BOLLING/BOWLING NOTES:

Alexander R. Bolling, Jr., The Bolling Family: Eight
Centuries of Growth. Baltimore, MD, Gateway Press, Inc.,
1990.

SEE Chapter XIV The Spinoffs-- "Red" Line, pp. 113-119. 
This deals with descendants of Pocahontas very briefly
(descendants of Robert (1) and Jane (Rolfe) Bolling, she
being Pocahontas' granddaughter.

Their son John Bolling m. Mary Kennon, dau. Richard
Kennon.

Their son John Bolling II m. (1) Elizabeth Lewis (no ch.);
(2) 1 August 1728, Elizabeth Blair, dau. Archibald Blair.

Controversy on the lists of their children [numbers
varying from 8, as named in his 1757 will and the 1764
memoir by his son Robert Bolling, to 21 (a list at the
College of William and Mary)]. What's the actual origin
of Jared Bolling (b.c. 1732), Benjamin Bolling (b.c.
1734), William Bolling (b.c. 1736/39), James Bolling (b.c.
1756), etc.? In the Addendum to the book, A.R. Bolling
suggests (citing no documentary evidence) that these
"blue" Bollings, who just appear "out of the blue" may
belong to the line of a Thomas Bowling who was an early
immigrant to Maryland.



NOTE BY VED: There is no reason on earth to accept the
"long list," as far as I can see, but a lot of published
stuff doesn't even question it. NOTE: Zelma Wells
Price's "long list" (referenced below) doesn't match the
one published by Alexander R. Bolling (referenced above).



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Unidentified book on the Bolling family of Wise Co., VA. 
Copy of most text but not author, title page, and
publication data sent me 6/24/96 by Sue Dufresne.

Bolling, Hattie L., Bollings. N.p.: Privately printed,
ca. 1975. Publication data received 8/11/96 from Carrol
Hurley Ullrich.

On p. 6, it attributes Benjamin 1732, Jared 1734, James
1756, etc. to Col. John Bolling and wife Elizabeth Blair. 
However, on p. 7, it says Benjamin Bolling (June 30,
1734--Jan. 30, 1832), was b. in Wilkes Co., NC [which is
not likely, given the settlement pattern of North
Carolina].

Factually, Benjamin and Charity Bolling were, in fact,
buried in the Benjamin Bolling Cemetery near Flat Gap, in
what is now Wise Co., VA. Book says the tombstone gave
his birthdate as 1732 (NOTE: This should be checked.)

p. 8 says it was this Benjamin Bolling on the 1790 census,
Hillsboro District, NC, 3 males under 16, 5 females.

On p. 7, the book lists the children of Benjamin Bolling
b. 1732 as (with additions from the family tree printed on
the centerfold, which varies from the printed text):

by Patsy Phelps:

Benjamin Bolling, Jr. Apr. 25, 1754-. m. Sallie T.
Hancock, called Tabitha (1754-1819).

QUERY BY VED: Where's the hard data on this man? 
What's the source of the marriage information?

John Bolling, b. 1755/56

Jesse Bolling, b. 1758. m. (1) Polly Green; m. (2)
[Mary] Pennington, [dau. of Micajah and Rachel
(Jones) Pennington].

William Bolling (said on centerfold to be twin of
Barnette B. Bolling)

Hannah Bolling [b.c. 1766, VA or NC] m. Solomon Osborne

Delaney Bolling b. 1764

Elizabeth Bolling b. March 8, 1767, m. Brittain
Williams, Jr.

[NOTE BY VED: There's an improbably large chronological
gap between the births of children supposedly from two
marriages ofthe same man.]

by Charity Larrimore

Jeremiah Bolling b. Feb. 7, 1782--d. 1852, m. ca.
1806, Sallie Ward, said to have come from Waxhaws
District, SC.

p. 8 says he was evidently b. in Hillsboro District,
Randolph Co., NC.

Children as listed on p. 9 of book:

Jonathan Bolling, b. 1807, m. Freelove Mullins, b. 1806

Jeremiah Bolling Jr., b. 1809, m. (1) Providence/

Prudence Shortt, b. 1813, dau. of Wm. and
Mary/Polly Short; m. (2) Sarah (Riner) Boggs. 
Letcher Co., KY.

