Husband Dennis Dowling
Born: 1795 - Barnwell District, SC 4
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Died: 6 May 1872 - Lowndes Co., GA 4
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Father: Jabez Dowling
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Marriage: 9 Mar 1815 - Colleton Co., SC 4
Wife Mary Elizabeth Moore
Born: 1795 - Colleton District, South Carolina 4
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Died: 11 Oct 1879 - Lowndes Co., GA 4
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Children
1 M William Dowling
Born: Aug 1816 - Barnwell District, S. C. 28
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Died: 19 Jan 1884 - Lowndes Co., GA 28
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Spouse: Ardelia E. Frier
Marr: 8 Feb 1838 - Lowndes Co., GA 28
2 F Rebecca Caroline Dowling 4
Born: 1825 - Wayne County, GA 28
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Died: 9 Jul 1908 - Echols County, GA 28
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Spouse: Samuel Register
Marr: 30 Jun 1842 28
General Notes: Husband - Dennis Dowling
DOWLING, Dennis DOWLING, Jabez DOWLING, JOHN D. Fort Delaware Prison Camp GRIFFIN, DEMPSEY Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31293638/mary_elizabeth-griffin: accessed May 25, 2025), memorial page for Mary Elizabeth Dowling Griffin (27 Jun 1825\endash 4 Oct 1902), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31293638, citing High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Kristy Thomas (contributor 46540700).
Lt. James A. Rowell, Jr. DOWLING, WILLIAM W.
1795-1872
LOWNDES
DENNIS DOWLING was born in Barnwell District, South Carolina, in 1795, son of Jabez and Rebecca Dowling, and moved to Wayne County, Georgia, with his parents soon after his marriage. He later moved with his family to Lowndes County where he was in the Indian War in 1838 as a private in Capt. James Walker's company of Lowndes County Militia.
Mr. Dowling was married in Colleton District, South Carolina, March 9, 1815, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore, born 1795 in that county. She had a sister, Mrs. Martha Williams, of Lowndes County. Mrs. Dowling died October 11, 1879. Her husband died May 6, 1872, age 77 years. Both were buried at Unity Primitive Baptist Church in Lowndes County; graves unmarked. They had three children:
1. William Wesley
2. Eliza
3. Rebecca C.
Mr. Dowling was a member of Friendship Primitive Baptist Church, Lowndes County. Mrs. Dowling was a member of Antioch Methodist Church in Lowndes County. She had a brother in the Methodist ministry for some years in South Carolina. She has been described by descendants who remembered her as a very intelligent woman for her day and time; she could converse intelligently and interestingly on almost any subject, being well-read and well-posted and a close discerner. While engaged in conversation she constantly knitted.
Mr. Dowling was Justice of Peace in the 663rd district of Lowndes County, 1849-1857. His occupation is shown as a farm overseer in the 1850 Census.
Census References: 1840, 1850, Lowndes.
Husband Jabez Dowling
Born: 1769 - Darlington District, South Carolina 50
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1 M William Dowling
Born: 1792
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2 M Dennis Dowling
Born: 1795 - Barnwell District, SC 4
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Died: 6 May 1872 - Lowndes Co., GA 4
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Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Moore
Marr: 9 Mar 1815 - Colleton Co., SC 4
3 M James Dowling
Born: 1798
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4 M Jabez Lazurus Dowling
Born: 13 Mar 1800 - Barnwell County, SC 3,436
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Died: 4 Mar 1865 - Pierce Co., GA 3
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Honor Elizabeth Davis 25
Marr: Apr 1822 - Wayne County, GA 3
5 M Darling Dowling
Born: 1803 - Barnwell District, S. C. 3
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Died: 5 Oct 1851 - Ware County (Now Brantley) Georgia 3
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Spouse: Sophia Davis
Marr: 17 Aug 1824 - Wayne County, GA 3
General Notes: Husband - Jabez Dowling
JABEZ DOWLING Was one of the first settlers of original Wayne County, and moved there about 1815 from Barnwell District, South Carolina. He was a native of that state, and according to descendants, was born in Darlington District. The year of his birth as near as can be fixed, was 1769; his father was William Dowling, R.S. He grew up in Colleton District. About the time of his marriage he moved to Barnwell District, where he lived until moving to Georgia. His wife was named Rebecca but her maiden name has not been learned. Their children included:
