Jacob Bowman

Who was Jacob Bowman?

Captain Jacob Bowman, Sr., He was an 18th Century American pioneer, Grandson of Jost Hite, Colonial Militia officer of Virginia Colony, Veteran of the French and Indian War, City of Strasburg Trustee, large land owner in Virginia and South Carolina, a South Carolina State Representative, District 96 Road Commissioner and Revolutionary War Patriot noted for supplying mill goods to the Continental Army. In 1753 he helps his father in the construction of Ft. Bowman near present day Strasburg, Virginia.

Four of his younger brothers Col. John, Col. Abraham, Maj. Joseph and Capt. Isaac Bowman were excellent horsemen and later known in John Wayland's book as the "Four Centaurs of Cedar Creek", and all of whom were among the earliest pioneers to settle in Kentucky and serve as prominent officers in the Continental Army. While his younger brothers were in Kentucky, he and brother-in-law George Wright had earlier removed to the old 96th District in the Province of South Carolina where he owned a Grist Mill and Trading Post on the Reedy River.