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Immediate Family
About Trader John? Bowles
Duwa'li 'John' Bowles, Sr., 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
References
- History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore By Emmet Starr Page 472 GoogleBooks
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Ei0TAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&... He talked abiut in this book. DDE.
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Trader John? Bowles's Timeline
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1756
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Cherokee Nation (East), Hiwassee, Cherokee County, NC, Colonial America
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| 1768 |
1768
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while traveling from, Charleston, Charleston County, Province of South Carolina
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Scotland
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