1. William
2. Dennis
3. James
4. Jabez L.
5. Darling
6. Gabriel
Jabez Dowling in addition to farming, was a schoolteacher and taught for some years in South Carolina and then in Georgia. He was a Justice of Peace in Barnwell District in 1801 (term of office not ascertained). He was Justice of Peace in the 335th District of Wayne County, 1822-1824. After living some years in the southern part of old Wayne County (territory now in Brantley County) he moved to the 590th District of Ware County (territory also now in Brantley) and is there shown in the 1840 Census, age 70-80 years. His death occurred at his home near High Bluff Church about 1848. He was an early, also probably an organizing member of Big Creek Baptist Church in what was then Appling County, and is shown on the minutes of Piedmont Baptist Association as a delegate from that church in 1828.
Record is found of deed in Barnwell District, South Carolina, dated September 29, 1800, from Jabez Dowling joined by his wife Rebecca, to Stephen Lee, conveying 100 acres of land on Cypress Pond in that county, and being identified as the same land conveyed by Thomas Ford to William Dowling of Colleton County, February 29, 1776.
Mr. Dowling f ought in the War of 1812 and also in the Indian War and was granted bounty land for his services.
Census References: 1800, 1810, Barnwell, South Carolina; 1820, 1830, Wayne; 1840, Ware.
Husband John Darling Dowling
Born: 12 Mar 1831 - Ware County, Georgia 412
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Died: 17 Sep 1912 - Baker County, Florida 412
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Father: Darling Dowling
Mother: Sophia Davis
Marriage: 22 Feb 1855 - Columbia County, FL 412
Wife Sarah Johns
Born: 17 Dec 1839 - Camden County, Georgia 412
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Died: 27 Nov 1915 - Baker County, Florida 412
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Father: William Riley Johns
Mother: Sarah Leigh
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1 M John Riley Dowling
Born: 1 Jan 1860 - New River County, Florida 412
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Died: 15 Sep 1904 - Baker County, Florida
Buried: - North Prong Cemetery, Baxter, Baker County, Florida
Spouse: Emmie Crews
General Notes: Husband - John Darling Dowling
John Darling Dowling was born in Ware County, March 12, 1831, son of Darling Dowling (Vol.III). He grew up and lived in the vicinity of High Bluff Church in Ware County (portion made into Pierce County, 1858, and into Brantley, 1924). Leaving home after his father's death in 1851, he went to Florida and lived there until his death. He was married Feb. 22, 1855, in Columbia County, to Sarah Johns, daughter of Riley Johns (Vol.III). She was born in Camden (now Charlton) County, Ga., Dec. 17, 1839. The two families of Dowling and Johns were cut into New River County when it was made about 1858, and soon after into Baker County, and lived on farms near Sanderson.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Dowling were seven children:
1. Mary
2. John Riley
3. Aaron Dennis
4. William H.
5. Martha
6. Letha
7. Mary
Mr. Dowling served as a private in Co. "F", 8th Florida Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., enlisting at Sanderson, in May, 1862. He was captured at Gettysburg and kept in Fort Delaware and Fort Lookout Prisons until the end of the war. He returned home and farmed there until his death Sept. 17, 1912. His wife died Nov. 27, 1915. They were buried in North Prong Cemetery, Baker County.
