Wright Johnson Bowers, 1798–1859 (aged 61 years)
- Name
- Wright Johnson /Bowers/
Citation details: Wright J Bowers, 1 Mar 1843, Washington land office, Hempstead County; accession AR1180__.028, document 2455. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/records/1938118
Note: Named Wright J. Bowers on his 1843 land patent, W. J. Bowers on his 1858 petition, and Johnson Bowers in Arkansas records, 1825-1853.
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Birth
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Citation details: 1850 census, Franklin Township, Sevier, Arkansas; Roll: 30; page 195a (stamped 389); dwelling and family 116; Johnson Bowers, 52. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-SMQ Note: Born about 1798 in North Carolina, by the 1850 census (age 52). Born about 1798 in North Carolina, by the 1850 census (age 52).
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Residence
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Note: Lived east of the Kiamichi and north of the Red River. |
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Petition
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Citation details: PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT BY CITIZENS OF MILLER COUNTY 1825 To the President of the United States The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of that Part of Miller County, in the Territory of Arkansas, ceded and confirmed to the Choctaw Nation of Indians, by Treaty made with them at Washington City, in the present Year (1825). Respectfully Sheweth.ÔÇö That the tract of Country upon which Your Petitioners reside, was acquired by the United States from the Quapaw Nation of Indians, by Treaty made with them about the Year 1818.5ÔÇöBy which said Treaty, the said tract of Coy became a part of the public Lands of the United States. And that the Legislature of the Territory of Missouri (within which the said tract of country was then situated) included the said tract of Country upon which Your Petitioners now reside, wthin the Civil Jurisdiction of Hempstead County of that Territory, by an Act of the Legislature thereof (which has since been divided and Miller County erected out of the Western part of said County of Hempstead). That about the Year 1819, a part of the same public Lands upon which Your Petitioners now reside, were under the Authority of the United States surveyed into Townships, and subdivided into sections, as far as Ranges 38 or 39 West, and within about eight miles of the present western boundary of Arkansas Territory, as established by Act of Congress, and lately surveyed and marked. That on the 5th January 1819. (see accompanying document) by Authority of an order from the Secretary of War, a few Settlers that were on Red River above Kia-Miche, and on the Arkansas above the Poto, were removed below, and East of those Rivers, to where no prohibition to settling then, or since, existed, and within a few Miles of which point (Kia-Miche on Red River) the public Lands were about that time, or soon afterwards, surveyed into sections, as if to facilitate Settlers in acquiring titles to the Lands they choose to settle, in the usual way provided for by law. That under these encouragements by the Authorities of the Government, there was an immediate and considerable Increase of the settlements at and below Kia Miche, on Red River, upon and near the lands surveyed into sections as aforesaid, most of whch settlements were made with a view to being permanent, and improvements large and valuable. That Your Petitioners became greatly alarmed by a Treaty made with said Choctaw Nation of Indians at Dokes stand, about the year 1820, by which the county upon which Your Petitioners reside (together with other large extents of adjoining Territory) was then ceded to said Indians, ÔÇö But were soon afterwards reconciled by assurances from the President of the United States, received by James Millerovernor of Arkansas, that it was not the view or intention of the General Government, to remove any of the Settlers from the Lands then ceded to said Indians and that the then settled parts of said country so ceded to said Indians would be repurcased from them, which assurances have been by the Delegate in Congress from said Territory, frequently since that time renewed. And under which assurances, Your Petitioners became satisfied, and have continued enlarging their farms and improvements. Your Petitioners further respectfully represent, that from the time of their first settlement where they now reside, Civil Government, and Civil Jurisdiction has been extended to them, and Courts of Law established and held, within the tract of Contry lately ceded and confirmed to said Choctaw Indians by the aforesaid Treaty of the present year (1825) and that under the authority of an Act of Congress (passed in 1824) granting rights of preemption for lands on which to establish permanent seats of Justice of New Counties, a quarter section of land had been selected by the proper commissioners of said County of Miller, and part of the public buildings contracted for. Under which assurances of protection and Civil Government a large number of Settlers (see accompanying