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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Captain / Civil Service
Find-a-Grave memorial offers no evidence of a stone or burial
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Cemetery is located on private property next to a farmhouse on the north side of Seven Mile Ford Road, just west of Spring Branch Road
Author: Ronald Clark Bonham
Arthur was born in Augusta County, Virginia, to John Bowen and Lillian McIlhaney. Arthur married Mary McMurray, whose father was a patriot. Arthur was the grandson of Moses Bowen, who emigrated from Wales in the 1690s.
In 1774 Arthur fought in the Dunmore War against Native American warriors in the Ohio valley. In 1775 he lived in Fincastle County, Virginia, which became Washington County, Virginia, in 1777, and joined the militia to defend his home and community from Native American warriors.
Arthur’s Revolutionary record is: He became an Ensign on 26 February 1777. He fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain on 7 October 1780 with his three brothers, Lieutenant Rees, Captain William, and Private Charles. He served on a Grand jury on 17 November 1778. He became Captain of the Washington County, Virginia, militia on 22 March 1781. He sat on a Grand jury on 15 May 1781.
At the war's end, Arthur, his wife Mary, and their children, Nancy, Elizabeth, John, William, Becky, Jane, and Arthur, became leaders in the community, having land, property, and livestock.
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