Manteo in Dare County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Bowser Family Cemetery

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012

1. Bowser Family Cemetery Marker

Inscription. This marker recognizes the final resting place of Spencer Bowser, the patriarch of a prominent African American family in North Carolina. Also buried here are several other members of the Bowser family, including J.P. Bowser, Lloyd B. Bowser, Q.B. Bowser, L.C. Bowser, Naomi Augusta Collins, Reginald Mahew Collins, and William C. Bowser, who was a "surfman" at the Pea Island Station of the United States Life Saving Service, the only station manned entirely by African Americans in this division of the United States Coast Guard.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites.

Location. 35° 53.14′ N, 75° 40.105′ W. Marker is in Manteo, North Carolina, in Dare County. It can be reached from Visitors Center Circle near Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge (Bypass U.S. 64), on the left when traveling west. Located at the Outer Banks Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Visitors Center Circle, Manteo NC 27954, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker

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is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and on the Outer Banks.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Burnside Expedition of 1862 (here, next to this marker); Red Wolf Country (within shouting distance of this marker); The Collins Trail (approx. 0.4 miles away); Mothervine Scuppernong Grape Arbor (approx. 0.4 miles away); History behind the Land of the Trail (approx. half a mile away); Andrew Cartwright (approx. half a mile away); Battle of Roanoke Island (approx. half a mile away); The Life and Times of Richard Etheridge (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manteo.

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Photographed by Bernard Fisher, June 28, 2012

2. Bowser Family Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,656 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 1, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.