Document) have continued to improve enlarge their improvements, plant Orchards, and increase their Stocks, up to the present time, and that now to abandon their plantations, and remove their families and property, is to them ruinous and impossible. Your Petitioners are aware, that the General Government have heretofore remove from Indians lands, Citizens of the United States, who settled upon lands owned at the time of such settlements by Indians, Where the settlement at at the beginning were upon Indian lands, but Your present Petitioners respectfully deny having settled upon Indian lands: They settled upon the public lands of the United States, where settlements were not prohibited by any order of the Government, where part of the public lands were surveyed into sections (a thing never done for Indian purposes) ad where, after the same country was first ceded to the Choctaws, the people have had assurances from the highest Authority, that the settled parts of said Country should be repurchased, and Your Petitioners afforded an opportunity of acquiring titles to their possessions, in the way that the Settlers upon the public lands have usully done, in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama etc. Yet notwithstanding all the foregoing circumstances and assurances, Your Petitioners are now informed, that the lands they now occupy, are ceded and confirmed to said Choctaw Indians, and that Your Petitioners are shortly to be removed from their farms, without payment or recompense for their improvements, to give Place to Indians !! An Act that wold have no example in any civilized Government, under the same circumstances which these settlements were made. An improved Country of Citizens where they have had the protection of Civil Laws and Civil Government for more than six successive Year, to be ceded by their Government to a Nation of Indians, has, it is believed, No examples. These settlements, not having been commenced upon the lands of the Choctaw Indians, but upon the public Lands of the United States, then surveying for market, still claim the same protection of the same laws and Government, under the faith of which they commenced their settlements. To be forced and driven by our own Government from the farms and improvements we have labored for years to make, for the support of our families, in order to give place to Indians, would under all the circumstances and assurances before mentioned, appear so unjust and unprecedented, and to the Setlers so ruinous, that its enforcement would produce the greatest possible excitement. Your Petitioners therefore respectfully ask of Your Excellency to suspend the survey of the eastern boundary of Territory, lately ceded to said Choctaw Indians, and to suspend the time of giving said Indians possession of said Territory, and cause to be re-purchased from them, the parts of said Territory settled and improved by Citizens of the United States, as aforesaid East of the Kia-Miche on Red River, and of the Poto on Arkansas, where settlements by Citizens has never been prohibited, but approbated and encouraged as before mentioned. As Your Petitioners in duty bound will ever pray Petitioner Names Johnson Bowers Note: Signed the 1825 petition of the settlers in the part of Miller County ceded to the Choctaw Nation by the treaty of that year, asking the President to stop their removal and to buy back the settled land. Signed the 1825 petition of the settlers in the part of Miller County ceded to the Choctaw Nation by the treaty of that year, asking the President to stop their removal and to buy back the settled land.
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Residence
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Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 Note: Moved from the ceded part of Miller County to Hempstead County, Arkansas, after the governor's proclamation removing settlers, and lived there until 1835, by his own petition of 1858. Moved from the ceded part of Miller County to Hempstead County, Arkansas, after the governor's proclamation removing settlers, and lived there until 1835, by his own petition of 1858.
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Delinquent tax list
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Citation details: 24 Jul 1827, p. 3 Note: Listed in the Arkansas Gazette of 24 Jul 1827 as owing 50 cents in Miller County taxes for 1826. |
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Residence
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Note: Tax List |
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Marriage
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Citation details: Johnson Bowers and Polly Wilson, 4 Feb 1830, Hempstead County, p. 155. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM1G-9PT Citation details: Polly Wilson to Johnson Bowers, bill of sale, 4 Feb 1830, Record Book B, pp. 329-330; image group 007713624, image 390. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-P485-4 Note: Johnson Bowers married Polly Wilson in Hempstead County, Arkansas Territory, on 4 Feb 1830. Johnson Bowers married Polly Wilson in Hempstead County, Arkansas Territory, on 4 Feb 1830.
