General Notes

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Source:  The Bowden Page - Internet.
Jackson Bowden grew up in TN.  He moved to Maury Co, TN in 1819 with his
parents.  He moved to Lawrence Co, TN in the 1820's.  In 1844, he and his
brother, John, moved to AR.
1850  Census, Pope County, Arkansas
534/534  Jackson Bowden   35  M    Farmer    GA
Cornelia       36 F      SC
Rody      15  F          TN
Ann       11  F          TN
Nancy J.       9    F         TN
Mary L.        3  F      AR
James T.       4/12  M        ARz
Jackson was a Methodist minister and a farmer, too.  He resided in Gum
Log, AR, where he purchased 80 acres on Crow Mountain, AR.  He lived
there for 6 years.  He also purchased 300 acres at Gravel Hill and gave
11 of those acres to the Methodist Episcopal Church South (designated
South by their pro-slavery beliefs).
Jackson joined the church in 1828.  He assisted in erecting the first
church edifice in Valley Township, and probably the first in Pope
County.  He was licensed to preach in 1848 by D. Andrew Hunter,
Lewisburg, AR fall of 1848; ordained a deacon by Bishop Paine in 1852at
Clarksville AR, and ordained an elder by Bishop Early in 1857 at
Dardanelle, AR.  He organized and erected the frist church on Crow
Mountain.  After the Civil War, he was froced to ride the church circuit
to continue his ministry.  He served as a Militia Captain from 1845 until
about 1860 and served in the Confederate Army along with five of his
nephews.  He later served as Postmaster of Moreland, AR for 3 or 4 years,
appointed in 1866.  Jackson joined the temperance organization at Dover,
AR in 1867.
Jackson died at the home of his son Miles E. Bowden in Mexia, TX.