Berzilla Wallin

The Wallin Family Is An American Family Of Traditional Ballad Singers From Madison County North Carolina. Their Repertoire Of Appalachian Folk Ballads— Many Of Which Were Rooted In “Old World” Ballads Traceable To The British Isles— Brought Them To The Attention Of Folk Music Enthusiasts During The American Folk Music Revival Of The 1960s. Wallin Family Members Have Recorded Numerous Times Over A Period Of Nearly Four Decades And Have Appeared In Several Independent Documentaries. Members Of The Wallin Family Are Either Descendants Of Or Married To Descendants Of Hugh Wallin 1829—1864 A Union Army Recruiter Assassinated By Confederate Soldiers During The U.S. Civil War. Among The Children Of Hugh And His Wife Rosannah Were Sons Mitchell Wallin 1854—1932 And Thomas Jefferson “Tom” Wallin 1857—1948 . After Hugh’s Death Rosannah Married John Bullman And Their Children Included Daughter Mary Bullman Sands 1871—1949 . Children Of Thomas Jefferson Wallin Included Robert Lee Wallin 1889—1973 And Cas Wallin 1903—1992 . Robert Lee Usually Listed As Simply "Lee Wallin" And His Wife Berzilla Née Berzilla Chandler Had More Than 10 Children Including Martin Douglas "Doug" Wallin 1919—2000 And Jack Wallin 1932—2005 . Berzilla Was The Sister Of Ballad Singers Lloyd Chandler And Dellie Chandler Norton And A Cousin Of Dillard Chandler. Around 1960 Folk Music Enthusiasts Peter And Polly Gott Moved To Madison County. They Quickly Met Lee Wallin Who Played The Banjo Regularly At Local Events And Lee Introduced Them To His Relatives. In August 1963 Gott And Folk Musician John Cohen Recorded Lee Cas Berzilla And Several Relatives For The Album Old Love Songs And Ballads Which Was Released By Folkways Records The Following Year. read less