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| Birth: | About 1738 in Hanover, North Carolina, USA |
| Death: | Before 16 Aug 1789 in Effingham, Screven County, Georgia, USA |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Clifton BOWEN b. 12 Feb 1701 in Warren, Rhode Island, USA |
| Mother: | Elizabeth HARRIS b. 16 Jan 1722 in Cohansey, New Jersey, USA |
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| Changed: 24 Feb 2006 14:57:33 |
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Individual:
RS= revoloutionary soldier
# D: I577112514
# Name: Clifton, JR., R.S. BOWEN
# Given Name: Clifton, JR., R.S.
# Surname: BOWEN
# Sex: M
# Birth: 1738 in New Hanover County, NC
# Death: Bef 3 Aug 1789 in Effingham/Screven County, GA
# Title: JR
# Note:
Custom Field:<_FA#> 13 Sep 2000
REFERENCES: "PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA:,VOLUMES II, III, IV, V AND VI
I. "THE GEORGIA GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE", ISSUES OCTOBER, 1966 , JANUARY 1967 AND JANUARY,1 969. "THE NORTH CAROLINIAN", VOLUME VI, #2. DAR RECORD #499926 OF CLIFTON BOWEN. NSCDXVIIC-#1572, APPLICATION OF GLADYS WOODS STANLEY VIA APPLICATION OF ELAINE BROWN SPIVEY.
CLIFTON BOWEN,JR., WAS A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER OF DUPLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND WAS PROBA BLY BORN IN BOWENTOWN, NEW JERSEY ABOUT 1735. HE LIVED NEAR WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL AFTER THE WAR WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO GEORGIA. HE WAS A SON OF CLIFTON AND ELIZABETH (HARRIS) BOWEN. CLIFTON JR. MARRIED MARTHA, WHOSE MAIDEN NAME IS UNKNOWN AND THEY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN . ( BIRTH DATE OF RECORD AT NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IS 1738 IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC.)CLIFTON JR., SERVED IN A DUPLIN COUNTY MILITIA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AS A LIEUTENANT. CLIFTON JR., WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1781 BECAUSE OF A PULMONARY AILMENT THAT MADE HIM TOO FEEBLE TO CARRY ON. CLIFTON JR., MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA BETWEEN 1785 AND 1790. HIS HOME WAS LATER CUT INTO SCREVEN COUNTY, WHERE HE DIED AROUND 1794. STEPHEN AND ELIJAH BOWEN, TWO OF HIS SONS, WERE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AND DREW REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS. STEPHEN MOVED TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY ABOUT 1800 AND LATER MOVED TO TATTNALL COUNTY. THEN IN 1829, HE MOVED TO TELFAIR COUNTY. JOHN BOWEN MOVED TO TATTNALL COUNTY . THE HENDRICKS' REMAINED IN SCREVEN COUNTY.
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PER NOTES FROM JOHN WINSKIE:
CLIFTON BOWEN,JR. DIED BEFORE 16 AUGUST 1794 BECAUSE ON THAT DATE HIS WIDOW, MARTHA APPLIED F OR ADMINISTRATION OF HIS ESTATE. HE HAD COME TO NC WITH HIS PARENTS AS A SMALL CHILD AND GREW UP THERE. HE WAS IN THE DUPLIN COUNTY MILITIA AS A LIEUTENANT AND SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNTIL HE BECAME TOO ILL TO SERVE. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1781. HE HAD MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO EFFINGHAM COUNTY THAT WAS CUT INTO THE NEW COUNTY OF SCREVEN IN 1793. (DEATH OF RECORD AT NATIONAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES IS BEFORE 3 AUGUST 1789.)
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FROM NOTES FROM FRANCES DALY FROM ANCESTRAL FILES OF WILLIAM AYRES OF SALE M, N.J.:
CLIFTON BOWEN SERVED IN THE NC LINE AS A LIEUTENANT. HE WAS FROM DUPLIN COUNTY, NC. HE HAD TW O SONS THAT ALSO SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE SERVED IN THE NC MILITIA AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE DUPLIN COUNTY MILITIA. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1781 BECAUSE OF A PULMONARY AILMENT THAT MADE HIM TOO FEEBLE TO CARRY ON. HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO EFFINGHAM CO., GA BETWEEN 1785-90. HE LIVED IN BULLOCH COUNTY UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1806. CLIFTON BOWEN, R..S. (1735 -1806) WAS THE SON OF CLIFTON BOWEN (1700) WHO WAS THE SON OF SAMUEL BOWEN.
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NOTES FROM RICHARD BOWEN SURNAMES - KENNETH BOWEN WEBPAGE
Bowen, Clifton (1738 - 1789) - male
b. 1738 in North Carolina
d. 3 AUG 1789 in Bullock County, Georgia
father: Bowen, Clifton(1600 - ~1780)
mother: Harris, Elizabeth(~1722 - ) Clifton Bowen was a planter by occupation. He serve d in the Revolutionary War as a Lt. in the Duplin County, North Carolina militia. He was honorably discharged in 1781 because of a pulmonary ailment that made him too weak to carry on. Martha, his widow, applied in Screven County, Georgia for administration of Clifton's estate on August 16, 1794. The citation published in connection with her application stated the deceased was formerly of Effingham County, now Screven County. Clifton sold his land in North Carolina in 1783 and purchased land in Effingham County, Georgia (this section of the county was later in the new county of Screven) in 1784. His son Mark also had land platted in Effingham County, Georgia in 1784, in April and July.Clifton died 03 Augu
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