Like most folks I was not concerned about my
ancestry when I was younger. My great aunt, Mary Ketus Holland was a genealogist
and I remember her talking about our ancestors but was unable to keep
up with her. Later my father and his sister, Aunt Myra, began researching
our surname but my interest was still not stirred . I remember Aunt Ada
(the family historian) telling stories about the Bowers family but this
did not register either. After my father , Aunt Myra and Aunt Ada had
passed away I realized that it was up to me to trace the lineage of the
surname Bowers so I began on this journey.
I have pieced together quite a bit of information about my ancestry. In
the United states from the early 1600's forward I am derived from the
following families:
Barnes, Bowers, Carter, Deen, Digges, Dow, Grantham, Greene, Hall, Herndon,
Joyce, Kemp, Kennedy, Leggett, Llewellyn, Mann, Mattox, McKenzie, McKinney,
Middleton, Rivers, Sikes, Smith, Strickland, Tillman, Tippins and Tuten.
For anyone who is interested Family Coat of Arms, here
are a few: Click to Enlarge
Bowers, Carter,
Deen, Tillman,
Tuten
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