Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Billy was known for his elaborate attire but was a simple man with a soft, low voice and progressive mind. Please reset your password. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. , Catherine Bowles, Mary Neil Bowles, Samuel Bowles, Susanna Bowles, Isaac Bowles, Evan Bowles, James Hamilton Bowles, Nancy Anne Matilda iter (born Bowles), Mary Niel Ditto (born Bowles), Samuel Boles, Susanna Blair (born Bowles), Isaac Bowles, Evan Bowles, James Bowles, Na ne Bowles, Mary Neil Bowles, Samuel Bowles, Susanna Bowles, Isaac Bowles, Evan Bowles, James Bowles, Ann Matelda Nancy Bowles, Juliet Bowles. We'll connect you with others who know the person you follow. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Add to your scrapbook. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. About 350 Seminoles refused to go West when most of the Creek Indians went to live in Indian Territory after Osceola died, and it was these who followed Billy Bowlegs. Failed to delete flower. In 1839 his group defeated Colonel William Selby Harney on the Caloosahatchee River. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. A little more than a century ago, a noted Creek chief, named Secoffee, broke away from his tribe, and, with many followers, settled in the central part of the peninsula of Florida. When Billy Bowlegs III died on February 13, 1965, he was nearly 103 years old. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can only be viewed by Ancestry members to whom they have granted permission to see their tree.These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. Thirty-eight warriors and eighty-five women and children, including Billy's wife, boarded the steamer, Grey Cloud, at Egmont Key to begin their journey to Oklahoma. Billy Bowlegs. DESCRIPTION A portrait of Billy Bowlegs and his family, all wearing native Seminole clothing. Billy Bowlegs Profiles | Facebook [Excerpted from Minnie Moore-Willson, 1896, The Seminoles of Florida, Philadelphia : American, p. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Please enter your email and password to sign in. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights. He was the head chief of the Florida branch of the Seminole Tribe and led his people in two wars against the whites. BY ANCESTRY.COM. Use the links below to plan your visit to the Society's Archives.