Boling, Jesse Sr (b. 1 JUN 1758, d. 15 AUG 1841)

Note: FROM THE BOOK, PERRY COUNTY, KENTUCKY, A HISTORY, BY HAZARD CHAPTER D.A.R.
PUBLISHED IN 1953:

"Reverand Jesse Bowling, of English ancestry, was born at Hillsboro, N.C. in 1759. He was in the battle of Cowpens during the American Revolution. He married Mary Pennington of Lee County, Virginia and came to Clay County, Kentucky, in 1810, settling on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. This section was later Perry County, now Leslie".

Mention is made of all the children of this couple, one of them being
Jesse Jr. All it says about him is that he married a Lewis for his second wife, indicating he lost his first wife, (Nancy Dewese).

The above is the father of our Jesse Bowling Jr.

Occupation: Baptist Minister, Constable, Surveyor, County Judge
Education: Rev. War Vet.
Religion: Old Stony Creek Church, Ft. Blackmore, VA

Jessee Bolling and Micajah Pennington were both names that appeared on 1787 tax list "A", Montgomery Co., VA (Schreiner-Yantis 1:428, 422). Schreiner-Yantis' Montgomery County, Virginia - Circa 1790, p. 78, indicates that Jesse Bowling had removed to NC before the tax could be collected. 1790 census, Wilkes Co., NC, p. 123 col. 1, Tenth Company: Micajah Piniton, Ben Pinniton, Elijah Piniton; Jesse Bolin, 1 fwm over 21; 3 fwm under 21; 3 fwf. moved c. 1795 to Hawkins Co., TN. Hawkins Co., TN: Jesse Bolling, William Bolling, Levi Bolling.

The following dates have also been shown by some researchers: Birth: 22 May 1758 in Hillsboro, Wilkes Co., NC Death: 10 Mar 1841 in Quicksand Creek, Breathitt Co., KY

Jesse was known to have served in 1780 in the Revolutionary War and was in the Battle of the Cowpens
Jesse enlisted in the Revolutionary War in 1780, Wilkes Co., NC. He marched to Salisbury and was employed in guarding British and Tory prisoners. He marched with the prisoners from Salisbury line to Virginia with the British in pursuit. Served three months, discharged. Spring of 1781, re enlisted and marched from Wilkes Co. NC down the Yadkin River to trading ford and used to guard against an invasion by the British. July or August 1781, he again re enlisted in Grayson Co. VA as a light horse soldier. Marched to NC where he guarded a town against the British. (Noted by Ruth Lewis, her great grandfather).

Baptism: Abt. 1793 Rev. Andrew Baker baptized Jesse at Blackwater Church, now Hawkins Co., TN.

Occupation: Jesse became a Baptist minister in Wise Co., VA, "Elder" comes from the title given by the Church. Their belief "No mortal man" should be addresses as Rev., therefor, Elder Jesse. Abt. 1800 he served as Pastor of the Old Stony Creek Church @ Fort Blackmore, VA. (Scott Co., now).

Bef. 1793 Jesse lived in NC, and in 1795 may have been in Lee Co, VA. In 1793 he moved to Hawkins Co., Tennessee, and in 1810 he moved to Kentucky & settled in Clay Co. (Middle Fork of the Kentucky River)
In 1838 he moved to Quicksand Creek where he still lived when he died.

Burial: Small graveyard at mouth of Meatscaffold Creek, on Quicksand.

I found this information in one of the Ancestral News in Clay Co., Ky Check this out again for exact information.

Jesse and Mary Pennington This report says Elijah is their 8th child.

From Book "The Pochahantas Connection" by Willas W. Lake, says Jesse moved to Hawkins Co., Tennessee about 1794 was baptized there and his daughter Betsy (who married Abel III) was born there. William and Levi Bolling lived near him in Hawkins County, according to Homer Ledford's records. Some of the Bollings stayed there and intermarried with the mysterious Melungeon tribe. Jesse moved back to Lee County, VA. and in 1805 bought land there. William Pennington was a witness to the deed. Soon thereafter Jesse moved to Knox County, KY. (he was on the 1808 Tax list and Benjamin was on the 1800 tax list there). In 1810 Jesse and Mary moved to the Red Bird section of Clay County (later Perry County). William, Isham and John Bolling were in Clay County (then part of Madison County) in 1803.

Jesse was the most prominent of the Bollings in eastern Kentucky, not only because he was a minister but also because he was the first head of the Perry County Court. In 1830 Jesse and John, Sr. were the oldest Bollings in Perry County. Jesse's sons Justice, William, John and Elijah lived there and so did his daughters Hannah and Rachel. John's sons William and Levi lived there. There were also Bollings named Joseph, Christopher, Isham and two other Johns, whose parents I cannot identify. Ephraim and Levi Pennington lived there. The son of Abel III, Jesse's grandson, who was killed at Vicksburg was probably named for this Levi. I think it is almost certain that in this thinly populated county, all of the Bollings and Penningtons knew each other and their family relationships.

