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NameMr. Rawlins

Spouses

1Mrs. Rawlins

ChildrenJames Mason (~1737-<1790)

Charles

Roderick

Birthabt 1737, Probably , , , England237

Deathbef 1790, , , North Carolina, USA238,239

FatherMr. Rawlins

MotherMrs. Rawlins

Spouses

1Priscilla Blount43,230,231,232,45

Birthabt 1740, Of, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA

Deathaft 1794, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA233

Marriageabt 1760, Of, London, London, England

ChildrenCharles (~1764-~1800)

James M. (1766-1843)

Elizabeth (~1766-)

Nancy (1768-)

James (~1768-1845)

George Willie (1773-1848)

Thomas (1774->1801)

Miss (~1775-)

Roderick Alexander (1776-1848)

Miss (~1776-)

Thomas (~1777-)

Mary "Polley" (1778-1876)

Notes for James Mason Rawlins

~Web_Links: The Hearsay Generation by Lyle Rawlins \ http://www.rawlins.org/hearsay.html

~Web_Links: Rawlins Research by Lyle Rawlins \ http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/rawlins_james_m_whatweknow.html

~Web_Links: Tradition states that he had a brother, Charles. See:\ Quest For by Lola Sorensen http://www.rawlins.org/quest.html

~Web_Links: Came with two brothers Charles and Roderick, from England. See:\ Roderick Alexander Rawlins By Mrs. H. E. Rawlins http://www.rawlins.org/roderick.html

~Web_Links: THE BATTLE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN -- Lyle Rawlins \ http://www.rawlins.org/Lyle/kingsmountain/kimo.html

~Web_Links: Rawlins Line Research by Bert Rawlins \ http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/rawlins_line.html

Nauvoo bapt. for dead file FHL, baptisms done by grandson, James Rawlins/Rollins for his parents and grandparents, named indinances done in 1844. These people all deceased by then. Virginia Gazetta Newspaper article, wanted ad on James Rawlings coming from notice on film 029723, issue 24 Oct 1777, wnted James rawlins abt. 40,had lived two years in Martin county, N. Car., 10 pds reward for capture, dark complexion, cut on one of his cheeks Complaintant,John Bryan, of Craven county. 1790 census N. carolina, 975.6x2p, pg. 119 or 117?, Charles Rollings and Prudy Rollens. Pitt county, N. Carolina deed abstracts, 975.644R2a, F-l-40. North Carolina Hist. and Gen. Register, volume 2, #975.6D25n, pgs. 398-405 capture off Hyde county with his family in a boat to return to England, James Rawlins, his despositions and trial,1777, at time was stated of Martin county. Whitmel Hill married to a Blount and possible relative to him on his wife, Priscilla's side. Family Tradition states he had a brother who served in Rev. There is a Charles Rollen on 1840 census in Pitt county age 87 who is stated to be a rev. war vet. This may be his brother in place and only one I could find from that general area that served. IGI controlled extraction names for London area, chr. 27June 1739 St. Botolph Without Aldgate, London, C006336 -5566, checked all spellings, closest James Rawlins to approxmate age cited in wanted poster on James Rawlins, son of John Rawlins and Elizabeth.
Beaufort county, deed book 3, pg. 36, film #416404, James Charlescraft for 40 pds from John Rawlings of Boston, Mass., merchant buys,100 acres in county on southside of Tar River, dated 2 Mar 1749/50, proved 20 March 1749. Since family tradition that one of James's son was born near where battle of Bunker Hill was fought and that was near Boston, it would appear possible that this John could have been of England and been son of James, as a merchant was doing business in Boston when this James would have been a boy, buying land in Beaufort county which is a parent county of Pitt and Martin counties at a point in time. Pitt formed in 1760.

Birthabt 1768, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA

Deathbef 1844, Warren, Kentucky, USA

FatherJoseph Gregory (~1740-1819)

MotherAmy Amanda Sartain (1743-1806)

Spouses

1Charles Rawlins8,1163,1164,45,43

Birthabt 1764, Of, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA1165

Deathabt 1800, , Warren, Kentucky, USA1166,1167,1168

BurialWarren, Kentucky, USA

FatherJames Mason Rawlins (~1737-<1790)

MotherPriscilla Blount (~1740->1794)

Marriageabt 1785, Of, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA

ChildrenHosea (1786->1830)

Suspected (~1788-)

Roderick (~1785-)

Charlotte (1791-1863)

James (1794-1874)

Joseph (1796-1885)

Roderick (1796-1848)

Emma or Amy (~1797-)

Amy (1798-1884)

Hosea (1798-)

2Noah Phillips45,43

Birth22 Mar 1775, Probably, Warren, Kentucky, USA452

Deathbef 1820

Marriageabt 1800, , Warren, Kentucky, USA1169

ChildrenAmanda Or Nancy (1808-)

John (~1801-1876)

Nancy (1804-~1860)

Edward (~1808-)

Israel (1810-1876)

Keen (~1812-)

Edward (~1814-)

Andrew (~1816-)

Notes for Anastatia Eustatia Gregory

~Web_Links: The Quest for James Mason Rawlins http://www.rawlins.org/quest.html

~Web_Links: The Lemmon Web site (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8540/dat9.htm#4) lists birth in Rutherford North Carolina, and spells her name Anastatia. This site also shows Sartain ancestors with similar spelling. I'm adopting this spelling.

