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Lucinda Gray

Citations

1. [S3214] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91815186/william-h-noland: accessed 22 March 2023), memorial page for William H Noland (1823–7 Jan 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 91815186; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by David Roberds (contributor 47162555).
2. [S3215] "William Noland in the Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805." 2002 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12547495:1171?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

Rebecca E. Noland

Parents

Citations

1. [S3216] "Rebecca E Noland in the 1860 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/40590054:7667?indiv=try&h&pid=150748630&db. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

Rev. Benjamin ("Flat Gap") Bolling

Benjamin Bolling monument

Misc		Pocahontas to Benjamin Bolling. I'm not sure it proves Benjamin Bolling is red. The author is descended from a red Bolling AND Benjamin, so of course he would match both. What am I missing here?
Misc		Bolling Reunion. Snippet: Benjamin Bolling ha been credited by family tradition as having made the first clearing and built the first cabin in Wise County They say he settled near the meeting of Rocky and Beeverdam forks of Guest River, many years before 1800; that he became discouraged when his wife was attacked by a panther; and that he returnred to North Carolina where he lived until his son Jeremiah was grown and married. Then he came back to Virginia, in company of his son and William Short, and settled near the present village of Flat Gap. His was, it ia believed, the first grave made in the Bolling-Short burying ground, one of the largest family cemeteries in Soutnwestern Virginia. William Short, his wife Polly, and several of their sons lie buried their their graves being covered with stones after the manner of the Cherokees. The Bollings claim descent from Pocahontas.12
Misc		Parents. Our "extended" DNA thrulines (using Samuel Anderson) indicate the people I've checked (most) under John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair are not in fact their children, meaning incorrect. Read and digest this document and our DNA matches can help decide who are siblings of our Benjamin. His father is probably a Benjamin. https://www.bolling.net/dna-results Bolling DNA 3 FHs.pdf The question is Benjamin Bolling/Bowlin son of (Red) Major John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair. If so, he is descended from Pocahontas. DNA tests by the Bolling Family Association say he is not. Tests written up in the book Pocahontas to Benjamin Bolling say that he is. But I did not understand the book. Read the Bowling Family Digital Reunion in Sources for lots of hints and information! 3/12/2024 I think Jeremiah's story is plausible. Unless it is true fraud this must be true(ish) Jeremiah could not have known the names of all those people. I've not figured out exactly who is who, and maybe no one has, but if this is true, we are descended from Pocahontas, but not through a male line. See the three tree segments: Randolph Isham b1724 tree.jpg Bolling Betsy Bland tree.jpg Bowling Family Digital Reunion.txt Bolling John b1676 tree.jpg And various collections of comments about this issue in winorganizer section Parents of Benjamin Bolling Here is Jeremiah's story summary: The third theory states that Benjamin was an illegitimate child to Mary “Polly” Bolling (granddaughter of Col. Robert Bolling) and Isham Randolph (grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson.) In this theory, before Mary Bolling married John Fleming and had 8 children with him, she had an affair with the very prominent Isham Randolph, producing a child, Benjamin. Because he was illegitimate, Benjamin was given Mary’s surname instead of Isham Randolph’s, probably to hide the affair. This theory also says his name was John Benjamin Bolling, that he was raised by his grandmother "Betsy" Bland (Elizabeth Blair Bolling m. Richard Bland after her husband’s death in 1757) and that he had a sister named Jane Jefferson. This would corroborate Hosea Bowling’s 1904 letter saying that Col. Robert Bolling was an UNCLE to Benjamin, in this case a great-uncle. The only Jane Jefferson on record in this time period is Jane Randolph, daughter of Isham, wife of Peter Jefferson, and mother of President Thomas Jefferson. Also, according to this theory, Benjamin was supposed to have returned to Virginia to visit his grandmother but she was already dead, so he ended up working for his sister, Jane Jefferson, helping her to build a house. Elizabeth "Betsy" Bland died in 1775 and Jane Jefferson died in 1776 while living at Monticello, the home of her son, Thomas Jefferson. Construction began on Monticello in 1769 and lasted for