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John Bowman (pioneer)
Col. John (Johannes) Bowman (17 Dec 1738 – May 4, 1784) was an 18th-century American pioneer, colonial militia officer and sheriff, the first appointed in Lincoln County, Kentucky. In 1781 he also presided as a justice of the peace over the first county court held in Kentucky. The first county-lieutenant and military governor of Kentucky County during the American Revolutionary War, Col. Bowman also served in the American Revolution many times second in command to General George Rogers Clark during the Illinois Campaign which at the time doubled the size of the nation.
He and brothers Joseph, Isaac and Abraham Bowman were excellent horsemen and later known as the "Four Centaurs of Cedar Creek", all of whom were among the earliest pioneers to settle in Kentucky and prominent officers in the Continental Army.〔Hayden, William. ''Conquest of the Country Northwest of the River Ohio, 1778-1783''. Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1896. (pg. 979)〕 He was the brother-in-law of frontiersmen Isaac Ruddell, Lorentz Stephens, Peter Deyerle, George Wright, Henry Richardson and George Brinker. His grandnephew, Abraham's grandson John Bryan Bowman, founded Kentucky University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky.〔Wayland, John W. ''A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia''. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. (pg. 588) ISBN 0-8063-8011-X〕〔Johnson, E. Polk. ''A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Vol II''. Chicago and New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1912. (pg. 1132)〕 He is the younger brother of Jacob Bowman.
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