Atsildige'hi ‘LightingBug’ Bowles

LightningBug was a Cherokee man

Biography

Lightning Bug Bowles was the son of Chief Duwali/John Bowles and his wife Oo-loo-tsa. He was born about 1784 in the Cherokee Nation. He had two wives and at least seven children. With his first wife, A-yu-su, he was the father of Joseph, Caroline, John, and Jefferson. [1] With his second wife, Ar-quo-sah, he was the father of Te-car-noo-sah (Whiskey), Kar-yar-hee, and De-car-be-car. [2]

Lightning Bug is assumed to have moved first to Arkansas and then on to Texas with his father and other family members. When the Texas Cherokee were forced off their lands in 1839 and Duwali was killed some members of his family were captured, some were killed, some went to Texas, and some went to Indian Territory. Lightning Bug and his family appear on the 1851 "Old Settler" roll living in the Canadian District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. [3]

in 1843 Lightning Bug was elected as a councilor from the Canadian District but he did not take office. Later in the 1850's he was elected as a Senator from the Canadian District serving until at least 1859. His date of death is unknown, but by 1896 he and all of his children had also died, leaving no descendants. [4]

Sources

1. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. pp. 372-373
2. ↑ Hampton, David K., transcriber Cherokee Old Settlers, combined transcript of 1851 and 1896 Old Settler Payrolls. 1993. p. 245
3. ↑ Hampton, Old Settlers, p. 245.
4. ↑ Hampton, Old Settlers, p. 218.

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bowles-1255''
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Bowles

11 John Bowles. Jennie, Oo-loo-tsa and Oo-ti-yu. A33
1112 John Bowles. Jennie.
2 French Bowles. *
3 Nellie Bowles. *
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4 Lightningbug Bowles. A-yu-su.
5 Tu-noo-ne-ski Bowles. *
6 Du-qu-li-lu- Wagon Bowles. Fannie Davis.
7 Qua-ti-ni Bowles. *
8 Tsa-gi-na Bowles. Bird Tail.
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9 Rebecca Bowles. Tee-see Guess. A29
10 Samuel Bowles. I-doo-si.
11 Eliza Bowles. John Porum Davis.
12 Nannie Bowles. * George Chisholm.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.
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LIGHTNINGBUG BOWLES (JOHN2, _____1) was born Abt. 1784.
He married (1) A-YU-SU. She was born Abt. 1780.
He married (2) A-QUO-SA. She was born Abt. 1816.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Canadian, 23 (1896 page 443)
• Clan: Ani'-Wâ'di = Red Paint Clan (Aisley)

More About A-QUO-SA:
1851 Old Settler roll: Canadian, 23 as Ar-quo-sah (1896 page 443)

Children of LIGHTNINGBUG BOWLES and A-YU-SU are:

	i.	 	JOSEPH4 BOWLES, b. Abt. 1810.

	ii.	 	CAROLINE BOWLES, b. Abt. 1812.

	iii.	 	JOHN BOWLES, b. Abt. 1814.

	iv.	 	JEFFERSON BOWLES, b. Abt. 1816.

Children of LIGHTNINGBUG BOWLES and A-QUO-SA are:

	v.	 	TE-KA-NU-SA4 WHISKEY, b. Abt. 1836.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Canadian, 23 as Te-car-noo-ser Whiskey (1896 page 443)

	vi.	 	GE-YA-HI, b. Abt. 1838.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Canadian, 23 as Kar-yar-hee (1896 page 443)

	vii.	 	DE-KA-QUE-KA, b. Abt. 1840.

• 1851 Old Settler roll: Canadian, 23 as Day-car-be-car (1896 page 443)

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Daniel Generation 2.” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0008-0002.html.''