Re: ESAIAS BOWMAN FREE MAN OF COLOR VA.TN.N.C.
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Re: ESAIAS BOWMAN FREE MAN OF COLOR VA.TN.N.C.
James Bowman 1/01/06
VERY WELL SAID JAMES,MY I CALL YOU JAMES,IT TRUE MY SIDE OF THE BOWMAN FAMILY TOLD US WE WERE OF A RACE OF MANY COLORS.A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KIN TOO ESAIAS,REALLY DO NOT WONT TOO KNOW HE WAS A MAN OF COLOR.WHICH COULD MEAN A LOT OF RACE BACK THEN.WE HAVE CHEROKEE BLOOD IN US ON BOTH SIDE OF MY FAMILY TOO. PEOPLE JUST WONT TOO KNOW HE WAS A REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO.SO THE CAN BE MEMBERS OF THE SON OR DAUGHTER OF WAR HERO. I BET YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT ESAIAS BOWMAN WAS THE ONE THAT SHOT FERGURSON. ESAIAS BOWMAN GOT FERGURSON SWORD WHICH REMAIN ON THIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY.AS TO THE OTHER BOWMAN THAT WAS THERE ON KING MOUNTAIAN,THERE WAS ONE ESAIAS BOWMAN,BOTH WAS THERE WHEN FERGURSON WAS SHOT.HE KIN TOO ESAIAS I JUST GOT TOO GET THE FACT TOO PROVE IT.ESAIAS WAS A SCOUT FOR THE GOVERMENT BACK THEN CHECKING OUT THE TRIBES THAT SIGN TREATIES.MAN I KNOW I SPELLED THAT WRONG HAHAH.SO JAMES WHERE DO YOU LIVE,DO YOU HAVE A FAMILY, I LIVE IN CHAMPAIGN ,IL. I LOOK THRU THE ESAIAS BOOK AND E-MAIL SOME OF THE WONDERS HE WROTE OF EVRY DAY LIFE HE LIVED AS A I CALL HIM A SPY. DO KEEP IN TOUCH.YOU SEEM LIKE A VERY NICE KINFOLK.I DO LIKE KNOW ESAIAS OTHER CHILDERN,BUT WHEN I START TALK HE WAS A FREE MAN OF COLOR I DONT HERE FROM THEM.BUT I AM GLADE YOU DO UNDERSTAND THE TIMES BACK THEN.WE CAN NOT HELP WHAT OUR KIN FOLK WAS,HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CHER"KO"TA