• [S673] 1850 U.S. Census, Joseph Bowditch household, Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, p. 94 (stamped), p. 188 (written), dwelling 46, family 46, NARA Series/Roll M432/629. From ancestry.com.
  • [S674] 1860 U.S. Census, Joseph Bowditch household, Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, p. 280 (stamped), p. 179 (written), dwelling 541, family 1455, NARA Series/Roll M653/896. From ancestry.com.
  • [S675] 1870 U.S. Census, Nathan Lawrence household, Tarboro, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, p. 202 (stamped), p. 20 (written), dwelling 128, family 153, NARA Series/Roll M593/1136. From ancestry.com.
  • [S676] 1870 U.S. Census, Nathaniel Bowditch household, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, p. 813 (stamped), p. 3 (written), dwelling 19, family 19, NARA Series/Roll M593/1166. From ancestry.com.
  • [S766] Barred and Disallowed Case Files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880, NARA Series M1407, Roll/Fiche 2011 (Report 6, Office 407, Case 13341); Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233 (Washington, D.C.; National Archives and Records Administration). Accessed on-line at Fold3.
  • [S774] 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule, Joseph Bowditch owner, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, p. 65 (of 144, but pages are un-numbered), lines 39-41, NARA Series/Roll M432/652. From ancestry.com.
  • [S775] 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedule, Joseph Bowditch owner, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, p. 123 (stamped), p. 44 (written), lines 6,7, NARA Series/Roll M653/922. From ancestry.com.
  • [S1537] 1900 U.S. Census, John Bowditch household, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, E.D. 123, p. 198 (stamped), p. 12A (written), dwelling 183, family 185, NARA Series/Roll T623/1225. From ancestry.com.
  • [S1611] Joseph Bowditch, Death Certificate, Reg. Dist. No. 60-2416, Reg. No. 596, Cert. No. 455 (14 September 1923), North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by Edward Bowditch (probably actually his son Edwin Bowditch). Image from North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 (Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch), online database at http://familysearch.org, FHL Film 1893179, Image 1001.
  • [S1613] Charles I. Bowditch, Death Certificate, Reg. Dist. No. 100-8160, Reg. No. 21, Cert. No. 113 (or 19650) (5 August 1919), North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by his son-in-law Dr. S. J. Hamilton. Image from North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 (Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch), online database at http://familysearch.org, FHL Film 1892498, Image 117.
  • [S1614] Georgiana Bowditch, Death Certificate, Reg. Dist. No. 12-2077, Cert. No. 256 (2 May 1927), North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina. Information supplied by Dr. S. J. Hamilton (husband of her niece Blanchard Louise (Bowditch) Hamilton). Image from North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 (Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch), online database at http://familysearch.org, FHL Film 1907303, Image 1114.
  • [S3549] Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, To the End of the Year 1849, Vol. I - Births (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916).
  • [S4338] Letter(s) from Harold Bowditch. Harold Bowditch (1883-1964) was keenly interested in Bowditch family history, wrote several articles for the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and was the author of The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts, printed for a family Christmas gathering in 1936. The recipient of most of these letters, Frederick Tryon Bowditch (1897-1989), was also interested in the family history, and was the author of The Bowditch Family of Salem, Massachusetts - North Carolina Branch, 1524-1964. Harold had also earlier corresponded with Frederick's aunt Georgiana Abbot Bowditch (1848-1927), from whom he gathered information on the North Carolina branch of the family. The letter of 26 June 1942 includes a 44-page document on the descendants of Thomas Bowditch (abt 1733-1808). In possession of Charles Towne, Brecksville, Ohio.
  • [S4456] Deed, Yancey Co., North Carolina; T. Geo. Walton, D. J. Copaning, J. W. Burton, and W. M. Walton to Joseph H. Bowditch, 12 December 1859. A true copy, in possession of Charles Towne, Brecksville, Ohio.
  • [S4457] Record of Deeds, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Book 6, pp. 827-829, 20 March 1874; FHL Film 571527, Images 434,435. Online at FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org
  • [S4458] Record of Deeds, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Book 6, pp. 829,830, 17 October 1874; FHL Film 571527, Images 435,436. Online at FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org
  • [S4459] Deed, Yancey Co., North Carolina; Elisabeth B. Bowditch to Nelson M. Harris and Nelly M. A. Harris, 17 October 1874. In possession of Charles Towne, Brecksville, Ohio.
