George F. Bowles

George F. Bowles (c. 1844 – December 26, 1899) was a lawyer, militia colonel, chief of police and state legislator in Mississippi.

Early life, civil war and education He was born in about 1844 in Charleston, South Carolina, as a slave. He was a Republican. Shortly after he proposed to repeal the Railroad Commission bill to save taxpayers money on the "useless" commission. He also authored a bill to establish a colored insane asylum. In December 1891 the election for the position of representative for Adams County was contested by Charles R. Byrnes against Bowles. Byrnes withdrew his contest on December 28, 1891, leaving Bowles as the Representative for Adams.

In 1891 he was elected as the president of the Mississippi Colored State Bar Association, it was the first colored state bar in America.

January 1892 he had the honor of being appointed to the Judiciary Committee a position that no other "colored man" had been appointed to since the Democrats gained control.

He was called to run again in 1895 to serve Adams County in the legislature but declined due to new interests to do with his private business.

He served on the School Board and had been a city marshal. He had been a grand chancellor of the Mississippi Knights of Pythias. He lived at 13 St. Catherine, Natchez, as noted on a historic marker. He died with no close relatives,