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Photographer: Brian Scott
Taken: November 19, 2010
Caption: Maj. John Bowie Tombstone
Additional Description: Under This Slab
are deposited the mortal remains of
Major John Bowie
who departed this life
on the 20th day of September 1827
in the 88th year of his age.
He was a native of Dumbartonshire in Scotland
from which place he emigrated to South Carolina
many years previous to the war
of the Revolution.
During the whole of that eventful & trying affair
he was an officer of the Revolutionary Army
and in service almost everyday.
At an early period of his life he attached himself
in the communion of the Presbyterian Church
of which to the day of his death
he continued to be a useful,
zealous & devoted member.
He died as his surviving friends fondly believe
at peace with his God; & rejoicing in the
Christian's hope.
Submitted: March 12, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p185597
File Size: 0.089 Megabytes

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