The Republic of Texas was still in its infancy in 1838 when cousins Jeremiah and James Bowlin were awarded adjacent land grants of 4,605 acres each in northwest Shelby County. “Jeremiah came from Virginia and James came from Tennessee” said Johnnie Sue Bell Jones as she opened her presentation on Bowlin family history at the April monthly meeting of the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritag...
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