NOTE: This is the line at Pound, Wise Co., VA,
tracked in the book.

Ezekiel Bolling, b. 1815, m. Nancy Carr

Hosea Bolling, b. 1817, m. (1) Luvenia Hayes; m.
(2) Stidham.

See Lake, p. 215. Is this the Hosea Bolling who
in 1904 wrote a letter which said that Benjamin
Bolling had a brother Justice Bolling?

Amos Bolling, b. 1819, m. Polly Hall, b. 1822

James Bolling, b. 1821, m. Mary Elizabeth "Polly"
Hammonds, b. 1828. See p. 88; to Carter Co., KY.

Sarah Bolling, b. 1823, b. Robert Shanklin Hubbard

Delaney Bolling, b. 1825, m. Rebecca Brooks; m.
Matilda Wooten

Jesse Bolling, b. 1825, m. Louisa Shortt, b.
1831, dau. of Daniel H. Shortt (1812-1820) and
Leah Baker (dau. of John Baker), b. 1812;
granddau. of Wm. Shortt and Polly Birchfield.

NOTE: This line followed in the book.

Edmond Bolling b. 1828, m. Susannah Craft

Polly Bolling, b. 1831, m. Benjamin Caudill.

Wesley Bolling, d. young

Elizabeth Bolling, d. young

Barnett Bolling? [on centerfold shown as twin of William]

Justice Bolling, m. Pattie Baker, b. 1784, sister of
Boling Baker.

NOTE: Elsewhere, on p. 169 of this same 
unidentified book sent by Sue Dufresne, the Justice
Bolling who m. Pattie Baker is listed as a son of
Jared Bolling. See below.

Isaac Bolling. Poss m. Baker.

Levi Bolling

James Bolling?



NOTE: Chapter 16, beginning p. 164, has some very
confused notes on other Bolling family lines, including
one with a Sizemore connection that went from Clay Co.,
KY, to Morgan Co., IN.



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The following Bolling/Bowling notes were taken from:



Bolling, Alexander R., Jr. The Bolling Family: Eight
Centuries of Growth. Baltimore,MD: Gateway Press,
Inc., 1990.



Lake, Willis W. "The Pocahontas Connection." The
Mountain Empire Genealogical Quarterly 4(4), Winter
1985: 214-217.

"The "Pocahontas Connection" was reported in Pennington
Pedigrees, I-2-37, by my late cousin Fredora Pennington
Lay and has not been disputed in any subsequent issue. 
Fredora relied on the "History of Perry County"
(Kentucky) which was published in 1937" (p. 214).



Risner, David. "Bolling Family Information." The
Mountain Empire Genealogical Quarterly 7(4), Winter
1988: 273-274.



NOTE BY VED: None of the above was comprehensively documented. See the
numerous questions on the Bolling family in SW VA and NW NC, including:

whether Benjamin Bolling, b. 1734, was a descendant of Pocahontas. See
discussion in Bolling 1990.

whether Benjamin Bolling m. to Charity Larrimore was the same Benjamin
who m. (1) Martha/Patsy Phelps/Feltz/Felps in 1751/1753/1756 (depending on
the genealogist) in Goochland Co., VA.

NOTE: No source citation given for the Phelps/Feltz marriage by any of the
genealogists who listed it in their publications.



Martha/Patty (Phelps/Feltz/Felps) Bolling supposedly d. in childbirth 8 March
1767, Rowan Co., NC.

There were supposedly two children of Pattie Feltz:

Delaney Bolling, went to Missouri

Betsy Bolling, m. Brittian Williams

QUERY: What's the documentation? Which genealogist first made this
statement? When? Risner refers, p. 273, to letters written about 1936 by Boyd
J. Bolling.



NOTE: Lake stated that there was a Benjamin Bolling old enough to be sued in Orange
Co., NC, June 1753; February 1761; James and John Bolling mentioned 1762 and
1763. QUERY: Was he the same Benjamin Bolling as referenced above?



