Bernie wrote: > Col Robert Bolling was from "Kippax" or > "Flaming Dale" and his son who was Col John Bolling was from "Cobbs" > Plantation on the Appomattox near Petersburg, VA. > Bernie and all, I just have a footnote here of interest to Bolling descendants, as well as those with ancestry traced to Burtons (all you Stovalls), Baughs and Cobbs. To recap, Cobbs was the plantation of Robert Bolling and Jane Rolfe's son, John Bolling and Mary Kennon, daughter of Richard Kennon and Mary Worsham. I understand it was at Cobbs that they raised all the little "Red" Bollings to whom Pocahontas descendants trace their ancestry. Cobbs is on the opposite, north side of the Appomattox from Petersburg and downstream a handful of miles in what is now Chesterfield Co. It is located a little east of the point where the Appomattox, which had been travelling primarily north for a ways, turns east and the Ashton/PeircesToyl Creek (many names) becomes part of the Ashen Swamp and they empty into the Appomattox River Today, a part of "Cobbs" in its post-1753 boundaries, is now Point of Rocks Park, which has the requisite ball fields, a number of foot trails, points of interest, boardwalks through marchlands, lookouts, and an area where the local teens seem to gravitate to carve their names and initials on the trees (I've been there and got hopelessly lost in the woods one rainy, windy morning without a map, which weren't in stock). Point of Rocks literature and a historic marker (which I did not find, but it was probably hidden behind some soccer parents' SUV) mention the Cobbs and Bollings I am told, but the history of the land, and particularly that portion that is the Park is a little more complicated. Cobbs, as the Bollings owned it after 1753, my research suggests is primarily two separate pieces of land. (a). The original Ambrose Cobbs patent 1639, which shows Abraham WOOD on his east and John BAUGH on his west. This land was sold to Thomas BURTON in 1656. It was sold by the BURTONS in 1704 to John BOLLING. (b). The original Abraham PEIRCY patent, taken over by John BAUGH in 1638 patent. This land was later in the hands of the descendants of William BAUGH, who died ca 1687 in Henrico Co. The fact that it is in the hands of William Baugh's descendants when they sell to the Bollings in 1753, tells me that William Baugh, believed to be progenitor of all the Henrico Baughs, was probably the son of John Baugh, but with the loss of HEnrico records we'll never know. There are some records suggesting carveouts of fishing holes for Baughs and ferry permits that suggest that the Baughs might have held on to some small pieces of this land even after 1753, but the Baughs also held large holdings further up the Swamp and the Creek. I believe that it is this second section of land that encompasses most of the Park, with some of the easternmost fields part of the pre-1753 Cobbs. For all Pocohontas, Baugh, Burton descendants, the archaeological survey done by Lyle Browning and others for the Point of Rocks Park did not go over inch-by-inch the Park lands that weren't slated for development into fields, but does say there are several sites, if excavated, that could yield much more information on Indians and early colonial times and artificats than those sites that they did have to study for development. There are pictures, map, Cobbs information at these websites: <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/ambrose.htm">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cobb/ambrose.htm</A>; see map: <A HREF="http://echesterfield.com/soccer/fields/por.jpg">http://echesterfield.com/soccer/fields/por.jpg</A>, and some pictures are here: <A HREF="http://www.cvfo.org/locations_parks_and_open_areas.htm)"> http://www.cvfo.org/locations_parks_and_open_areas.htm)</A>. I have more specific documentation on the land transfers, etc. if anyone is interested. My best regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html