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Property
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Military commission
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Citation details: page 40, letter of W. J. Peil, 2 Jan 1897. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html Note: Commissioned first lieutenant of the Hempstead County regiment of the Arkansas territorial militia, by commission signed by W. S. Fulton, acting governor, at Little Rock on 9 May 1831. Commissioned first lieutenant of the Hempstead County regiment of the Arkansas territorial militia, by commission signed by W. S. Fulton, acting governor, at Little Rock on 9 May 1831.
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Property
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Citation details: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes Note: 160 acres |
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Lawsuit
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Citation details: Edward Johnson Jr. and William S. Johnson v. Johnson Bowers, debt by attachment, October term 1837, p. 131; image group 008624762, image 88. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-J97Y-3 Note: Sued for debt by attachment by Edward Johnson Jr. and William S. Johnson in the Hempstead County circuit court, October term 1837. Sued for debt by attachment by Edward Johnson Jr. and William S. Johnson in the Hempstead County circuit court, October term 1837.
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Birth of a son
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Birth of a son
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Residence
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Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 Note: Moved with his wife and several children to Red River County, Texas, in 1835 and made it his home until 1840, by his petition of 1858. |
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Birth of a daughter
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Residence
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Census
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Citation details: Year: 1840; Census Place: Saline, Hempstead, Arkansas; Roll: 18; Page: 169; Family History Library Film: 0002474. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBX-D32 Note: Johnson Bowers, head of a household of five in Saline Township, Hempstead County, page 169. Johnson Bowers, head of a household of five in Saline Township, Hempstead County, page 169.
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Birth of a son
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Citation details: The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Falls, Texas; Roll: M653_1293; Page: 147; Family History Library Film: 85293 Citation details: Year: 1910; Census Place: Brown, Clay, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 1a; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 1374059 Citation details: The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Franklin, Sevier, Arkansas; Roll: 30; Page: 195a |
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Property
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Citation details: Wright J Bowers, 1 Mar 1843, Washington land office, Hempstead County; 5th PM, T13S R27W, sec. 13; accession AR1180__.028, document 2455. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/records/1938118 Note: Patent to Wright J. Bowers for land in section 13, township 13 south, range 27 west, 5th principal meridian, from the Washington land office, 1 Mar 1843. Patent to Wright J. Bowers for land in section 13, township 13 south, range 27 west, 5th principal meridian, from the Washington land office, 1 Mar 1843.
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Marriage
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Citation details: 1850 census, Franklin Township, Sevier, Arkansas; page 195 (stamped 389); dwelling and family 116. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-SM7 Citation details: pages 39-40, letters of W. J. Peil, 18 Nov 1896 and 2 Jan 1897. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-039.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html Note: Johnson Bowers and Lavinia were one household in Sevier County, Arkansas, in October 1850; no marriage record found. Johnson Bowers and Lavinia were one household in Sevier County, Arkansas, in October 1850; no marriage record found.
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Census
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Citation details: 1850 census, Franklin Township, Sevier, Arkansas (indexed as Franklin County); Roll: 30; page 195a (stamped 389); dwelling and family 116; Johnson Bowers, 52. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-SMQ Note: Johnson Bowers, 52, farmer, real estate $300, born North Carolina, Franklin Township, Sevier County, enumerated 16 Oct 1850. Johnson Bowers, 52, farmer, real estate $300, born North Carolina, Franklin Township, Sevier County, enumerated 16 Oct 1850.
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Property
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Citation details: Johnson Bowers and wife Levinia to John E. George, 13 Sep 1852, recorded 13 Jul 1853; image group 007713628, image 395. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-Y343-Z Note: Sold to John E. George of Spalding County, Georgia, for $200, forty acres in the NW¼ of the SW¼ of section 22, "the place I now live on", in range 27 west, Hempstead County. Sold to John E. George of Spalding County, Georgia, for $200, forty acres in the NW¼ of the SW¼ of section 22, "the place I now live on", in range 27 west, Hempstead County.
