Folks, I did not mean "SC Archives" as the "State Archives" (my first line), although for all I know it may be there. I meant the SCGENWEB Archives (I think). Anyway, check it out. Helen

Folks, there is LOTS of SC data in the SC Archives reached through the USGENWEB Archives search engine. The data CANNOT BE USED to sell. (Non-commerical entities ONLY - free exchange, for us trying to find our families but NOT to sell what we find) LOTS has been donated by Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. (who I had never heard of before, sorry, Paul.) It is amazing what he has posted! LOTS of SC marriages, for example (NOT MY FAMILY - though it takes a long time to scan the data & I may have missed something) One thing he has posted is 1779 (Tax List???) Old 96 Dist SC (but no township or county or area). That list is not too long & I do not know that I can post it here, but I found BOULAND, BOWIE, BOWLIN, BOWMAN. Check it out. Helen

I checked pp. 50 and 54. No Bolin (all spellings, sound alikes, etc). I found none, which may explain why I did not have those pages! Helen

1790 HH, 96 Dist, Laurens Co SC (printed-book) The only real name of interest I found was on p. 74: BORLAND, John 1 3 2 For your information, the following remote possibilities of interest: ROWLAND, Reubin 3 3 7 BOLES, John 1 0 1 (There is a true Bowls, Boles family in SC, but who knows what families our name got mixed into!) (Same is true of Bowen) BOWEN, Raley 3 1 4 BOWEN, Jacob 4 3 4 BOWEN, Judith 0 0 2 BOWDIN, Judith 0 0 5 CHECK IT OUT before using. My eyesight is not what it was 40 years ago. Helen

You may want to add to 1790 96 Dist, Laurens Co SC, Bolin, etc., list BROADING, Archibald 1 FW M 16 & up; 2 FW F I am not familiar with "Broading" and it may be a misspelling. Helen

1800 SC printed index (do not remember which one), sorry. Bolins, etc. LAURENS DIST. (omitting last column) printed pp 48, 49, 51, 52, 53 (do NOT have pp 50 or 54) census p. males females BOLING, Able 36 00201 00001 BOLING, John 35 00100 00100 BOLING, Samuel 43 11201 11010 BOLTON, Joseph 40 20010 10010 BOLTON, Matthew 40 10010 20100 BOURLAND, John 24 21110 31010 BOURLAND, Wm Sr 24 00001 01001 BOURLAND, Wm Jr 24 30010 10010 BOWEN, Isaac 20 20010 11010 BOWEN, James 20 00100 10010 BOWEN, John 20 00010 10010 BOWEN, Rolly 19 01001 10001 BOWEN, Wm 19 31011 21010 Free White Males - under 10; 10&under 16; 16 and under 26; 26 & under 45; 45 & up FW Females - under 10; 10 & under 16; 16 & under 26; 26 &under 45; 45 & up Sorry I do not have all pages. If someone can complete, please do. Also CHECK, if you can & post corrections & omissions. Thanks, Do you want more? Helen

I do not know what happened to my alignment. I had 3 columns looking very good when I sent that out. The FW females numbers appear UNDER the NAME of the HH here - guess you would have figured it out. In future will try to shorten columns and maybe they will all stay in place. Helen

