[Bolling5] Native American

[Arvina Copeland]

Sheila,

I had asked many times, for years, about my heritage.  The one who initially told it was a grandchild that my grandmother raised.  He told it at a family reunion about 2001.  My sole surviving aunt , about 92, admitted it then.  It took my mother awhile to finally "fess up."  My mother was in her 80's at the time.  My father, during all this time, claimed Native American Ancestry through his g-g grandmother, Winnie Sizemore Bowling.  

Sheila, do you think that the Native American Ancestry is close enough to show with the new test that Family Tree just offered?

Arvina


From: DON and SHEILA 
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:16 AM
To: Bolling Family Group 5 
Subject: Re: [Bolling5] Native American


Yes, Arvina - we have the "legend" of Native American Ancestry, but no proof.  I am pretty sure that many in both my family and my husband's drew back up into the hills and adopted "English" names.  My mother-in-law once told me about a young couple who fell in love - "she wasn't captured and he wasn't a chief - they just fell in love".  When I mentioned this after her death - the family jumped down my throat - they will deny it to this day, but I know what she said.  I also know that her grandmother was an Allen who was born in Running Water district of Marion County TN.  I also know that there were Allens listed as intruders in Indian Territory.  
Our Boling DNA appears to be European, so chances are we don't have male Native American Heritage in this particular branch of the family tree. 

Not even sure how my Harrison came to be a Boling - his DNA doesn't match beyond the 12 markers.  Oh well, however that became the name - after 200 years, I think we'll keep it!  LOL!

Sheila


From: Arvina Copeland 
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 5:25 PM
To: Bolling Research 
Subject: [Bolling5] Native American


Sheila,

You posted an inquiry on 3/16/2010 asking, "Could John have been Native American?"  I tried to reply, but my e-mail bounced.  I had some technical issues to deal with at the time, but they may be resolved now.  In my mother's family, I found a similar situation.  In the census, there was the mother and child in the household, but no apparent father, starting in 1850.  Earlier, they had lived in a southern state.  They started moving north at the time of the "Indian Removal", eventually living in Clay County, KY.  That child in the household was Francis "Frank" Bentley.  His daughter was Mary Bentley Root, my grandmother.  My mother and aunt, shortly before their death (since 2000), admitted reluctantly, that their mother, Mary Bentley Root was 1/4 Cherokee.  I asked where it came from, her mother or father.  They said that they  did not know.  I asked, "If you were guessing, which side do you guess?"  Finally my mother said that if she were guessing, she might guess the Bentley side.  The other side were Beckners and all accounted for.  Now, that still does not prove the Indian heritage.  The Bentley side has posted the family details from the southern state for the entire family, their spouses, and so on.  This daughter, Mary Bentley is simply listed as being born.  She lives with parents and they move north.  

Arvina


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