[2] According to Elizabeth Z. Macgregor of the Georgia State Commission, "this house is probably one of the earliest structures built and occupied by whites in this Indian territory.

"[2] In 1890, it was acquired by Bowman's daughter Amanda and her husband, Noah Pirkle, who had served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.

The original location on Friendship Road is now a parking lot in the vicinity of a BB&T bank, Zaxby's, and Holiday Inn Express.

[3] Driving directions Initially the Hall County Historical Society recommended relocation into Gainesville on Queen City Parkway just off of Hwy.

[6] It is thought construction of a new radio tower circa 2000 rendered the cabin unsafe, so its ownership was transferred back to the descendants of the Bowman family around 2003 where it was again transferred to a different location within the original 7200 acre property limits (2699 W. Rock Quarry Road, Buford GA).

It is basically a plantation plain type house with a double verandah and a later two-room, one story "cottage" addition with porch.

Probably a later addition of about 1870 is the one story, three bay "cottage" adjoined on the rear, its square columned porch with plain bannisters faces east.

Important persons, including Andrew Jackson and Major Ridge, a Chief of the Cherokee Nation, visited in this house during Bowman's ownership and that of its later owner, Noah Pirkle.

John Bowman, the builder of the Bowman-Pirkle House came to North Georgia when he was a volunteer courier for General Andrew Jackson's staff.

Bowman detached himself from the General's staff and with the aid of Cherokee braves, built the two story log house in which he resided from 1818 to 1890.

They surrounded a large group of Federal troops, marched them for three days and then rested at the old John Bowman place.

This area of Hall County was ceded by the Cherokees officially July 8, 1817, resulting in Bowman having to buy back 1818 land grants issued by Gov.

(Three of these land grants 250 acre tracts, selling for twelve to eighteen dollars each, are still among the Pirkle family papers.)

As directed by the State Review Board, the Bowman-Pirkle House is being nominated based on its present appearance and siting.

-National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form for Bowman-Pirkle House, 14 Aug 1973[4] As of 1861, 10 victims of slavery were captive on the Bowman plantation.