many years, so Benjamin could have worked on it. In my opinion, the third theory makes the most sense, mainly because Jeremiah, Benjamin’s youngest and closest son, wrote in 1853 that his father's name was “John Benjamin Bowling borned in old Virginny on June 30, 1732. His father was Issam Randolph whom he never seed. His mother was Polly Bolling who died at his birth. He was reared by his grandmother Betsey Bland. She first married his grandfather John Bolling who had died. Ben Bolling said that his grandmother gave him enough money to buy a farm in North Carolina on the Yadkin River. He lost it to the rebels during the War. He returned to Virginy to see his grandmother but she was dead. He found work at his sister Jane Jefferson’s helping to build a new house. He earned enough money to recover his farm.” (Quotations are sic.) What also makes this theory likely is that Benjamin was recorded as having a “twin”, Dorothea, who is shown as a daughter of Isham Randolph and his wife Jane Rogers, born about the same time as Benjamin. Though they would be half-siblings, the birth dates of both and relationship would be confusing to early genealogists, making them twins. This theory would also explain why the DNA evidence, which relies on the paternal Y chromosome, does not connect us to Col. Robert Bolling, because the paternal connection isn’t a Bolling, but a Randolph. As far as I can see, there are too many clues pointing to this theory which is why I, personally, believe it as true. Of course, genealogical evidence surfaces as time goes on, shedding more and more light on our ancestors, so it may be up to a future genealogist to update these theories. There is no shame in our earliest ancestor being a “bastard”; our familial connection to the Randolphs would be a very honorable thing indeed, and we would still have familial connections to the great Col. Robert Bolling and his family line. For the time being, we will say for sure that our earliest ancestor is Benjamin Bolling (born 1734) and our paternal family line will reflect that without conjecture.13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23
Religious Affiliation		Rev. Benjamin ("Flat Gap") Bolling was affiliated with Baptist.24
Misc		Bolling DNA and family history.25
Description		He was described as Benjamin Bolling's story. I have permission from the author of this research, Jim Bowlin, to share with you: Benjamin Bolling (Sam’s father was Alvin, Alvin’s father was Delaney, Delaney’s father was Jeremiah, Jeremiah’s father was Benjamin.) Our earliest ancestor that we can trace with certainty is Benjamin Bolling, born June 30, 1734, and died January 20, 1832. His origins are rather murky due to lack of documentation. However, his life was well documented and he was quite the explorer. While single Benjamin lived on his father's estate in Albermarle Co., the part later became Amherst Co. Benjamin first married Mary Patsy Phelps. Around 1760 they moved to Rowan Co., NC, then later on to Randolph Co. NC. Benjamin Bolling was a soldier in the American Army of the Revolution. He prepared a gourd to carry his powder in so as to keep it dry. It is described as an ordinary yard or garden variety of gourd. About 10 inches across bottom (blossom end), flat, with handle (stem) cut off about three inches long, into which powder was poured or loaded into rifle. It is highly polished by age and is chocolate brown in color. Benjamin prepared a deer skin bag or covering for the gourd to protect it from breading, and this covering is still on it. When he made his second and final journey into what is now Wise County, to establish a home, he carried a few scions in this powder gourd tied to the horn of his saddle all the miles across the mountains from North Carolina to the head of the Lick Fork of Pound, where he used them to plant the first orchard in Wise County. That was almost two centuries ago and some of the trees are still living and bear annual crops of fruit. On Benjamin Bolling's death in 1835, the gourd fell to his son Jeremiah Bolling. He faithfully preserved it until his death about 1860, when it became possessed by Amos Bolling, Jeremiah's son, and his son, John, fell heir to it and at his death in 1935, it came into the hands of his son, Benton Bolling. It has been used in recent years to store bean seed and other garden seed in. Benjamin, as all white settlers, feared the Indians, although he was never attacked. In this particular area, he felt that he was fairly safe. However, incidences regarding a family by the name of Roberts was said to have influenced Benjamin's return to North Carolina. Benjamin Bolling moved from North Carolina in 1794 and settled about two miles north of present town of Esserville, on state road 620. When Benjamin settled in what is now Wise County, Virginia, there were no roads, only Indian trails