Several members of the Bowling-L list are researching the Bowling family P in Todd Bolen's books which includes Fh025 Alexander Bowling, b 1781 VA or NCand his brother Fh745 William b 1784 NC. They both appear on an 1805 tax list in Grainger Co., TN along with several other Bowlings including Thomas, Joseph, Joel, Jesse, James, David, Lisha, Stephen, and Edmund. By 1810 Alexander is in Lincoln Co., TN and moves to Madison Co., AL ca 1814. He dies in Lawrence Co., AL in 1843. William Bowling along with Fh731 Thomas Bowling, Sr. (believed to be brother to Alexander and William, but not proven) moved to Madison Co., TN in 1821, shortly after the government bought this land from the Indians in 1819. Tax, land, and court records established that other Bowlings lived in the three county area of Madison, Gibson, and Haywood in the newley opened Western Tenn. These included Lewis, Thomas, Jr., William, Jr., Danial B., Green B., I. (Isham?), Joseph, and Burgess Bowling. Recently found court records help shed light on the relationship of these various Bowlings. Fh731 Thomas Bowling, Sr. b 1760-70, died about 1848 and certainly by May 1850 when he was sued in a court action by the heirs of Daniel Cherry against heirs of Thomas Boling, Sr. This document list the heirs of Thomas, Sr. as William Boling, Jr., Daniel B. Boling, John R. Williams and Mary, his wife, and Lewis Boling of Haywood Co., Green B. Boling of Shelby Co., Thomas Boling, Jr. and Nancy Boling of Fayette Co. Thomas, Jr. was born in 1802 d 1886 (if Thomas, Jr. burried in Pine Log Cemetery in Craighead Co., Ark.). Thus we now know the following: Fh 731-Thomas Boling, Sr. b. 1760-70 per census, d bet 1848 & May 1850 per court case wife unknown children: Joseph b 1790-1800, dec by 1834 from estate inventory, (Madison Co. Minutes book A, 17 June 1822, ordered Thomas Boling and son Joseph...) Lewis b 1802-5 (taxable in 1823, not on list in 1821 or 1822) Thomas, Jr. b c 1802-3, d p1886 William, Jr. b 1805-11 VA, d March 1870 Green B. b 1811 KY, d bef 1860 Daniel B. b 1814 Mary, wife of John R. Williams Nancy Fh 745 - William Bowling b 1784 NC d 1870 Hardeman Co., TN wife Mary children: Lucretia b 1812, wife of Thomas Yandell Nancy Ann b 1817, wife of Francis A. Edney Isham Merriman b 1824 Alexander b 1826 Mary Adeline b 1828, wife of Ashburn Davie Emaline T. b 1836, wife of William Henry Matilda C., wife of John C. Davie Fh 025 - Alexander b 1781,m ca 1800, d 1843 spouse: Elizabeth Worthy children: Preston b 1802 Tenn. Married 1 Cintha Mc Worther 1/29/1821, 2 Ester J. McAfee bef 1850, 3 Mary Ann Reynolds 11/24/1856 Mildred b Jan 19th 1806 in TN, married Thornsberry Wilkerson 8/1/1833 Al. James M.b 11/11/1815 in Madison Co., AL George W. b 3/21/1818 in Hazel Green, Madison Co., AL, married 1 Elizabeth C. Walton 10/25/1837 Al. 2 Felicia Olivia Bowers 2/2/1857, 3 Laura Brooks 6/4/1871 Alexander B. b Oct 10, 1819 AL, married Mahala Coopwood 11/8/1837 Al, 2 Mary Ann ? William H. b April 4, 1824 AL, married Rebecca Reed bef 1848 Permelia b 1826 AL, married Andrew Jackson Walton 11/21/1837 Al 2-4 unknown children per Goodspeed, Fayette Co., TN. This family also has the Pocahontas Family Legend without proof since the father of Alexander, William, and Thomas is unknown. It is believe that this family came from the south central part of Virginia (Lunenburg, Mecklenburg Cos.) moved to the Caswell Co., NC area prior to the Rev. War and later moved south through Mecklenburg Co., NC into South Carolina (Alexander's wife Elizabeth Worthy was born in Chester Co.,SC ca 1785) and into Grainger Co., TN by 1800. Possible allied families include Worthy, Alexander, Baskerville, Goin, Cherry, Yandell, Merrimoon, Edney, Davies/Davey, and Waltons. Any help in determining the parents of Alexander, William, and Thomas Bowling would be appreciated. Larry Bowling larry@fyi.net