It also states that Rezin Bowie served in the Revolutionary War as a mere boy, was wounded at the storming of Savannah, and met his wife Elve Ap Catesby Jones who was his nurse, while recuperating. He owned a plantation in Burke County, Georgia, and removed to Elliott Springs, Tennessee in 1791. The remainder of his children were born there. In 1800 he moved to Louisiana with his brothers Rhesa and David. He spent the remainder of his life there.
It also states that Rezin Bowie served in the Revolutionary War as a mere boy, was wounded at the storming of Savannah, and met his wife Elve Ap Catesby Jones who was his nurse, while recuperating. He owned a plantation in Burke County, Georgia, and removed to Elliott Springs, Tennessee in 1791. The remainder of his children were born there. In 1800 he moved to Louisiana with his brothers Rhesa and David. He spent the remainder of his life there.
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Married March 8, 1782 Burke County, Ga.
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