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  Bowie County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bowie County is a county located in the state of Texas.
Bowie is named for James Bowie, the legendary knife fighter who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
In the county, the population is spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 9.40% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bowie_County,_Texas   (392 words)

  
 Bowie County Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bowie County is in the far northeastern corner of the state, bordered by the Red River to the north, with Arkansas and Oklahoma as its northern boundary and Arkansas to the east.
Bowie County, FIPSCODE 48037, is the 36th largest of the 254 counties in Texas, with an estimated population of 89,306 in 2000.
The county's population was 81,665 in 1990 and 89,306 in 2000, an increase of 7,641.
community.txed.state.tx.us /counties/county.cfm?CFIP=48037&COUNTYname=BOWIE   (774 words)

  
 Little River County, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The county was formed on March 5, 1867 and named for the Little River.
In the county the population is spread out with 25.20% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 25.70% from 25 to 44, 25.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $29,417, and the median income for a family is $36,207.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_River_County,_Arkansas   (379 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: BOWIE COUNTY
Bowie County (B-22) is in the far northeastern corner of the state, bordered by the Red River on the north, with Arkansas and Oklahoma across its northern boundary and Arkansas to the east.
The number of farms in the county fell from 5,451 in 1930 to 3,890 in 1940, and the percentage of tenant farmers in the county fell to 46.
In 1990 the population of Bowie County was 81,665.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/hcb11.html   (3413 words)

  
 James Bowie
Bowie was active in fighting in the Texas resistance movement during 1832, and also in early struggles against Mexico.
Bowie is said to have been born in either Kentucky or Tennessee or maybe Georgia between 1790 and 1796.
Bowie is said to have been responsible for the naming of the city of DeKalb, which was named for a Bavarian who fought in the American Revolution.
www.usroots.com /~jmautrey/history/jamesbowie.htm   (495 words)

  
 Texarkana, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The famous post office on state line in Texarkana TX/AR Texarkana is a city located in Bowie County, Texas and is situated in East Texas.
Texarkana is named for being at the junction of three U.S. states: Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana – and is just across the state line from Texarkana, Arkansas.
American composer Scott Joplin was born in nearby Linden, Texas and spent his childhood years in Texarkana.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texarkana,_Texas   (470 words)

  
 Texarkana, Texas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Texarkana is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about Bowie County, Texas) Bowie County, Texas and is situated in (Click link for more info and facts about East Texas) East Texas.
Texarkana is named for being at the junction of three (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. state) U.S. states: Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana – and is just across the state line from (Click link for more info and facts about Texarkana, Arkansas) Texarkana, Arkansas.
Out of the total population, 34.8% of those under the age of 18 and 13.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/texarkana,_texas.htm   (531 words)

  
 [J. H. Deam]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
From Indiana the young immigrants went by wagon and ox-team by [Kentucky?], later moving by the same means of conveyance to Bowie County, Texas.
The first night the A. Deams camped on Texas soil, J. Deam, the subject of this sketch, was born to them in the big covered wagon.
Deam returned to Bowie County on important business--which was his marriage to Miss Rebecca Jane Bailey, of Bowie County.
lcweb2.loc.gov /wpa/19020203.html   (570 words)

  
 The Texas Slavery Project at the University of Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bowie County, Texas, lies in northeastern-most Texas, adjacent to both Oklahoma and Arkansas, south of the Red River.
In 1850, the man deputized to enumerate the slave population of Bowie County must not have understood his instructions.
All federal slave schedules in Texas, both in 1850 and in 1860, followed the national standard for such documents: they listed the names of each counties' slave owners, then tallied the numbers of males and females, usually from the oldest to the youngest.
www.texasslaveryproject.uh.edu /bowie.html   (536 words)

  
 Descendants of Benjamin Frazier - beng06.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Nannie Williams (Henryetta Frazier, Benjamin) was born on 30 Nov 1877 in Bowie, Monatague County, Texas.
Nettie Williams was born in 1923 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
Dollie Williams was born in 1925 in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.
www.icnet.net /users/davidfra/beng06.htm   (434 words)

