p.191a, line 27, Burke County, North Carolina, 1810 Christ. Bottles 11201-01101-00 00-09 1801-1810 1 0 10-15 1795-1800 1 1 unknown male Bortles, unknown female Bortles 16-25 1785-1794 2 1 John Bortles, Frederick Bortles, Sarah (Sally) Bortles 26-44 1766-1784 0 0 45+ <1765 1 1 Christian Bortles, Anna Catherine Anthony other free 0 slaves 0 |
I believe that Christian Bortles/Bottles age 45+ was my fifth great grandfather. Which is to say, I believe that Christian was the grandfather of my third great grandfather Jacob England. Christian's wife was Anna Catherine Anthony age 45+. The will of Christian Bortles mentioned a grandson named Jacob England. There was no other Jacob England in Burke County at the time. The best current speculation is that Jacob was born out of wedlock, the son of an England woman and a Bortles man, where the Bortles man was the son of Christian Bortles. The family is reported to have been living in the Salem Church area, three miles south of Morganton on Rutherford Road. The unknown female age 10-15 is of great significance to my research. The speculation that Jacob England was the son of a Bortles man and an England woman may be wrong. Jacob may have been the son of an England man and a Bortles woman. If it was the latter, then a daughter of Christian Bortles who was born 1795-1800 would be the best candidate to have been Jacob's mother. The older daughter, Sarah Anthony (Sally) Bortles, married Samuel David Laughridge. So Sally could not have been Jacob's mother. |
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