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BOLIN HISTORYBenjamin Bolin - Was born in Fauquier County, Virginia. He died during the Civil War, age about 80 years. Born March 1784, and died 1862-65. Married Mary Lee of Fauquier or Loudon County, Virginia. He came to Ohio from Virginia about 1828 to Athens County where he took up School Land. Benjamin was a soldier in the War of 1812, stationed at Norfolk, Virginia, and had a land claim in the Ohio Territory for his service. Mary Lee died about 1862, age 80 years. Children of Benjamin Bolin 1. Susan Married Aaron Robinson 2. Elizabeth married Willham Bolin 3. Sarah married Jessie Robinson (son of William Robinson) 4. Marshall married Ann Bolin 5. Mary married Samuel Dixon BOLIN HISTORY The Bolins belong to one of our oldest families. Their ancestors were among the French Huguenots, along with the Hudnalls, Dulins, and many others, that were driven from their native land by the Inquisition of the Roman Church. They were a class of Protestants, known as Huguenots, which left France in 1685, along with 300,000 other Huguenots who scattered to various countries. Many of them settled in America, with several settling in Virginia. Three Bolin brothers migrated to Ohio after their marriages in Virginia. They were Benjamin, Samuel and William. Benjamin and Samuel settled along the line of survey between Athens and Meigs Counties', possibly while the land was still called Washington County. They were not the earliest settlers because they obtained their land through the Ohio Company's Purchase. All that was required of them to obtain the land was to pay some person a small fee for writing the deed and paying a small tax called College Rent. Owing to the vast Forests, the men decided that they needed only a few acres of land, enough for clearing for cabins and small scale farming. Their habits were mostly hunting the wild game, as the forests were full of wild life at that time - even wild hogs. William came to Ohio but settled some other place, possibly still in Washington County. Samuel Bolin, a soldier in the War of 1812, was born in Fauquier or Loudon County, Virginia in 1786 and died in 1860, age 74. He married Mary Hudnall (daughter of Thomas Hudnall, a Revolutionary War soldier) who was born in Virginia 1791 and died in 1875, age 84. Their graves, with markers, can be found in the Bolin Cemetery on land now owned by Lewis Jeffers. This land was first settled near the time of the first land grants by a Joseph Hudnall, whose grave is found to be the oldest in this cemetery. He died in 1835. He was a Grandfather to Mary (Hudnall) Bolin. Benjamin Bolin was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1784 and died in 1864, age 80 years. He married Mary Lee, born in Fauquier County also, in 1782 and died in 1862, age 80 years. They are both buried in the Chase Cemetery. Benjamin came to Ohio from Virginia about 1828 and took up School Land. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, being stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. He was rewarded with a land grant for his services. Mary Lee, wife of Benjamin, was a cousin to General Robert E. Lee, Confederate General during the Civil War, and claimed relationship with the Lees of Revolutionary War fame. The children of Samuel Bolin and Mary Hudnall Bolin were as follows James, married Betty Lathey; William, married 1. Sinia Proctor 2. Mary Ann Hudnall, 3. Sally Mizner; Benjamin, married 1. Cassey Pierce, 2. Sally Mizner; John. married Orillie Pierce; Thomas, married 1. Elizabeth Welch, 2. Rosetta Frost; Janet, married William Hamilton; Francis, married Ira Haning; Ann, married Marshall Bolin; Pricilla, married Joe Carsey; Martilia, married John Marshall. The descendants of Thomas Bolin can trace their ancestry to Ireland, since Thomas' first wife, Elizabeth Welch, was of Irish descent. This history would not be complete without telling of a romance that took place many, many years ago. William Hudnall and John Welch, when they were mere boys, hired themselves, or in other words, sold themselves to Edward Dulin, a rich slave and land owner of Virginia. They were called Apprentice boys and were to work for him long enough to learn a trade. They chose Blacksmithing and became very fine workmen. While these young men were with their Master, they fell in love with his winsome daughters and won their hands in marriage. The men were said t0 be very fine looking, with red hair and blue eyes. The girls were of the opposite. type of beauty, with black hair and black eyes. When they were married, each daughter received from their father a Negro slave of great value for her wedding present. But on coming to Ohio, which was a free state, they had to free their Negro servants. This would make Edward Dulin a Great Grandfather to Thomas Bolin's wife, Elizabeth Welch. The Bolins, perhaps, could trace their ancestry to the throne and wearing of the crown,
as Ann Boleyn, a French lady of the Court of King Henry VIII gained favor with King and
after divorcing his wife, married Ann Boleyn. She became the mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
No doubt Ann Boleyn was a close relative of the Bolins that left France during the
religious wars at that time. (Of course, we are only guessing at this point). This history has only dealt with the Bolin ancestors of a hundred and two hundred years ago, touching on their migration from France in 1685. Much information can be gained by searching the old records of Fauquier and Loudon Counties of Virginia, as land deeds and marriages would be on record. The Bolin ancestors were as patriotic as were Joseph and Thomas Hudnall, who were Revolutionary soldiers, and the brothers of this history, Benjamin and Samuel Bolin, were soldiers in the War of 1812. Many of their grandsons were in the Civil War and many that are living today were in World War I and World War II. Historian -- Emma Belle (Hudnall) Robinson
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