and animal paths. An old chimney stood for many years which was believed to have belonged to Benjamin. Upon his arrival it is said that he declared, "all the land I can see is mine," and thereby became a land owner or squatter. It has been said that Benjamin believed that to live in the mountains, walled in, would make him free from religious and political examination. The first settlement of Benjamin Bolling was described by his descendants as a small one-room round-pole cabin. While living here, Mrs. Bolling was attacked by a panther at the spring one morning and she fought the animal off with a “piggin” until her husband ran to her rescue and shot the panther. After living here about two years, Bolling sold his claim for a rifle gun and two hound pups to an unknown settler and went back to North Carolina. Later he returned with his son, Jeremiah Bolling, and settled on the Pound River. He died there in 1832 at age 98 and is buried in the Bolling family cemetery there. His second wife, Charity Larrimore, whom he married after Mary Patsy Phelps (Justus’ Mother) died in childbirth on 8 Mar 1767, is buried beside him. His original tombstone was made by his son, Jeremiah, and inscribed: "B. Bolling, b. 1734, d. 1832". The grave originally was surrounded by rocks with a huge flat rock covering it. Many graves in the cemetery were similar, and known as "Indian graves". Much later, a monument was erected on his gravesite in Flat Gap, VA, by some of his proud descendants, however it lists John Bolling and Elizabeth Blair as his parents, which we now know is not true, adding more confusion to his origins. There are three primary theories as to Benjamin’s origins. There’s a fourth that is unlikely which says he was an orphan adopted by Col. John Bolling. There’s no evidence to support this and even more evidence to the contrary. The first theory states the Benjamin was born to a Benjamin Bolling (born 1709) and Charlotte Ward. This older Benjamin was the son of Edward Bolling and Mary Slaughter. Edward, a son of Col. Robert Bolling and Ann Stith, was a sea captain who died at sea. The recently widowed Mary Slaughter moved from North Carolina to Virginia to be near Edward’s family, who helped raise Benjamin. The Bolling Family Association (BFA) considers Benjamin Bolling and Charlotte Ward to be Benjamin’s parents, however they make no connection between the older Benjamin and Edward Bolling/Mary Slaughter. DNA proves no connection to Edward Bolling, but all information I can find on the older Benjamin says he was Edward’s son. Obviously, there is some misinformation. An alternative theory to this is that Benjamin was born to Benjamin Bolling/Charlotte Ward, and that this Benjamin was descended from one of Col. Robert Bolling’s brothers who immigrated with him to the New World. The second theory states that Benjamin was a Melungeon. The Melungeons were a group of people from the southwest Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky regions (specifically around the Cumberland Gap area and Lee County, VA) that had what was called a “tri-racial isolate” heritage. This means that they were some combination of African, European, and Native American. They weren’t “black enough” to be considered African (therefore they weren’t slaves) and they weren’t “white enough” to be considered white. They were their own category altogether. My father, James Beaumont Bowlin IV, took a DNA test that not only matched our family line to Benjamin, it also gave us a racial profile. (It’s important to realize that our mothers’ ethnic background also plays into this, so any kind of racial category we can identify must take that into account.) Most of our DNA comes from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Germany, with England being the biggest contributor to our DNA and Ireland being a close second. There are very small traces of Austrian, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Puerto Rican, Javanese (from Suriname, a Dutch nation at one time), and Welsh. It should be noted that these nationalities are very small, the largest being Dutch or associated with Dutch (Javanese). Unfortunately, ethnic DNA testing doesn’t give us a round pie percentage; the testers compare our DNA with others’ around the world and match certain genetic markers up to give us an idea as to our ethnic makeup. It would be trivial to say we are Dutch because we have some trace of it in our DNA; it would be more appropriate to say we come from an English background. Interestingly, Native American popped up in a somewhat major way. Exact matches with English, Irish, German, etc. also matched us with United States, or Native American. I have a book called “The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People” by N. Brent Kennedy, who is a descendent of Benjamin Bolling. He indicates that Benjamin Bolling (his