CENSUS: 1810 Census of Warren, KY, shows Statia Phillips a few entries away from Joseph Gregory.
Lucinda R. Cunningham, Proxy Alternate baptism date 10 Sep 1884.

TERRY_WASSON: Terry Wasson show birth place as Rutherford, Morgan District, North Carolina (ANASTATIA EUSTATIA3 GREGORY, b. 1768, Rutherford County, Morgan District, NC.)4. ANASTATIA EUSTATIA3 GREGORY (JOSEPH2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1768 in Rutherford County, Morgan District, NC . She married (1) CHARLES RAWLINS 1789 in Rutherford County, Morgan District, NC, son of JAM ES RAWLINS and PRICILLA BLOUNT. He was born 1764 in Rutherford County, NC, and died 1800 i n Warren County, KY. She married (2) NOAH JOHN PHILLIPS Aft. 1800 in Warren County, KY. He was born 1764 in Warren County, KY, and died Bef. 1820.

TERRY_WASSON: Posted by: Terry Wasson Date: October 10, 2000 at 16:00:23 In Reply to: Re: Lemmon Parker Rawlins by Steve Rawlins of 234 TERRY_WASSON: I'm glad to find another descendent of Anastatia Gregory. Her full name was Anastatia Eustatia Gregory. Anastacia was Amy Amanda's sister and the aunt of our Anastatia. In 1800 Anastatia believingher husband had died married Noah Phillips. I am a descendent of their daughter Amanda who married James Wasson in 1825 at Greene County Illinois. I have a copy of the letter signed by Anastatia giving her permission for the marriage. Amanda was born in 1810 as was her brother Israel Phillips who may have been her twin. Here is a list of the offspring of Noah and Anastatia. John Phillips Israel Phillips Amanda Phillips Edmund Phillips Andrew Phillips Keen Phillips I have the Gregory, Sartain line back to 1659. If you will drop me an email at terrywasson@cs.com I will forward more family history.

1 NAME Eustacia, Statia, Aristica, Stacy // 2 GIVN Eustacia, Statia, Aristica, Stacy 2 SURN From Joseph Gregory; Sartin's Cabbin Branch; for love of son-in-law & dau Anastatia signed Arrastach Rawlins, or her mark, to sale list of Charles Rawlins' Inventory, appraised by Thomas Crawford, Will Gardner, John Gage. Recorded July Court 1800. Stacia Phillips. p. 279; #87; 2M 10-; 1M 10-16; 2F 10-; 1F 26-45

Deed of Gift, Rutherford county,N. Car., deed book one, g. 268, film 019912, to son in law, Charles Rawlins, 28 June 1792.Warren county, Ky. court abstracts and old letters, old film #34799 part 10, Charles Rawlins Inventory, May court, Anastasha Rawlins signs her mark for husband, Charles's, inventory. 1810 census Warren county,Ky. film 181,353 item 9, pg. 279 Joseph Gregory he and wife over 45. pg. 259 Jas. Rollins and wife, 26/45.
Nauvoo baptisms for dead done in Miss. River by James Rollins and wife, for his mother, and her parents listed in account of baptisms and well as James's aunts and uncles.

~Web_Links: The Quest for James Mason Rawlins http://www.rawlins.org/quest.html

~Web_Links: The Lemmon Web site (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8540/dat9.htm#4) lists birth in Rutherford North Carolina, and spells her name Anastatia. This site also shows Sartain ancestors with similar spelling. I'm adopting this spelling.

CENSUS: 1810 Census of Warren, KY, shows Statia Phillips a few entries away from Joseph Gregory.
Lucinda R. Cunningham, Proxy Alternate baptism date 10 Sep 1884.

TERRY_WASSON: Terry Wasson show birth place as Rutherford, Morgan District, North Carolina (ANASTATIA EUSTATIA3 GREGORY, b. 1768, Rutherford County, Morgan District, NC.)4. ANASTATIA EUSTATIA3 GREGORY (JOSEPH2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1768 in Rutherford County, Morgan District, NC . She married (1) CHARLES RAWLINS 1789 in Rutherford County, Morgan District, NC, son of JAM ES RAWLINS and PRICILLA BLOUNT. He was born 1764 in Rutherford County, NC, and died 1800 i n Warren County, KY. She married (2) NOAH JOHN PHILLIPS Aft. 1800 in Warren County, KY. He was born 1764 in Warren County, KY, and died Bef. 1820.