The closest thing to documentary evidence of Jesse being a son of Benjamin, 1734 is a family bible record in the possession of Mary Johnson Roland (now deceased) of Lexington, KY, which states that Jesse was a son of Benjamin. However, this entry was made after Jesse's death by Mrs. Roland's mother, who was a granddaughter of Jesse through his son Jesse, Jr.

There is a body of circumstantial evidence supporting the near unanimous belief that Jesse was Benjamin's son. During the years preceding and following Jesse's birth in Orange Co. in 1758 several Bollings, including a Benjamin, lived there. In May 1753 this Benjamin was sued in the Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (PQS) by Michael Synnat, in June 1753 he was sued by Samuel Benton and in February 1761 he was sued by Hercules Ogle. James Bolling and John Bolling were mentioned in PQS records of 1762 and 1763. Jesse had two uncles and two older brothers with those names. There could have been two sets of Bollings in Orange County named Benjamin, James and John, but I (Willis Lake) doubt it. Records of Benjamin, 1734, state that he moved to North Carolina, lived there many years and then moved back to Virginia.

Death: 15 AUG 1841 Perry Co KY

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Time: 11:08:17

Baptism: Lee Co VA

Death: 21 MAR 1842 Perry Co KY

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Time: 11:28:24

Note: Some researchers show Winifred "Winnie" Lewis as 2nd marriage.

Change: Date: 20 MAR 2004
Time: 16:55:29

Death: 1830 Perry Co KY

Change: Date: 9 DEC 2002
Time: 23:29:32

Note: Peter DeWeese, b. abt 1770 d. 1830 Clay Co., KY married before 1801 to Sarah (Sally) Browning. Sally was b. abt 1780/1781 and d. after 1840. She was a daughter of Roger Browning and Elizabeth. Roger was b. 6 Dec 1751 and died about Oct 1825. (Sally was mentioned in his will.) Susan Wells

Regarding the death of Roger BROWNING in Greene Co, TN:
1. Roger BROWNING deeded 27 acres of land to Abraham PETERS, dated 1 May 1828.
2. Greene Co, TN Court Minutes Bk.15:190, Monday, 27 Oct 1828-Execution of Last Will & Testament of Roger BROWNING, dec'd.
Therefore I have listed Roger's death as Oct 1828, Greene County, TN. His place of burial has not been found.
Joyce Heiss
Joyce, You may be familiar with the book by William Hurley, the "Browning Families". He gives a lineage going back from Benjamin, the father of Roger, to Edward Browning,Sr., then to Francis Browning, Sr., then to John Browning (born in England), then to Thomas Browning (born and died in England).Edmund L. Cogburn

Nickname: Sally / Lola

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Time: 18:30:51

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Time: 11:28:24

Death: 1 JAN 1859 Jamestown, Boone Co, IN

Burial: Old Union Cemetery, Boone Co, IN

Change: Date: 9 DEC 2002
Time: 23:50:00

Death: 24 FEB 1889 Crawford Co, AR

Burial: Gill Cemetery, Crawford Co, AR

Change: Date: 10 DEC 2002
Time: 00:00:58

Note: WILL BOOK 1 PAGE 27 DATE 27 JAN 1796
ITEM: Accounts of the sale of goods of Cornelius Deweese

TOTAL: 5.12.11 H. Smith Administrator
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WILL BOOK 1 PAGE 25 DATE: 2 JAN 1794

WILL OF CORNELIUS DEWEESE

All of the estate to be sold, deducting the wifes part, Wife: Dawry Deweese. Money to be equally divided amongst the children: William Deweese, Bartley Deweese, and Mary Deweese. The two boys are to be put to trade at the discretion of the executor.

Executor: My beloved friend Humphrey Smith
Witnesses: Beverage Hughes, Barbary Foley Senr., and Briget Foley

Returned May Ct. 1794
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WILL BOOK 1 PAGE 27 DATE: 27 JAN 1795

ITEM: Inventory of goods and chattels of Cornelius Deweese.

INCLUDES: Furniture, livestock, spelling book, etc.

TOTAL: 6.3.6

APPRAISERS: John Barnett, Micajah Burnet, & William Fuson

RETURNED: May Ct. 1796
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WILL BOOK 1 PAGE 27 DATE: 27 JAN 1796

ITEM: Accounts of the sale of goods of Cornelius Deweese

TOTAL: 5.12.11 H. Smith Administrator
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ABSTRACTS OF ORDER BOOK "0" PATRICK COUNTY VIRGINIA
JUNE 17, 1791 TO AUGUST 1800

The following are accounts of DeWeese Sirnames in the above mentioned book in Patrick County, Virginia:

The first account is as follows:

Page 29 Deweese vs Tittle No date Given

Page 52 9 Dec 1793 Monday. Administration of the estate of Bartlett
Foley deceased, is granted Cornelius Deweese with David Morgan his security.

