Thomas Cotton Bowlin, Sr. was born 1793 in Montgomery County North Carolina, and died 1864 in St. Clair County Alabama. He married Lydia Sheffield, daughter of Adam Sheffield and Priscilla Merritt. She was born 1800 in Georgia, and died 1897 in St. Clair County Alabama.
More About Thomas Bowlin:
Land Grant: 15 June 1853, St. Clair County, Alabama
("The Heritage of St. Clair County,
Alabama", (Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc.), pg. 115, "Lafayette
and Emily Montgomery Bowlin" by Anna Williams Burttram.)
Land Grant: 01 March 1858, St. Clair County, Alabama
("The Heritage of St. Clair County,
Alabama", (Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc.), pg. 115, "Lafayette
and Emily Montgomery Bowlin" by Anna Williams Burttram.)
Children of Thomas Cotton Bowlin, Sr. and Lydia Sheffield are:
1. Rhoda Bowlin was born 1820 in Alabama. She married Drury Humphries 07 February 1837 in St. Clair County Alabama. (Rubye Sisson, "St. Clair County Marriages, 1818-1899", (1990), pg. 20.)
2. Precilla Bowlin
3. Isham Bowlin was born 1828 in Alabama. He married Martha Jane Shabert 10 December 1849 in St. Clair County Alabama. (Rubye Sisson, "St. Clair County Marriages, 1818-1899", (1990), pg. 20.) She was born about 1832 in Alabama.
4. John J. Bowlin
5. Robert A. Bowlin was born 1833 in Alabama. He married Charlotte Nickols 27 August 1856 in St. Clair County Alabama. (Rubye Sisson, "St. Clair County Marriages, 1818-1899", (1990), pg. 20.) She was born about 1837 in Alabama.
6. William L. Bowlin was born 1836 in Alabama. He married Sarah Ann Ross 21 February 1858 in St. Clair County Alabama. (Rubye Sisson, "St. Clair County Marriages, 1818-1899", (1990), pg. 20.) She was born about 1840 in Alabama.
More About William L. Bowlin:
Military Service:
Between 1862-1865, Co. D, 25th AL Infantry, CSA ("The
Heritage of St. Clair County, Alabama",
(Heritage
Publishing Consultants, Inc.), pg. 114, "John R. Bowlin" by Mrs. Terry
Milam.)
7. Lafayette Bowlin
8. Thomas Cotton Bowlin, Jr. was born 1841 in Alabama, and died 31 March 1862 in Corinth, Mississippi.
More About Thomas Cotton
Bowlin, Jr.:
Military Service:
1862, Co. D, 25th AL Infantry, CSA ("The
Heritage of St. Clair County, Alabama", (Heritage Publishing
Consultants,
Inc.), pg. 114, "John R. Bowlin" by Mrs. Terry Milam.)
9. James K. Polk Bowlin was born 1844 in Alabama and died February 1863 in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
More About Thomas Cotton
Bowlin, Jr.:
Military Service:
1862, Co. D, 25th AL Infantry, CSA ("The
Heritage of St. Clair County, Alabama", (Heritage Publishing
Consultants,
Inc.), pg. 114, "John R. Bowlin" by Mrs. Terry Milam.)