TERRY_WASSON: Posted by: Terry Wasson Date: October 10, 2000 at 16:00:23 In Reply to: Re: Lemmon Parker Rawlins by Steve Rawlins of 234 TERRY_WASSON: I'm glad to find another descendent of Anastatia Gregory. Her full name was Anastatia Eustatia Gregory. Anastacia was Amy Amanda's sister and the aunt of our Anastatia. In 1800 Anastatia believing her husband had died married Noah Phillips. I am a descendent of their daughter Amanda who married James Wasson in 1825 at Greene County Illinois. I have a copy of the letter signed by Anastatia giving her permission for the marriage. Amanda was born in 1810 as was her brother Israel Phillips who may have been her twin. Here is a list of the offspring of Noah and Anastatia. John Phillips Israel Phillips Amanda Phillips Edmund Phillips Andrew Phillips Keen Phillips I have the Gregory, Sartain line back to 1659. If you will drop me an email at terrywasson@cs.com I will forward more family history.

Birth1798, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA

Death5 Apr 1884, Ennis, Ellis, Texas, USA

FatherCharles Rawlins (~1764-~1800)

MotherAnastatia Eustatia Gregory (~1768-<1844)

Spouses

1James Lemmon592,45,43

BirthApr 1763, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA593

Death4 Jul 1867, Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, USA

BurialPeters Colony, Lancaster, Texas, USA594

FatherRobert Lemmon (1730-1800)

MotherEleanor Davis (1744-)

Marriage2 Apr 1818, Paoli, Orange, Indiana, USA1970

ChildrenSarah (1819-1859)

William (1821-1884)

Robert Allen (1824-1906)

Stacy Ann (1826-1890)

Hopey (1828-1859)

Ellen (1831-1918)

Andrew Jackson (1835-1902)

James (1837-1838)

Francis Marian L. (1838-1838)

Notes for Amy Rawlins

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

~Web_Links: Lemmon History http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/lemmon_family_history.html

~Web_Links: Death date from Lemmon Family Gedcom http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8540/dat3.htm

#2) Stacia Phillips 2F 10- age 50, with James Lemmon, b. KY Joseph Sharp Rawlins listed Amy Rawlins Lemon as his father's sister.

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

~Web_Links: Lemmon History http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/lemmon_family_history.html
~Web_Links: Death date from Lemmon Family Gedcom http://www.geocities.com/Heartland

James Mason Rawlins

Charles Rawlins

Amy Rawlins

Sarah Lemmon

Married James Abbott on 7 JAN 1835

Roderick Alexander Rawlins

By Mrs. H. E. Rawlins(Written in 1892)Roderick Alexander Rawlins, who is prominently identified with the growth and prosperity of Dallas County, Texas, is a descendant of James Mason Rawlins, who was of pure English descent, and came with two brothers Charles and Roderick, from England to America some years prior to the Revolutionary War. James Mason Rawlings lived at the beginning of the War in Massachusetts, near Bunker Hill, with his family. They moved to North Carolina while the War was in progress. The wife of James Mason Rawlings was Miss Priscilla Blount. They had five children, viz: Charles, James, Roderick, Elizabeth and Nancy. He was an adherent of the King of England, and fought on that side, while his brothers espoused the cause of the colonies. He was captured and imprisoned at Raleigh. During this was his two brothers Charles and Roderick, dropped the "g" from their names, spelling it afterwards "RAWLINS". Subsequently the descendants of James Mason also discarded the same letter.

Roderick Rawlins, a son of James Mason Rawlins and the father of our subject, was born near Bunker Hill, Massachusetts, March 11, 1776, was reared by his mother until eight or nine years of age, when she died and Roderick was thrown to his own resources. He first engaged as a farm hand, and continued at this occupation until 1779, when he was married to Sarah King a member of the Van Remsslaer family. This occurred in Bedford County, Tennessee, on Duck River, where they lived about 10 years. Three children were born from this marriage in Bedford County, viz: William born March 19, 1800; James S. born 6, 1802; Angelina, born May 1, 1806 (who became the wife of Valentine Wampler, one of the pioneers of Dallas County, Texas). They moved to Kentucky where two children were born, viz: Asa born 1808 and Elizabeth born September 8, 1811. In 1811 Roderick Rawlins and his family moved to Indiana, settled on the East Fork of White River, in Lawrence County. Here his wife, whose name before was Sarah King, died in 1814. All of them are now dead (1892), but have left a large number of descendants.

