Pleasant E Bowman

parents: unknown

	*Birth:* c. 1809 TN
	*Death:* 07 Oct 1864
	*Burial:* Burns City Cemetery, Burns City, Martin, IN

Marriage #1

Sarah "Sally" Raser

c. 1825

Children

Lucinda (Cynthia) Bowman		05 Jul 1826
James W Bowman		08 Nov 1839
Richard Michael Bowman		10 May 1833
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bowman		10 Mar 1834 - guardianship *
Mary Ann "Polly" Bowman		c. 1837 - guardianship *
Hannah Bowman		11 Mar 1837
John Bowman		10 Aug 1838
Susannah Bowman		12 Jan 1841
Jane Bowman		26 Apr 1843
Margaret Bowman		09 Sep 1846
Sarah Ann Bowman		04 Sep 1852
William Bowman		c. 1853
Howard Bowman		16 May 1854

notes regarding the children of Pleasant E Bowman and Sarah "Sally" (Raser) Bowman

Sources

1830 Federal census	Monroe Co, IN - age 20-30
1840 Federal census	Martin Co, IN - age 30-40
1850 Federal census	Brown Twp, Martin, IN - 20 Sep 1850 - age 41
1860 Federal census	McCameron Twp, Martin, IN - 11 Jul 1860 - age 51
U.S. Patent Office	Land patent records (online)
Martin Co, IN Courthouse, Shoals, IN	Marriage records; land records; death records; birth records; court records; probate records (personally viewed and copied or transcribed)
1845-1846 Martin Co, IN Taxpayers	Pleasant Bowman is listed with $370 in land value
1855 Martin Co, IN Taxpayers	Pleasant Bowman is listed
1865 Martin Co, IN Taxpayers	Pleasant Bowman is listed
Martin Co, IN Library, Shoals, IN	Marriage records; death records; birth records obituaries (personally viewed and copied or transcribed)
Family History Center, Salt Lake City, UT	History of Martin County Indiana (book)
Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN	History of Daviess County Indiana (book)
Volunteer Cynthia Frederick, Vincennes, IN	Obituary: Thomas Harrison Spalding (The Odon Journal - 05 Apr 1918)
Burns City Cemetery, Burns City, Martin Co, IN	Viewed and photographed tombstones
Family History Center, Salt Lake City, UT	Lawrence County Illinois Commemorative Edition - 175th Anniversary (book): George Washington Tredway biography
Family records	Records and photos belonging to Mike Fortner
Family records	Records belonging to Kimberly Ann Killion
Family records	Records and photos belonging to Leota Ellis
Family records	Records and photos belonging to Cindy McAtee
Family research	Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan

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Miscellaneous Information

1) Wife of Pleasant E Bowman: Sarah "Sally" Raser - born 16 Nov 1810 TN; died 08 Mar 1872; buried Burns City Cemetery, Burns City, Martin, IN (tombstone photo below); daughter of John Raser and Hannah ____.

2) We have copies of 1838 and 1840 land patents belonging to Pleasant.

3) * In May of 1842, there were court documents filed that stated the following: Elizabeth and Mary Ann Bowman - infant daughters of Septima Bowman (deceased) - were placed into the guardianship of Septima's brother, Pleasant, and family. There are also documents indicating the transfer of land from Septima to Pleasant. We have not concluded at this time whether that was for the daughters at a later time, or if it was given to Pleasant for taking guardianship of the children. We also wonder why the children were placed with the Pleasant Bowman family, since Septima's widow (Mary Ann) was still living.

4) Pleasant was mentioned in the biography of his grandson, Willard Bowman.

5) Pleasant Bowman, along with John Williams and Henry Holt, was instrumental in the formation of the Burns City Christian Church. In 1845, Christian Keck deeded them a tract of 1/2 acre of land for a church. See photos of church as it appeared in 1934, and as it appeared in 2005.

6) We have an accounting of the final settlement of personal property for Pleasant.

Photos and/or signatures

Pleasant E Bowman

Sarah (Raser) Bowman

Burns City Cemetery
Burns City, Martin, Indiana

photos taken by Valerie Boman

corrections, additions, questions: email me at: Valerie.Boman@cox.net

Last updated 07/19/2008 02:03 PM