James Bowser of Nansemond Co. Virginia
Looking for information on James Bowser of Nansemond County Virginia who fought with the 1st Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War.Bowser was the only African-American from Nansemond County to fight in the war.Bowser returned to Nansemond Co in 1783.Originally,I thought he was given several hundred acres of land by a former slave master,but I now know that in 1834 he and his family was given a land bounty warrant from the Commonwealth of Virginia.Bowser lived around the Driver/Sleepy Hole District of Nansemond County.All of his descendants were free AFrican-Americans.Anyone withinformation on James Bowser or his descendants,please email Geneen at
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Re: James Bowser of Nansemond Co. Virginia
Khalisa Jacobs 7/24/08