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Martha Bowie Sterrett

Birth
Burke County, Georgia, USA
Death
1845 (aged 53–54)
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Buried in the old Oakland Cemetery,
located in Shreveport's business
district, west of downtown at
Milam Street and Grand Avenue.

Sister of
Rezin P. Bowie, who invented
the Bowie Knife and Jim Bowie who
fought at The Alamo.

Wife of
Sheriff Alexander Boyd Sterrett,
the "First Sheriff" of Caddo Parish, La.

Daughter of
Rezin P. Bowie (1762) and
Elvira Jones Bowie (1766)

Wife of
1st marriage
James Nugent

2nd marriage
Alexander Boyd Sterrett,
First Settler of Shreveport, La. and
First Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.

Sister of
Larissa Bowie (1783) Twin
Lavinnia Bowie (1783) Twin
David Bowie (1784)
John Jones Bowie (1785)
Sarah Bowie Davis (1786)
Rezin Pleasant Bowie, jr. (1793)
James "Jim" Bowie (1796)
Stephen Bowie (1797)
David Bowie (1798)

Mother of
William Sterrett (1830)
Rezin Bowie Sterrett (1832)
Matilda Sterrett Gooch (1836)
Emily Sterrett Austin (1839)
Buried in the old Oakland Cemetery,
located in Shreveport's business
district, west of downtown at
Milam Street and Grand Avenue.

Sister of
Rezin P. Bowie, who invented
the Bowie Knife and Jim Bowie who
fought at The Alamo.

Wife of
Sheriff Alexander Boyd Sterrett,
the "First Sheriff" of Caddo Parish, La.

Daughter of
Rezin P. Bowie (1762) and
Elvira Jones Bowie (1766)

Wife of
1st marriage
James Nugent

2nd marriage
Alexander Boyd Sterrett,
First Settler of Shreveport, La. and
First Sheriff of Caddo Parish, La.

Sister of
Larissa Bowie (1783) Twin
Lavinnia Bowie (1783) Twin
David Bowie (1784)
John Jones Bowie (1785)
Sarah Bowie Davis (1786)
Rezin Pleasant Bowie, jr. (1793)
James "Jim" Bowie (1796)
Stephen Bowie (1797)
David Bowie (1798)

Mother of
William Sterrett (1830)
Rezin Bowie Sterrett (1832)
Matilda Sterrett Gooch (1836)
Emily Sterrett Austin (1839)

Gravesite Details

Buried in an unmarked grave in old Oakland Cemetery, Shreveport, La.



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