Alamo defender Jesse B. Bowman was born in Tennessee about 1785. By 1811 he was living in Illinois where his son Joseph T. Bowman was born that year. Bowman and his family settled in Ouichita County, Arkansas, until it became more populated and they moved to Hempstead County. In the 1830s Jesse B. Bowman and his family moved with his brother and other family members to this area of Texas, where they soon qualified for a league and labor of land. On February 23, 1836, Bowman answered the roll call at the Alamo garrison in Bexar. He was listed as a private and permanent volunteer under the command of Jim Bowie. On March 6, Jesse Bowman lost his life at the fall of the Alamo. His body and those of the other Alamo defenders were burned by the Mexican Army under General Santa Anna. (1999)
Jesse B. Bowman
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Jesse B. Bowman is a historical marker in Manchester, Red River County, dedicated in 1999. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in Red River County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.9226, -95.1374 near Manchester. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jonesboro (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gill, Jane Chandler, Hamilton, Robert, and Houston, Sam.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5387012166. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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