Page 24,066 of the Gertrude Mann collection: "There was a connection between them (Rebecca Maddox and Jospeh Bolling). I haven't been able to figure out just how yet but the eleven Bolling children heirs were also heirs of Abraham DeHaven and his wife Nancy."
(Note: 12 children heirs were named in a suit in Chancery, Franklin Co. Va. Deed Book 19, Page 454, Wesley Mattox (brother to Rebecca) vs. Zachariah Ellis, George Ellis, Polly Ellis, the 12 Bolling children (named herein) as originally subpoened against Abraham DeHaven and his wife Ann. The DeHavens were deceased prior to filing the suit on March 6, 1832.)
Dorothy Belle Brooks Cavender writes in a bible:" Rebecca's grand-daughter, Martha Cook, is my great-grandmother. She married my great-grandfather who descended from Gabriel who was a brother to Rebecca."
Notes for Joseph Bolling:
The heirs of Joseph Bolling, deceased, are listed in Deed Book 19, at page 454, dated March 6, 1832, of the Official Records of Franklin C., Va. under a suit in Chancery: Wesley Mattox vs. Abraham DeHaven and Nancy DeHaven. (Wesley being the brother of Rebecca Maddox who married Joseph Bolling) Also named in this suit were defendants Zachariah, Ellis, George Ellis and Polly Ellis. (Zachariah Ellis being the husband of Linda DeHaven, sister to defendant Abraham DeHaven.) Children named: George, Betsey, Nancy, Sally, Westley, Peggy, William, Blair, Harriett, Mary Jane and Rebecca Bolling being children of Joseph Bolling and Elizabeth Maddox.
Also see page 24,216 of the Gertrude C. Mann geneological volumes listing the heirs as found in the Franklin Co., Public Library behind the Franklin Co., Va. Courthouse in Rocky Mount, Va.
Also see Franklin Co., Virginia Clerk records the following: Deed Book 7, page 121 (and p. 123) where on September 6, 1813 (proved June 6, 1814) a William Farmer sold to Joseph Bolling 40 acres for a consideration of $250.00. Also see Deed Book 7, page 246, where on March 6, 1815 Joseph Bolling sold to Richard Robinson 78 acres for a consideration of $237.50.
1820 census, Franklin Co., Va. (Crickard)
p.2: Bolling Joseph
males under 10:2 females under 10:2
males 10/16:1 females 10/16:1
males 16/26:1 females 16/26:0
males 26/45:1 females 26/45:1
males over 45:2 females over 45:1
Joseph Bolling had race horses which he took to Georgia, his son Wesley going with him. It is said the race tract at Oglethorpe was named for him "Bolling Green". (Letter of John Wesley Mattox, dated 1891, Centerville, Ga. to William McKendree Maddox) -scxt@yahoo.com
Marriage Notes for Rebecca Maddox and Joseph Bolling:
Note by Dorothy Belle Brooks Cavender: "Rebecca maddox, dau. of Nathan, and Joseph Bolling of Bedford Co. m. 3/12/1796, Suerty: Jordan Kemp. Married by William P. Martin."
A copy of a handwritten note signed by Nathan Maddox from microfilm records of Franklin Co. Va: (hard to read)..." have agreed for Joseph Bolling to intermarry with my Daughter Rebecca...you plan to join a License for that purpose. Given and in my hand and seal this twelveth day of March 1796.
Nathan Maddox (seal)
W. James Calloway
Clerk of Franklin Court
Witnesses:
Abram Dehaven
Jordan Kemp
Another handwritten note (microfilm copy) from records of the Clerk in Franklin Co., Va.: "Know all men by these presents that Jospeh Bolling, Jordan Kemp are held and firmly bound unto Robert Brooke, Esq. Governor of the State of Virginia for the sum of fifty pounds, money to which payment will and truly be made, bind ourselves, our Heirs, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated this 12 day of March, 1796.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly intended to be Had and Solemnized between Joseph Bolling and Rebeckah Maddox. Now if there Shall Be No Lawfull Cause to obstruct the Said marriage, then this obligation to be Void. Else remains in full force and virtue.
Joseph (his mark) Bolling
Jordan Kemp LS
2) Elizabeth "Betsey" Bolling-born Abt.1797; m. Thomas Muse, March 13, 1816, Pittsylvania, Va.
3) Nancy A. Bolling-born Abt. 1804, Franklin Co., Va; m. Thomas Cook March 4, 1822 in Pittsylvania Co., Va. d. January 15, 1869, Pittsylvania Co., Va. Their children: Eliza Cook, Thomas R. Cook, Martha Jane (Elizabeth) Bolling Cook, Harmon Cook, Lucinda Frances Cook, William Blair Cook, George B. Cook, John H. (Jack) Cook) Narcissa Cook.
4) Wesley Bolling-born in Franklin Co., Va; died after 1891; m. Elizabeth Cooper, September 27, 1832, Patrick Co., Va.
5) Margaret V. "Peggy" Bolling-born 1812, Franklin Co., Va; d. 1893; m. Harmon Cook III, December 20, 1827 in Bedford Co., Va. Their children: Elvira Jane Cook, Matilda Ann Cook, Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Cook, Nancy Catherine Cook, Harriett J. :Hattie" Cook, James Dewey Cook, Meekins Cook, Eusebius Harmon "Sibe" Cook, Ferdinand C. "Fird" Cook, Enselmo Cook,
Sarah Margaret Cook.
6) John William Bolling-born Abt. 1809. m. Nancy Miner, December 15, 1831, Bedford Co., Va.
7) Blair D. Bolling(m)-born March 11, 1815, Va; d. 1861; m. Margaret "Peggy" Hardy Jeter April 09, 1833 in Bedford Co., Va. Their children: Sallie Frances Bolling, William Bolling, John Bolling, Octavia Virginia Bolling.
8) Harriett J. Bolling-born Abt. 1816; m. William Newman, June 19, 1834, Bedford Co., Va.
9) Mary Jane Bolling-born 1821, d. February 02, 1894; m. Jesse Newman June 14, 1837 in Bedford County, Va. Their children: Lucinda Newman, Thomas Granville Newman, Mary Alice Newman, Alisira C. Newman, Phelix Newman, Virginia Newman, William Newman, Nancy M. "Nannie" Newman, Henry Newman.
10) Sarah "Sally" Bolling-born Abt. 1804, Franklin Co., Va; m. John Cook, August 06, 1822 in Pittsylvania Co., Va. Their child: John Wesley Cook.
11) Rebecca Bolling-born Abt. 1820, Franklin Co., Va; m. George Zimmerman. Their children: John Zimmerman, Benjamin Zimmerman, Susanna Zimmerman.
12) William H. (Bolling) Bowling-born Abt. 1819; m. Julia B. Stiff. Their children: Sally S. Bowling, Joseph H. Bowling, Chaney (?) R. Bowling, Mary J. Bowling, J (?) Bowling, Jesse B. Bowling, William B. Bowling, Daughter Bowling.