Revolutionary War Powder Horn – Colonel Bowyer

Revolutionary War Powder Horn – Colonel Bowyer

Colonel William Bowyer was born about 1834 in Augusta County, Virginia. Colonel Bowyer was a merchant in Staunton from 1766 to 1775, and served as a member of the vestry of Augusta Parish. Colonel William Bowyer served with Augusta County Militia – Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. As Lieut. Colonel of militia, he commanded a body of men sent to reinforce General McIntosh on the Ohio river, in August 1776. He was Lieut. Colonel of Col. Sampson Mathews’ regiment, in the expedition to lower Virginia, in 1781. He was Sheriff of Augusta in 1784. Col. William Bowyer lived and died in Staunton, Augusta.

Provenance: Foster Burns, Churchville, Virginia

Gordon Barlow, Swoope, Virginia