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Inheritance
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Citation details: Johnson Bowers to James Wright Sr., 25 Jan 1853, pp. 113-114; image group 008562587, images 340-341. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-3NFC; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-3VMF Note: As "one of the heirs and legatees of the Estate of Jesse Ward deceased late of Sevier County", sold for $5 to James Wright Sr. his undivided share in the W½ of the SE¼ of section 36, township 10 south, range 30 west, 80 acres. As "one of the heirs and legatees of the Estate of Jesse Ward deceased late of Sevier County", sold for $5 to James Wright Sr. his undivided share in the W½ of the SE¼ of section 36, township 10 south, range 30 west, 80 acres.
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Property
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Note: N½ NW¼ Sec. 35, T12S R28W, now in Little River County, Arkansas. |
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Court of Claims petition
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Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 Note: Petitioned the Texas Commissioner of Claims, as a citizen of Falls County, for the rest of the headright due him as a citizen of Texas at the Declaration of Independence. Petitioned the Texas Commissioner of Claims, as a citizen of Falls County, for the rest of the headright due him as a citizen of Texas at the Declaration of Independence.
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Death
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Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 Citation details: page 38, marriage licence of Elias Roberts and Malvina Bowers, 25 Apr 1860; page 40, letter of W. J. Peil, 2 Jan 1897. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-038.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html Note: Alive at his petition of 18 Aug 1858 in Falls County; dead before 25 Apr 1860, when his widow, as Malvina Bowers, was licensed to marry Elias Roberts in Falls County. Alive at his petition of 18 Aug 1858 in Falls County; dead before 25 Apr 1860, when his widow, as Malvina Bowers, was licensed to marry Elias Roberts in Falls County.
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Research log
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Note: Grade B: the 1840 and 1850 censuses, the 1843 patent, the Hempstead and Sevier County deeds, the 1837 suit, the 1831 commission and the 1858 petition cite record-level sources; birth rests on the 1850 census and the death date is unsourced. Grade B: the 1840 and 1850 censuses, the 1843 patent, the Hempstead and Sevier County deeds, the 1837 suit, the 1831 commission and the 1858 petition cite record-level sources; birth rests on the 1850 census and the death date is unsourced. Added
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1798–1859
Birth: about 1798
— North Carolina, United States Death: September 1859 — Falls County, Texas, United States |
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| Marriage | Marriage — February 4, 1830 — Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States |
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1798–1859
Birth: about 1798
— North Carolina, United States Death: September 1859 — Falls County, Texas, United States |
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1826–1909
Birth: October 15, 1826
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— Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States Death: between March 6, 1902 and February 10, 1909 |
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1826–1909
Birth: October 15, 1826
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| Marriage | Marriage — August 14, 1842 — Sevier County, Arkansas, United States |
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1823–1896
Birth: December 25, 1823
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— Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1896 — Hockley, Harris County, Texas, United States |
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1826–1909
Birth: October 15, 1826
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| Marriage | Marriage — April 26, 1860 — Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas, United States |
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Citation details: 1850 census, Franklin Township, Sevier, Arkansas; Roll: 30; page 195a (stamped 389); dwelling and family 116; Johnson Bowers, 52. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-SMQ |
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| Petition |
