R/RFHA Newsletter, December 2002                          P.48

From Judi Rawlings, c/o Cynthiana/Harrison Co. Public Library, Genealogical Section, 110 No. Main Street, Cynthiana, KY 41031

Judi is the wife of a descendant of EZEKIEL RAWLINGS, one of the sons of MOSES MICHAEL RAWLINGS. Since what is now Harrison County was the area where some of these sons first claimed land after the Revolutionary War, there are many records there, some of which are listed here.

In the 1850 census for Harrison County we find ROBERT RAWLINGS, farmer, aged 52...and his wife Elizabeth, aged 49 with children EZEKIEL, aged 20...JACKSON, aged 16... ISABEL , aged 14...MARTIN aged 12...ROBERT P. aged 10 and MARTHA ELLEN aged 3.

In the 1860 census we find ROBERT, aged 63, and Elizabeth, aged 59, with ROBERT P. aged 20.

In the 1870 Harrison Co. census is found a ROBERT RAWLINGS, farmer, aged 72... and his wife Elizabeth, aged 69. With them is a Mary Spencer, aged 10.

In the 1880 census for Pendleton Co., KY, we find ROBERT RAWLINGS, aged 82, listed as grandfather in the home of Samuel Clayton. No sign of Elizabeth, his wife, because she had probably passed away.

We go back to the 1870 census and find a MARGARET RAWLINGS, aged 34, housekeeper on 100 acres, no man mentioned. With her are four girls, probably her daughters... MARY E. aged 17...MARTHA E., aged 14...MARGARET, aged 11...LAURA or SARAH C., aged 8...and ADALINE, aged 5. Everyone in the household was born in Kentucky except the young MARGARET who is listed as being born in Indiana.

Move on to the 1880 census again and we find MARGARET, now aged 44, with two daughters...MAGGIE, aged 21...and ADDIE aged 17.

Also in the 1860 census is probably the husband of MARGARET. We find this family made up of ANDREW RAWLINGS, aged 29...wife MARGARET, aged 24, and daughters MARY E. aged 17, MARTHA J. aged 4 and MARGARET A. aged 1.

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Another item from Harrison County sent by Judi is the request by NATHAN RAWLINGS, brother of EZEKIEL, to build a water grist mill on a certain creek for which he must have permission from the county. This was made August 8, 1799.

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According to family history the lineage from said MOSES RAWLINGS is as follows.: MOSES md. Mary Cornwell in 1760 in Loudoun Co., Virginia. They had 10 children: MOSES, MICHAEL, ASAHEL, NATHAN, EZEKIEL, SAMUEL, LETITIA, JANE, ELLEN and DAVID. Judi’s husband’s line starts with EZEKIEL who md. Nancy Curry Feb. 6, 1795, in Harrison Co., KY

EZEKIEL’s children were MICHAEL, ROBERT, JAMES, ASAHEL, EZEKIEL Jr., MARY (Polly), ELEANOR and JANE.

Judi’s husband EARL’s next in line ancestor was ROBERT who md Elizabeth Forsythe September 21, 1821, in Pendleton Co., KY. Their children were: EZEKIEL, JACKSON, ISABELLE, MARTIN A. , ROBERT P., MARTHA ELLEN.

EARL’s next ancestor was EZEKIEL who married Helen Casey in 1851. Their children were ALEXANDER NEWTON, FRANK P., MARY E., MILLARD H., WILLIAM HAMILTON, SARAH J., EZEKIEL Jr., ROBERT LEE, SALLIE, DAVID, CURRAN, ADA and ANNIE.

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