  • [S4460] Record of Deeds, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Book 6, pp. 831,832, 30 July 1875; FHL Film 571527, Images 436,437. Online at FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org
  • [S4462] Record of Deeds, Yancey Co., North Carolina, Book 8, pp. 485,486, 16 January 1879; FHL Film 571529, Images 270,271. Online at FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org. Verification dated 25 February 1881 in possession of Charles Towne, Brecksville, Ohio.
  • [S4472] "Fourth of July", Tarboro Press, Tarboro, North Carolina, 10 July 1841, p. 2, cols. 1,2. Image from North Carolina Newspapers (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center), at http://www.digitalnc.org/collections/newspapers
  • [S4473] "Notice", Tarboro Press, Tarboro, North Carolina, 23 December 1843, p. 2, col. 4. Image from North Carolina Newspapers (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center), at http://www.digitalnc.org/collections/newspapers
  • [S4474] "Selling Off", Tarborough Press, Tarboro, North Carolina, 29 July 1848, p. 2, col. 5. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4475] "Notice", Tarborough Press, Tarboro, North Carolina, 6 January 1849, p. 2, col. 4. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4476] "New Books", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 3 January 1852, p. 3, col. 5. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4477] "Business Notice", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 20 May 1854, p. 3, col. 1. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4478] "New Firm", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 3 November 1855, p. 2, col. 4. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4479] "Tarboro' and Vicinity", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 23 May 1857, p. 2, cols. 1-3. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4480] "Dissolution", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 19 January 1861, p. 2, col. 6. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4481] "Our Visit to Edgecombe", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 10 March 1866, p. 2, col. 2. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4482] "Store For Rent", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 2 May 1867, p. 2, col. 5. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4483] "Change of Quarters", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 25 July 1867, p. 3, col. 2. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4484] "Selling Off!", The Tarboro Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 24 November 1870, p. 2, col. 5. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4485] "To Flat Captains", Tarborough Press, Tarboro, North Carolina, 12 May 1849, p. 2, col. 4. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4486] "Town Officers", Tarborough Press, Tarboro, North Carolina, 6 April 1850, p. 2, col. 1. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4487] "Our Town Officers - What Are They?", The Tarboro Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 27 August 1868, p. 3, col. 3. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4488] "Proceedings of the Protestant Episcopal Convention", The Tarboro Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 27 May 1869, p. 2, col. 2. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4489] "Sales and Improvements", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 1 January 1853, p. 2, col. 2. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4490] "For Sale", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 16 April 1853, p. 2, col. 6. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4491] "Notice", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 18 June 1853, p. 2, col. 6. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4492] Kemp P. Battle, Sketches of the History of the University of North Carolina: Together with a Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1789-1889 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina, 1889).
  • [S4493] Horace W. Raper, "Holden, William Woods", from William S. Powell, editor, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Vols. 1-6 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1979-1996). Accessed online at http://ncpedia.org/biography/holden-william-woods
  • [S4496] "News Items - Fire at Tarboro", The Western Democrat, Charlotte, North Carolina, 3 October 1865, p. 2, col. 4. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D. C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S4497] Jerry L. Cross, compiler, Center of the Mountain Heartland: A Historical Profile of Yancey County (Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1994). Accessed online at http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll6/id/…
  • [S5150] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Case No. 2882; records for Helen M. Bowditch et. al. Online at AmericanAncestors, http://AmericanAncestors.org
  • [S6155] James W. Boyden, "Diary of James W. Boyden, 1845-1846", HLS MS 4486, Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Accessed online at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HLS.LIBR:11306176
  • [S6683] "Died", The Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 9 June 1855, p. 2, col. 5. Image from Chronicling America (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress), at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
  • [S6938] Obituary, Joseph H. Bowditch, "Died", The Tarborough Southerner, Tarboro, North Carolina, 6 September 1900, p. 3, col. 1. Image from Newspapers.com (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.), at http://newspapers.com
  • [S7024] John A. Bowditch and Julia Hilliard, Marriage Record, Crabtree Twp., Yancey Co., North Carolina, 3 May 1905; from Yancey Co. Marriage Licenses (1866-1967). Image from North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), online database at http://ancestry.com
  • [S7260] "Spirits Turpentine", The Wilmington Morning Star, Wilmington, North Carolina, 20 February 1880, p. 1, col. 2. Image from Newspapers.com (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.), at http://newspapers.com
  • [S7543] Joseph Henry Bowditch Cemetery Marker, Micaville Cemetery, Micaville, Yancey Co., North Carolina; photographed by Jane Bowditch, 27 October 2012.