Husband Lazarus Dowling
Born: 1829 - Wayne (now Brantley) County, GA 3
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Father: Darling Dowling
Mother: Sophia Davis
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Wife Mary Ann Guy 3
Born: 1838 3
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Father: William Guy
Mother: Bathsheba Thomas
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Husband Edmond Thomas
Born: 4 Sep 1820 - Liberty County, Georgia 398
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Died: 25 Sep 1862 - Fort Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Buried: - Finns Point National Cemetery, Pennsville, Salem County, New Jersey
Father: John Banner Thomas Senior
Mother: Mary Mixon
Marriage: 1847 - Ware County, GA
Wife Martha Dowling 398
Born: 1827 - Wayne (now Brantley) County, GA 3
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Father: Darling Dowling
Mother: Sophia Davis
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1 M Banner Mixon Thomas Jr
Born: 9 Feb 1857
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Died: 22 Oct 1936
Buried: - New Hope Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA
General Notes: Husband - Edmond Thomas
Sgt.Edmund Thomas
Edmund Thomas was 4th Sgt. with the Satillia Rangers who became Company A of the 50th Georgia Infantry. They were mustered into service on March 4 1862. Edmund was captured in 1862 and died in Fort Delaware prison September 25 1862.
Approximately 2700 Confederate soldiers died while being held captive at Fort Delaware. About 2400 Confederates are interred at Finn's Point National Cemetery located across the Delaware River near Fort Mott State Park.
The marker reads:
ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES TO MARK THE BURIAL PLACE OF 2436 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO DIED AT FORT DELAWARE WHILE PRISONERS OF WAR AND WHOSE GRAVES CANNOT NOW BE INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED.
Notes from Waycross Journal Herald
Written by Eugenia F. Thomas
Edmund Thomas' Sacrifice
Georgia Day is near and I recall the story of a Confederate soldier, Edmund Thomas, whose love for our state still lives in the hearts of all races in the mystical, magical land. He was a native of McIntosh County who eventually settled in Pierce County (now Brantley County) where he became a prosperous farmer, but chose not to own slaves.
Edmund was Pierce County's first tax collector from 1858-59, and crossed the Satilla River on a ferry to reach Blackshear, the county seat. In 1861 he was a first lieutenant The Farmer's Guard and in 1862 at the age of 37 he joined Company A of the 50th Georgia Regiment. His wife, Martha Dowling Thomas, gave birth to their eighth and last child. They had five daughters and three sons. The Confederates had advanced up a few states when Sgt. Thomas was capturedby Union soldiers. He died during captivity on September 25,1862.
Whenever I, his great-greatgrandaughter, hear "Dixie," I think of men like Edmund Thomas who hated no one, but evidently defended the South because Georgia was in danger of invasion. The Words of our Lord Jesus are remembered "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for a friend."
This comes from the book : The Story of Brantley County, Georgia.
Volume One.
Published 1999.
#673 Edmund Thomas
Edmund Thomas, son of Judge Banner Thomas and Mary Mixon Thomas, was born in McIntosh County, Georgia in 1825 and moved with his family when he was a toddler to land that is now Blackshear, Georgia. The family later lived in Schlatterville, and he married Martha Dowling.
The couple settled on a farm between Hickox and Hoboken where their eight children were born.Among his offspring was Banner Thomas who was born on February 9, 1857.
Edmund was the first tax collector of Pierce County, and he later joined the Confederacy during The War Between the States. The Satilla Ranger was captured in 1862 and died a few weeks later in a Maryland hospital. His forefather was James Thomas, Veteran of The American Revolution, and he was a pioneer of Ware(now Pierce) County.
If you inspect the historical marker in front of the courthouse (in Blackshear) you will find two Thomas names Edmund Thomas , son of Banner, was the first Tax collector, and James Thomas, younger brother of Banner, was the first Coroner.
