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 1755 - 1779 (24 years)
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| Name |
Job Bowers |
| Birth |
1755 |
VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1779 |
Wilkes County now Hart County, GA |
| Person ID |
I214 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
21 May 2014 |
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| Notes |
- Job Bowers was born in Virginia in 1755, of Welsh ancestry, and later moved to Wilkes County Georgia
- When the Revolutionary War broke out he joined the local militia. In October, 1779 while serving in the war, he was given a furlough to return home to check on his wife, Charity who was due to give birth. When he arrived he found a baby boy just a few days old. The first night he was home, a band of roving Tories pulled him from his home and brutally murdered him.
- For his service during the Revolutionary War, his widow Charity received a 100 acre land grant in Wilkes County on the 24th day of September, 1784. Another 150 acres was also given to her on the 24th of July, 1785.
- Married Charity; date unknown.
- Job and Charity Bowers had one son, William who is also buried in the same cemetery.
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| Sources |
- [S17] Arnold, Ross & Burnham, Hank, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, (New Papyrus Co., Inc., 548 Cedar Creek Drive, Athens, GA 30605), Vol. 1, page 366.
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