| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourth Generation156. Wilson BOWMAN was born on 16 December 1831 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.101,103,459 He died on 30 November 1902 at the age of 70.459 North Carolina Troops - 1861-1865 Volume 5, Company A--12th Regiment NC Troops This company, known as the "Catawba Rifles" was raised in Catawba County and enlisted at Newton on April 27, 1861. It tendered its service to the state and was ordered to Garysburg [N.C.] where it was assigned to this Regiment. The company was mustered in as Captain John Ray's Company and was designated Company K and Company G before it was designated Company A. After it was mustered into the regiment the company functioned as a part of the regiment, and its history for the war period is recorded as a part of the regimental history. The information contained was compiled principally from company muster rolls, Roll of Honor records, hospital records, prisoner of war records and other primary records, supplemented state pension applications, United Daughters of the Confederacy records and postwar rosters and histories, all provided useful information. Noncommissioned Officers and Privates... Bowman, Wilson. Private. he resided in Catawba County, NC where he enlisted at age 26 on 1 April 1862. He was present or accounted for until he deserted on 11 August 1863. Reported under arrest on Company muster roll dated November-December 1863 and was court-martialed on or about 12 February 1864. Reported absent sick through December 1864. He was paroled at Richmond, VA on or about 21 April 1865. Source: "Catawba Cousins," Vol. 15, No. 3, December 2000, p. 14 unknown wife of Wilson BOWMAN died after 1902. Wilson BOWMAN and unknown wife of Wilson BOWMAN had the following children:
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