Agatha Madison

Abt 1774 - 1847  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Agatha Madison
  Born	Abt 1774
  Gender	Female
  Died	1847	Botetourt County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I1938	Dabneys of Virginia
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Madison,   b. 1746, Augusta County, Virginia ,   d. 1798  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Susanna Henry,   b. 1742, Hanover County, Virginia ,   d. 1831, Warren County, Kentucky  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F531	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Henry Bowyer,   b. 1760,   d. 13 Jun 1832, Botetourt County, Virginia  (Age 72 years)
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F1319	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Agatha Madison was born to Thomas and Susanna (Henry) Madison about 1774 in Botetourt County, Virginia. She married Henry Bowyer August 9, 1792, in Botetourt County. He was born in 1760. They had ten children: Ann M., born ca 1797, married Harold Smyth November 21, 1816; Henry Winston Bowyer, born 1798/99, married Matilda Breckenridge October 12, 1820; Mary Harrison, born ca 1801, married Charles Lewis Crockett November 4, 1822; Susan Madison, born 1805, married John Lewis September 18, 1831; Emeline Sophia Johnston, born ca 1809, married Edward Johnston May 14, 1829; John Madison Bowyer, married Lucy M. Lewis October 3, 1816, died 1849/50 in Havana, Cuba; Thomas Henry Bowyer, born 1809; James Lucien Bowyer; Edmund Fontaine Bowyer, physician, enlisted July 1, 1861, as assistant surgeon in 2nd Virginia Cavalry, resigned November 30, 1861, organized his own artillery company March 10, 1862, killed near Richmond June 19, 1862; William Rufus Bowyer. Fifteen years before his marriage, Henry enlisted in October, 1777 as a cadet in the 12th Virginia Regiment. In Dec. 1778, he was promoted to Lieutenant and made adjutant of his unit in the 8th Virginia Regiment of Foot with increased pay. He continued in service until December, 1781. During those years, his unit was involved in the Buford massacre in South Carolina and the battle of Yorktown and Cornwallis’s surrender. Henry and Agatha were living in Botetourt County when the censuses for 1810-1830 were taken. Henry received 200 acres of bounty land December 31, 1795 for his service as a Lieutenant in the Revolution. He was awarded a pension of $400 annually from March 5, 1831, to his death June 13, 1832. The pension was later raised to $600 on appeal and Agatha was awarded the same amount in 1843. Henry died June 13, 1832. In the 1840 census, Agatha was 60-69 and living with a boy 5-9. She died in 1847. [1, 2, 3, 4]

  
  

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