Husband Dempsey Griffin
Born: 8 Jun 1825 - Bulloch County, GA 69
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Died: 2 Nov 1897 - Brantley Co., GA 69
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Father: James Griffin
Mother: Nancy
Marriage: 1844 69
Wife Mary Elizabeth Dowling
Born: 27 Jun 1825 - Wayne (now Brantley) County, GA 69
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Died: 4 Oct 1902 - Brantley Co., GA 69
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Father: Darling Dowling
Mother: Sophia Davis
Children
1 F Martha M. Griffin
Born: 3 Sep 1856 69,391
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Died: 14 Aug 1922 - Brantley Co., GA
Buried: - High Bluff Cemetery, Hoboken, Brantley County, Georgia, USA
Spouse: Archibald Crews
Marr: 1875
2 F Harriet Leticia Griffin
Born: 12 Sep 1858 - Wayne County, GA 69
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Died: 14 Nov 1887
Buried: - High Bluff Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hickox, Brantley County, GA
Spouse: Banner Crews
3 F Candacy Griffin
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Spouse: Ransom Guy
General Notes: Husband - Dempsey Griffin
Dempsey Griffin, a son of James and Nancy Griffin (see Vol. 1), was born in Bulloch County, June 8, 1825. He moved with his parents to what was then Ware County about 1835. He was married in 1844 to Miss Mary E. Dowling, a daughter of Darling Dowling and granddaughter of Jabez Dowling (see Vol. 1). She was born June 27, 1825, in Wayne County, and died October 4, 1902. To them were born eleven children:
1. Nancy S.
2. Dempsey Pleasaut
3. James Darlingb September 14, 1850, m. Henrietta Melton.
4. Noah N.
5. Mary M.
6. Martha M.
7. Harriet Letitia
8. Lovey E.
9. Sarah Ann C.
10. Amarintha
11. Ava R.
Mr. Griffin was a private in Capt. James Walker's company of Ware County militia in the Indian War in 1838, and served other periods of enlistment during that War.
His home was near High Bluff Primitive Baptist Church in what was formerly Ware County but which was in 1858 cut into the new County of Pierce, and still later into the present County of Brantley. Mr. Griffin died there November 2, 1897. His wife died October 4, 1902. Both were buried at High Bluff Church.
Census References: 1850, Ware, 1860, 1870, Pierce.
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Demcy Griffin
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Noah Griffin
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Hariet Griffin
Lovey Griffin
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Emer Griffin
Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC32-GZV : 12 April 2016), Demcy Griffin, Georgia, United States; citing p. 39, family 309, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,668.
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"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-4NNV : 13 December 2015), Dempsey Griffin, 1897; Burial, Hoboken, Brantley, Georgia, United States of America, High Bluff Cemetery; citing record ID 31293511, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Elizabeth Dowling
Husband Samuel Register
Born: 17 Jul 1812 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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Died: 12 Nov 1886 - Echols County, GA 28
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Father: William Register
Mother: Ricy Johnson 4
Marriage: 30 Jun 1842 28
Wife Rebecca Caroline Dowling 4
Born: 1825 - Wayne County, GA 28
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Died: 9 Jul 1908 - Echols County, GA 28
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Father: Dennis Dowling
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Moore
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Husband Lt James A. Rowell Jr.
Born: 20 Jun 1820 - Camden County, GA 3
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Died: 22 Apr 1915 - Pierce (now Brantley) Co., GA 547
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Marriage: 16 Apr 1845 - Odom, Wayne County, Georgia 548
Wife Temperance Dowling 3
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General Notes: Husband - Lt James A. Rowell Jr.
June 20, 1820 - April 22, 1915
Where to begin with the elusive Lt. James A. Rowell?
His early years are somewhat of a mystery. His father is James Rowell Senior, as identified by Folks Huxford in Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume III (page 287-288) and mother is unknown. Family lore, passed through multiple generations of Rowell descendants, state father James married an "Indian maiden", but there are no records to support this conjecture. James Senior was born between 1794 and 1801 based on the 1820 Population Schedule for Camden County, Georgia. He possibly removed from the Barnwell District of South Carolina to the southeast Georgia location. James Junior was born in Camden County, Georgia.
Huxford also stated James' grandfather was Revolutionary Soldier John Rowell. John Rowell's wife's name is unknown.
James Rowell Senior's family was enumerated in Camden County, Georgia during the 1820 US Census. At the time of this census, the Rowell family consists of; 1 male between the ages 19-26 (John Sr) 1 male age 9 or less, 1 female between the ages 19-26 and 1 female age 9 or less.
Judge Huxford stated in POWG III the John RS Rowell was of Ware County however, Ware was not created until 1824 (Appling) and were Creek Indian lands until December 15, 1818.