After several Laurens Co SC wills on our lists, someone, Ken maybe, suggested we work on this county. I think it's a good place to start. I have some census records (from printed works - have NOT looked at census films on this county for ANY year). 1790 "Heads of Households" 96 Dist, Laurens Co SC (from book pp. 71, 72, 73, 76 - I do NOT have pp. 74 and 75 and do not know if any Bolin spellings are on those pages). Free White males 16 & up FW males under 16 FW females BOWLING, Abel 2 3 2 BOLAR, Peter 1 1 2 BOWMAN, Josiah 2 1 3 BISHOP, Bowling 1 (first name Bowling) 4 2 BOWLING, Samuel 2 3 5 ROWLING, Richard 1 4 3 ROWLAND, Christopher 1 1 4 ROWLAND, William 1 3 4 BALDWIN, Thomas 3 2 5 Remember, I do NOT have pp. 74 & 75. Will add later when I can check them, unless someone else will do so now. Also ALWAYS check to see that what I have (or anyone else has) done is CORRECT, if possible. If I erred, please post the correction! I know Rowling/Rowland is NOT "Bowling" - but everyone did not always read the handwriting the same, and the enumerators (& clerks) wrote what THEY thought they heard, and how they spelled it. SOMETIMES the first & last names are reversed - hence "Bowling Bishop" on my list. Hope this helps, more census records (printed) to follow. Helen

Buried in Rhoads Cemetery in Black twp. of Somerset Co. PA are the following: Joseph Bowling d. March 20, 1870, aged 85 yrs, 11 mo. 16 days Ann Bowling, wife of Jos. - d. Nov 24, 1868, aged 78 yrs. 3 mo. 15 days Conrad Cupp d. June 6, 1864, aged 54 yrs. 7 mo. 3 days Mary [Bowling] Cupp wife of Conrad d. Oct 24, 1892, aged 74 yrs, 7 mo, 4 days (daughter of Joseph and Ann Bowling) Hester Ann [Cupp] wife of David J. Phillippi (daughter of Conrad and Mary Cupp, granddaughter of Joseph and Ann Bowling) Any information on Joseph and Ann Bowling appreciated. Hester and David Phillippi were my gg-grandparents. LINDA Kinquest@pyramid.net

I am searching for any information on William R Bowling, or Boling b: abt 1838 in Henry County Virginia. He married Sarah Martin b: abt 1838 on December 5,1860 in Scott County Virginia. I have not been able to find any record of this family after their marriage in 1860. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Daryl at DFe3303445@aol.com

Just lost another incoming e-mail that appeared to be loading. If it was important, please repost. Thanks. Helen

Sorry folks, my alignment went crazy at the end of the will - under Edmund (x) Boling (seal) "not proved" was written in a different hand and the word "Testament" follows "my last will and" Helen

Will of EDMUND BOLING Greene Co TN 17 Sep 1834 (not proved) >From Feb 1970 copy BR-1, p. 124 Greene Co TN State of Tennessee Green County In the name of god amen - I Edmund Boling Snr of County of green and State of Tennessee being of sound mind & memory Blessed be god & calling to mind the Certainty of Death and the uncertainty of life and being desirous to distribute my worley substance amongst my heirs on this 17 day of September 1834, I make this my Last will and testament in manner and form following, first I resign my body to the dust and my soule to god that gave it me. 2 that my Burial Expenses be paid. thirdly that all my just debts be punctually paid out of my Estate & fourthly my will is that my wife POLLEY BOLING have my plantation where on we now live with all my stock and moveable Estate at her own disposal to raise and school my Children on untill my sun WILLIAM C. BOLING shall attain to the age of twenty one years at which time my will is that my Executors to divid the remainder of my Estate Equally between my six suns to wit JOHN BOLING JAMES BOLING JOSHUA BOLING EDMUND BOLING VALENTINE KING BOLING WILLIAM CANNON BOLING my wife to have her Equal share if Living Revoking all other wills or instruments of all kinds made by me before this date signd seald & deliverd in the presents of us who were presnt this 17 day of September 1834 his I also appoint my beloved Edmund (x) Boling (seal) wife Polley Boling & mark Nicholas Dunagin my Executrix and my Executor of this my last will and not proved (in a different handwriting below Testament-- the signature) attest Joseph Davis John Wood johnbryan (sic) NOTES: Burgner's GREENE CO TN Marriages 1783-1868 p. 43 has 15 March 1817 Edmund Bowling to Polly Bryant Sur. John Bryant H. D. Hale (J.P.) This is the will of Rev. War pensioner EDMOND BOLING #S39206 filed 29 Jan 1829 -East TN, Green Co, aged 69, enlisted 3rd VA Reg. Cont. estab. in Stafford Co VA... having wife and five small children, oldest only 11. Lived Green Co TN about 30 yrs. Schedule of property given 18 Mar 1818.. old age and bodily infirmity...unable to work to maintain self and family 29 Jan 1829 Greene Co TN brother Joshua Boling aged 57 made oath as to service of Edmund Boling, his brother Joshua (x) Boling Helen

