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James Bowie , c.1796-1836, American frontiersman, b. Logan co., Ky. With his brother, Rezin, he engaged in land speculation in Louisiana and Arkansas. In Texas from 1828, Bowie became a leader of American settlers who opposed the Mexican government and joined in the Nacogdoches disturbances of 1832. When the Texas revolution began in 1835, he was appointed colonel; he died at the Alamo . The legend attributing the bowie knife to his invention is disputed.

Bibliography: See C. L. Douglas, James Bowie (1944); R. W. Thorp, Bowie Knife (1948); W. C. Davis, Three Roads to the Alamo (1998).

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Bowie, James (1796–1836) soldier, frontiersman, and hero of the Texas War of Independence (1836), born in Tennessee (probably), or Logan County, Kentucky. Bowie is credited with the invention of the Bowie knife. Bowie settled in Texas in 1828 and became the leader of the Americans in Texas opposing Mexican government. He fought in the battle of Nacogdoches, one of the Disturbances of 1832 that began the process of revolution in Texas, and participated in skirmishes leading up to the siege of San Antonio (1835–36). After a command dispute with William B. Travis, Bowie died at the Alamo, under attack by Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna.

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Bowie, Jim ( James) (1796–1836) US frontiersman. He moved to Texas from Louisiana in 1828, and married the daughter of the Mexican vice-governor. By 1832 he had joined the US colonists who opposed the Mexican government. He was appointed a colonel in the Texas Army (1835), and was killed at the Alamo (1836).

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