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Hi Everyone!
Just wanted to let everyone know that I’m still alive and kicking! I sure have missed you guys! I’m still looking for a connection to the Saponi tribe through a William, John, or Benjamin Boling. I’ve had a post from Paula in Arkansas that gave me some “clues” to some links but haven’t been able to reestablish contact with her. Paula, if you’re out there please email me at: rsmith0127@yahoo.com
I have been looking into the Y-DNA testing that has been done on the Bolings I descend from – I’m in Group 6. We are working on trying to eliminate much of the false data that seems to be plagueing the Bolling name. The Y-DNA testing has found, for instance, that the 1734 Benjamin Bolling and the 1754 Benjamin Bolling aren’t connected. Many people have them as father and son – not true, according to the Y-DNA tests done. I know there is much controversy over this but, I tend to trust the Y-DNA tests rather than the info that may or may not be right that so many people have posted on the internet. Just my opinion.
If any of you have info or have seen info on William Boling, b . 1755 – married to Elizabeth ???, please email me or respond to this post. I would certainly appreciate it!
Happy hunting!
Ron Smith
Spokane, WA
Here is another link to traders etc. mentions Robert Boling as listing surveys 1710-1712..Robert Boling surveyor. See the Pettypool..etc. Richard Smith..etc.
I hope i’m not posting too much..
Sue
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/MONACAN-INDIANS/2003-01/1043903874
Thank you, Sue! This may help in putting together some of our Boling ancestors. I have many cousins that have Boling ancestors from NC and we all are pretty certain they weren’t from any of the Pocahantas lines. So, we’ve been looking at other links and so far, the Saponi Nation may have the link hidden somewhere. If you know of any other info or sources, I’d love to get them. You can email me directly at rsmith0127@yahoo.com
Thanks again!
i have info i got a couple of years ago from a sharon haglock in tx. who is/was a researcher for the sizemore family.
susan sizemore married john bolling who was the son of rev. jesse bolling.(not sure of the spelling).leslie county ky.
SIZEMORE LEGEND FROM INTERVIEWS DONE IN KY.
the cherokee indians had captured a white girl. one indian chief ,seeing her beauty fell in love with her, however the girls brothers were sent to bring her back. under her heart she carried the child of the indian chief, this child was named george all sizemore.(father of susan) he took to him an indian girl named aggie who had been adopted by a man named cornett. sometimes she was called shepherd. it is not known if shepherd was her indian name. this story was told by pleasie woods(b.1825 clay co. ky)
from ledford: eli bowling m. nancy wilson(1)susanna roberts(2)
1817 1819
nancy bowling m. john sizemore, son of john the pioneer
john bowling m. sally sizemore, dau. of george
aggy bowling m. william muncy
james bowling(spring creek jim)m. in 1808 kizzie lockard
malley bowling,daughter of james, m. john gilbert.
hope this helps someone. some of the papers she sent me are hard to sort out.
i found an interview done w/ rev. hughes bowling.
Rev. hughes bowling- hector creek-april 22, 1898
brn. leslie co. ky.then clay april 8 1857. i was born on bull creek, my father was john bowling, my mother susan napier,my paternal grandfather was james bowling, his wife was mahala wilson, my g-grandfather was eli bowling. he came from licking river tn to clay co. ky. in 1807. his sister mary(called mollie) came w/ him and married rev. john gilbert. his brothers levi, james, and john came with him also. a sister nancy married a sizemore.james bowling had 2 sons named dan and dave who lived on their g-fathers land on bear creek in clay co.
rev. jessie setteled on the north fork in breathitt county was uncle of eli, john, james, mary and nancy. this is how i have always heard it.
old john hays who lived and died on old hector said that the bowlings mentioned all came from tennessee. and that jessie bowling of north fork came from the same place the others did.
rev hughes bowling joined the church in late 1884and was a preacher in the missionary baptist church.
Thank you, Janie for posting this valuable info! Every little bit helps to put the puzzle together so we can see the BIG picture. Anything else you might have on these Bowlings would be greatly appreciated. I’ve been working on tracking them down for years and have pretty much figured out where most of them migrated. My Bolings came from VA to NC to Blount Co., TN. One of the names in my Boling line is “Larkin/Larken” – not a common name. I’ve seen it in the Indiana Bolings & a couple of places in TN & NC, but not anywhere else. Supposedly, my 4g-grandfather, Larkin Boling who married Suzannah Garner was from NC. His father was William Boling, b. 1755 – I can’t make any connections in the Bolings from William on back. By the way, my William wasn’t “William ‘Blackwater Bill’ Boling”. I’ve eliminated him. My William didn’t die until after 1820.
Janie & Ron,
As you know, the Bollings ain’t easy, but I’m still working on these specific ones and will post my results once I’m unable to advance the line any earlier.
Bill
ron, i have several pages of stuff on the bowlings. i will do my best to scann it in and send the file to you. if i cant fiqure out how to do that i will post as much as i can on the forum. sharon haglock is/was a researcher for the LDS. i was interested in the sizemores when i contacted her and the bowlings/bolings seemed to come with them. i just searched some sites at rootsweb and other places, i had no idea the bolings/bowlings were such a difficult family. man, i thought my family tree had a lot of squirells!! ill do what i can
JUST WONDERIN IF ANY OF YA ALL HAD READ THEM. IF NOT YOU CAN FIND SOME EXCERPTS AT http://WWW.GLOBALGRAFFITI.COM/FAMILY/SIZEMORE/DICKEY.HTM
THEY ARE VERY INTERESTING AND HAVE SOME GREAT INFO ON ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE AREA.
rosebudsaponi wrote: Well hello Ron and welcome to Saponitown. You have no idea how long I have waited for a Bolling descendant to surface. We have alot of work to do so my suggestion to you is to roll up your sleeves and jump right in. LOL
What we need to do is to compare notes first and foremost. My e-mail is Rosebudsaponi@aol.com. Please contact me and we can get this part of the line moving.
You got Bolling, too. I knew it was more than just your cool avatar that I liked.:p
here is another spelling way, i have a gggrandmother named nancy bowlen, born 1805 in tn. no other info on her.
My ggggrandmother’s name was louanna bolen/bolling born in Hawkins Co. Tenn 1800-1807. She had a sister named Nancy their parents were William “Blackwater Bill” Bolen/Bolling and Sarah “Sally” Fugate. She married Edward “Ned” Sizemore. Sizemores, Bolens, Begleys and Ritchies migrated from the blackwater area of E. Tenn to E. Ky in early 1800. The area of E. Ky that I am from contains lots of Bowling families. The other most common spelling of this name is Bolen.
My 6th Great Grandfather John Asbury married a Jane Bowling in Stafford Co VA in 1745. No one has not one clue who Jane’s father was. The only real clue is that she inherited a huge sum of money and land and it stayed in probate for close to 50 years after her death. I have never researched this side of the family and after some basic research I have learned of a strong oral history of Indian heritage. But I am afraid that Janes father will never be known. If anyone has any info I would be greatful
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