  
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Late in 1835 he was chosen by Miller and Sevier counties as a delegate to the Arkansas constitutional convention scheduled to meet at Little Rock on January 4, 1836.
Although some observers were critical of him as a presiding officer, the general verdict is that he had a good grasp of parliamentary procedure and that he presided with a remarkable degree of gentleness and urbanity.
A son, Nathaniel Dandridge Ellis, also settled in Old Red River County and was granted a league and labor of land as the head of a household.
www.cemetery.state.tx.us /pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=20   (750 words)

  
 Texas Cooperative Extension, The Bowie County Office
Today, Bowie County has a population of approximately 90,000 people, fifty percent of that population lives in Texarkana.
Bowie County is diverse, ranging from a suburban lifestyle to a very rural way of life.
Bowie County has changed over the years, as have the needs of its residents.
bowie-co.tamu.edu   (167 words)

  
 Colorado County, Texas - Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Colorado County is one of the oldest established counties in the State of Texas with a past as grand as the live oak trees that adorn and enhance it today.
The history of Colorado County is as poignant and picturesque as our state and nation, from the colorful family feuds resulting in local gunfights that reflect the imagination of the old west, to the warm and caring citizenship which local people perform to preserve our cultural distinction.
The west side of the county, in the Weimar area, is, in my opinion, the Gateway to West Texas with its unlimited supply of majestic Live Oaks and the beginning of great open spaces.
www.rtis.com /reg/colorado-cty/gov.htm   (535 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Texarkana Wood Preserving Company, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
In late 1984, the Texas Department of Water Resources, a predecessor of the Texas Water Commission (TWC), first submitted TWPC as a candidate for clean-up under the Superfund program.
Texarkana is located in Bowie County at the extreme northeast corner of Texas on the Texas/Arkansas state line.
Bowie County Pollution Control and the local volunteer fire department had expressed their concerns that sparks from passing trains might ignite tall grasses along the railroad track right-of-way and that the fire could spread to the site.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /hac/pha/texarkanaadd/tex_p1.html   (11520 words)

  
 Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Counties: Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Texas Department of Transportation: Road Conditions for Bowie County  · cached · Construction information and areas of possible traffic delays.
Bowie County Texas and Genealogy  · cached · Independent family-style historical and genealogical site for anyone interested in Bowie County, Texas; includes early history, government, photos, military, and land records.
Butterflies of Bowie County, Texas  · cached · Information about and pictures of all the known species of butterflies in the county.
www.incywincy.com /default?p=66393   (152 words)

  
 Texarkana, USA, Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas.
Texas : Towns A-Z / East Texas : Texarkana
Bowie County, East Texas / Miller County, Arkansas
The name is a composite of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, although the Louisiana line is some 30 miles south.
www.texasescapes.com /EastTexasTowns/Texarkana-Texas-Arkansas.htm   (216 words)

  
 Texas Genealogy Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Texas genealogy sites with surnames, look ups, marriage records, census sites, biographies, death records, military, and libraries to help with your Texas genealogy research in your search for your ancestors.
From the time he first arrived in Texas in 1827 at the age of nineteen, Noah Smithwick was involved many of the events in the evolution of Texas.
On November 24, 1863, the Texas Legislature passed a Joint Resolution stating that the government pledged "support and maintenance of [the soldiers'] families during their absence from home." In accordance with this Resolution, an "Act to Support the Families and Dependents of Texas Soldiers" passed on December 15, 1863.
www.genealinks.com /states/tx.htm   (924 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Texas: Counties: Bowie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Bowie County Texas and Genealogy - Independent family-style historical and genealogical site for anyone interested in Bowie County, Texas; includes early history, government, photos, military, and land records.
Butterflies of Bowie County, Texas - Information about and pictures of all the known species of butterflies in the county.
Texas Department of Transportation: Road Conditions for Bowie County - Construction information and areas of possible traffic delays.
dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/United_States/Texas/Counties/Bowie   (194 words)

  
 NINTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He moved to Bowie County, Texas around 1865.He moved to Bowie County, Texas around 1865.
She was born on the way to Bowie County, Texas.
She was born on the way to Bowie County, TX.
showcase.netins.net /web/jameslatham/fo/latham/d1219.htm   (182 words)

