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James M. Rawlins[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1766 - 1843  (77 years)


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  • Name James M. Rawlins 
    Born 1766  Of Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 1843  Patterson, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Died 6 Aug 1843  Wilmington, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15] 
    Person ID I9689  Main Tree
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2009 

    Father James Mason Rawlins,   b. Abt 1737, Probably , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1790, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Priscilla Blount,   b. Abt 1740, Of Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft , Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1760  Of London, London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Family ID F614  Group Sheet

    Family Lydia Jane Green,   b. Abt 1770, Of Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1843, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married Bef 1790  [16] 
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Children 
     1. Charles Rawlins,   b. 1791, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft , Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Joseph Rawlins,   b. 1784/1794, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Mary R. "Polly" Rawlins,   b. 1794, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861  (Age 67 years)
    +4. William Martin Rawlins, (Elder)/ (Elder),   b. 5 Jul 1796, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 1850, Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +5. James A. Rawlins, Jr.,   b. 16 Apr 1798, Near Pilot Knob, Warren, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1886, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     6. Roderick Rawlins,   b. 1800, Of Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1842  (Age < 42 years)
    +7. Nancy Rawlins,   b. Abt 1804, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1875, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
    +8. John Rawlins,   b. 14 Sep 1805, Warren, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1875, Patterson, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +9. Sarah "Sally" Rawlins,   b. 1809, Of Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1838, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
    +10. Rebecca Rawlins,   b. 27 May 1810, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1849, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     11. Samuel Rawlins,   b. Abt 1815, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1861, Greene, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
     12. Robert Rawlins,   b. Abt 1816, Of Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1842  (Age ~ 25 years)
    Family ID F1110  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • ~Web_Links: THE HEARSAY CHAPTER -THE FIRST GENERATION http://www.rawlins.org/hearsay.html

      ~Web_Links:

      ~Web_Links: James Mason Rawlins - What we Know - Second Generation http://www.rawlins.org/know.html The Quest for James Mason Rawlins http://www.rawlins.org/quest.html

      !BURIAL: Patterson Cemetery, now in Pinetree, Greene Co., IL

      !WILL: Written 12 June 1842, filed Green Co., Ill Sep 1843 Book A, p . 392; 7 Oct 1843 No marker in 1976

      ~RESEARCH: Message 66 posted July 25, 1999 at 04:41:08 on Rawlins GENFORUM Re: James Mason Rawlins/P. Blount 1762 Posted by: Warren Lawrence (wlawrence@talleytech.com) Date: July 25, 1999 at 04:41:39 In Reply to: James Mason Rawlins/P. Blount 1762 by ingrid Fabianson of 238 TODO: Marriage bond in Warren co. KY. Jonathan MANLEY, Jr. to Polly PITMAN, 1 Apr 1805 permis sion for Polly given by step-father Peter BRUNT/BRIENT. Marriage bond in Mercer co. KY for Pe ter BRIENT to Pricilla PITMAN, 30 July 1795. Could this Pricilla BRUNT/BRIENT be the Pricill a BLUNT you are looking for? Marriage bond for Jonathan and Polly was witnessed by James an d Lydia RAWLINS. Grant from State of NC; 200 acres; Cornfield fork of Wilkins Creek Rawlins, James, now of Mercer Co., KY;to Samuel Bridges; Cornfield fork of Wilkins Creek; r ec 9 Aug 1900 1 w. male 21+; 3 horses 1 w. male 21+; 3 horses p. 259; 2M 10; 2M 10-16; 1M 16-26; 1M 26-45; 2F 10; 1F 10-16; 1F 26-45 to Joseph Richardson Early Residents of Greene Co.. Illinois - Rawlings, James - arrived in 1826 Land sale-Warren Co., KY; James & Lydia of Green Co., IL to Wm. Ragsdale;Deed Book 12 1M 20-30; 1M 30-40; 1M 60-70; 1F 15-20; 2F 40-50 #118 2M 30; 1M 70; 1F 60

      BURIAL: -- Rawlins Cemetery

      Nauvoo baptisms for the dead file, FHL, baptisms done in Miss. river by grandson of James and Priscilla, his parents, aunts, uncle and grandparents.
      Names cited. 1790 census Rutherford county, N. Car., 975.6x2p, pg. 117 or 119 Prudy Rollens, widow and son, Charles Rollings as heads of families.Pitt county, N. car. deed abstracts, 975.644R2a, F 1-40, early references to James Rollins as witness to deeds. Also Martin county court abstracts mention James Rollins/Rawlins.