Folks- Todd Bolen's book has this Wm as Fh908 & his ?brother John Fh435. Bro? JOHN m. Catherine RANDOLPH ca 1760. Is there any PROOF when & where??? JOHN & Catherine had sons Alex & Wm (and several others listed) but son Wm b. 1765 d. 1806 m. Martha Slayton it says. Is there PROOF of these dates and wife?? If so, this is not our family (Alex & bro. Wm). Our Alex was b. 1781 and bro Wm b. 1784NC. Helen

Hi Janet! The name Archibald is prominent in my BOWLING line, but have not gotten as far back as you (wishful thinking!!) I have an address for a WASH researcher in Richmond, VA if you would like me to send it. It is no connection to my line, but a personal friend with the last name of WASH! : ) Let me know, and Happy Hunting! Julie Anne

Bowling/Bolling Researchers: I am seeking the parents of Archibald Bolling BAUGH, b. ca 1791 in Virginia (exact location unknown). Archibald B. Baugh married Caroline WASH (became WALSH in Mo) in February 1827 in Powhatan Co. according to VA marriage records. Caroline was recorded as daughter of Lipscomb Wash. The couple had five children between 1828 and 1836 when they departed Amelia Co for Lawrence Co Mo. The children were Benjamin B., Amaliza Middy "Eliza", Mariah Boland "Prissy", Sarah F., and Andrew Jackson. Two more were born in Mo, George Henry and William Edward. Archibald Bolling Baugh lived in Amelia Co before he moved to Mo. Once in Missouri he used Boland or Bolen as spellings for his middle name (a change that I understand is experienced by many of your ancestors) Records have also shown a John Bolling Baugh in conjunction with Archibald in Amelia Co. We are speculating that perhaps Archibald's mother was a Bolling, or a similar close relative (although it could of course just be a favorite next door neighbor). We have no information on brothers or sisters. Bollings and Baughs appear in many of the same counties in that area (Cheserfield, Henrico, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, Amelia and Powhatan to name a few). Other family names that come frequently in to play are Batte, Walthall, Worsham, Eppes, Dupuy, Cary, Eggleston, to name a few. There are Worshams, Battes, Carys, Egglestons in the Lawrence Co area, so we are speculating that he may have followed others from that area of VA to Missouri. He and his family travelled with a Samuel Whipple m. Mariah Wash (Walsh). I have visited as many of the Bolling and Baugh sites on the internet, and see these names crossing over one another with the names above and more but no Baugh/Bolling connection and no mention of my Archibald Bolling Baugh on anyone else's family trees. I have found Archibald Baughs and Archibald Bollings in the right vicinity frequently. I have not, however, had the week or so I think it would take with my slow computer to thoroughly go through the extensive R Bolling Batte Papers on the Library of Virginia Digital Reading Room, which I found referenced on this list last year (and which I highly recommend). I did go through all of the Baughs and Archibald Bolling. I did some cross checking and many of the people mentioned on one card do not have a card of their own. So my Baugh could be mentioned in a Bolling will. Also I remember my now deceased Aunt saying we were related to Pocahontas. Do any of you Bollings have any Baugh connections out there??? Any suggestions? I have information on the descendants of Archibald Bolling Baugh to share. Thank you in advance. Janet (Baugh) Hunter. Alexandria, VA