The James Rowell Sr. family lived in and James A. Rowell, Jr. spent his early years in Camden County where the family was enumerated during the 1830 Census. This Schedule indicates the family was enumerated in the St Marys River area. Within the Rowell household are: 1 male 30-40 (James Sr) 1 male 5-10 (James Jr), 2 males under 5, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 5-10, and 2 females under 5.
James served at least 4 tours of duty during the Second Florida War as referenced in the Seminole War Muster Books 5, 9, and 10:
Company
Regiment
Dates of Service
Rank
Capt Ayers B. Sheehee
Middle Fla Mounted Militia
25 Jan 1838 \endash 25 June 1838
1st Sgt
Capt William Rowell
1st Fla Militia
9 Jun 1838 \endash 9 Dec 1838
2nd Lt.
Capt William Rowell
1st Fla Mounted Militia
3 Mar 1839 \endash 4 Sep 1839
1st Lt.
Capt Alex'd Jernigan
1st Fla Mounted Militia
16 Feb 1841 \endash 16 May 1841
Pvt.
James returned home after each enlistment to Wayne County, Georgia. The family of James Senior, must have physically relocated to Wayne from Camden sometime after the 1830 CC Census (based on the location of the family in 1830). The Rowell family is not found in Wayne during that county's 1840 Enumeration however, James Junior married his first wife in Wayne. James, Jr. married Temperance "Tempie" Dowling on April 16, 1845 in Odom, Wayne County, GA.
James, Jr. and Temperance had the following children (in birth order):
David Reed Rowell \endash 1846 \endash 1915
Eliza Rebecca Rowell \endash 1848 \endash ????
Jabez James Rowell \endash 1850 \endash 1929
Sophie Jane Rowell \endash 1853 \endash ????
Jesse Savilla Rowell \endash 1854 \endash ????
Mary Elizabeth Rowell \endash 1856 \endash ????
Celestia Hester Ann Rowell \endash 1858 \endash 1898
John Darling Rowell \endash 1860 \endash 1939
Temperance Adeline "Tempy" Rowell \endash 1863 \endash 1948
Martha (F.) Matilda Rowell \endash 1864 \endash 1951
Frances Dorinda "Dora" Rowell \endash 1867 \endash 1950
William Henry "Billy" Rowell \endash 1870 \endash 1960
Rachel Keziah Rowell \endash 1874 \endash ????
The 1850 Ware County, GA Census has James, Jr. listed as a farmer while the 1860 Pierce Co., GA census shows "personnel prop $200, real estate $200, could not read or write.
Shortly after the 1860 census was taken, the Civil War began. James once again enlists in the military to defend family and home. James A. Rowell enlisted into the Confederate Army in September 22, 1862 as a Private in 7th Georgia Cavalry, Company D.
After the war James and his family are removed from Georgia and are found during the 1870 Census in Taylor Co., FL in which he lists "$140 personnel prop, $200 farm".
Before the next census the family returns to Wayne County where the 1880 Federal Census has him living in District 335, of Wayne County, GA.
His first wife, Temperance "Tempie" Dowling died in May 1889 in Wayne County, GA. The same year James, Jr. married his second wife, Susan Augusta Drury.
According to his great-granddaughter from his second marriage, James A. Rowell Jr. was the local blacksmith who used to make his own dental tools so that he could pull the teeth of the people in his community.
The 1900 Charlton County, GA Census shows James, Jr. and his second wife, Susan, their three children and her son, Jesse Felder Drury, from her first marriage.
James, Jr. and Susan had the following children (in birth order):
Mary "Mollie" Rowell (twin) \endash 1890 \endash ????
Martha "Mattie" Rowell (twin \endash 1890 \endash ????
Joseph Layton "Joe" Rowell \endash 1892 \endash 1958
In 1910 Charlton County, GA Census Susan is shown living with her three children and listed as 'widow'. However the 1910 Wayne County, GA Census shows James, Sr. living with his son "James Rowell, Jr.". James Sr. is actually James A. (Lt. CSA) Rowell, Jr., father of this James, Jr. who is actually James Jabez Rowell who was married to his third wife, Ellen McBee, at the time of this census.
