Cornelius ‘Neal’ Bowman, Sr.

Biography

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Cornelius Bowman, aka "Neal" was born in Virginia around 1740 to parents Peter Bowman and Margaret Scholl. He married Susannah Painter in 1764. After she died, and he was getting on in years, the old man was persuaded to come to Owsley County with his sons. Neal passed away in Kentucky in the early part of 1826.[1]

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The First record of Cornelius Bowman SR is in the Book, "Colonial Soldiers of Virginia" in 1764 he is listed there in the same regiment right next to one "Thomas Pointer" The next record of Cornelius besides the marriage record to Susannah Pointer/Painter in Rockbridge County VA is in Wilkes County NC where he preached at Roans Creek Baptist Church. After leaving Wilkes County he then traveled to what was then Washington County NC now TN and is found in court records as a Justice. Date of Birth and death taken from the Bible of his son Rev Thomas Bowman

He then shows up in Early Clay County History in 1815 records reflect in the Methodist Associational minutes that he himself along with his sons, Elisha, Thomas, Jacob and Elijah were Methodist Ministers.. Source the Wesleyan University, Owensboro Kentucky

In 1818 Cornelius SR sued the heirs of Alexander Murphy for land in what is now Owsley County Kentucky in Chancery Court Clay County KY this is a 69 page court case along with the survey of his land and X marked the spot where he lived which is where us Bowman researchers believe is near the Betty Bowman Branch in Owsley County KY. His grave has never been found to date.

Family

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• Reference: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~katy/genealogy/bowman/b14137.html#P1...

Cornelius was married to Susannah Painter. Cornelius and Susannah are not buried in the Bowman Cemetery. They are buried in unmarked graves on a farm on Betty Bowman Branch Road near Booneville in Owsley Co.

CORNELIUS BOWMAN and SUSANNAH POINTER/PAINTER had the following children:

• +2 i. John BOWMAN.
• +3 ii. William BOWMAN.
• +4 iii. ELIJAH BOWMAN.
• +5 iv. Cornelius BOWMAN Jr..
• +6 v. Elisha Williamson BOWMAN.
• +7 vi. Judah "Judy" BOWMAN.
• 8 vii. Hezekiah BOWMAN6,7 was born circa 1780. He died before 1842 at the age of 62 in Estill County, Kentucky.6 Married Elizabeth ?Sercey, 6 Oct 1806. Madison County Marriages 1786-1822. Cornelius Bowman was Bondsman. Minister's return was made the next day. The Kentucky Marriage database on FamilySearch.org, has Elizabeth Lackey, as well as a picture of the bond and the minister's return - it was apparently Lackey, not Sercey.
• +9 viii. Rev. Thomas BOWMAN.
• +10 ix. Jacob BOWMAN.
• +11 x. Deborah BOWMAN.

Cornelius ‘Neal’ Bowman, Sr. is our 11th cousin 6 times removed.
Janet Milburn 1/17/23


h/o Susannah Abbott Painter md 19 Mar 1764 Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co., Virginia, He was in the Revolutionary War.

-- Written by Owsley County historian Arch B. Bowman--

The Cornelius Bowman, Sr. family began migration from Kings Branch, Muddy Creek, Madison Co., Ky. to the South Fork of the Kentucky River, as close neighbors to the James Moore, Sr. family, in 1795 just after the Moores arrived on the South Fork. Cornelius Bowman, Sr.'s son & wife, John & Sarah Smith Bowman, were the first to leave Tennessee for Muddy Creek occurring on the Madison Co., Ky. tax list in 1794 & the first to arrive on the South Fork in 1795. All the Cornelius, Sr. family migrated from Tennessee except William. Cornelius, Sr. & Cornelius, Jr. were the last of the Bowmans to leave Muddy Creek in 1812 for the South Fork, where they remained to death.

Kevin Avery sent this to me on 12 Mar 2019

RE: Cornelius Bowman I believe his parents are Peter Bowman & Margaret (Scholl) Bowman.....

I found this online.....

We know that Peter Bowman is the father of Cornelius because of a note written by family members in 1901. In that note, it states that "Aunt Sythe" (my gg-grandmother Siretha Seburn) had sent a record, apparently written in her mother's hand (in other words, written by Sarah Bowman Gabbard, b. 1798), outlining family relationships. According to the note, which is in the possession of David Travillion Bunton of Russellville, Arkansas (& is shown in the Cornelius Bowman book recently written by Edward Bowman): "Grandfather Cornelus Bowman Neal - Grandfather Neal Bowman was son of Peter Bowman & Margaret Bowman. Grandma Bowman married a Van Peldt" ... "Written by Sally Gabbard for ???? Aunt Sythe sent record to ???? ???? their mother's hand." In another place, the note states: "Grandma Elizabeth Gentry Gabbard was born Apr. the 23rd Day 1833. Edward Gabbard & Sarah Bowman her parents." [The note is displayed on page D 30 of Ed Bowman's book, "Cornelius Bowman, A Founding Father of America & some of His Ancestors & Descendants".]

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The First record of Cornelius Bowman SR is in the Book, "Colonial Soldiers of Virginia" in 1764 he is listed there in the same regiment right next to one "Thomas Pointer" The next record of Cornelius besides the marriage record to Susannah Pointer/Painter in Rockbridge County VA is in Wilkes County NC where he preached at Roans Creek Baptist Church. After leaving Wilkes County he then traveled to what was then Washington County NC now TN and is found in court records as a Justice. Date of Birth and death taken from the Bible of his son Rev Thomas Bowman

He then shows up in Early Clay County History in 1815 records reflect in the Methodist Associational minutes that he himself along with his sons, Elisha, Thomas, Jacob and Elijah were Methodist Ministers.. Source the Wesleyan University, Owensboro Kentucky

In 1818 Cornelius SR sued the heirs of Alexander Murphy for land in what is now Owsley County Kentucky in Chancery Court Clay County KY this is a 69 page court case along with the survey of his land and X marked the spot where he lived which is where us Bowman researchers believe is near the Betty Bowman Branch in Owsley County KY. His grave has never been found to date.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 16 2024, 4:48:48 UTC