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View Tree for Roderick Alexander RawlinsRoderick Alexander Rawlins (b. 11 March 1776, d. 27 April 1848)

Roderick Alexander Rawlins (son of James Mason Rawlings and Priscilla Blount) was born 11 March 1776 in near Bunker Hill, Mass.54, and died 27 April 1848 in Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas.54. He married Sarah King on 7 May 1799 in Warren County Kentucky.

 Includes NotesNotes for Roderick Alexander Rawlins:

(Guilford County, North Carolina, 1776?)
d. 27 April 1848, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas.
Burial: Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas.
sc. What we know, 2nd Generation Rawlins
REFN58
!BURIAL: Pioneer Section, Edgewood Cemetery
!RESIDENCES: MA(?),NC,KY,IN,IL,TX
!SOURCE: “Proud Heritage - Pioneer Families of Dallas County”; Dallas C ounty Pioneer Association, p 199-200
“History of Dallas County”, p 476
“Hardscrabble, Pleasant Run, and the Origins of Lancaster”; The Lancast er Historical Society (Lancaster, TX), p 3-4
Founder of Lancaster, TX
War of 1812
Indiana Territorial Govt
{Barren County, Kentucky 1800, tax list

Barren County, Kentucky June 1806

Bedford county, Tennessee 1812 Tax Lists.

Lawrence County, Indiana 1812 on White River

Member of Company of Rangers while in Indiana - 2 years against Indians .
War of 1812 and Black Hawk War.

Member of Company of Rangers while in Indiana - 2 years against Indians .

Monroe County, Indiana, 23 September 1816 purchased North West 1/4 Sect ion 3, Township 9 North, Range 2 West.

Monroe County, Indiana, 26 September 1816 purchased North West 1/4 Sect ion 20, Township 9 North, Range 1 West.

Monroe County, Indiana, 11 March 1818 purchased West 1/2 Section South East 1/4 Section 9, Township 9 North, Range 1 West.

Monroe County, Indiana, 11 May 1818 purchased South West 1/4 Section 9 North, Range 1 West.

1818 - late 1820, County Treasurer of Monroe County, Indiana.

1818 designed and built first jail North from courthouse in Monroe Coun ty, IndianaIn Monroe County, Indiana he farmed near Elletsville.

**Monroe County Deed Book A, Page 27 he is on bond for John Ketcham to build Bloomington Courthouse within 3 years. Then elected County Clerk, Monroe County, Indiana, gave name to Bloomington, Indiana.

In 1823 moved to Greene County, Illinois until September 1844.

Arrived in Lamar County, Texas in November 1844.

Came to Ten Mile Creek, Lancaster, in 1844, Robertson County, Texas, me mber of Peter's Colony (with headrights) with wife, Mary.

First housed established in "Hardscrabble" latter called Lancaster, Dallas county, Texas.

Whig in politics.

Baptist Church until 2nd marriage and then Christian Church.

Voted against annexation of Texas.}
sc. "What We Know- Rawlins 2nd generation"

More About Roderick Alexander Rawlins:
Burial: Unknown, Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas..
Occupation: Campbellite Preacher.

More About Roderick Alexander Rawlins and Sarah King:
Marriage: 7 May 1799, Warren County Kentucky.

Children of Roderick Alexander Rawlins and Sarah King are:
  1. +Angelina Rawlins, b. 1 May 1806, Bedford County, TN ( KY.?), d. Bef. 1844, Illinois.
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