Territory of Orleans
The Bowie family moved to Lower Louisiana in 1802, settling on the Bushley Bayou in Rapides Parish. The Bowie family moved again in 1809, settling on Bayou Teche in the now-American Territory of Orleans, before finding a permanent home in Opelousas, in St. Landry Parish, in 1812. That year, the Territory of Orleans became the U.S. state of Louisiana. By this time, Rezin was about 19 years old.