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.
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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