  
 ATSDR - PHA - Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
They found among both male and female residents of Bowie County, during the period 1986-1995, the number of deaths due to cancer was either lower than or within the range that we would expect based on the cancer mortality experience of the rest of the state (Table 4).
Among the female residents of Texarkana, Texas during the same time period, they found the number of cancer deaths to be either lower than or within the range that would be expected.
The latter is based on race-, sex-, and age-adjusted cancer mortality rates for Texas during the period 1986-1995 (the SMR has been rounded to the first decimal place).
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/lonestar/lon_p3.html   (1351 words)

  
 Bowie County, Texas
Population by Race and Hispanic or Latino origin: Texas counties, Places in Texas
Historical population counts, 1900 to 1990, for all counties in Texas
Summary statistics for Texas counties by NAICS (North American Industry Classification System): 2002
quickfacts.census.gov /qfd/states/48/48037lk.html   (209 words)

  
 BCDP - Bowie County Democratic Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
My name is Brent Langdon, and I am proud to be the Chairman of the Bowie County Texas Democratic Party.
Bowie County has a long and proud history in Democratic politics and this web site is our latest method of promoting Democratic principles and philosophies.
The Titus County Democratic Party will host a seminar entitled "Empowered Democrats" on Saturday, January 22, 2005 at the IBEW Union Hall at 1406 N. Washington Ave.
www.bowiedemocrats.org   (256 words)

  
 Bowie County, Texas 1910 Team Census Transcription
All north of the T. Division of the Texas and Pacific Ry.
All of voting precinct 22 south of the Texas and Pacific Ry.
All of voting precinct 22 north of the Texas and Pacific RM.
www.us-census.org /states/texas/teams/Bowie1910.htm   (251 words)

  
 Bowie County, Texas Current Post Office Information Page
Although the details of earliest settlement in Bowie County are not clear, the area was probably settled around 1820, when Miller County, Arkansas, was organized.
Red River County, which included all the territory now in Bowie County, was established by the Convention of 1836
Bowie County was demarked 12/17/1840 and named for James Bowie.
tx4.us /cy/bowie.htm   (513 words)

  
 Bowie County TXGenWeb
Due to a misunderstanding of the location of the international boundary line between the United States and Spanish Texas, the area of Bowie County, Texas was once thought to be part of "Old" Miller County, Arkansas (1820-1836).
After "Old" Miller County, AR ceased to exist in 1836, the records were moved to Lafayette County, Arkansas.
If you are searching for records of families living in the Bowie County area between 1820 and 1836, those records may be housed in Lafayette Co., AR.
www.rootsweb.com /~txbowie   (298 words)

  
 Lawyers Bowie County Texas: Lawyers and Attorneys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He represented Tarrant County in the state legislature and was active on the city council and the school board.
The Texas State Historical Association presents this document, out-of-print for more than one hundred and ten years, as the latest in its Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series.
Race,ethnicity, and gender are just a few categories to be explored by the person interested in describing the expansive, developing countryside of Texas in the final quarter of the nineteenth century.
www.edgsolicitors.co.uk /3335.html   (679 words)

  
 Stephen Lynn Scott, b: Living -
Born: 14 Nov 1861 - Obion County, TN Marr: 31 Dec 1889 - Bowie, Montague County, Texas
Born: 6 Oct 1890 - Bowie, Montague County, Texas
Born: 11 Feb 1919 - Bowie, Montague County, Texas
home.earthlink.net /~bernabe_de/genealogy/gp235.htm   (146 words)

  
 Bowie County, Texas & Genealogy
We are Jo Lyon Autrey, of Dallas, Texas, and Becky Cowen-Rutter, of Big Lake, Alaska, and we are the hostesses.
We have deep roots in Bowie County, and have lots of information we wish to share with you.
This is a wonderful way to communicate with others researching Bowie County and can be very helpful in finding your ancestors.
www.usroots.com /~jmautrey   (428 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: OLD UNION, TX
Old Union is located on U.S. 67 about nine miles southwest of New Boston and twenty-five miles southwest of Texarkana in southern Bowie County.
The cemetery was still in use in the latter 1900s, and in 1990 the town had a population of 238.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Barbara Susan Overton Chandler, A History of Bowie County (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1937).
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/OO/hlo26.html   (272 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Bowie County, Tex.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; elected unopposed 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1960; died in office 1976.
U.S. Representative from Texas 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office 1902.
potifos.com /tpg/geo/TX/BO.html   (665 words)

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