Re: Gabriel Rawls b. abt 1720
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In reply to:
Gabriel Rawls b. abt 1720
Shirley Rawls 11/18/00
There is only one Rawls listed in the DAR Patriot Index.
Benjamin born 1750-60 died after 1830 MS married Elizabeth -----Soldier NC.
This does not mean the they did not serve, it merely means that no female direct descendant has joined the DAR using Rawls as her qualifying ancestor.
I would check the story a little closer.IT would be very very unusual for a man living in VA and the SC to have sons travel to NY to enlist.That sounds like 2 separate groups of Rawls and NY family and a VA/SC family.
Gerri will answer about Federal Bounty land, but there were no Rawls listed in the index to Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants awarded by State Governments.
Julia Coldren-Walker