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According to various Clarke Co. VA Land Deeds Book E & F

Jacob Sowers Sr. son John Sowers Sr. married Jane Knight and their daughter Jane Sowers married Phineas BOWEN. From his will and 1850 census information I knew he had sons: Knight & Henry M. Bowen, but I now know they had 10 children.

1. Knight Bowen b. c1793 could be dec'd before selling of P. Bowen tract

2. Henry M. Bowen b. 1810 listed on 1850 Clarke Co. VA, purchased his siblings share of P. Bowen's real estate.

3. Miranda Bowen b. 1812 m. Martha.........? found on 1850 Clarke Co. VA census sold his portion to his brother H.M. Bowen

4. Eveline A. Bowen b. 1820 sold her portion to her brother then living in PA 1848, by 1850 living with her sister and her husband Robinson

5. Strother H. Bowen b. 1820 found on 1850 Clarke Co. VA. I believe his picture found in one of the C.S.A. military history for the county.

6. Miles Bowen died infancy

7. Margaret A. Bowen b. 1828 m. R.S. Robinson found 1850 census, Vogt married book has R. Sidney Robinson & Margaret A. Bowen married in Clarke Co. VA on 9 Jul 1849

8. Elizabeth Matilda Bowen m. John Thomas Tabler living in Highland Co. VA

9. Mary Jane Bowen m. Franklin Little

10. Emily Susan Chipley m. 9 Apr 1829 Frederick Co. VA Wm. L. Chipley, their son Wm. Lee Clipley sold her share to Henry M. Bowen

Miranda Bowen married Martha Bell (daughter of Strother Ferguson Bell and Jane Ann Potts) about 1847. They had at least 3 children Mary, Adelia and Miles all listed on later Federal Census records in Clarke Co., VA.

According to various Clarke Co. VA Land Deeds Book E & F

Jacob Sowers Sr. son John Sowers Sr. married Jane Knight and their daughter Jane Sowers married Phineas BOWEN. From his will and 1850 census information I knew he had sons: Knight & Henry M. Bowen, but I now know they had 10 children.

1. Knight Bowen b. c1793 could be dec'd before selling of P. Bowen tract

2. Henry M. Bowen b. 1810 listed on 1850 Clarke Co. VA, purchased his siblings share of P. Bowen's real estate.

3. Miranda Bowen b. 1812 m. Martha.........? found on 1850 Clarke Co. VA census sold his portion to his brother H.M. Bowen

4. Eveline A. Bowen b. 1820 sold her portion to her brother then living in PA 1848, by 1850 living with her sister and her husband Robinson

5. Strother H. Bowen b. 1820 found on 1850 Clarke Co. VA. I believe his picture found in one of the C.S.A. military history for the county.

6. Miles Bowen died infancy

7. Margaret A. Bowen b. 1828 m. R.S. Robinson found 1850 census, Vogt married book has R. Sidney Robinson & Margaret A. Bowen married in Clarke Co. VA on 9 Jul 1849

8. Elizabeth Matilda Bowen m. John Thomas Tabler living in Highland Co. VA

9. Mary Jane Bowen m. Franklin Little

10. Emily Susan Chipley m. 9 Apr 1829 Frederick Co. VA Wm. L. Chipley, their son Wm. Lee Clipley sold her share to Henry M. Bowen

Hampshire Co. VA Book 15, 500 dated 18 May 1800 John Sowers of Frederick Co. VA to "better support my beloved daughter Mary Heiskell, wife of Isaac of Hampshire Co. VA" for $1 paid by Warner Throckmorton of Hampshire Co. VA to hold in trust for her sole use and after death her children, his slave woman named Letty and her children Betty & Dennis.

So above slaves from Sowers Household in Frederick Co. VA to Heiskell Household in Hampshire Co. VA.