death_date children nationality birth_date term death_place title resting_place_coordinates spouse name resting_place birth_place relatives parents known_for successor religion article_title birth_name
04 may 1784 john jr. . german-american 17 dec 1738 1770-1784 bowman , usa station , burgin , lincoln/mercer county , kentucky commissioner committee member in harrodsburg in kentucky county , first kentucky of county lieutenant , colonel in the revolutionary war , military botetourt governor of kentucky county virginia , sheriff and presiding justice county of the peace of lincoln county in the state of of kentucky . virginia colony , safety addie old bowman station was located . curd farm near burgin , ky where the elizabeth mcclung -lrb- c. 1731 -- 1784 -rrb- col. johannes `` john '' bowman bowman family graveyard cedar virginia colony creek , shenandoah valley , orange/federick county , jost grandfather jacob bowman , brother colonel abraham bowman , brother hite major joseph bowman , brother capt. isaac bowman , brother -lrb- the old german baron -rrb- , hans maria elizabeth -lrb- mary -rrb- heydt -lrb- hite -rrb- jerg -lrb- george -rrb- baumann -lrb- bowman -rrb- early kentucky pioneer and militia officer benjamin logan german reformed/presbyterian john bowman -lrb- pioneer -rrb-
 johannes bowman
john bowman -lrb- pioneer -rrb-

col. john -lrb- johannes -rrb- bowman -lrb- 17 dec 1738 -- may 4 , 1784 -rrb- 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 .
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 .
he is the younger brother of jacob bowman .