Page 64 25 Apr 1794. Beverage Hughes is to appear at the next court to give testimony relative to the last Will of Cornelius Deweese dec'd.
Jury: Josiah Farris, Foreman, George Rogers Sr., John Sharp, John Crum, Peter France, Nathaniel N. Helton, Richard Davison, William Gray, Augustine Thomas, Jacob Adams Sr., George Rogers Jr., James Ferrill, and William Deal.

Page 68 May Court 1794
Last Will and Testament of Cornelius Deweese, Executor refused to act.

Page 74 28 Aug 1794
Humphrey Smith qualified as executor of the LW & T (Last Will & Testament)of Cornelius Deweese dec'd. Nathan Hall his security.

John Burnett, Zachariah Burnett, Micajah Burnett, and William Fuson or any 3 to appraise the Estate of Cornelius Deweese, dec'd.

Page 79 26 Sept 1794 Friday
Ordered that the poor orphans of Cornelius Deweese be bound out by the overseer of the poor.

Page 90 27 Feb 1795 Friday
Administration of the estate of Bartholomew Foley dec'd is granted
Barberry Foley the widow who qualified according to law with David Morgan, John Ferrell, Elizabeth Deweese, Mary Foley, Rachel Foley, Barberry Foley, Nellie Foley, and Betty Foley her securities.

Ordered that the order of September Court Last for the division of the estate of B. Foley and for allotting the widow her third be rescinded.

Page 124 27 Feb 1796 Saturday
Donelson vs Deweese's Executors 
(Note: There was a Stokley Donelson in the area at this same time, this may be him)

Page 130 30 Apr 1796 Saturday
Donalson Vs Smith Executor of Deweese

Page 131 26 May 1796 Thursday
Inventory of the estate of Cornelius Deweese returned, also sales.

Page 132 30 Jun 1796
Smith Executor of Deweese VS Walden Dismissed
Thomas Pusey 2 Days witness William Walden Vs H. Smith Executor of Deweese.

Page 143 28 Oct 1896 Friday
Donaldson Vs Smith Executor of Deweese

Page 150 24 Feb 1797 Friday
Donaldson Vs Smith Executor of Deweese

Page 158 28 Apr 1797 Friday
Power of Attorney of Humphrey Smith executor of Cornelius Deweese dec'd to David Morgan
Donaldson Vs Smith Executor of Deweese Continued

Page 164 27 Jul 1797
Donaldson Vs Smith Executor Dismissed

Page 165 27 Jul 1797
Charles Thomas, William Fuson, Charles Foster, are appointed to settle the accounts of Cornelius Deweese with H. Smith the executor.

ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, INVENTORIES, AND ACCOUNTS PATRICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1791 - 1823 WILL BOOK 1 PAG E 5 DATE 23 DEC 1793 ITEM: Inventory of the estate of Bartlett Foley, deceased Farm Equipment, live stock, and three tracts of land cont aining 143 acres, 171 acres and 491 acres. TOTAL OF THE INVENTORY 126.12.6 RET URNED: Dec Ct. 1793 by H. Smith, John Koger, and John Ferrell NOTE: Bartlett Foley must be a brother to Elizabeth, wife of Cornelius Deweese. Cornelius was the administrator of this will.

Death: Bef 25 APR 1794 Patrick Co VA

Change: Date: 7 DEC 2002
Time: 12:52:29

Note: Daughter of Peter JONES and Elizabeth Unknown

Change: Date: 9 DEC 2002
Time: 23:26:35

Death: 1769 Berks Co, PA

Change: Date: 7 OCT 2002
Time: 20:41:24

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Time: 11:28:24

Note: Elizabeth FOLEY, daughter of Bartholomew FOLEY and Barberry UNKNOWN

Death: Abt 1794 Patrick Co VA

Change: Date: 9 DEC 2002
Time: 23:33:48

Death: --Not Shown--

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Time: 20:48:36

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Time: 20:49:18

Note: Garrett Hendricks Deweese sailed from Friesland, Holland and landed in New York about 1689. Shortly after landing here he moved to Germantown, Pennsylvania.

Change: Date: 7 OCT 2002
Time: 20:54:01

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Time: 11:28:24

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Time: 11:28:24

Note: Johannes Koster of Kersheim Germany in 1686 came to American 31 August
1692 and settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

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Time: 11:28:24

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Time: 11:28:24