R/RFHA Newsletter, December 1998 P.48
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1843 - ROLLINS versus ROLLINS & c.
Orator: JAMES F. ROLLINS
HENRY ROLLINS, father of the
Orator, died in 1842 intestate, leaving four children. ANN ROLLINS, MARTHA
ROLLINS and ROBERT ROLLINS, the last two being infants, and your Orator. The
Orator wishes the division/sale of the two slaves.
Defendants: MARTHA ROLLINS, ANN
ROLLINS and ROBERT ROLLINS
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MARY E. ROLLINS was granted guardianship of EDWARD T.
ROLLINS, WILLIAM H. ROLLINS, and JAMES H. ROLLINS on June 30, 1854. These are
the children of JOSEPH ROLLINS and Mary Bryan, his wife. (Carole has added a
note that the children's parents were JAMES F. ROLLINS and wife Mary E. Bowin,
alias Pratt.)
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In 1855, MARTHA ROLLINS with Samuel Staples was granted
guardianship of her three children: ANDESNIA ROLLINS, VIRGINIA ROLLINS and
GEORGE WASHINGTON ROLLINS. JAMES F. ROLLINS married Mary E. Pratt in 1843. ANN
ROLLINS, his sister, md. Fielding Clift. Together with MARTHA ROLLINS they are
the children of HENRY ROLLINS.
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1855 - Clift versus ROLLINS
This suit is missing, all but the
decree. It was decreed that MARY ROLLINS, administratrix of JAMES F. ROLLINS,
deceased, pay the plaintiff Fielding Clift $300 with interest from March 1885
for the satisfaction of the portions of the said plaintiff's wife and of MARTHA
ROLLINS who bequeathed her interest to the plaintiff in the personal estate of
HENRY ROLLINS, deceased, as administered by the said JOAN F. ROLLINS, deceased.
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1856 - Pratt Bowin versus Bowin & c.
Orator: William L. P. Bowin
Stephen P. Bowin, father of the
orator, died in 1854, intestate, seized and possessed of a tract of land in
King George Co. containing 600 acres. He left Lucy P. Bowin, widow, and nine
children: the orator, Ferdinand S.P. Bowin, Elizabeth P. Bowin, MARY E.
ROLLINS, widow of JAMES ROLLINS: George W. P. Bowin, John K. Bowin and
Alexander P. Bowin. The land is in use and possession of the widow. She expresses
her willingness to partition. Defendants: Lucy P. Bowie, Ferdinanand S. P.
Bowin, Robert H. P. Bowin, James O. P. Bowin, Elizabeth P. Bowin, MARY E.
ROLLINS, George W.P. Bowin, infant ... John K. Bowin, infant ... and Alexander
P. Bowin, infant.
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It is noted that Mary E. Bowin, alias Pratt, married JAMES
F. ROLLINS in 1843
in King George Co., VA. The family of Bowin (Bowen)
eventually changed their names to Pratt.
Residence: Dallas Co., TX