George Bowman

February 10, 1699 (age 69)

His estate, on which Fort Bowman was founded, was one of the earliest homes to be built in Shenandoah Valley and is the site of present-day Strasburg, Virginia. His great-grandson, John Bryan Bowman founded Kentucky University and Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. He was one of the first to settle in the Shenandoah Valley with his father-in-law Jost Hite and brothers-in-law Jacob Chrisman and Paul Froman during the early 1730s. They would eventually establish a 1,000-acre (40 km2) tract of land on which Fort Bowman was later built. He later received a tract of land from his father-in-law, 145 acres (059 km2) on Lenville"s Creek in Frederick County. In 1746 and 1749, he bought 2 large tracts of land amounting to over 1,000 acres (40 km2) on Linville Creek on which he constructed and operated a grist mill later known as "Bowman"s Mill". The mill, as of 1972, was still in operation near present-day Bartonsville, Virginia. Among his property including one horse, one mare, two cows, two yearling heifers and a slave known as Harry. In 1752 or 1753, while living on Ceder Creek, Bowman built a colonial mansion known as Ft Bowman or Harmony Hall which is listed on the "National Register" of historic places. Participant of the Estate was sold by John Bowman to an Abraham Miller in July of that year. The Bowman home, one of the first homes built in the Shenandoah Valley, still exists and remains one of the oldest historical buildings in the state.

George Bowman

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He, along with his father-in-law Jost Hite, was one of the first to explore and settle Shenandoah Valley.

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His estate, on which Fort Bowman was founded, was one of the earliest homes to be built in Shenandoah Valley and is the site of present-day Strasburg, Virginia. His great-grandson, John Bryan Bowman founded Kentucky University and Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. He was one of the first to settle in the Shenandoah Valley with his father-in-law Jost Hite and brothers-in-law Jacob Chrisman and Paul Froman during the early 1730s.

They would eventually establish a 1,000-acre (40 km2) tract of land on which Fort Bowman was later built.

He later received a tract of land from his father-in-law, 145 acres (059 km2) on Lenville"s Creek in Frederick County. In 1746 and 1749, he bought 2 large tracts of land amounting to over 1,000 acres (40 km2) on Linville Creek on which he constructed and operated a grist mill later known as "Bowman"s Mill".

The mill, as of 1972, was still in operation near present-day Bartonsville, Virginia. Among his property including one horse, one mare, two cows, two yearling heifers and a slave known as Harry.

In 1752 or 1753, while living on Ceder Creek, Bowman built a colonial mansion known as Ft Bowman or Harmony Hall which is listed on the "National Register" of historic places.

Participant of the Estate was sold by John Bowman to an Abraham Miller in July of that year. The Bowman home, one of the first homes built in the Shenandoah Valley, still exists and remains one of the oldest historical buildings in the state.

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