Shortly after Roderick Rawlins moved to Indiana, he enlisted with a company of Rangers for protection against the Indians, and was thus engaged about two years; at the expiration of which time he was elected to the Legislature, a representative of Lawrence and Monroe Counties. At the end of this term as representative, he was elected County Clerk of Monroe County, and helped to lay out the county town, and gave it the name it bears now "Bloomington".

While serving as County Clerk of Monroe County, he donated part of his salary for the purpose of putting a town clock on the court house. The county being then and for some years afterwards out of funds, the matter was overlooked by the beneficiaries and it was not until some fifty years later that the request was resurrected, and the provisions carried into effect, at which time the amount including the interest legally accrued, constituted quite a handsome sum.

He was a natural mechanic at which trade he afterward worked in connection with farming. In 1823 he moved from Indiana to Illinois, and remained there until 1844, when he moved to Texas and settled on Ten Mile Creek in the southern part of Dallas County.

He sold part of his headright to A. Bledsoe, a native of Kentucky. There came with Roderick Rawlins to Dallas County, in 1844, his children with their families as follows: Nancy P. Taylor, Elucia C. Hall, Lucinda A. Keller, Talitha Wise, also his son 11 year old Roderick A. Jr. In 1864 his son William came with his family, and in 1848 Pleasant King came with his family.

Roderick Rawlins was an untiring worker in the Baptist Church, until the time of his second marriage, when he united with the Christian Church with which he remained until his death, which occurred April 27, 1848. In politics he was a Whig. In 1846 on the question of annexation, it is said that he and Alex. Harwood were the only ones in Dallas County who voted against it. Mr. Roderick Rawlins second marriage was to Milly Parks in 1816. She was born in North Carolina December 6, 1793, and was the daughter of George Parks a resident of Monroe County, Indiana. To this union were born eight children, two sons and six daughters who are named in the order of their birth as follows: Pleasant King born in Indiana September 1, 1817, and died in Dallas County Texas in 1889; Nancy P. born May 10, 1820 married to Pleasant Taylor, a resident of Dallas, Texas at the time of his death which occurred February 4, 1891, Mrs Taylor died also in 1891; Elusia Catherine, born in Indiana September 5, 1822 is the widow of Lucis Hall, and now resides in Montague County, Texas; Lucinda Ann born in Illinois January 1, 1825 and died in 1889, she was the wife of Samuel Keller (deceased) who was a resident of Dallas County; Polly Parks was born in Illinois October 5, 1826, and became the wife of M. N. Miller, a resident of Dallas County, both are now deceased; Talitha was born in Illinois September 18, 1826 and died in 1876, she was the wife of Carlos Wise of Dallas County, Texas; Hannah M. was born September 1, 1831, and died September 18, 1831; Roderick Alexander Rawlins, our subject, was born in Green County, Illinois, on January 20, 1833 where lived with his parents until 1844. From there he moved with them to Dallas County Texas, near the present town of Lancaster which place is located on his fathers headright, and there he continued to live until 1850, when housekeeping was broken up. The mother went to live with her daughter Mrs. Nancy P. Taylor, and Roderick worked on a farm, and engaged with his brother-in-law Samuel Keller, in running a saw mill. In 1853 Mr. Rawlins was married to Virginia Bledsoe, daughter of A. Bledsoe, who for several years was comptroller of the State of Texas.

Mrs. Rawlins was a school teacher, and taught the first school in the neighborhood her husband being one of the pupils. In 1855 Mr. Rawlins moved to his present home, where he has since resided with the exception of four years when he lived on his place near Hutchins.

In September 1861, he enlisted in the 6th Texas Cavalry, Company F, under Captain H. S. Guy, and went out as Orderly Sergeant. At the organization of the army in 1862, he was elected Captain, and held that position until the end of the war. At the time of Lee's surrender, he was home on furlough, on account of being wounded, but had gotten as far as Marshal, Texas on his way to rejoin the Army when he heard the news of surrender. He was in a number of principal engagements, was dismounted and went to Corinth, served in the infantry for six months, and was remounted again. He was with General Price in his second unsuccessful attempt to capture Corinth, and was afterward with Van Dorn in taking of Holly Springs. He was shot through the hip at the battle of Thompsons Station.

To Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins were born three children, one son and two daughters: A. Bledsoe, born February 8, 1855, was married in 1876 to Miss Virginia Fisher, a native of Dallas, County Texas. Adda Blanche, born May 25, 1859 and Bette Alexander, born November 3, 1861 the wife of Dr. C. A. Shultz, of Alcardo, Johnston County, Texas.

Mrs. Rawlins was killed in 1890, being thrown from a buggy. Mr. Rawlins is identified with the Christian Church, and in politics a Democrat.

(Erle Rawlins "my husband" is the son of A. Bledsoe Rawlins and we have three sons Roderick, Erle Jr., and Francis Marion.)