NOTE: Bible, p. 31: "From Henryville, Indiana, Mr. Homer Ledford writes of his and
his wife's Melungeon ancestors, Bowlins, some of whom where born in the 1750's in
what is now Wilkes County, North Carolina, emigrated to Wise County, Virginia, and
later to Clay County, Kentucky. He notes that records show that while living in Clay
County several received pensions for service in the Revolutionary War."



Then a second set of questions develops, whether a:



Jesse Bolling, b. 1 June 1758, Hillsborough, Orange Co., NC--d. 15 August 1841,
Perry Co., KY, was a son of the above Benjamin Bolling.



NOTE: Some data added in here from pp. 166-167 from the unidentified book
sent by Sue Dufresne, in brackets.



Jesse Bolling m. (1) Polly Green [d. 1777]; m. (2) 6 January 1785, Wilkes Co., NC,
Mary Pennington, dau. Micajah and Rachel Pennington. He is said by some family
genealogists to have been a Rev. vet., and to have been the son of the Benjamin
Bolling who settled in Wise Co., VA.



NOTE: Jessee Bolling and Micajah Pennington were both names that appeared on
1787 tax list "A", Montgomery Co., VA (Schreiner-Yantis 1:428, 422). 
Schreiner-Yantis' Montgomery County, Virginia - Circa 1790, p. 78, indicates that
Jesse Bowling had removed to NC before the tax could be collected.



1790 census, Wilkes Co., NC, p. 123 col. 1, Tenth Company: Micajah Piniton, Ben
Pinniton, Elijah Piniton; Jesse Bolin, 1 fwm over 21; 3 fwm under 21; 3 fwf.

moved c. 1795 to Hawkins Co., TN.

Hawkins Co., TN: Jesse Bolling, William Bolling, Levi Bolling. "Some of the
Bollings stayed there and intermarried with the mysterious Melungeon tribe." 
1803, William, Isham, and John Bolling were in Clay County (then part of
Madison County), per Lake.

NOTE BY VED: No Jesse Bolling in the Hawkins Co. deeds in the 1790's: 
only a Christopher Bowling and a T.C. Bowling.

Jesse moved back to Lee County, Virginia and in 1805 bought land there; soon
after moved to Knox Co., KY; then Clay Co., KY; then Perry Co., KY.

BOLING, Jesse, S14974 NC line, appl. 22 Oct 1832 Clay Cty KY aged 74 y 5 mths,
vol. in Wilkes Cty NC.

Baptist minister

First head of the Perry County Court.

[Children by Polly Green]:

John Bolling I [(1777-1838)] (by Polly Green). m. a Sizemore, reportedly a
Cherokee.

[Children by Mary Pennington]:

Justice Bolling, b. 1790. m. Hannah Reed. 1850 U.S. Census, Perry Co., KY.

[Elizabeth] Betsy Bolling, b. Hawkins Co., TN. [m. Abel Pennington]

[John Bolling II, m. 1816, Polly Lewis]

[Jesse Bolling Jr. m. Winifred Lewis]

William [M.] Bolling. [m. Deborah Duff, dau. Daniel Duff]

Elijah Bolling

[Elizah Bolling, b. 1798, Lee Co., VA; age 12 when came to KY; m. Roberts]

Hannah Bolling. [m. (1) Huff; (2) [Nelson] Gay.]

Rachel [Rachael[ Bolling. [m. preston Jose; m. Jonathan Pace]

[Mary/Polly Bolling m. Abram Barger]

[Rev. George Bolling. m. Phoebe Lewis]

[Nancy Bolling and Patsy Bolling. One m. Joseph Spencer and Maggard; the
other d. unmarried]



whether Jesse Bolling's sister Hannah Bolling m. Solomon Osborn, the son of
Captain Enoch Osborn, with whom Micajah Pennington was associated in the
Virginia militia.

QUERY BY VED: Who said so, and on what evidence?



