I am writing in reference to this e-mail posted in December. I overlooked it for my part. The Stephen that is listed is my 4th ggrandfather. Does anyone have any idea as to how these Bowlings connect to each other? Nadine ---------- > From: Larry Bowling <larry@fyi.net> > To: bowling-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: Alexander Bowling > Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 9:40 AM > > I have recently joined the Bowling list and thought I would post this > query to see if anyone has any information that might help me. > > My earliest known Bowling ancestor is Alexander b 1781 VA or NC who > married Elizabeth Worthy of Chester Co., SC ca 1801 and is in the 1805 > Grainger Co., TN tax list along with several other Bowling's (Joseph, > Joel, Jesse, James, David, Lisha, Stephen, Edmund and Thomas living > there between 1800-10). Alex is in Lincoln Co., TN in 1810 and > Madison Co., Al by 1811. He died in Lawrence Co., AL in 1843. > > Alexander's only known brother (proven by his will) is William b 1784 > NC who is also in Grainger in 1805. William is in Madison Co., TN. by > 1821 when it is opened to white settlement . He also lived in Haywood, > Hardeman and Gibson counties of Tenn and Marshall Co., MS (ca 1850) > over the next 50 years. There are other Bowlings living in these > counties at the same time as William including Lewis, Thomas (2 or3), > James, Isham, Joseph, David, Green, Burgess, Daniel and John. William > died in 1870 in Hardeman or Obion Co., TN. > > During The War of 1812 both brothers would have been 31 and 28 years > old and probably participated in The War of 1812. Coffee's Regiment, > Tenn. Vol., War of 1812 was formed in Franklin, Tenn. just south of > Nashville, (100-120 miles from Lincoln Co., TN). There is an Alex and > William Boling in John Baskerville's company of Coffee's Regiment. > > Alexander and Elizabeth had the following children: Preston, b 1803 TN > m 1 Cintha McWorther, 2 Ester J. McAfee, 3 Mary Ann Reynolds, Mildred > b 1806 TN m Thornsberry Wilkerson, James M. b 1815 AL unmarried, > George W. b 1818 Al m 1 Elizabeth C. Walton, 2 Felicia Olivia Bowers, 3 > Laura Brooks, Alexander B., b 1819 Al, m Mahala Coopwood, William H. > b 1824 m Rebecca Reed, and Permelia b 1826 m Andrew Jackson Walton. > Goodspeed reports 11 children in all, thus 4 missing.. > > William and Mary had the following children: Lucretia b 1812 Al or TN > m Thomas Yandell, Nancy Ann b 1817 m Francis A. Edney, Isham Merriman > b 1824 TN m Betsy Minerva White (note: There is an Ishma Merriman > living in Mecklenburg Co.,NC in 1800 who moved to west TN by 1810, is > he namesake?), Alexander b 1826 TN m Sarah Jane Davies, Mary Adeline > b 1828 TN m Ashburn Davis, Emaline T. b 1836 TN m William Henry , and > Matilda C. b? m John C. Davie. > > Have wondered if my ancestors are connected to Benjamin since several > of his descendants are in the Grainger area 1800-1810 or possibly the > Clay Co., Ky Bowlings. Does anyone know anything that might help me. > > Larry Bowling >