It’s that time of year again when we celebrate America, our independence from Great Britain and the rule of King George III.
This site has a great timeline of the Revolutionary War http://www.revolutionary-war.net/revolutionary-war-timeline.html
I am a very proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. My patriot ancestor is Anthony Bowen of Virginia.
A little bit about Anthony Bowen. He was born about 1745 in Greenbrier County, Virginia to parents I have yet to discover. He married Alice Hamilton born about 1740, daughter of Andrew Hamilton.
He did not serve as a soldier, but gave supplies to the troops. Some records have him supplying mutton and corn. The people who supplied the troops were considered very important in the war effort.
Anthony & Alice had 8 children, Andrew, William, Anthony, Jr., Hannah Jane, Susannah, James, Mary and Betsy.
He left a will, which he signed on September 11, 1787. The will was probated at the Greenbrier County court on October 30, 1787. The will is located in Will Book 1, page 39.
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There is still a lot I don’t know about Anthony Bowen and his wife Alice aka Ellis Hamilton. If you are reading this and are a descendant of this family, please contact me. I’d love to hear from you.
There are other Revolutionary War patriots in our family. I will be adding to my DAR membership once I submit the supplementary applications.
There have been some great documentaries on TV about the revolution. I love to watch them and imagine what it was like for our ancestors back then. You can watch these on YouTube too. Here is a link to one of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQhKxdBnpE
Did you know that some of the people from that time in our history lived long enough to have their photos taken? Maureen Taylor, a well known photo identification expert has published a book called The Last Muster. I have it and it’s really fun to read about these men & women and see pictures of them.
Here is a link to Maureen’s blog about photo identification http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/photodetectiveblog/ and a link to Amazon where you can purchase her book The Last Muster http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AMaureen%20Taylor
In the meantime enjoy the 4th of July celebrations and please remember those who served and died that we might live in a free nation.
Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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