Citation details: PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT BY CITIZENS OF MILLER COUNTY 1825 To the President of the United States The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of that Part of Miller County, in the Territory of Arkansas, ceded and confirmed to the Choctaw Nation of Indians, by Treaty made with them at Washington City, in the present Year (1825). Respectfully Sheweth.ÔÇö That the tract of Country upon which Your Petitioners reside, was acquired by the United States from the Quapaw Nation of Indians, by Treaty made with them about the Year 1818.5ÔÇöBy which said Treaty, the said tract of Coy became a part of the public Lands of the United States. And that the Legislature of the Territory of Missouri (within which the said tract of country was then situated) included the said tract of Country upon which Your Petitioners now reside, wthin the Civil Jurisdiction of Hempstead County of that Territory, by an Act of the Legislature thereof (which has since been divided and Miller County erected out of the Western part of said County of Hempstead). That about the Year 1819, a part of the same public Lands upon which Your Petitioners now reside, were under the Authority of the United States surveyed into Townships, and subdivided into sections, as far as Ranges 38 or 39 West, and within about eight miles of the present western boundary of Arkansas Territory, as established by Act of Congress, and lately surveyed and marked. That on the 5th January 1819. (see accompanying document) by Authority of an order from the Secretary of War, a few Settlers that were on Red River above Kia-Miche, and on the Arkansas above the Poto, were removed below, and East of those Rivers, to where no prohibition to settling then, or since, existed, and within a few Miles of which point (Kia-Miche on Red River) the public Lands were about that time, or soon afterwards, surveyed into sections, as if to facilitate Settlers in acquiring titles to the Lands they choose to settle, in the usual way provided for by law. That under these encouragements by the Authorities of the Government, there was an immediate and considerable Increase of the settlements at and below Kia Miche, on Red River, upon and near the lands surveyed into sections as aforesaid, most of whch settlements were made with a view to being permanent, and improvements large and valuable. That Your Petitioners became greatly alarmed by a Treaty made with said Choctaw Nation of Indians at Dokes stand, about the year 1820, by which the county upon which Your Petitioners reside (together with other large extents of adjoining Territory) was then ceded to said Indians, ÔÇö But were soon afterwards reconciled by assurances from the President of the United States, received by James Millerovernor of Arkansas, that it was not the view or intention of the General Government, to remove any of the Settlers from the Lands then ceded to said Indians and that the then settled parts of said country so ceded to said Indians would be repurcased from them, which assurances have been by the Delegate in Congress from said Territory, frequently since that time renewed. And under which assurances, Your Petitioners became satisfied, and have continued enlarging their farms and improvements. Your Petitioners further respectfully represent, that from the time of their first settlement where they now reside, Civil Government, and Civil Jurisdiction has been extended to them, and Courts of Law established and held, within the tract of Contry lately ceded and confirmed to said Choctaw Indians by the aforesaid Treaty of the present year (1825) and that under the authority of an Act of Congress (passed in 1824) granting rights of preemption for lands on which to establish permanent seats of Justice of New Counties, a quarter section of land had been selected by the proper commissioners of said County of Miller, and part of the public buildings contracted for. Under which assurances of protection and Civil Government a large number of Settlers (see accompanying Document) have continued to improve enlarge their improvements, plant Orchards, and increase their Stocks, up to the present time, and that now to abandon their plantations, and remove their families and property, is to them ruinous and impossible. Your Petitioners are aware, that the General Government have heretofore remove from Indians lands, Citizens of the United States, who settled upon lands owned at the time of such settlements by Indians, Where the settlement at at the beginning were upon Indian lands, but Your present Petitioners respectfully deny having settled upon Indian lands: They settled upon the public lands of the United States, where settlements were not prohibited by any order of the Government, where part of the public lands were surveyed into sections (a thing never done for Indian purposes) ad where, after the same country was first ceded to the Choctaws, the people have had assurances from the highest Authority, that the settled parts of said Country should be repurchased, and Your Petitioners afforded an opportunity of acquiring titles to their possessions, in the way that the Settlers upon the public lands have usully done, in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama etc. Yet notwithstanding all the foregoing circumstances and assurances, Your Petitioners are now informed, that the lands they now occupy, are ceded and confirmed to said Choctaw Indians, and that Your Petitioners are shortly to be removed from their farms, without payment or recompense for their improvements, to give