Henry Bowen was a Sergeant in the 9th VA Continental Line from 1777 until he mustered out in Jan. of 1780. Info per is muster/payroll cards stored at NARA.
He was under the command of General George Washington at Valley Forge.
It is said that he joined the VA militia after his Continental Line duty and fought at the Battle of King's Mountain alongside his brothers to include Rees/Reese Bowen, 3rd Lieutenant/Ensign, who was killed during the battle.

Henry married Ann Cunningham about 1770. Their daughter my 4th great-grandmother Margaret Hannah Bowen married John McElhaney, Sr. either at Augusta Co., VA or at Grainger Co., Tennessee. A son John, Jr., my 3rd great-grandfather, was born in Tennessee in 1797 and served in the War of 1812 with the First Regiment of TN Volunteer Mounted Gunmen commanded by Major William Russell. After mustering out in the spring of 1815, John, Jr. eventually moved on to Mississippi and married Elizabeth Womack daughter of War of 1812 Lieutenant David Womack II of Louisiana. John and Elizabeth McLehaney are both buried at Simpson Co., MS on land owned by John. If there were ever headstones, they now do not exist.

The info on Henry Bowen's Revolutionary War service from 1777-1780 can be found in the DAR database as several women have become members of DAR through the service of Sgt Henry Bowen.

My name can be found on the Wikitree Profile Page of Henry Bowen in the list of cousins (autosomal DNA).

Linda Alcott Maples in Alabama

Note: Hope to have most of Henry and Ann's children listed soon. Will be children he named in his will which was probated at Grainger Co., TN 1808.

Thanks to all who have stopped by to say 'hello' to Henry Bowen, a patriot, soldier and one of the soldiers who was at Valley Forge and made it through to see the U.S.A. established.