10 Sep 1917, photocopy in my possession.}
Additionally, Sarah A. (Bowen) Johnson is proven to be a daughter by her death certificate. Agness (Bowen) Neely is proven from the 1880 census, with Elizabeth Bowens living in her household. On the 1860 census Rees Bowen is living with the family of his sister Agnes.
“I mentioned the Bowen descendant in Kingsport, Tennessee. She is Mrs. Jean Kinsler Horton. I want to quote from two of her letters. In one written February 15, 1965, she wrote: ‘First, I want to give you a little history about Sarah Bowen Horton, the granddaughter of Jesse, who told me so much of what I know about the older Bowen generations… Sarah told me that Jesse first married a Baldwin [sic] and had 6 children by her. They were: Louis, George, Reece, Aggie, who married a Neely; Margaret, who married a Johnson; and another girl who married a Buckles…” [Letter from Ada Catron, Pennington Gap, Virginia, 27 Oct 1968]
There is doubt about the daughter who married a Buckles. She was not mentioned by Jane Roark, who named only six. There was a Lucy Bowen, daughter of Reese Bowen, who married James Buckles. She was a granddaughter of Jesse Bowen, but not a daughter. There seems to be no other record of a Bowen-Buckles connection.
Jesse Bowen md. Sarah H. Durham after all the children were born, because his first wife would not consent to a divorce. (See Scott Co., Va. Deed Book 7, p. 109). In the marriage record, recorded in Scott Co., Va., Jesse Bowen gave his age, his birthplace, and his parent's names.
14 Oct 1818. "The Claim of Jesse Bowen for guarding Joseph Jones charged with felony was produced in court, examined, allowed and ordered to be certified to the auditor of publick accounts." [Scott Co., Va. Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, Minute Book 1].
Scott County, Virginia Land Entry Book. "Richard Stanley enters fifty acres of land in Scot county by virtue of part of a Land office Treasury warrant No. 6516 dated 3rd February 1819 for 1000 acres on the north waters of Clinch River Beginning on the south side of a place where Jesse Bowen now lives and on the south side of Powels Mountain to Include the place where said Bowen lives on".
11 July 1820. John Patrick, pltff. vs. Reuben Bowen, Jessee Bowen & Daniel Blakemore, Defts. On a motion on a forthcoming bond. It being proven to the satisfaction of the court that the said Defts. has had ten days notice of this motion & they being solemnly called came not. On motion Execution is awarded against them for twenty six dollars and fifty cents with Interest from the 1st March 1820 & the cost of this motion. [Scott County, Virginia Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minute Book 2, page 89].
14 Dec 1825. "Jesse Bowen being duly sworn saith. Question by Henry S. Kane: Did or did you not ever pay to John McKinney decd anything or any sum of money for the rent of John Patricks land if you did please to state what amount. Answer: I did pay to him as well as I recollect twenty five dollars. And further this deponant saith not. (signed) Jesse Boing" [Scott County, Virginia Chancery Court papers, Patrick vs. McKinney, on line by the Library of Virginia, Images 20-21 (immediately follows the statement of Reuben Bowen)].
Jesse was residing in Hancock Co., Tenn. in 1860, where he owned land valued at $2,000. (1860 Census, Family #804). He and his family had moved to Hancock County between 1854 and 1860, and in 1860 he bought a tract of land from George G. Herd. After the death of Jesse, his son, Enoch S. Bowen, lived in the house until he died in 1910. Jesse Bowen is buried in a cemetery a few miles downriver from where he lived, in an area called Wallen's Bend.
Jesse Bowen was listed on the 1880 census of Hancock County, Tennessee, 4th Civil Dist., #91, aged 83, born NC, both parents born in Va. His son William was still at home, and worked as a blacksmith.
"Jesse died a few years prior to the death of Sarah and she died ca. 1899, according to her granddaughter, Sarah (Bowen) Horton. From what I've learned I believe Jesse died sometime in the 1880's." [Jean K. Horton, Kingsport, Tenn.; letter to William A. Yates, 3 Dec 1982].
"Sarah Horton told me that when Jason Y. Bowen died a hand hewn marker was placed at his grave. Later his family purchased a marker and the old stone was then put to Jesse's grave." [Jean K. Horton, Kingsport, Tenn.; letter to William A. Yates, 23 Jun 1977].
In her record book, Jane Belle Roark Brown stated that, "Jason Yeoman Bowen was the son of Jesse Bowen and Sallie Durham. My great great grandfather Jesse Bowen was born in North Carolina in the year 1798; and my great great grandmother Sallie Durham was born in Ryecove, Scott Co. Va. in the year 1808. They were married in Scott Co. Va. and moved to Hancock Co. Tennessee just prior to the Civil War." (Photocopy in possession of William A. Yates).
"My great great grandfather Jesse Bowen and his wife Sallie, my great grandfather Jason Y. Bowen and his wife, Ruth Ann, and my great great grandfather Robert Kyle and his last wife, Frances L. are all buried in 'The Bend or Berrd' cemetery in Hancock Co. Tenn., 2 1/2 miles east of Kyle's Ford".
A biographical sketch of E. D. Bowen appears in Tennessee Pioneer Baptist Preachers, by J. J. Burnett: "E. D. Bowen was born in Scott County, Virginia, January 30, 1856. He was a son of Jason and grandson of Jesse Bowen, who was of German descent. The family moved to Tennessee when E. D. was a small boy."
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