Letter from State of Alabama, Dept. of Archives and History, affirming that William D. Bowen served in the Civil War : plus reminiscences by Line Mae Bowen Culligan of several Bowen family members and of the William Arthur Bowen Home in Russellville, Alabama ... 19--?

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States. Born on March 15, 1767 in the Waxhaw Settlement in South Carolina; though just a boy, participated in the battle of Hanging Rock during the Revolution, captured by the British and imprisoned. He worked for a time in a saddler's shop and afterward taught school before studying law in Salisbury, N.C. In 1788 he was appointed solicitor of the western district of North Carolina, comprising what is now the State of Tennessee. Upon the admission of T...

Huston family.

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Russell family.

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Bowen family.

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State of Alabama. Dept. of Archives and History.

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Culligan, Lina Mae Bowen.

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Russell, William

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Slaveholder who believes some of his slaves were aided in their escape by men from Morgan County, Illinois. From the description of Letter, January 4, 1848. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54484873 Flatboats are long rectangular boats with flat bottoms and squared ends that were used to carry freight along inland rivers and canals. They were a popular form of transportation for American settlers who traveled the Allegheny, Mississippi, and Ohio Ri...