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John Bolling Sr. 1830 in Perry Co., KY

Sons:

William Bolling

Levi Bolling



Sistler and Sistler, 1850 Census Eastern Kentucky

Perry Co., KY

p. 278, Schedule p. 405: Boling, Justice, 60,* Hanah, 60

Boling, Robert, 36 & family

p. 279, Schedule p. 406: Boling, William, 40 & family

Boling, Justice, 29 & family

p. 281, Schedule p. 411: Boling, Polly 50*, Polly 10, Polly 3

p. 281, Schedule p. 412: Boling, William, 44 & family



QUERY: Is the following group actually connected to the above Jesse Bowling?



1782 tax list, Wilkes Co., NC: Justice Bowlin, Benjamin Bowlin, John Borling. 
"Probably all brothers of Jesse Bolling." Jesse and Benjamin were Baptist ministers.



NOTE: Justice Bowling appears in the early records of Wilkes Co., NC (land, court,
etc.)



NOTE BY VED: Given the juxtaposition of the names "Jared" and "Justice" in this
following family, would it be worthwhile to go looking for a possible relationship to
Jarrett Justice?



QQUERY BY VED: Who was the Jarrett Boling 1787 Tax List "A" in Russell Co., VA
(Schreiner-Yantis, 1787 VA tax lists)? See also: Schreiner-Yantis, Montgomery
County, Virginia-Circa 1790, p. ; Jesse Bowling p. 78 (1787 tax list said removed to
NC before tax could be collected); William Bowling p. 48. See also Micajah
Pennington, pp. 10, 85 (Tax List "A", October 23, Grassy Creek, Fox Creek, north side
New River). NOTE: Robert Osborne and George Reaves, same day, same location.) 
Also Blevins, Burton, Kelley.



BOLING, Jarret or Jarret Bowling S18324, VA line, appl 18 Mar 1834 Tazwell Cty VA
age 72, b. 18 Jan 1762, Stafford Cty VA, & enl. there; 1855, age 94, Tazwell Co VA.



Bowlin, Gerald D., "Information Given by Newton Rhea Bowlin, Great Grandson
of Stephen Osborne and Son of Polly Ann Richmond Bowlin - July 1924," The
Southwest Virginian, 1(4), 1979, 2-7.

Jared Bowlin, POSS b.c. 1730. [Lake, p. 216, says
m. Nancy Watts].

Justus/Justice Bowlin. "A large connection of
them" came from "Old Virginia," Dan River Country
to NC, Asheville and Iredell Cos.

[NOTE BY VED: p. 169 of the unidentified book
sent by Sue Dufresne says: Justus Bolling b. ca.
1751-62, d. ??; came to NC from the Dan River
country of VA; listed on 1782 Wilkes co., NC, tax
list; m. 8 January 1782, Pattie Baker, wit: 
Jesse Ray]

[NOTE BY VED: 28 July 1790, Wilkes Co., NC,
Gordan Gibson vs. Justice Bowlin (Absher 1989,
228).]

[NOTE BY VED: POSS 1800 U.S. Census, Ashe Co.,
NC, Justice Boland, 1 male under 10, 2 males
10-26, 1 male 26-45; 4 females under 10, 1 female
10-16, 1 female 26-45.]

Andrew [Andrew Lucius] Bowlin [Bolling/Bolin],
born about close of Revolution [b. 25 January
1783--d. 29 June 1832. Lived Ashe and Wilkes
Co., NC. Primitive Baptist preacher; moved to
Sullivan Co., TN]. m. [c. 1804] Temperance
Johnson.

Barnett Bowlin [b. 1785]. In War of 1812. [m.
(2) ??; m. (2) Elenor; 1 son, 2 daus]

Solomon Bowlin [b. 1786, m. Lucy Johnson, 2
sons and 2 daus.]

Sookie Bowlin

Several other daughters.

[Mary? Bolling m. 31 March 1820, Martin Hall]

[Elizabeth? Bolling m. 18 Feb. 1819, Thomas
Goode]



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And finally, another question:



whether the early Benjamin Bolling who settled Russell Co., VA, was related to
any or all of the above groups? One wandering family tradition that I haven't
tracked down said that his father was named John and the family was Irish.