One of his great-granddaughters stated "James A. "Dad" Rowell, Jr. was one-half Indian which would probably make his mother full blooded Indian. This was told to her by her grandfather, Joseph "Joe" Layton Rowell (who is the son of James A. "Dad" Rowell, Jr.). James A. Rowell, Jr. was, as a young man, an Indian Scout or Confederate Spy. He had a pretty red (sorrel) mare and buggy and always wore a big hat.
He would go down to Florida to his 'other family' or to the Carolinas to be with 'other family'." Now what that means is open to interpretation, as it has been documented that James A. Rowell, Jr. was only married twice, first to Temperance "Tempie" Dowling and second to Susan Augusta Drury.
The "History of Pierce County" (page 392 Obituaries) states James Rowell was 105 years old at the time of his demise. "Uncle Dad", as he was known was, oldest person in this section of state (then Pierce County, now Brantley County).
He died April 22, 1915, at the home of son-in-law, James Harris.
Within the book "History of Pierce County (page 442) an interesting story is told: "When Mr. James Rowell, Pierce County's oldest citizen in 1908, appeared at the polls to vote in the Democratic primary on June 4, 1908, which happened to be his 100th birthday, he was not allowed to vote because he hadn't registered. As he was exempt from taxation he had not thought it was necessary to register and he expressed himself as "opposed to this registration law". When he was a young man, he said, "they never had any of it."'
James and his wife were members of the Primitive Baptist Church at Hickox based on Huxford's personal notes in the Rowell Family File: James A. Rowell, Jr
Lt. James A. Rowell, Jr.'s headstone shows his date of birth as June 4, 1810, but that seems to be inaccurate. Although census record takers have been inaccurate in reporting correct dates from time to time, it is believed that the majority of dates for his birth range from 1817 to 1823. Per David Stewart, direct descendant of James A. Rowell, Jr., he states that James A. Rowell, Jr. was born in 1820 and died in 1915.
Sketch prepared by Sheila M. Crews on July 22, 2014
Husband William Dowling
Born: Aug 1816 - Barnwell District, S. C. 28
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Died: 19 Jan 1884 - Lowndes Co., GA 28
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Father: Dennis Dowling
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Moore
Marriage: 8 Feb 1838 - Lowndes Co., GA 28
Wife Ardelia E. Frier
Born: 1825 28
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Died: 12 Jan 1895 - Lowndes Co., GA 28
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General Notes: Husband - William Dowling
1816-1884
LOWNDES
William W. Dowling was born in Barnwell District, S.C., August, 1816 son of Dennis Dowling (Vol.I). He came to Georgia with his parents and grew up in Wayne and Lowndes Counties, and was married in Lowndes county Feb. 8, 1838, to Miss Ardelia E. Frier. She was born in 1825, daughter of Rev. Ryan Frier; and died Jan. 12, 1895. Born to them were ten children, viz:
1. John M.
2. Sarah Ann E.
3. Wm. H. Taylor
4. Mary E.
5. Jane Amanda
6. Julia A. Samantha
7. James Dennis
8. Samuel Leonard
9. Virginia Caroline
10. Ryan Eli
Mr. Dowling participated in the Indian War, and served three terms of enlistment. He was a private under Capt. Samuel E. Swilley, 2nd Regiment Florida militia, June 16th to Dec. 16th, 1837. Also served as a private in Capt. Wm. C. Newbern's company of Georgia militia, Oct. 25th, 1837, to Jan. 25, 1838. He served May to Sept. 1839, in the Florida militia. He lived in Lowndes County after his marriage until about 1853 when he moved to Florida and lived in Clay County until about 1862 when he moved back to Lowndes County, where he died Jan. 19, 1884. His widow died Jan. 12, 1895.
They were buried at New Bethel Baptist Church, Lowndes County; graves unmarked.
Husband John Drawdy
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Wife Rose Etta Touchton
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Buried: - Prospect Church, Clinch County, Georgia, USA
Father: James T. Touchton
Mother: Martha Mathis 23
Other Spouse: Frank Cornelius
Children
Had no children