Orange County Indexed
The Bowie surname
The Bowie name in Orange County Indexed: 53 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.
- In the records
- 1759 to 1799
most named in the 1760s
- Deeds 1759–1799
- Court minutes 1761
- Wills 1784
- In the chronology
- 1897 to 1988 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1890s
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stony Creek (2), Haw River (1), Laughlins Creek (1), Dinwiddie Co., Va (1)
- Often named with
- Granville 5, King 4, Reed 3, Whitehead 2, Patterson 2, Dunnagan 2, Taylor 2, Trice 2, Stewart 2, Martin 2, McNair 2, Ricketts 2
- Spellings to try
- Bowle, Bawie
- Search beyond these records
- Bowie in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Bowie there)
- Bowie in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 2 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
In the historical records 53 records
13 deeds, 39 court minutes and 1 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection
1750s
1760s
- 1760DeedsJames Bowie to John Barbee, November 1760
- 1761DeedsJames Bowie to Reason Wright, May 1761
- 1761Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Harris granted to Elizabeth Harris; sureties James Bowie and Thomas King.
- 1763DeedsEarl Granville to James Bowie, November 1763
- 1763DeedsJames Bowie to William Reed, November 1763
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to James Bowie, May 1764
- 1764DeedsJames Bowie to William Reed, August 1764
- 1764DeedsEarl Granville to James Bowie, November 1764
1770s
1780s
1790s
Undated
- DeedsJames Bowie to Thomas Whitehead, September 1752
- Court minutesThe court empanelled grand jurors James Bowie, George Williams, John Dunnagan and 9 others.
- Court minutesThe court selected grand jurors for the next circuit court.
- Court minutesThomas Dunnagan, James Bowie and Michael Synnot registered livestock marks.
- Court minutesJames Bowie and Samuel Sarat qualified as under sheriffs.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Jonathan Fincher granted to Jane Fincher and Jonathan Fincher; sureties Thomas Holden, James Bowie and Ro…
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Duncan Bohannon granted to Ann Bohannon; sureties John Gray and James Bowie.
- Court minutesJames Aspey, John Slater and James Bowie were accused of helping James and John Seamp escape prison.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to pay James Bowie for transporting prisoners Gordon and Erwin to Salisbury Court.
- Court minutesJames Bowie, Thomas Whitehead and John Dowell qualified as deputy sheriffs.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Mary Douglass granted to William Reed; sureties James Bowie.
- Court minutesThomas Harriss brought a debt claim against James Bowie.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Thomas Browning granted to Elizabeth Browning; sureties James Bowie and Robert Patterson.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against Luke Smith.
- Court minutesStephen Merritt received permission to operate an ordinary.
- Court minutesWilliam Dunnagan posted bond to keep the peace toward Wm. Churton and others until November court, secured by James Bowie and Wm. Barney.
- Court minutesThomas King’s ordinary license was renewed with James Bowie and James Trice as sureties.
- Court minutesThomas Hart brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against Samuel Watt.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against Samuel Stewart.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against William Martin.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to sell James Bowie’s attached effects to satisfy Ralph McNair, Michael Waldrop and Thomas King.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought a petition against Christopher Vandergraft.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against James Pompey.
- Court minutesReason Ricketts brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought a petition against James Trice.
- Court minutesJosias Dixon brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against William Cox.
- Court minutesRalph McNair brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
- Court minutesMichael Waldrope brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
- Court minutesThomas King brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
- Court minutesGarnishee Samuel Stewart reported that he held nothing of James Bowie’s estate.
- Court minutesChristopher Vandegraft swore that he held nothing of James Bowie’s estate.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against William Martin.
- Court minutesJames Bowie brought an action on the case against James Pomfrey.
- Court minutesReason Ricketts brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
- Court minutesRobert Taylor brought an action on the case against James Bowie.
- Court minutesJames Bowie petitioned against Young Pitts and others.
- Court minutesJohn Railey brought an original attachment proceeding against James Bowie.
