I always look for the best in my Fowler family ancestors. I am always a little shocked when I find a skeleton in the closet. But everyone has a black sheep in their past regardless if they know it or not. I have discovered a new research source: South Carolina, U.S., Sheriff Department Records. A…
Wymac Matthew Fowler was born September 27, 1836, south of the Pacolet River in Union County, South Carolina. He was the youngest son -- the fourteenth child -- born to Susannah and Womack Fowler (1785-1849). Wymac Matthew Fowler, grandson of Henry Ellis Fowler (1746-1808), married Jane (b. 1839) and had two children: James Madison Fowler…
Leonard Fowler was born in 1831 in Union County, South Carolina, a son of William G. Fowler of the Israel Fowler family line with earliest known origins from Wight Island, Virginia. Although a few stayed in Union County, many of the Israel Fowler family line moved into nearby counties, and by 1850, the William G.…
Born in 1827 in Union County, South Carolina, William E. Fowler was the son of William G. Fowler (1805-1886), grandson of Israel Fowler II, and great grandson of Israel Fowler from the Isle of Wight, Virginia. It is probable that William E. Fowler married a woman named Elizabeth before 1850. My speculation is that Elizabeth…
THE FOWLER FAMILIES OF UNION COUNTY, SC 