Captain William Bowie

Captain William Bowie was an early colonist in the Province of Maryland and an American Revolutionary, a member of the Assembly of Freemen, and a delegate to the Annapolis Convention (1774–1776).

Early life Captain William Bowie was the son of John Bowie, Sr. and Mary Mulliken. Bowie was born in about 1721 at the home of his parents, Brookridge a few miles from Nottingham in Prince George's County, Maryland . His father purchased a large tract of land about two miles from Nottingham for him when he was twenty one years called "Brooke's Reserve" which later became known as "Mattaponi". Here he erected a large brick house. It is probable that William Bowie commanded one of the militia organizations maintained by the Province though no record of his commission has been discovered.

In 1753 he was appointed tobacco inspector for Nottingham and later a justice of the peace, a member of St Paul's vestry, and in 1767 warden of the parish. but what further part Bowie took during the Revolution is unclear.