      ~Web_Links: THE HEARSAY CHAPTER -THE FIRST GENERATION http://www.rawlins.org/hearsay.html

      ~Web_Links:

      ~RESEARCH: Message 66 posted July 25, 1999 at 04:41:08 on Rawlins GENFORUM Re: James Mason Rawlins/P. Blount 1762 Posted by: Warren Lawrence (wlawrence@talleytech.com) Date: July 25, 1999 at 04:41:39 In Reply to: James Mason Rawlins/P. Blount 1762 by ingrid Fabianson of 238 TODO: Marriage bond in Warren co. KY. Jonathan MANLEY, Jr. to Polly PITMAN, 1 Apr 1805 permis sion for Polly given by step-father Peter BRUNT/BRIENT. Marriage bond in Mercer co. KY for Pe ter BRIENT to Pricilla PITMAN, 30 July 1795. Could this Pricilla BRUNT/BRIENT be the Pricill a BLUNT you are looking for? Marriage bond for Jonathan and Polly was witnessed by James an d Lydia RAWLINS. Grant from State of NC; 200 acres; Cornfield fork of Wilkins Creek Rawlins, James, now of Mercer Co., KY;to Samuel Bridges; Cornfield fork of Wilkins Creek; r ec 9 Aug 1900 1 w. male 21+; 3 horses 1 w. male 21+; 3 horses p. 259; 2M 10; 2M 10-16; 1M 16-26; 1M 26-45; 2F 10; 1F 10-16; 1F 26-45 to Joseph Richardson Early Residents of Greene Co.. Illinois - Rawlings, James - arrived in 1826 Land sale-Warren Co., KY; James & Lydia of Green Co., IL to Wm. Ragsdale;Deed Book 12 1M 20-30; 1M 30-40; 1M 60-70; 1F 15-20; 2F 40-50 #118 2M 30; 1M 70; 1F 60

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Written in 1892, Received from Mrs. H. E. Rawlins, Lancaster, Texas and copied by Mrs. Horac e Rawlins., Mrs. H. E. Rawlins, wife of Earle Rawlins, son of A. Bledsoe Rawlins., (1892), by Mrs. H. E. Rawlins written in 1892..

    2. [S80] Personal Records, Sorensen, Lola Larae Hansen - notes, ((Retyped from copy in Lola's stuff section of Julia Rawlins' binder on James Rawlins by S. L. Rawlins)), James Rawlins children in letter to Mrs. Thompson from NF. Source unknown.~~~~(Retyped fro.

    3. [S200] James Mason Rawlins -- What We Know, 2nd Generation [Scanned by Stephen Rawlins, August 1977 from a copy provided to Jul, Lyle Rawlins, "What We Know About James Mason Rawlins".

    4. [S8] Family Records: Rawlins, Julia Whitney, Julia Whitney Rawlins, Mainly the source for temple work.

    5. [S351] Information by Sarah Ann Rawlins Morrow, Roodhouse, IL.

    6. [S407] History Of Greene And Jersey Counties, IL 1885, P. 1120.

    7. [S30] Family Records: Young, Sara., Young, Sara.

    8. [S29] Family Records: Young, Sara -- CD, Sara Young, (Receive on CD January 2001).

    9. [S198] History of Green and Jersey Counties, Illinois : together with sketches of the towns, villages and townships, educational, 934985 Item 1., P. 1120.

    10. [S79] Excerpt from Perry Fitgerald, May 1998 -- scanned and placed on rawlins.org web site, August , 1998., Maud B. Allen, (January 1962), James b 1766 died in Illinois 1845 md Lydia Green.

    11. [S200] James Mason Rawlins -- What We Know, 2nd Generation [Scanned by Stephen Rawlins, August 1977 from a copy provided to Jul, Lyle Rawlins, Born: circa 1766, Rutherford, North Carolina.

    12. [S200] James Mason Rawlins -- What We Know, 2nd Generation [Scanned by Stephen Rawlins, August 1977 from a copy provided to Jul, Lyle Rawlins, Rawlins Cemetery, Patterson, Illinois, no marker (1976).

    13. [S406] Greene County, Illinois Probate Records, Book A, Page 392.

    14. [S200] James Mason Rawlins -- What We Know, 2nd Generation [Scanned by Stephen Rawlins, August 1977 from a copy provided to Jul, Lyle Rawlins, Death: 6 August, 1843, Greene county, Illinois.

    15. [S346] Probate Records, Illinois, Greene County, Book A, Page 392, Will written 12 Jun 1842, filed Sep 1843 in Greene Co., IL, completed 7 Oct 1843..

    16. [S200] James Mason Rawlins -- What We Know, 2nd Generation [Scanned by Stephen Rawlins, August 1977 from a copy provided to Jul, Lyle Rawlins, Married: circa 1780, North Carolina~~Wife: LYDIA JANE GREENE.


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