James Bowlin147 was born 12 Mar 1824 in Ashe County, North Carolina, and died 04 Feb 1863 in Ashe County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Woodie on 18 Nov 1849 in Ashe County, North Carolina, daughter of Theophilus Woody and Frances Bryant.
Notes for James Bowlin: It has not been proved nor disproved that James Bowlin was Melungeon.
Many of these sons and daughters of the people who became known in history as the Melungeons lost their identity through intermarriages with their white neighbors and the job of finding and locating these families can only be done through family genealogy. Some of these may have mixed with Indian tribes and lived among them. The main body of the ones who became known as Melungeons and carrying Melungeon traits fall into a basic family name grouping which includes Boulden, also spelled Bowlin, Bolen, Bowling, and Bolton, Bunch, Collins, also Collens and Colins, Fields, Gibson, Gipson, Goins also spelled Goen, Goan, Going, Minor, Mullins, Williams, Nichols. Of course by reason of several generations of intermarriage with neighboring white settlers, many other names are blood related to the Historical Melungeons.
"Then came forward sister Kitchens and complained to the church against Susanna Stallard for saying she harbored them Melungins." Stony Creek Baptist Church, Fort Blackmore, Scott County, Virginia
"We generally called them Malungeons when we talk about the Goins and them-The Goins were mixed blooded.'' William McGill, Justice of the Peace, years 1834-1850.
“Vardy Collins, Shepherd Gibson, Benjamin Collins, Solomon Collins, Paul Bunch and the Goodmans, chiefs and the rest of them settled here about the year 1804, possibly about the year 1795, but all these men above named, who are called Melungeons, obtained land grants and muniments of title to the land they settled on and they were the friendly Indians who came with the whites as they moved west. They came from the Cumberland County and New River, Va., stopping at various points west of the Blue Ridge. Some of them stopped on Stony Creek, Scott County, and Virginia, where Stony Creek runs into Clinch River. --- The old pure blood were finer featured, straight and erect in form, more so than the whites and when mixed with whites made beautiful women and the men very fair looking men. These Indians came to Newman’s Ridge and Blackwater. Some of them went into the War of 1812-1914 whose names are here given; James Collins, John Bolin and Mike Bolin and some others not remembered; those were quite full blooded." Lewis M. Jarvis interview 1903 Hancock County Times.
Many of these sons and daughters of the people who became known in history as the Melungeons lost their identity through intermarriages with their white neighbors and the job of finding and locating these families can only be done through family genealogy. Some of these may have mixed with Indian tribes and lived among them. The main body of the ones who became known as Melungeons and carrying Melungeon traits fall into a basic family name grouping which includes Boulden, also spelled Bowlin, Bolen, Bowling, and Bolton, Bunch, Collins, also Collens and Colins, Fields, Gibson, Gipson, Goins also spelled Goen, Goan, Going, Minor, Mullins, Williams, Nichols. Of course by reason of several generations of intermarriage with neighboring white settlers, many other names are blood related to the Historical Melungeons.
NC Dept of Archives Reference File Number Name Date 1 Date 2 Date 3 Date 4 412.14.28.4263 4296 James Bolins 1851 1852 412.14.28.4683 4716 James Bolin 1853 1855
More About James Bowlin: Date born 2: 1827, Virginia.147 Residence: 1850, District 54, Russell, Virginia.147
More About James Bowlin and Elizabeth Woodie: Marriage: 18 Nov 1849, Ashe County, North Carolina.
Children of James Bowlin and Elizabeth Woodie are:
James Bowlin (b. 12 Mar 1824, d. 04 Feb 1863)
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