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Lyle B. Rawlings of Corona, California, has amassed reams of information on JAMES MASON RAWLINS who married Priscilla Blount, from whom he descends. JAMES and Priscilla, had sons CHARLES, JAMES and RODERICK, plus daughters ELIZABETH and NANCY. There is the possibility that there was another son named TH0MAS, but not proven. CHARLES married Anastasia Gregory of North Carolina, JAMES JR. married Lydia Green of North Carolina, and RODERICK married (1) Sarah King, and (2) Millie Park. When CHARLES died, his children JAMES and J0SEPH, travelled with RODERIC to Texas. J0SEPH later went to Indiana, and JAMES III to Utah, having become an LDS convert. JAMBS, son of JAMES, and his family, eventually moved from Indiana to Greene County, Illinois. Lyle's research has led him to London, England, where he has discovered that a JAMES RAWLINS was christened June 27, 1739, at St. Bololph Without Aldgate in London, son of J0HN RAWLINS and Elizabeth Paris. He also found a JAMES RAWLINS christened January 14, 1759, at St. Sepulcre's in London, son of ISAAC and Margaret RAWLINS. More research needs to be done to discover if either of these JAMES' is JAMES MAS0N RAWLINS.

You may contact Lyle at 205 West Rancho Road, Corona, CA 91720.

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Excerpt from a letter from Lois R. Howell, 208 S. Lee Drive, Goldsboro, NC 27530

"With regard to our RAWLINGS family, my great-grandmother was REBECCA JAMES RAWLINGS. The information I have shows that she was born in Halifax Co., NC June 6, 1837. Died July 5, 1925. She was the daughter of HENRY RAWLINGS (b. 1781 in Virginia and Priscilla Moody (b. 1796 in Virginia). This information is from family sources. Unfortunately, the birth records for Halifax County were destroyed by fire. REBECCA JAMES RAWLINGS married David Rogers, son of John Rogers and Lucretia Highsmith, on November 8, 1855. During my research, I also found the name spelled variously as RAWLINGS, RAWLINS, R0LLINS and R0LLINGS.

According to the Real Estate Book, Halifax Court House, the heirs of HENRY RAWLINGS were: Pauline (or Paulina) Higgs, Jane Pierce, GE0RGE RAWLINGS, Rebecca Rogers, Tabitha Morris, JESS RAWLINGS and T0M RAWLINGS.

Incidentally, I have approximately 150 items of correspondence, consisting of letters, postcards, etc., which belonged to my great-grandmother, many of them written by GEORGE RAWLINGS, Jane Pierce, Lina Higgs and others. It is really fascinating. At the time 0f her death, great-grandmother was living with my grandmother, with whom we also lived. I was a little over three years old at the time. She and her husband, David Rogers, are buried at the old Ten-Mile Church Cemetery near Turkey, NC, as are Pauline and James Higgs. The Church is now called the Beulah Baptist Church."

(from subsequent letter)

"Unfortunately, when I began assembling my genealogical information I didn't know about documenting the information. I had received some from a cousin who had done research, and I also asked questions of an aunt, who gave me information from memory. I do not now recall where each piece of information came from since I combined the two. Hopefully, this confusion will be cleared up when we receive the records from the family bible.

Apparently HENRY did not leave a will, or one could not be found, since the court appointed commissioners to alot to his heirs the legal number of shares. I hope to go back to Halifax in the near future to do more research."

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Genealogy begins as an interest - becomes a hobby - continues as an avocation - takes over as an obsession - and in its last stage is an incurable disease.

AN0NYM0US

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