spelling, Bowling) was a Melungeon in the context that Bowling/Bowlin is a Melungeon name (which has been confirmed), his residence location was that of other major Melungeon families, his wife’s mother, who was a Gibson (also a Melungeon name), may have been Melungeon, and the their daughter Hannah Bowling married into a Melungeon family, the Osbornes. The problem with this is that I traced the ancestry of Mary Patsy Phelp’s mother, Mary Gibson, and I discovered that her father, Jonathan Gibson, was born in 1668 England; her mother’s lineage, the Thorntons, trace back to William Thornton Sr. born in 1620 England. Both men died in Virginia. So, if Mary Patsy Phelps was half Melungeon on the Gibson side, it sure is hard to find. (I talk more about her father later in this chapter.) I have found some indication on the internet that Benjamin was of the Saponi tribe of Native Americans. Unless one of our family members has a DNA test to confirm that, it’s just a rumor. We do have Native blood in our family, but where does it come from? Other than his last name and residence location being associated with the Melungeons, there is not enough evidence to suggest that Benjamin Bolling was of this breed and DNA cannot definitively prove one way or another as of yet. The third theory states that Benjamin was an illegitimate child to Mary “Polly” Bolling (granddaughter of Col. Robert Bolling) and Isham Randolph (grandfather of President Thomas Jefferson.) In this theory, before Mary Bolling married John Fleming and had 8 children with him, she had an affair with the very prominent Isham Randolph, producing a child, Benjamin. Because he was illegitimate, Benjamin was given Mary’s surname instead of Isham Randolph’s, probably to hide the affair. This theory also says his name was John Benjamin Bolling, that he was raised by his grandmother "Betsy" Bland (Elizabeth Blair Bolling m. Richard Bland after her husband’s death in 1757) and that he had a sister named Jane Jefferson. This would corroborate Hosea Bowling’s 1904 letter saying that Col. Robert Bolling was an UNCLE to Benjamin, in this case a great-uncle. The only Jane Jefferson on record in this time period is Jane Randolph, daughter of Isham, wife of Peter Jefferson, and mother of President Thomas Jefferson. Also, according to this theory, Benjamin was supposed to have returned to Virginia to visit his grandmother but she was already dead, so he ended up working for his sister, Jane Jefferson, helping her to build a house. Elizabeth "Betsy" Bland died in 1775 and Jane Jefferson died in 1776 while living at Monticello, the home of her son, Thomas Jefferson. Construction began on Monticello in 1769 and lasted for many years, so Benjamin could have worked on it. In my opinion, the third theory makes the most sense, mainly because Jeremiah, Benjamin’s youngest and closest son, wrote in 1853 that his father's name was “John Benjamin Bowling borned in old Virginny on June 30, 1732. His father was Issam Randolph whom he never seed. His mother was Polly Bolling who died at his birth. He was reared by his grandmother Betsey Bland. She first married his grandfather John Bolling who had died. Ben Bolling said that his grandmother gave him enough money to buy a farm in North Carolina on the Yadkin River. He lost it to the rebels during the War. He returned to Virginy to see his grandmother but she was dead. He found work at his sister Jane Jefferson’s helping to build a new house. He earned enough money to recover his farm.” (Quotations are sic.) What also makes this theory likely is that Benjamin was recorded as having a “twin”, Dorothea, who is shown as a daughter of Isham Randolph and his wife Jane Rogers, born about the same time as Benjamin. Though they would be half-siblings, the birth dates of both and relationship would be confusing to early genealogists, making them twins. This theory would also explain why the DNA evidence, which relies on the paternal Y chromosome, does not connect us to Col. Robert Bolling, because the paternal connection isn’t a Bolling, but a Randolph. As far as I can see, there are too many clues pointing to this theory which is why I, personally, believe it as true. Of course, genealogical evidence surfaces as time goes on, shedding more and more light on our ancestors, so it may be up to a future genealogist to update these theories. There is no shame in our earliest ancestor being a “bastard”; our familial connection to the Randolphs would be a very honorable thing indeed, and we would still have familial connections to the great Col. Robert Bolling and his family line. For the time being, we will say for sure that our earliest ancestor is Benjamin Bolling (born 1734) and our paternal family line will reflect that without conjecture. It is interesting to note that Benjamin’s father-in-law, John Phelps (father to his wife