Bowers Connection's

Lavica Bowers was the sixth child of the Reverend Valentine Bowers, son of Leonard Bowers and Rebecca Nave and Abigail Buck, daughter of Jonathan Buck and Zuriah Covalt. She was born along with her siblings at Carter County,Tennesse by the small town of Siam. Her brother and sister were;

Eliza born 1809 and married her cousin Abraham Nave Henry B. born 1814 and married Mary Lincoln Bowers also his cousin Leonard B. born August 6, 1815 who married cousin Elizabeth Nave Second wife of Leonard was Elizabeth Meek Elizabeth born 1817 who married Henry Stout Jonathan B. born 1822 who married Amirilis Francis Honey Reese B. born 1825 who married Mary Johnson William C. born 1827 who married Rebecca Alford Abraham Nave born 1830 who married Mary Ellis Benjamin born 1833 who married Nancy Louisa Morley Mary L. born 1835 married Lilburn Treadway Joseph P. born 1839 married Emaline Grace

Revolutionary War Records For Leonard Bowers

LEONARD BOWARS CARTER COUNTY PRIVATE MARYLAND LINE $80.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE PENSION STARTED AGE 74..$240.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED AUGUST 16, 1833

Leonard was chosen to be part of a group of 100 men to fight with General Daniel Morgan and the Battle of Cowpens.He was mustered out of service shortly after the Battle of Guilford Court House.

Bowars,Leonard or Leonard Bowers, Rebecca, W49, MD line, sol appl 18 Sep 1832 Carter Cty, Tn aged 72, sol lived at Hagertown MD, enl in 1778, wid appl 9 Nov 1844 Carter Cty, Tn  aged 75, sol m Rebecca Nave on 2 Aug 1785 & she was b 24 Mar 1769, sol was b in fall of 1760 & d 5 Oct 1840, widd 20 Sep 1849, children were; William b 22 May 1787, Valentine b 23 Sep 1788, Henry b 23 Aug 1790, John b 27 Jan 1792, Elizabeth 6 Mar 1795, David 2 Dec 1799, Leonard b 30 Oct 1801 & in1851 lived in Carter Cty, TN & adm of wid's estate, Rebekah b 22 Sep 1803, Mary b 13 Oct 1806,Anna b 10 Oct 1808, Jessy b Oct 30 1809 & Margait b 14 Sep 1812, in 1845 wid's bros Abraham Nave was aged 76 & John Nave was 74, in 1849 a Mark W. Nave was mentioned but no relationship not stated, an illegimate  grandson Allen Bowers who was a son of sol's daughter Nancy (Bowers) Hays was named in wid's will, also shown was a David Bowers b 11 Jun 1831 but no relationship.

Land Records

Godspell's History of Carter County, Tennessee

The town was laid off by Samuel Tipton upon his own land, and no part of the proceeds of the sale of lots was donated to the county. Seventy-seven lots were laid off, nine of which were reserved for public buildings. To dispose of the remaining sixty-eight lots Mr. Tipton proposed a lottery, to he drawn on August 6, 1796, under the inspection of Landon Carter, John Carter and Nathaniel Folsom. Lots were sold for $10 each, and the members of the lots were placed in a box, from which purchasers drew a number for each $10 paid, and in that way their lots were located. The lots sold at this time were as follows. John Frances, Nos. 58 and 60; T. Ashe, 73; Robert English, 63; William Crawley, 74; William Matlock, 38; 5. Peters, 65; Charles Reneau, 25; William Western, 52; James Lacey, 26; Leonard Bowers, 4.

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