phriam Bowen and his wife Hannah were one of the first settlers to move into Randolph County and had a farm close to Spartansburg where they are buried with six generations of Bowen's. Grandfather Ephriam lived in harmony with the Miami Indian Tribe and often traded goods with them. One account had him, at the Miami's request, procure a bunch of honey for them in exchange for a deer the Indians shot and brought to him the next day.

Submitted by seventh great grandson John Bowen