Mary Patsy Phelps, maternal grandfather of Justice Bolling), had a connection to the Jefferson family. John Phelps of Bedford County, Virginia was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, the forbearer of the Virginia General Assembly, the oldest continuously operating legislative body in the western hemisphere. When Bedford was formed in December 1753 from the counties of Albemarle and Lunenburg, John Phelps, with William Callaway, served as one of Bedford's first two burgesses. Phelps served four assemblies in the House of Burgesses beginning August 22, 1754. At the time of his appointment, Phelps already enjoyed a reputation as a respected Justice in Lunenburg and Bedford counties, a Coroner in Lunenburg, and an Anglican Vestryman in Lunenburg's Parish of Cumberland. We find the following information in the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia. Published 1930, author Mary Denham Ackerly wrote, "John Phelps, the first of the name of whom we have any authentic record, was already settled in Brunswick County, Va., when Lunenburg was taken from that county, and was one of the first Justices of the new county. He, with Matthew Talbot and others, was present at the first Court of Lunenburg County held May 5, 1746. When the increase in population made it necessary to form still another county from Lunenburg's territory, and Bedford came into being, we find John Phelps again at the head of affairs—Justice of the Peace, and a Justice of the County Court in Chancery." The House of Burgesses in the 1750s John Phelps' entered his first session as a burgess with fellow freshman Peter Jefferson (husband of Jane Randolph, possibly Benjamin’s half-sister) of Albemarle County, father of future Declaration of Independence author, Thomas Jefferson. (Thomas Jefferson later represented Albemarle County in the House of Burgesses from 1769-1774). It is likely that Phelps was already acquainted with the family; in 1749 he was sworn in as Justice of the Peace and Justice of the Chancery with Field Jefferson, uncle of Thomas Jefferson, in Lunenburg County. The two also served as Vestrymen in the Parish of Cumberland. In addition to Jefferson, Phelps also served in the House of Burgesses with Augustine Washington of Westmoreland County, father of George Washington. In fact, he served in the company of many Virginians who would later become venerable leaders of the American Revolution: Peyton Randolph, Virginia Attorney General and later first president of the Continental Congress; Benjamin Harrison of "Berkeley" in Charles City County and George Wythe of Williamsburg, both signers of the Declaration of Independence and both representatives to the Continental Congress; Richard Bland of Prince George County, also a member of the Continental Congress. The oratorical and legislative experience these burgesses gained would serve them well in the years to follow when they would forge their own country after the defeat of the British at Yorktown in 1781. Indeed, the seeds of discontent with the Crown were sewn in the years immediately preceding the dissolution of the House of Burgesses in 1769.* The last session John Phelps served in the House of Burgesses, August 5, 1755. Col. John Phelps died on Feb. 25, 1772 at Bedford City, Virginia, USA. He was 67 years From facebook 5/31/2023 https://www.facebook.com/575298092810959/posts/i-have-permission-from-the-author-of-this-research-jim-bowlin-to-share-with-youb/575506076123494/26,21,27
Misc		Aka Bowlin, Bowlen, Bowline, Bowling, Bolen, Boling, Boland, Bolande.
Misc		DNA Matches. April 2024 147 matches 145 matches with siblings of Delaney and 15 matches with Delaney Jeremiah is half which is correct and a Jared Wesley(?) Surpringly there are more matches with Hannah and Jeremiah than with Delaney! But maybe the others bred better... Jared or Jarret spelled various ways is not clear where he belongs. He could fit in but he's called half. I'm going to ignore him for now. Scott has 258 matches with Benjamin Bolling (1734-1832) 23 with Delaney. And 230 with Martha Phelps. It almost seems like we have more fits with the Boling family than just this line...
Military	1754	SAR Application.10,28,25
Residence	1790	In Randolph, North Carolina, United States.29
Residence	1800	In York District, South Carolina, United States.30
Residence	1820	In Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States. He could be in this household -- there are two males 45 and over and one white female 45 and over and one white female 26-44. So they could be with son Benjamin, who is probably the head of household. There is an 1830 census record under the name of Benjamin Bolling, but the ages don't seem to fit either Benjamin Bolling b1734 or his son Benjamin. Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89 1 Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69

