on 4/2/01 2:00 AM, [email protected] at [email protected] wrote: On these lists, it is hard for me to keep up with the responses; in case these were meant for me, please let me reply to Dennis and Birdnneon: > My grandmother was a > Bowling before she married and there were Dollar family members on her side > of the family. Is your Dollar family buried at Mt. Joy Baptist Church in > Cullman County, Alabama? Yes, Dennis, I believe that they are buried there, though I have only heard about the place, and have not been there personally ; I am suspecting that your grandmother is possibly my great grandmother..are you referring to Lillie Bowling, married to James McLeroy , or to another ? >There is a J.M. Boland that married a Pink Dollar in Blount County >10/19/1884 (Cullman was made from Blount Co) Birdnneon, I am going to make an assumption that these are the people that I have been told are Jim Bowling, married to Pinkie Dollar, who resided in the Blount/Cullman Co. area. The people I am referring to had a daughter, Lillie, mentioned above in my reply to Dennis. I am basing this on the coincidences between the two sets of names. Birdnneon, from where did you get your information? I am curious, since it would be nice to know for sure if my "Jim" was really "J.M." ( of course, in that case, the J could be short for James, and thus Jim ). If you don't mind, could you help me by letting me know your source(s)...that would be a BIG help. I am interested in these people because while I have some information on my own family (McLeroy) and a little on the Dollars, I seem to be at a roadblock with the Bowlings, being only able to get back to this Jim Bowling, though it is my understanding that perhaps some of the family went on to Arkansas (?), which I have not investigated yet. If either of you ( or anyone else, for that matter, who can help ) would like to contact me directly, feel free to contact me directly and let me know that you saw this on this list. I get the digest mode, so may not get a list-posting right away. Thanks to everyone, Mark