Individual Details

Married Elizabeth McLeain. Another reference suggests her name was Lynch - however, Elizabeth Lynch was the wife of William's son Cornelius.

from Ancestry message board:
William BOWMAN, probably born in VA, died and is buried in Well Springs Community, Claiborne Co., TN, 1832. His supposed children include John (b.1788), William (1790s), Cornelius (1797), Nelson (1802), Susan (1806), James E. (1811), Elizabeth (1812) and Mary. He and his father, Cornelius BOWMAN, Sr., lived in foothills of Blue Ridge on the NC side in 1780s, then moved to today's Johnson Co., TN, by 1790s or so. Then Cornelius moved to Madison Co., KY, by 1795. It's before this time William probably moved to the Powell Valley in what was thought then to be Virginia but turned out to be today's Claiborne Co., TN, when the surveys were done.

Birth	Abt 1770
Death	Abt 1840	Claiborne County, Tennessee
Marriage		Elizabeth McLean

Spouse	Elizabeth McLean ( - )
Child	John Bowman (1788 - 1864)
Child	Cornelius Bowman (1793 - )
Child	William E. Bowman (1795 - 1849)
Child	Sarah Bowman (1800 - )
Child	Nelson Bowman (1802 - )
Child	Susan Bowman (1806 - )
Child	James E. Bowman (1811 - )
Child	Elizabeth Bowman (1812 - )
Child	Mary Bowman (1815 - )

Father	CORNELIUS BOWMAN (1740 - 1826)
Mother	SUSANNAH Pointer/Painter (1745 - 1810)
Sibling	John Bowman (1765 - 1839)
Sibling	ELIJAH BOWMAN (1773 - 1840)
Sibling	Cornelius BOWMAN Jr. (1775 - 1835)
Sibling	Elisha Williamson BOWMAN (1775 - 1845)
Sibling	Judah "Judy" BOWMAN (1779 - 1872)
Sibling	Hezekiah BOWMAN (1780 - 1842)
Sibling	Rev. Thomas BOWMAN (1782 - 1864)
Sibling	Jacob BOWMAN (1785 - 1826)
Sibling	Deborah BOWMAN (1790 - 1883)