Place to Indians !! An Act that wold have no example in any civilized Government, under the same circumstances which these settlements were made. An improved Country of Citizens where they have had the protection of Civil Laws and Civil Government for more than six successive Year, to be ceded by their Government to a Nation of Indians, has, it is believed, No examples. These settlements, not having been commenced upon the lands of the Choctaw Indians, but upon the public Lands of the United States, then surveying for market, still claim the same protection of the same laws and Government, under the faith of which they commenced their settlements. To be forced and driven by our own Government from the farms and improvements we have labored for years to make, for the support of our families, in order to give place to Indians, would under all the circumstances and assurances before mentioned, appear so unjust and unprecedented, and to the Setlers so ruinous, that its enforcement would produce the greatest possible excitement. Your Petitioners therefore respectfully ask of Your Excellency to suspend the survey of the eastern boundary of Territory, lately ceded to said Choctaw Indians, and to suspend the time of giving said Indians possession of said Territory, and cause to be re-purchased from them, the parts of said Territory settled and improved by Citizens of the United States, as aforesaid East of the Kia-Miche on Red River, and of the Poto on Arkansas, where settlements by Citizens has never been prohibited, but approbated and encouraged as before mentioned. As Your Petitioners in duty bound will ever pray Petitioner Names Johnson Bowers |
| Marriage |
Citation details: Johnson Bowers and Polly Wilson, 4 Feb 1830, Hempstead County, p. 155. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NM1G-9PT Citation details: Polly Wilson to Johnson Bowers, bill of sale, 4 Feb 1830, Record Book B, pp. 329-330; image group 007713624, image 390. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-P485-4 |
| Residence |
Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 |
| Delinquent tax list |
Citation details: 24 Jul 1827, p. 3 |
| Military commission |
Citation details: page 40, letter of W. J. Peil, 2 Jan 1897. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html |
| Property |
Citation details: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records; Washington D.C., USA; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes |
| Lawsuit |
Citation details: Edward Johnson Jr. and William S. Johnson v. Johnson Bowers, debt by attachment, October term 1837, p. 131; image group 008624762, image 88. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34Y-J97Y-3 |
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| Census |
Citation details: Year: 1840; Census Place: Saline, Hempstead, Arkansas; Roll: 18; Page: 169; Family History Library Film: 0002474. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBX-D32 |
| Residence |
Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 |
| Property |
Citation details: Wright J Bowers, 1 Mar 1843, Washington land office, Hempstead County; 5th PM, T13S R27W, sec. 13; accession AR1180__.028, document 2455. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/records/1938118 |
| Marriage |
Citation details: 1850 census, Franklin Township, Sevier, Arkansas; page 195 (stamped 389); dwelling and family 116. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-SM7 Citation details: pages 39-40, letters of W. J. Peil, 18 Nov 1896 and 2 Jan 1897. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-039.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html |
| Census |
Citation details: 1850 census, Franklin Township, Sevier, Arkansas (indexed as Franklin County); Roll: 30; page 195a (stamped 389); dwelling and family 116; Johnson Bowers, 52. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-SMQ |
| Property |
Citation details: Johnson Bowers and wife Levinia to John E. George, 13 Sep 1852, recorded 13 Jul 1853; image group 007713628, image 395. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B7-Y343-Z |
| Inheritance |
Citation details: Johnson Bowers to James Wright Sr., 25 Jan 1853, pp. 113-114; image group 008562587, images 340-341. FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-3NFC; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QP-3VMF |
| Court of Claims petition |
Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 |
| Name |
Citation details: Wright J Bowers, 1 Mar 1843, Washington land office, Hempstead County; accession AR1180__.028, document 2455. Ancestry, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1246/records/1938118 |
| Death |
Citation details: Petition of W. J. Bowers to the Commissioner of Claims, Falls County, 18 Aug 1858, file 000827 Citation details: page 38, marriage licence of Elias Roberts and Malvina Bowers, 25 Apr 1860; page 40, letter of W. J. Peil, 2 Jan 1897. Transcription: https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-038.html; https://familytree-search.org/genealogy-resources/texas/pensions/roberts-elias/elias-roberts-mexican-war-pension-page-040.html |