This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HSB.2ACE/1308.1.1 Message Board Post: Joseph Randall's line of decent John Dowless b. abt.1708 in England William Dowless b. abt. 1755, in Bladen County NC Elisha Dowless b. 06/12/1782, Bladen William Dowless b. 01/20/1804, Bladen John W. Dowless Sr. b. 09/20/1832 Joseph Randall Dowless b. 10/26/1878 Hope this helps.