Land Records
The earliest known Bowen was William. He was found in Gibson county, Tennessee in 1843 but nothing before that. We know he was in gibson in 1843 and in Pope county, Arkansas in 1850. According to Census information he was born in Virginia.
William Bowen was born 1821 in Virginia and died between 1860 and 1870. He married Mary "Polly" Knott on December 28, 1843 in Gibson county, Tennessee. She was born 1825 and died after 1900. They had 10 children
2. Nancy E. Bowen was born 1845
5. Mary E. Bowen was born 1852
8. Arlethia Bowen was born 1858 in Arkansas.
9. Martha Travis Bowen was born 1860 in Pope county, Arkansas. She married Ezekial E. Morphis on September 13, 1883 in Pope county, Arkansas.