Citations

1. [S3726] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25970836/benjamin-bolling: accessed 25 May 2023), memorial page for Rev Benjamin Bolling Sr. (30 Jun 1734–20 Jan 1832), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25970836, citing Benjamin Bolling Cemetery, Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by The Smith Family (contributor 46995888).
2. [S3753] "Benjamin Bolling in the Family Data Collection." Births https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/467310:5769?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023., NOTE this is NOT proof of his parentage
3. [S3754] "Benjamen Bolling Bolling in the Family Data Collection." Births https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/467303:5769?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
4. [S3756] "Benjamin Bolling in the Family Data Collection." Individual Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3003527:4725?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
5. [S3743] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43431865/martha-bolling: accessed 28 May 2023), memorial page for Martha “Patsy” Phelps Bolling (20 Jun 1737–8 Mar 1767), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43431865, citing Benjamin Bolling Cemetery, Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Rosa Cline (contributor 46510018).
6. [S3757] "Benjamen I Bolling in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/121341:7836?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
7. [S5495] "Martha (Phelps) Bolling (1737-1767)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Phelps-425. Accessed 4 Jun. 2024., see PDF:
   Phelps Martha (1737-1767) WikiTree.pdf
8. [S3749] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61398713/charity-bolling: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Charity Larrimore Bolling (1748–1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61398713, citing Benjamin Bolling Cemetery, Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Angela Stallard (contributor 47520620).
9. [S3750] "Charity Lattimore in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/722149:7836?indiv=try&h&pid=212326645664&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
10. [S3747] "Benjamin Boling in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889." 1970 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/957718:2204?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 28 May. 2023., See attachment
11. [S3755] "Benjamin Bolling in the Family Data Collection." Deaths https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/271099:5771?indiv=try&h&pid=28012619038&db. Accessed 29 May. 2023.
12. [S5253] "Descendants of Benjamin Bolling Reunion Flat Gap, Virginia." Newspapers.com™ https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier-descendants-of-be/44792279/. Bristol Herald Courier, Bristol, Tennessee, Sun, Jun 3, 1951, Page 23. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024., See the file:
    Bolling Benjamin b1734 The_Bristol_Herald_Courier_Sun__Jun_3__1951_.jpg
13. [S5185] See PDF file:
    Bolling Benjamin b1734 3 bio.PDF
14. [S5186] "Benjamin Bolling." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 21 Apr. 2024., The links mediaviewer are not permanent. This was found by looking for member stories.
    See PDF:
    Bollling Benjamin b1734 Melungeon.pdf
15. [S3256] "DNA project." Bolling Family Assoc https://www.bolling.net/dna-results. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023., See attached PDF of the results
    https://www.bolling.net/dna-results
16. [S3257] Pocahontas to Benjamin Bolling by Oakley Dean Baldwin (2015)., I cannot judge the book's comments on DNA proof, but my guess about it is this, from the Benjamin Bolling Wikitree comments:
    " The book "Pocahontas To Benjamin Bolling" is based on hundreds of Autosomal DNA connections from Benjamin Bolling 1734-1832, all of these connections only match Benjamin to other Bolling family members who are listed as Red, White and Blue Bollings."
17. [S3727] "Benjamin Franklin Bolling Sr (1734-1832)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bolling-79#_note-5. Accessed 26 May. 2023., See attached image
18. [S3741] "Ancestry and Descendants of Benjamin Bolling b. 1732." Bblair http://bblair.freeservers.com/. Accessed 28 May. 2023., Also in PDF
19. [S3742] "(12) Bowling Family Digital Reunion - Posts." Facebook https://www.facebook.com/575298092810959/posts/i-have-permission-from-the-author-of-this-research-jim-bowlin-to-share-with-youb/575506076123494/. Accessed 28 May. 2023., See source text in media
20. [S4140] "descendants of Col. Robert Bolling of Charles City Co. VA." Hdhdata http://hdhdata.org/roots/c0852.html. Accessed 18 Jul. 2023.
21. [S5187] Downloaded from ancestry Public Member Stories under Benjamin Bolling b1734. 4/23/2024, See PDF:
    Bolling benjamin 2 bio Info.pdf
22. [S5252] "Theories on Benjamin Bolling's Ancestry." Bblair http://bblair.freeservers.com/theories.html. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024., See PDF:
    Bolling Benjamin b1734 Theories on Benjamin Bolling's Ancestry.pdf
23. [S5799] "DNA project." Bolling https://www.bolling.net/dna-results. Accessed 8 Jul. 2024.
24. [S4695] "Bollings of Wise County, VA." Sites http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vahsswv/historicalsketches/bollings-wiseco.html. Accessed 24 Jan. 2024., For this sketch, see the PDF:
    Bollings of Wise County, VA.pdf
25. [S4691] "DNA project." Bolling Family Assoc https://www.bolling.net/dna-results. Accessed 24 Jan. 2024., Group 3 Benjamin Bolling 1734-1832 Fh 110
    see attached PDF:
    Bolling Benjamin b1734 DNA 3 FHs from Bolling Family Association
26. [S3761] https://www.facebook.com/575298092810959/posts/i-have-permission-from-the-author-of-this-research-jim-bowlin-to-share-with-youb/575506076123494/. 5/31/2023
27. [S5205] Jason Walker BOLLING, Benge [Clay Co], Kentucky, June 15, 1898. Dr. John J. Dickey Diary, Fleming County, Ky. Recorded in the 1870's and beyond. Reprinted in Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, No 4 - September, 1995. p. 86). Found online 4/26/2024., It can be found here:
    https://www.globalgraffiti.com/family/sizemore/dickey.htm
    
    Description of Dickey Diaries on this website:
    Below are several excerpts from the Diaries of Reverend John J. Dickey, a traveling Methodist minister who roamed southeastern Kentucky in the late 1800's in search of converts. Reverend Dickey was also a bit of an anthropologist and made a point of writing down the interviews he conducted with many of the elderly of the area. Their accounts recall the early days of the first Kentucky settlers and are quite colorful. They bring to life the language of the time, as well as the time itself, and reveal much about the attitudes and behavior of the people - our people!
    
