James and Sarah Bolton were not Thanie Massey's parents. They were her grandparents. Her parents were Sherwood Bolton and Elizabeth Chamblee. Analysis of census records will show the different generations. Also there is no proof that Sarah Bolton was named Sarah Catherine. I am the one that suggested that a number of years ago because of the names of some of the female descendants, and the person I suggested it to put it up as fact. We are pretty sure we know where the graveyard was where James and Sarah were buried, and there were no tombstones or even rocks there when the current owners put in a ring for show goats where it was. The contractor told them that it had old graves on it because of the different colored soil. They thought it was a slave cemetery, but I do not believe it was because the slave church and school (built by James and Sarah's daughters' nephew who ended up with their land) were on a different part of the property. I believe the slave cemetery would, in my opinion, have been built closer to the church and school. Even today there are black people living on the street near where the church and school were built (in an area of predominantly white residents); I suspect some of these people are descendants of the Chamblee slaves. I spent 10 years trying to prove that Sarah Bolton was a Strickland, a daughter of Sampson Strickland. I even wrote a Strickland book with all the info I found, but I am now convinced she was not a Strickland. I had also theorized that maybe Sarah's mother was a Massey; there was clearly a STRONG connection between the Boltons and Masseys in several states. I also wrote a book on the Masseys in Wake Co. NC with the research I did on that. Unfortunately there are too many records that did not survive. At some point maybe I will have the energy to try to track down female descendants of Richard Massey's unknown first wife (they are known) to try to match with my mitochondrial DNA which I submitted to Family Tree DNA 5 years ago (no matches in their database to me) to see if they match. But at the moment I am not doing giant genealogy research projects as I'm overwhelmed at work. Hope the above helps. Carla Tate P.S. I suspect Sarah Bolton died about 1824 or 1825 as that is when her children started moving to other states. We know James died in 1813. I think James was about 10 years older than Sarah, but again that is theory. > From: massey-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: MASSEY Digest, Vol 4, Issue 2> To: massey@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:00:17 -0700> > > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: -Bolton familiy (Wilson)> 2. Re: -Bolton familiy (Ray Massey)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > Message: 1> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:01:01 -0600> From: "Wilson" <redhangar@charter.net>> Subject: Re: [MASSEY] -Bolton familiy> To: <massey@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <009401c96dee$c4518290$6501a8c0@bzf9d01>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=original> > What proofs do you have that James Bolton and Sarah were the parents of > Thenie? I have heard, have no proof, that her parents were Sherwood Bolton > and Elizabeth Chamblee?> > Thanks> > Wilson> Texas> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Massey" <raymassey@tx.rr.com>> To: <massey@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 9:10 AM> Subject: [MASSEY] -Bolton familiy> > > > Does anyone have source information for James Bolton and his wife Sarah? > > I> > don't remember where I got the information that shows that James's wife > > was> > Sarah Strickland????> > Thanks> > Ray Massey> >> > Descendants of James Bolton> >> >> >> > 1 James Bolton 1738 -> >> > .. +Sarah Catherine Strickland 1748 - 1826> >> > ..... 2 Thenie Bolton 1785 - 1870> >> > ......... +Elijah Massey 1780 - 1855> >> > ............ 3 Hezekiah Massey 1822 - 1910> >> > ................ +Margaret Bonds> >> > ............ 3 [2] Barton Massey> >> > ................ +[1] Letha Ann Bolton 1813 - 1888> >> > ............ 3 [3] Bryant Massey 1820 - 1870> >> > ................ +[1] Letha Ann Bolton 1813 - 1888> >> > ..... 2 Dinah Bolton 1789 - 1871> >> > ......... +Reddick Massey 1784 - 1848> >> > ............ 3 Kimbrell Massey 1810 - 1893> >> > ................ +Lucinda Unk 1815 - 1872> >> > ..... 2 James Bolton> >> > ......... +Mary Polly Chamblee> >> > ............ 3 Mary Bolton 1805 -> >> > ................ +Obediah Powell Strickland 1806 -> >> > ............ 3 [1] Letha Ann Bolton 1813 - 1888> >> > ................ +[2] Barton Massey> >> > ............ *2nd Husband of [1] Letha Ann Bolton:> >> > ................ +[3] Bryant Massey 1820 - 1870> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MASSEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message> > > > > > > ------------------------------> > Message: 2> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:41:55 -0600> From: "Ray Massey" <raymassey@tx.rr.com>> Subject: Re: [MASSEY] -Bolton familiy> To: <massey@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <D584BA5F7D97432299D3E57067178904@c177936b>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";> reply-type=original> > I don't have any thing to back this up I could very easily be mistaken.> Ray> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wilson" <redhangar@charter.net>> To: <massey@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 4:01 PM> Subject: Re: [MASSEY] -Bolton familiy> > > > What proofs do you have that James Bolton and Sarah were the parents of> > Thenie? I have heard, have no proof, that her parents were Sherwood > > Bolton> > and Elizabeth Chamblee?> >> > Thanks> >> > Wilson> > Texas> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ray Massey" <raymassey@tx.rr.com>> > To: <massey@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 9:10 AM> > Subject: [MASSEY] -Bolton familiy> >> >> >> Does anyone have source information for James Bolton and his wife Sarah?> >> I> >> don't remember where I got the information that shows that James's wife> >> was> >> Sarah Strickland????> >> Thanks> >> Ray Massey> >>> >> Descendants of James Bolton> >>> >>> >>> >> 1 James Bolton 1738 -> >>> >> .. +Sarah Catherine Strickland 1748 - 1826> >>> >> ..... 2 Thenie Bolton 1785 - 1870> >>> >> ......... +Elijah Massey 1780 - 1855> >>> >> ............ 3 Hezekiah Massey 1822 - 1910> >>> >> ................ +Margaret Bonds> >>> >> ............ 3 [2] Barton Massey> >>> >> ................ +[1] Letha Ann Bolton 1813 - 1888> >>> >> ............ 3 [3] Bryant Massey 1820 - 1870> >>> >> ................ +[1] Letha Ann Bolton 1813 - 1888> >>> >> ..... 2 Dinah Bolton 1789 - 1871> >>> >> ......... +Reddick Massey 1784 - 1848> >>> >> ............ 3 Kimbrell Massey 1810 - 1893> >>> >> ................ +Lucinda Unk 1815 - 1872> >>> >> ..... 2 James Bolton> >>> >> ......... +Mary Polly Chamblee> >>> >> ............ 3 Mary Bolton 1805 -> >>> >> ................ +Obediah Powell Strickland 1806 -> >>> >> ............ 3 [1] Letha Ann Bolton 1813 - 1888> >>> >> ................ +[2] Barton Massey> >>> >> ............ *2nd Husband of [1] Letha Ann Bolton:> >>> >> ................ +[3] Bryant Massey 1820 - 1870> >>> >>> >> -------------------------------> >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> >> MASSEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes> >> in the subject and the body of the message> >>> >> >> >> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MASSEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------> > To contact the MASSEY list administrator, send an email to> MASSEY-admin@rootsweb.com.> > To post a message to the MASSEY mailing list, send an email to MASSEY@rootsweb.com.> > __________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MASSEY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the> email with no additional text.> > > End of MASSEY Digest, Vol 4, Issue 2> ************************************