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Trader John? Bowles

Also Known As: "William Augustus"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Scotland
Death: 1768
while traveling from, Charleston, Charleston County, Province of South Carolina (Killed and robbed )
Immediate Family:

Husband of unknown Cherokee woman
Father of Col. John Duwa'li "The Bowl" Bowles, Principal Chief

Occupation: Scottish trader with Cherokee
Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Trader John? Bowles

Col. John Duwa'li "The Bowl" Bowles, Principal Chief Was the son of a Scots trader to the Cherokee and a woman of that people.

If the principal chief had siblings, we don’t know who they were.

Seen as husband of Oo-Yo-Sti Otiyu Polly / Quali Bowles, Of The Wolf Clan (Probably Fictional) without supporting evidence. Disconnected Jan 2019.

Notes

From https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0004...

Notes for JOHN BOWLES, SR, CHIEF:

Starr, A33, pg 472:John Bowles was the son of a Scotch trader and a full blood Cherokee woman.His father was killed and robbed by two North Carolinans while on his way home from Charlestown with goods for his establishment.This murder was in 1768 when the son was only twelve years of age, but within the next two years the fair complexioned, auburn haired boy had killed both his father's slayers

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Trader John? Bowles's Timeline

1756
1756
Little Hiwasee, Cherokee Territory, Cherokee County, NC
1768
1768
while traveling from, Charleston, Charleston County, Province of South Carolina
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Scotland