I have tried to research JOHN POOL (d.1832--wife Elizabeth), but there were two John Pools in Rowan Co. in this time frame. One was descended from the Dutch Van Pools and apparently the other was an English Pool/Poole. There was a family story that we were Dutch and originally Van Pools, but this might just be a story. One Van Pool researcher told me that the property of my John Pool was not located in the same area as the other Van Pools, but I don't know if this is accurate or relevant. In addition, that Van Pool researcher said that my John Pool was too wealthy (owned slaves--I have a document on this) and therefore could not be a Van Pool. John Pool turned up in Rowan Co., NC about 1810. He bought valuable property, so he was not from a poor family. Where did the money come from? I suspect he moved from another NC county before coming to Rowan Co. NC. Blow aare his descendants. DAVID L(awton?). POOL(B.1810-13) was a silversmith in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC after the death of his father JOHN POOL(wife ELIZABETH, d.1839) in 1832. David was the executor of his father's will. Later David L. Pool sold his share of the Rowan Co. plantation/property to his brother Joseph. Other children of John and Elizabeth Pool (besides David L.) named in the will were: 1)ELIZABETH POOL (b.6/1807-d.1834) m.PETER M. BROWN (m.1828) John Lewis Brown m. Nannie Jane Kerr Margaret C. Brown m. ___ Billiard Mary Brown - (died young - no information) 2)JOSEPH POOL(abt.1815-1849) m. Mary Jane HARDIE (father John HARDIE), 1 Sep.1840 Children of Joseph from 1850 census: John H. Pool - b. abt. 1842 Joseph Alexander . Pool - b. abt. 1845 James L. Pool - b. abt. 1843 Mary E. Pool - b. abt. 1847 Anna V. H. Pool -b. abt.1849 (what does the V stand for?) After 1850, the widow & children have moved to Catawba Co NC 3)MARY POOL - (same as Mariah?) 4)MARIAH POOL - m. Tobias LEMLY July 30, 1840 5)ELIZA POOL - m. Caleb SIMPSON Nov. 4, 1845 6)REBECCA POOL(b.abt.1821-d.abt.1848) m. Thomas T. MAXWELL (b.abt.1815--m. Nov 30, 1842) Children of Rebecca & Thomas from 1850 census: Maria E. - b. abt. 1844 Lavina - b. abt. 1845 John L. - b. abt. 1847 Children of DAVID L(awton?). POOL and Angeline BULLIN: 1)Margaret POOLE m. Pascall CALLICUTT 2)Clayton Wakefield POOLE (b.1848-d.1908) m. Susan JULIAN (m. 1872) a. Walter Wakefield POOLE (1873-1946) m. Ida CECIL Cornelia Elizabeth POOLE Doris Belle POOLE Samuel Cecil POOLE Margaret Burke POOLE b. George Grayson POOLE (1875-1851) Georgia Louise POOLE Alice Carlton POOLE Richard POOLE Morris/Maurice POOLE c. Roxanne Olivia POOLE (b. 1877) m. Charles Whitehead MOWERY Cathlene MOWERY Wakefield MOWERY Doris MOWERY (I am told this family moved to Raleigh, Wake Co., NC) d. Mary Ann POOLE (1879-1953Norfolk,VA) m. Charles Wakefield PACE Sr.--MY LINE Rachel PACE - d. FLA J. Fletcher PACE - d. VA Clayton "Clayte" PACE d.VA Charles W. PACE Jr.--MY LINE d. VA Bob Woodard PACE d. NC e. Henderson/Hartwell Horton POOLE (b. 1883) m. Eunice ___ (Hamlet, NC) Harry POOLE Eunice POOLE f. David Roscoe POOLE (b.1881-d. young) 3)Abraham H. POOLE m. Laura HULIN a. Angelina/Lina POOLE b. Mittie POOLE c. David Lawton POOLE m. Callie Stoner d. Abram Murph POOLE m. Peggy Louise Whitman e. Leo Cleveland POOLE f. Annus Cornelis POOLE g. Gracie Louisa POOLE h. Jessie Alma POOLE 4)Mary L. POOLE m. Fred MENIUS (m. 1873) 5)Sarah POOLE m. Andrew HORTON (Providence, RI & Rowan Co.NC) 6)Isabel POOLE (these last two may really be the same) DAVID L. POOL is the father of my ggrandfather CLAYTON W. POOLE (1848-1908) of Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC. Clayton's mother was ANGELINE BULLEN/BOLIN/BULLARD of Rowan Co., NC; in the 1850 Rowan Census she was living with a BULLAND family and the census taker gave both ANGELINE and CLAYTON the surname of the host family (CATHERINE BULLAND), but this may be her mother CATY BULLEN. I originally couldn't find David L. Pool in the 1850 Rowan census. The Vincent papers gave this reference for David L. Pool on the 1850 Rowan census, on p. 138, 420.430, and a kind lady did a lookup for me. I don't know what the addition by the Asst.Marshall means.. Mary J. POOL is probably the widow of JOSEPH POOL who died Jan 9, 1849 (he married MARY J. HARDIE in Rowan Co., NC. Sept. 1, 1840; her parents were John H. and Mary HARDIE, prominent in Rowan Co.NC). 1850 Rowan NC CENSUS - DAVID L. POOL Living in the house with James Dougherty, 51 - b. NC - Blacksmith $1200 Elizabeth Clary, age 63 - b. NC - $1300 (nee HORAH) David Pool, age 37 b. NC Silversmith 9 Slaves Horse Shoeing, other articles valued at ? At the back of the census book is this note: The names below were this day April 4th, 1851 added by the request of th Asst Marshall. Mary J. POOL, age 31 - b. VA. - $1000.00 John H., age 8 - b. NC Joseph A., age 5 - b. NC James L., ,age 7 - b. NC Mary E., age 3 - b. NC Anna V.H., age 11/12 - b. NC Mary H. HARDIE, age 50 - b. Va. (mother) Martha, age 23 - b. NC Susan E., age 17 - b. NC Caleb, age 18 Mulatto 2 slaves Betty Pace