I have a copy (negative) secured YEARS ago. I do not think I have seen it on the lists. From Laurens Co Wills Vol. 1 Book C-1 pp 25-26 (sic) (typed, from SC Archives): Will of William Bourland In the name of God Amen I William Bourland Sunr. of the State of South Carolina and District of Laurens being very sick and weake in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be unto God-- caulling to mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say prinsapably (sic) and first of all I give and recommend my soule unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my Body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the Diserarection (sic) I shall revive the same again by the mighty power of God - and as treching (sic) such warley (sic) estate wherewith it hath pleases God to blefs me in the life I give demise and dispase of the same in the maner and farm as followes...... first I give and bequeath unto Mary my Dearly Beloved Wife a bed and furniture a mare and saddle and a cow and two hundred dollars to be paid her out of my estate also I give and bequeath unto my children of my daughter Ruby Webure deceased one hundred dollars also I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Jennet Rammage a feather bed and furniture and three dollars in cash and three hundred wt(?) cotton also I give and bequeath unto the rest of my children to wit - Mary Odle, Pgeabee (sic) Harper, John Bourland, Elizabeth Rammage, Rebekka Fowlar, William Bourland, James Bourland, Jennet Dooland Sarah Grace, Nancy Whetford, Andrews Bourland and Cafa Grace all the all the rest remainder of my estate money debts as effects my just debts being first paid to be equally divided among them and do hereby constitute make ordain and appoint John Bourland my Dearly Beloved Son soule executor dislaw revoke amd disanul all and every other former testament wills seagaus(?) bequeath or executors by me named made or appointed mattifying (sic) allowing and conferming this and no other to be my last will and testament. Testament in wifnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and foure.... William Bourland (Seal) Signed Sealed Published Pronounced & Delivered in the Presents of Us who in his prefents and in the prefents of eaich other have hereunto subscribed our Names Robt Long John Wilson Elizabeth (HIS x mark) Langston Recorded in Will Book C-I page 95 (sic) Proven Feb 6 1804 "(Recorded date not available)" David Anderson Ordy. Laurens District Orginal will not in Files of Probate Judge (sic) I searched "William Bourland" on the 1997 Baker_Bolin index list and came up with only 1 hit: 1 Sep 1997 from Pat Mitchell to Baker_Bolin; subject Katherine RANDOLPH b. 1743 in VA m ca 1750 in VA, WILLIAM BOURLAND. Katherine's father may have been Gen John RANDOLPH, seaking information about this Randolph family. Dick Pollock Suggest you pull this up from index if interested. Do NOT Know if that is THIS William BOURLAND who had a wife Mary! Helen

Have not posted for awhile and will give it another try. I am still looking for death/ burial and parental information (or any contact) on my gg grandfather, Strawther Bowling who was b. 1814 VA. married Louisa Bell in 1842 in Pickaway Co. Ohio, moved to Dowagiac Michigan by 1848, was a shoemaker, lay preacher, collector of funds for cemeteries, assistant post-master and apparently a citizen of some standing. He died abt. 1870, but is not in the Michigan state death index. I also cannot find his name on any of the cemeterie indexes. HELP. `Linda

Hi All, For those of you having trouble accessing the URL I sent in my previous post, try this one. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/8056/photos.html Sorry for the inconvenience, Leslie -----Original Message----- From: Eddia55@aol.com <Eddia55@aol.com> To: BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com <BOWLING-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 1:17 PM Subject: Re: BOWLING-D Digest V98 #46 >In a message dated 98-05-29 15:18:48 EDT, you write: > ><< http://www.geocities.com/~lgunter/photos.html >> > >Tried your link but get message "We are sorry. The page you were looking for, >http://www.geocities.com/~lgunter/photos.html, does not exist." > >______________________________

Does anyone have any information on Manning Bowling who married Polly Manghum? They were in Putnam County Georgia in 1807. I would love to know who his parents were and so on. Thanks.