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Bowyer, John, General

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1719 - 1806

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Bowyer Family

 File — Box 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This box includes folders on Lucy P. Ackerly, the Alexander family, the Anderson family, the Baker family, the Beard family, James Beatty, the Bell family, the Bogan family, the Borden family, the Bowyer family, the Brooke family, and the Brown family.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1700 - 1960

Bowyer Family

 File — Box 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

This folder contains information on the Bowyers living in "Thorn Hill," a house outside of Lexington.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1700 - 1960

James Monroe Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0017
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the appointment, July 29, 1800, of John Bowyer, Andrew Reid, and John Caruthers as presidential electors; proclamation, March 16, 1802, by Gov. Monroe authorizing the meeting house outside Lexington, Va. as a proper place for holding court (2 copies); and U.S. land grant of 160 acres, April 2, 1818, to Aaron Sanford. All of these documents are signed by Monroe.

Dates: Inclusive 1800-1818

Millboro and Kerr's Creek Turnpike Company records

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0447
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an 1836 letter to Stockholders from the company's president, Alexander T. Barclay, and a report signed John C. Bowyer, dated 1838 December 5, to the Board of Public Works. Both of these documents are signed by the authors.

Dates: Inclusive 1836-1838

Photostatic copy of Otis Bowyer letter to T. Bowyer Campbell

 Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0021
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a photostatic copy, made in 1973, of a letter dated September 6, 1938 from Otis Bowyer writes to T. Bowyer Campbell in Notre Dame, Indiana. The letter provides a description of the careers of General John Bowyer, T. Bowyer Campbell's great great grandfather, and of his nephew, John Bowyer.

Dates: 1973

Thorn Hill

 File — Box 2, Folder: 89
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a report on Thorn Hill and its inhabitants, including General John Bowyer and Mrs. John White Brockenbrough, photographs, blueprints, and floorplans. Also included photocopies of newspaper articles and a declaration for assurance for Thorn Hill.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 1995

Thorn Hill

 File — Box 2, Folder: 90
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a report and various notes on Thorn Hill and its inhabitants, including General John Bowyer, a trustee of Washington College.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 1995