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PLACENAMES

Rollins Store Post Office, North Carolina

Rollinsville, Colorado,

Rollins Pans, Colorado named for LINUS ROLLINS, the explorer, it is believed.

Josephine County, Oregon, was created in January.1856, and named for JOSEPHINE ROLLINS, the daughter of the discoverer of gold in JOSEPHINE CREEK. This information is from HISTORY OF OREGON, Vol.II, pp.415 & 713, by H. Bancroft.

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BITS & PIECES

From Vol.V of HISTORIES OF SOUTHERN FAMILIES: Betsy Jackson b.1784, m. JAMES RAWLINGS April 25, 1804.. .P.298.

PETERSON RAWLINGS m. Rebecca Jackson, b. 1790, on Jan. 31,1815. VOLUME II - SOPHRONIA ROLLINGS m. Wm. Ward Wynne (1780-1816)

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A STEPHEN & AMARIAH ROLLINS were with the New Jersey militia in the Revolutionary War from Bergen County. from OFFICERS & MEN OF NEW JERSEY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR by Strycker.

From Probate, Marriage & Census Records of Linn Co., Kansas: WILLIAM J. RAWLINGS, b.1841 in Marion County, Indiana, son of ELISHA & ELIZABETH (DAVIS) RAWLINGS. He married Ann R. D. Kuser, 17 March 1864; died 17 Dec. 1902; buried Goodrich cemetery, Libert Twp., Linn Co. Children: Albert, Ida Ford, Elisha and Ora.

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SCOTT CO., IN. CEMETERY & CENSUS RECORDS

William J. Rawlings, son of Aaron & Sarah Jane (Sparks) Rawlings, b. 15 Nov. 1853, Scott Co.,IN; m. Louisa/Lovisa J. Gladden. He died 2.9 Sept 1896, buried Kimberlin creek Cemetery. Scott Co. Children: Charles A., Daisy E. McAdams, Eliza E. Smith, Bertha L. Montgomery, Roy A. and Frank G.

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Can any member prove that MOSES RAWLINGS (1740-1787), actually lived at Harper's Ferry, Virginia before emigrating to Kentucky in the fall of 1786? Although the records there have been searched diligently by several members, no record of him or his family exists, except that information passed down through and by his children and grandchildren. MOSES married Mary Cornwell, daughter of ? , in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1760. MOSES and Mary had 7 sons and 2 or 3 daughters. He was brother to NATHAN and ASAHEL RAWLINGS. The family was rumored to be Quakers. It would be appreciated if we could clear up this and other mysteries about this family since about 20 of our members descend from one or the other of the brothers. MOSES was killed by Indians outside his home, along with a brother or son. Six of his sons emigrated to Ohio in the early 1800's, and at least one of his daughters.

ISAAC RAWLINS, b. 1818 in Yorkshire, England, d. April 22, 1900 in Canada. Where? Wife Isabelle Strewbson, b. 1836 in Pennsylvania, d. March 13, 1911, in Ontario, Canada. NOTE: In the PENNSYLVANIA LIST OF ENGLISH immigrants is listed an ISAAC RAWLINS coming in 1820.

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