Ignatius Bowles
1753 - 1817 (69 years)-
Name Ignatius Bowles [1, 2, 3] Birth Between 1748 and 1753 St. Mary's County, MD Gender Male Death 1817 Nelson County, Kentucky Origins Person ID I877 1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Family Catherine "Caty" Gough, b. Abt 1757, St. Mary's County, MD d. 20 Aug 1839, Union Co. Ky (Age 82 years) Marriage 21 Jan 1777 St. Francis Xavier RCC, Compton, St. Mary's Co., MD Children 1. Benjamin Bowles 2. Eleanor Bowles 3. Ann Bowles 4. Tracy Bowles 5. Charles T Bowles 6. Ralph Bowles 7. Nancy Bowles 8. Catherine "Caty" Bowles 9. Clarissa Bowles, b. 1787, St. Mary's County, MD d. Yes, date unknown ▻ James Woodyard m. 5 Jan 181410. Ignatius Bowles, b. Abt 1793 d. Probably Union County, KY ▻ Catherine Reed m. 16 Aug 1819Family ID F629 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
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Notes - Will of Ignatius Boles 5/13/1817, Will Book C, Nelson County, KY
In the name of God Amen I Ignatius Boles of Nelson County as of state of Kentucky being weak in body yet of a sound and perfect understanding and memory do constitute this my last will and Testament and desire to be received as such Imprimis I must humbly bequeath my sole to God and my body to this earth as my _____ states I will and personnaly ___ that all my just debts be paid and bequeath to my loving wife Caty Boles all my estate both ___ and personal during her single life in woder hood. I give my son Charles Boles the home house and 668 acres of land which I now live on and the balance of my land to my son Benjamin Bols which is 55 acres of land next to Joseph Cissell also Charles Boles one bead & furniture one cow to be worth ten dollars one plough and one ax and one rifel gun also my son Benjamin Boles one bead and furniture and one cow to be worth ten dollars and plough also to my daughter Caty Boles one bed and furniture one cow to be worth ten dollars also my son Ralph Boles one bead and furniture and one cow to be worth ten dollars also naming my daughters ____ Boles, Anna Bols, Treacy Bolds, Cl__ Bolds Ignatius Bowls Charles Boles Ralph Boles Nancy Boles Caty Boles Benjamin Boles to ____ and equally divided between.
and sined this 13th of May 1817
Ignatius (X his mark) Boles (Seal) Sined in the presents of us
Proctor Ballard, Joseph Cissell, Chales C. Cissell
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mary.yoder@verizon.net wrote:
>Is hard to do this surname because of the various spelling: Bolds, Boles, Bolin?, Bowlds, Bowles,
>Bowling, & Bowls.
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>Did Ignatius Boles had a brother James??
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>A sister Elizabeth Bowles m John McDonald/McDaniel bond: 10 Apr 1795; sur David Temple, d/o James Bowles. Nelson Co, KY
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>A sister Nancy Bowls m Wm Poole, sur Ignatius Bowls; d/o James Bowls; 29 Apr 1798 S. T. Badin.
>Nelson Co, KY.
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>A sister Ann Bolds m Thomas French; 18 Dec 1798; S. T. Badin. Nelson Co, KY.
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>Land record names Ignatius Bowls (sic). No wife mentions in any of the records. Nelson Co.
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>There is a James & Thomas Boals of Shelbyville, KY (Shelby Co) in a 6 Aug 1796 land record- 120 pounds for 400 acs. upon a Treasury Warrant of th south side of Salt River at the mouth of the secon run below the first island, below the mouth of Simpson's Creek and being the same which Robert Daniels acquired as heir of Waker Daniels, dec'd., assignee of James F. Moore.
>(Nelson Co).
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>Most of Ignatius Bowls (sic) children married in Nelson Co. & I have listed all girl's m in 1798 & no males m 1798--after 1800 and later. Ignatius d bet 13 May 1817Iwill date) - prob 18 Aug 1817 Nelson Co.
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>In the Will of Clement Gardiner, dec'd--- witten 15 Oct 1817, prob 16 Dec 1817---Ignatius Bowles (Jr)
> was wit.
There were at least three men named "Ignatius Bowles" who lived in Nelson Co during the same time period so it is sometimes difficult to distinguish among them:
1. Our Ignatius, born ca 1780 MD, married 1807 Nelson Co KY Ann Fulkerson
2. Ignatius, born ca 1748/53, died 1817 Nelson Co KY, married 1777 St. Mary's Co, MD, Catherine "Caty" Gough. Ignatius and his brothers John and William came to Nelson Co in 1785. After this Ignatius died, several of his 10 children moved to Union Co KY in western KY.
3. Ignatius, born ca 1793, s/o Ignatius #3, married 1819 Nelson Co KY, Catherine Reed. In 1850, they were living in Graves Co KY.
Although both families originated in St Mary's Co MD, I do not know of a connection.
Would like to hear from anyone with information on these families.
3. Ignatius, born abt 1745/53, married Jan 21, 1777 St Marys Co MD, Catherine Gough. Ignatius died 1817 Nelson Co KY, living a will (Will Book C, page 531) naming wife "Caty", and the following 10 children: 1. Benjamin; 2. Eleanor; 3. Ann; 4. Tracy; 5. Clarissa; 6. Ignatius, born abt 1793, married 16 Aug 1819 Nelson Co KY Catherine Reed and went to Union Co KY; 7. Charles T.; 8. Ralph; 9. Nancy; & 10. Caty. I think all the children eventually left Nelson Co and probably settled in Union or Daviess Co KY.
- Will of Ignatius Boles 5/13/1817, Will Book C, Nelson County, KY
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