Rezin bowie biography

  • Rezin Pleasant Bowie (/ˈbuːi/ BOO-ee) (September 8, – January 17, ) was a.
  • Rezin Pleasant Bowie was a planter, inventor, and mercenary.
  • Rezin Bowie was best known in the nineteenth century, perhaps in this, as the inventor of the famous Bowie knife.

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    Rezin Pleasant Bowie


    Personal and Family Information

    Rezin was born on 8 Sep in Elliott Springs, Tennessee, the son of Rezin Bowie and Elve Ap-Catesby Jones.

    He died on 17 Jan in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana.

    His wife was Margaret Frances Neville, who he married on 15 SEP in Opelousas Parish, La. Their six known children were John (), Matilda Eleanor (), Jim Rezin (c), Seyborne (cc), Elve Anna () and Martha Andremella ().

    Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


    Events

    EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
    Birth8 SEP
    Place: Elliott Springs, Tennessee
    Death17 JAN
    Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
    Burial
    Place: Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi
    Address: Catholic Cemetery Find A Grave Memorial#
    		Gravestone-Bowie, Rezin P

    Residence
    Place: Louisiana
    Address: La Fourche Parish, La later in Avoyelle Parish, La.

    Attributes

    AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSource

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    Reason kniv Sr. ( - )

    Reason(Rezin)BowieSr.

    Born in Orange County, South Carolina[uncertain]
    Ancestors

    Son of James kniv and Sarah (Whitehead) Bowie

    Brother of Jonas Bowie[half], Sarah (Bowie) Menasco, Martha kniv, John kniv, Else (Bowie) Burnett, Rhesa Bowie and Comfort Merrill (Bowie) Bowden

    Descendants

    Father of David Bowie, Larissa Bowie, John Jones kniv, Martha (Bowie) Sterrett, Mary (Bowie) Bird, Rezin Pleasant Bowie, Sarah (Bowie) Davis, James kniv, Stephen kniv and David Bowie

    Died at about age 64in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

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    Biography

    Rezin Bowie Sr. served with 5th South Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

    Rezin Bowie Sr. was a South Carolinian.

    Rezin Bowie Sr. was a Georgian.

    Rezin kniv Sr. was a Tennessean.

    Rezin Bowie Sr. was a Kentuckian.

    Reason Bowie, most often spelled "Rezin,

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    Rezin Bowie

    American politician

    Rezin Pleasant Bowie

    Born()September 9,

    Sumner County, Southwest Territory, US

    DiedJanuary 17, () (aged&#;47)

    New Orleans, Louisiana, US

    Occupation(s)Adventurer (treasure hunter, smuggler, slave trader, land speculator), soldier, inventor, cattleman, sugar planter, legislator

    Rezin Pleasant Bowie (BOO-ee[1][2][3])[a] (September 8, – January 17, ) was a planter, inventor, and mercenary. He also served three terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives.[4]

    With his brother James "Jim" Bowie, Rezin Bowie smuggled slaves and worked as a land speculator. The brothers set up the first steam-powered sugar mill in Louisiana. Bowie took credit for inventing the Bowie knife, which came to prominence when used by James in the Sandbar Fight of

    After James moved to Mexican Texas, Rezin accompanied him on an expedition to find the Lost San Saba Mine. They did not find t

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