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By Wayne F. Baldwin
Special to the Rappahannock News
In its many and varied forms, whether as above or spelled Bolin, Bolling, Bowlin, Bowling etc., this family whose roots run deeper than the county itself claim the tradition that their lineage can be traced to Pocohantas. We confess we do not have documentation for this but this tradition has passed down through the ages with each generation. We do know that our remotest ancestor was Nathaniel Bolen who was born in 1779. He was married about 1805 to Nancy Scroggins (or Scoggins-born in 1780), by whom were bom four sons; Edward, John Turner, Daniel and Robert, and one daughter the eldest child, Lydia Ann who died early and never married. Nathaniel died in 1870 in his ninety-second year. He and Nancy or Ann, were members of Thornton Gap Baptist Church, residing somewhere near there.
Anyone whose Bolen ancestors lived in Rappahannock can trace back to either Edward or John Turner. Incidently, John's descendants choose to use the Bowling spelling, and these settled primarily in the Flint Hill area.
Daniel and Robert Bolen seem to have gone west in the mid-1830s and not much more is known of them.
Honoring our heritage and respectful of our still living elderly Bolen cousins, on June 4, we had a picnic/cemetery clean-up day. The old family burying ground lies within the bounds of Shenandoah National Park where several generations are interred. Among them being John Henry Bolen (1831-1910) a son of Edward Bolen and his first wife, Mary Bowen.
Thirteen friends and family gathered on that morning including Beulah Bolen, Mary Bolen Burner, James F. Bailey Sr., James F. Bailey, Jr. and his wife Mildred Clatterbuck Bailey, Charlie F. and Florine
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