QUERY: Has anyone looked at land records or estate settlements? No evidence of
it in the published stuff.



Investigate: 1782 tax lists, Wilkes Co., NC: Benjamine and Justis Bowling, Charles
Bowlin, John Borling.



Investigate: James Bolan and Benjamin Bolan on 1790 census, Orangeburgh Dist.,
SC.



Investigate: William Bowling and Edward Larimor, both on 1755 tax list,
Cumberland Co., NC.



See as reference:



Roberson and Brown, History of the Pound, p. 40:



Benjamin Bolling, b.c. 1740/50 per 1830 census--d. 1832 [or, b. 1734--d. 1832, age
98]. Tombstone in Wise Co., VA. m. Charity Larrimore

1830 census, Russell Co., VA: 1 male age 80-90; 1 female 70-70

Benjamin Bolling Cemetery: Charity buried next to him.

Children:

Jeremiah Bolling, b. 18 December 1782 on the Edisto River in South Carolina,
near Orangeburg--d. 1870. m. 1806, Sarah "Sallie" Ward. Was living on the
Pound as early as 1810.

QUERY BY VED: How, when, and with whom did Benjamin Bolling get to
SC and back?

NOTE: Jeremiah Bolling living on the Pound as early as 1810; entered land
1835. Jeremiah Bolling b. 18 December 1782, on the Edisto River in SC, near
Orangeburg, son of Benjamin and Charity (Larrimore) Bollins; m. 1806 Sarah
Ward

1820, they were charter members of the Oven Fork Baptist Church in Harlan
Co., KY.

NARS M-432, Roll 975, 1850 U.S. Census, Russell Co., VA

p.325

#1454/1454 Jeremiah Bowlin Sr., 67, m, farmer, b. SC; Sarah Bowlin, 64,
f, b. SC



Jeremiah Bolling Jr., b.c. 1810. Jeremiah Bowling, 56, b. Russell Co.,
VA. m. 26 June 1866, Wise Co., Va., Sarah A. Boggs, 38, W, b. Surry
Co., NC, dau. Jacob & Sarah Riner.

Jesse Bolling

Boyd J. Bolling. Letters quoted on Risner, p. 273.

[NOTE: For other children, see above, extracted from the unidentified book
sent by Sue Dufresne.]



??Elizabeth Bolling. m. William Short, who m. (2) Mary "Polly" Birchfield.

??Justice Bolling.



??Justice Bolling [NOTE: See possibly above.]



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Chapter 16 of Hattie L. Bolling, Bollings, says:

James Boling, b. 1756.

Children:

Mary Bolling, b. 1775, NC. m. Dr. John Gilbert, 11/9/1804, Knox Co., KY.

Catherine Bolling, b. 10 May 1777, NC; m. (1) c. 1792, John Amis, who was
killed 8/5/1807 in Clay Co., KY; m. (2) Horton; m. (3) Robert Julius Baker.

Wile/Willis Horton [Amis], b. 9/7/1812. m. Betsy, dau. of Justice Boling
of Clay Co., KY

Nancy Bolling, b. 1783/88. m. John Sizemore, probably the brother of Susan
Sizemore who m. 1796 John bolling, son of Jesse and Polly (Green) Bolling

Levi Bolling - Hawkins Co., TN?

William Bollins. Poss m. 21 August 1807, Malind Walters.

Eli Bolling, b.c. 1785, b. 1806 in TN; to Clay Co., KY. m. (1) Sarah Anderson;
m. (2) Nancy Herde Wilson.

Christopher Bolling, b. 1787, Hawkins Co., TN. m. 6 March 1806, Nancy
Baker, b. 1790, NC, dau. George Baker. 1810 census, Sizemore, Baker, and
Gilbert next door to the Bollins. Christopher and Nancy m. in Clay Co., Ky
and moved to Morgan Co., Ind.

James Bolling Jr., b.c. 1789, TN. m. Kize Lockard, 25 May 1808.

John Bolling. Poss m. 11 April 1818, Sarah Henson.

Joseph Bolling. m. Nancy Bolling.