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CPT John Bowyer

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CPT John Bowyer Veteran

Birth
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Death
18 Dec 1878 (aged 84)
Winfield, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Winfield, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Sergeant in Captain John McClung's Company
Virginia Militia, County of Greenbrier, Virginia (now West Virginia,)
Colonel Boyd's 4th Regiment, War of 1812..but
in recollections of George Atkeson, the 10th Governor of WV) in his History of Kanawha County of 1876, George interviewed John Bowyer of Putnam Co., WV and referenced him as Captain John Bowyer..so John Bowyer must have been promoted when he left his position in the McClung's militia or Boyd's regiment.
Sergeant in Captain John McClung's Company
Virginia Militia, County of Greenbrier, Virginia (now West Virginia,)
Colonel Boyd's 4th Regiment, War of 1812..but
in recollections of George Atkeson, the 10th Governor of WV) in his History of Kanawha County of 1876, George interviewed John Bowyer of Putnam Co., WV and referenced him as Captain John Bowyer..so John Bowyer must have been promoted when he left his position in the McClung's militia or Boyd's regiment.


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