Bowie Family Memorial

Erected by the descendants of

Abraham Bowie, born in Scotland

and settled in Durham Parish,

Charles County, Maryland, about

1700 A.D. The family of his grandson

Rhody Bowie, moved to Abbeville

County, South Carolina about 1800.

Eli Bowie, son of Rhody Bowie,

established Gilgal Church in 1817.

This church ...