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Elizabeth Short (Bolling)

Also Known As: "Bowling", "Short", "Betsy Short", "Betsy Bolling", "Elizabeth Blair Short Bolling (Rolls)", "Elizabeth "Betsy" Bolling", "Elizabeth Bolling", "Betsy Williams"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Albemarle County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: March 03, 1819 (51)
Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Flat Gap, Wise County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Benjamin Franklin Bolling; Rev. Benjamin Bolling; Martha Bolling and Martha MARY Patsy Phelps
Wife of Britain Williams and William Grancer Short
Mother of Winnifred Savage; Susan Bolling Savage; Delany Williams; Hiram Williams; Luke Williams and 17 others
Sister of Robert Bowling; William Bowling; Rev. Jesse Bolling; Justice Bowling; John Bolling and 9 others
Half sister of Charity Bolling; Delaney Bowlin; Baxter Bolling; Jeremiah Bolling, Sr.; Barnett Bolling and 2 others

Managed by: David Wayne Cooke
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Short

GEDCOM Note

GEDCOM data

  • nickname Betsey
  • *Removed "Blair" as there is no documentation for that name, and it is confused with the earlier Elizabeth Blair 1709-1766 who married John Bolling, Jr. in 1728.

GEDCOM Note

alternate spelling of last name in some records

GEDCOM Note

Bolling in Buncombe in Tennessee Short in Bunco

Person:Elizabeth Bolling (2)

Elizabeth Bolling

  • b.8 Mar 1767 Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
  • d.abt 1805 Tennessee, United States
  • Family tree▼
  • Parents and Siblings
  • F.  Benjamin Bolling, Jr.
  • 1732 - 1832
  • M.  Martha 'Patsy' Phelps
  • ABT 1737 - 1767
  • m. 20 JUN 1753
  • Elizabeth Bolling
  • 1767 - abt 1805
  • Spouse and Children
  • (edit)
  • H.  William "Grancer" Short
  • 1768 - 1851
  • W.  Elizabeth Bolling
  • 1767 - abt 1805
  • m. abt 1791
  • Benjamin Short
  • abt 1791 - 1877
  • Adam Short
  • 1794 - abt 1904
  • Charles Anderson "Cash" Short
  • 1799 - 1875
  • Rebecca Short
  • abt 1800 - abt 1895
  • Virginia Jane "Jenny" Short
  • 1803 - 1870
  • Joseph D Short
  • abt 1804 -
  • William Granville "Buck" Short
  • 1805 - 1857
  • Elizabeth Short
  • 1806 -
  • Add another spouse & children
  • ▼Facts and Events
  • Name
  • Elizabeth Bolling
  • Baptismal Name
  • Elizabeth Bolling
  • Married Name
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Short
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth[1]
  • 8 Mar 1767
  • Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
  • source = OLT, needs verification
  • Marriage
  • abt 1791
  • North Carolina, United States
  • to William "Grancer" Short
  • Death?
  • abt 1805
  • Tennessee, United States

Daughter of Benjamin Bolling and Patsy Phelps. First wife of William S. Short* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 5 2021, 15:00:19 UTC


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Elizabeth Short's Timeline

1767
March 8, 1767
Albemarle County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1782
1782
South Carolina, United States
1785
1785
Botetourt County, Virginia, United States
1786
May 8, 1786
VA
1792
1792
Roanoke, Halifax, Virginia, United States
1792
Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
1794
June 5, 1794
North Carolina, USA
1795
1795
Burke, North Carolina, United States