    Most of the interviews are strictly in the voice of the person being interviewed with occasional comments from Reverend Dickey found in brackets [ ]. However, this first piece is special as it is Dickey in his own words expressing his thoughts about the people and the community he has become a part of.
    ________________________________
    
    This old history is not correct, but I want to save it nonetheless...
    
    I can find NO evidence for any of the bit about Delaney's daughter Roberta...:
    "ROBERTA the wife of U. S. Senator Archibald DIXON, was the daughter of Dilaney BOLLING of Missouri and the granddaughter of Major John BOLLING, aforesaid. Gov. John Young BROWN'S wife was a daughter of Archibald DIXON."
    
    wikipedia.org:
    "In 1834, Dixon married Elizabeth R. Cabell; the couple had six children.[a] One of these was Rebecca Hart Dixon, second wife of future Kentucky governor John Y. Brown.[2]"
    "Elizabeth Cabell Dixon died in 1852.[4] On October 29, 1853, Dixon married Susan Peachy Bullitt.[4] Bullitt was the paternal granddaughter of Alexander Scott Bullitt, the first lieutenant governor of Kentucky, and the maternal granddaughter of Dr. Thomas Walker, the first surveyor in the state of Kentucky.[3] Dixon and Bullitt had additional children.[4]"
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Clara M. Slater

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Margaretha Elisabetha Renner

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Citations

1. [S3239] "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558." 1898 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZM5-R6F. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

John Phillip Klamm

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Citations

1. [S3242] Obituary, Walnut Lawn Funeral Home, Springfield, Missouri, December 2015.

Carolina Klamm

Emily Klamm

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Dudley Tribble

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Citations

1. [S3245] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102533679/dudley-tribble: accessed 29 March 2023), memorial page for Dudley Tribble (23 Apr 1818–2 Nov 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102533679, citing Humphrey Cemetery, Farley, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Kyle Eddinger (contributor 47438797).

Mary Jane Lanter

Thomas Tribble

Citations

1. [S3245] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102533679/dudley-tribble: accessed 29 March 2023), memorial page for Dudley Tribble (23 Apr 1818–2 Nov 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102533679, citing Humphrey Cemetery, Farley, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Kyle Eddinger (contributor 47438797).

Mary Jane Phelps

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1. [S3245] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102533679/dudley-tribble: accessed 29 March 2023), memorial page for Dudley Tribble (23 Apr 1818–2 Nov 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102533679, citing Humphrey Cemetery, Farley, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Kyle Eddinger (contributor 47438797).

James Leonard Cannon

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1. [S3250] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8160490/james-leonard-cannon: accessed 29 March 2023), memorial page for James Leonard Cannon Sr. (6 Apr 1828–26 Mar 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8160490, citing Green Cemetery, Stillings, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Lillie (contributor 46887411).
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William J. Renner

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John Adam Renner

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Citations

1. [S3259] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37937729/john-adam-renner: accessed 31 March 2023), memorial page for John Adam Renner (6 Oct 1868–27 Jun 1930), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37937729, citing Saint Matthew's Cemetery, Riverside, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Derrick (contributor 47155837)., Tombstone with full dates
2. [S3258] "John A D Renner in the Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805." 2002 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2782357:1171?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

Mary Ann Renner

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Phillip Henry Renner

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Elizabeth Katherine Renner

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Anna Eve Renner

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Emma Matilda Renner

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1. [S3630] "United States Social Security Death Index." Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J54S-N3J. Accessed 13 May. 2023.
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Cassie Thorp

Citations

1. [S3974] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37937734/cassie-renner: accessed 18 June 2023), memorial page for Cassie Thorp Renner (22 Feb 1873–13 Jan 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37937734, citing Saint Matthew's Cemetery, Riverside, Platte County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Derrick (contributor 47155837)., Tombstone has full birth and death dates
2. [S3258] "John A D Renner in the Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805." 2002 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2782357:1171?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.

Magdalena Minnie Filger

Elmer John Renner

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Lorene M. Renner

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Elwin Renner

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