James Madison University Libraries Special Collections
Sam Bowman Papers
Bowman family
Bowman, Sam
SC 0147
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0.51 cubic feet
2 boxes
1848-1967
The Sam Bowman Papers, 1848-1967, consist of miscellaneous materials and seven business ledgers that document operations of the Bowman family dairy farm in Rockingham County, Virginia.
English
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Sam Bowman Papers, 1848-1967, SC 0147, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to Special Collections in April 1999 by Sam Bowman.
Processing Information
In order to streamline the process of applying collection numbers, Special Collections staff completed a large-scale renumbering campaign in the spring of 2017. This collection was previously cataloged as SC 3092.
Bio/Historical Note
The Bowman family is a very prominent one that has been established in the Rockingham County area since the eighteenth century. The first of the Bowmans to settle in the area was George Bowman and his wife Mary Hite, who traveled from Philadelphia with her family to start a colony in the Shenandoah Valley around 1731. George and Mary had thirteen children in total: John George, John Jacob, Emma Maria, Elizabeth, Johannes, Sarah, Regina, Rebecca, George, Abraham, Joseph, Catherine, and Isaac. They made their home on Cedar Creek and built a large stone house which was passed to their son Isaac. John, Joseph, Abraham, and Isaac went on to become prominent members of society and in the military during the Revolutionary War, in which they were high ranking officers that contributed greatly to the fight for independence.
Scope and Content
The Sam Bowman Papers, 1848-1967, consists of one folder of miscellaneous papers and seven business ledgers that document operations of the Bowman family dairy farm in Rockingham County, Virginia. The miscellaneous folder contains tax receipts from 1859 and 1865, an 1862 receipt for military supplies of twenty bushels of corn, an 1882 Constitution of the West Rockingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company, an 1891 receipt for a claim for property taken by U.S. soldiers in the Civil War, a 1929 timber contract, 1942 Certificates of War necessity for Vehicle, and a summary of the S.R. Bowman Estate, 1936-1960. Ledger 7 is the partnership book of R.L. and S.R. Bowman, 1963-1967.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Bibliography
Wayland, John W. The Bowmans: A Pioneering Family in Virginia, Kentucky and the Northwest Territory. Staunton, Va.: McClure Co. 1943.
Farmers -- Virginia
Business records -- Sources
Dairy farming -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
Agriculture -- Virginia -- History
Selling -- Corn
Timber -- Contracts and specifications -- Virginia
Lumber trade -- Virginia -- Rockingham County
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States
Military supplies -- Economic aspects -- United States
Estates (Law) -- Virginia -- Sources
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Social life and customs
Rockingham County (Va.) -- History
Rockingham County (Va.) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Rockingham County (Va.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Rockingham County (Va.) -- Social life and customs
Virginia -- History
Virginia -- Social life and customs
Rockingham County (Va.) -- Genealogy
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Genealogy
Virginia -- Genealogy
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions
United States -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation
Ledgers (account books)
Bowman, Sam
Bowman, Sam
West Rockingham Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Title of work: Constitution.)
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