Jeremiah Bowlin

1777 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Jeremiah Bowlin
  Birth	1777	Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1826	San Augustine County, Texas
  	Jeremiah Bowlin entry, Character Certificate. San Augustine, 18 August 1833 (naming 1826 emigration date) (https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/0/3/2/1032988.pdf : 7 June 2021); Texas General Land Office, Austin. San Augustine August 18 1835 I do hereby certify that Jeremiah Bowlin is a native of the State of Virginia that he is a man of family consisting of a wife and two children that he is industrious and a good citizen and friendly to the laws and religion of the country and that he emigrated to Texas in the year 1826. A S Hotchkiss P Judge
  Immigration	1827	Republic of Texas
  	Austin's Register of Families, Vol. 1 (https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/0/7/3/1073961.pdf : 7 June 2021), 1827, Jeremiah Bowlin, p. 7 (p. 40 of PDF), line 11, line 12 is Wm Bowlin; Texas General Land Office, Austin. Only the names are listed with no additional information.
  Land	1835	Republic of Texas
  	Unfinished Spanish Land Grant Jeremiah Bowlin entry, petition 109, p. 66 in upper right corner, Unfinished Titles (in Spanish) (https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/0/3/2/1032910.pdf : 7 June 2021); Texas General Land Office, Austin. Jeremiah Bowlin is listed on pages 11-12 of the linked PDF. James Bowlin is listed on page 9-10 of the linked PDF.
  Land	1838	Kaufman County, Texas
  	Jeremiah Bowlin entry, Nacogdoches Land District, 1st class headright, file no. 287, abstract 14, Kaufman County, 5 February 1838 (https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/3/2/1/321550.pdf : 7 June 2021); Texas General Land Office, Austin. The headright certificate was issued 5 February 1838 by the Shelby County Board of Land Commissioners (both file 287 and 317 reference the same certificate). The land was surveyed in January 1841: 1/3 league on the Bois D'arc fork of the Trinity River, abutting surveys of Samuel Gilliland and surveys 75 and 5099. Surveyor was W. A. Lewis; chain carriers were John [Hight?] and [James?] Carr; patented 8 June 1848.
  Land	1838	Shelby County, Texas
  	Jeremiah Bowlin entry, Shelby District, 1st class headright, file no. 317, abstract 49, Shelby County, certificate issued 5 February 1838 (https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/5/3/4/534151.pdf : 7 June 2021); Texas General Land Office, Austin. The headright certificate was issued 5 February 1838 by the Shelby County Board of Land Commissioners (both file 287 and 317 reference the same certificate). The land was originally surveyed in February 1838 for A. E. Bolen: 17 2/3 labors in Shelby County on a fork of Tenaha Bayou about 18 miles northwest from Shelbyville. Surveyor was David Hill; chain carriers were Rufus Johnson and [P. G.?] Colby/CUlly; patented 8 June 1848. patented 5 May 1851.
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I110	EarlyTexans
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Nail,   b. 1784, Stewart County, Georgia d. 1835, Shelby County, Texas (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1797	Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. William R. Bowlin,   b. 1801, Tennessee d. 1865, Shelby County, Texas (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S156] Texas GLO Character Certificate.