Rawlings of Berkeley County, (west) Virginia        

Stephen Rawlings, Sr., Stephen Rawlings Jr., Aaron Rawlings- 1773: Back Creek: 16 Oct 1773: Patrick Reed of "Newcastle County on Delaware in Pennsylvania, " 16 Oct 1773-20 May 1774; 118 acres (land John Miller got warrant for 24 Jul 1772 &did not execute); on Back Crk; adj. Stephen Rawlings Edw'd Beeson, John Harr, Rob't Snodgrass' 334 acre patent.Chain Carriers: Stephen & Aaron Rawlings. Surveyor: Richard Rigg [Richard Bigg]. (undated) Caveated by Stephen Rawlings, Sen'r of Berkeley County.-- Northern Neck Warrants & Surveys

1787- Benjamin Rawlings-Opeckon Creek found in the 1787 Census, Berkeley County along with two white men over 16 and under 21.Benjamin Rawlings delinquent tax record, located on the N side of Opeckon Creek in Berkeley Co., VA - 1788 (Note: “Gone to Allegheny Co.”) Frederick Co., VA Marriages, Benjamin Rawlings md Elizabeth Garrett Gittings, Nov. 21, 1792.

Michael Rawlings on Elk Ridge at the drains of Back Creek: 1789; Michael Rawlings etc. on Rawlings Mill Branch, a branch of Back Creek: 1789

Nathan Rawlings, adjoining John Gray and John Plotner, 1789

Ruth Rawlings, Grantee: 401 Acres near Short Hill Mountain on Waters of Back Creek: 1789; 78 Acres adjoining Roger Snodgrass and others on both sides of Back Creek

An AARON ROLLINGS of Berkley Co., VA, is listed in the book “West Virginia Revolutionary Ancestors”: whose services were non-military. The book was compiled by Anne Waller Reddy (1930).



Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys :

Rawlings, Michael
. (2)
1.   Jones, Robert 3 July 1789.
2.   Myles, George 21 September 1789.

Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD:
Grant Survey
GRANTEE
Jones, Robert. grantee.
DATE 3 July 1789.
NOTE Location: Berkeley County.
NOTE Description: 101 acres adjoining David Faris, Michael Rawlings and others on Elk Ridge on the drains of Back Creek.
NOTE
Source: Northern Neck Grants T, 1788-1789, p. 515-516 (Reel 299).


Grant Survey
GRANTEE Myles, George. grantee.
DATE 21 September 1789.
NOTE Location:
Frederick County.
NOTE Description: 153 acres adjoining
Michael Rawlings &c on Rawlings Mill Branch a branch of Back Creek.
NOTE
Source: Northern Neck Grants U, 1789-1790, p. 329-330 (Reel 300).

Nathan Rawlings, adjoining John Gray and John Plotner, 1789

Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD Grant Survey
GRANTEE
Plotner, John. grantee.
DATE 7 September 1789.
NOTE Location: Berkeley County.
NOTE Description: 145 acres adjoining
John Gray and Nathan Rawlings.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants U, 1789-1790, p. 127-128 (Reel 300).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 1, 1786-1789, p. 433 (Reel 312).
NOTE Original survey exists.

Ruth Rawlings, Grantee: 401 Acres near Short Hill Mountain on Waters of Back Creek: 1789; 78 Acres adjoining Roger Snodgrass and others on both sides of Back Creek

Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys
Rawlings, Ruth. (2)

1.
  Rawlings, Ruth 20 July 1789.

2.
  Rawlings, Ruth 20 July 1789.

Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys
MULTIMEDIA

Grant Survey
GRANTEE
Rawlings, Ruth. grantee.
DATE
20 July 1789.
NOTE Location: Berkeley County.
NOTE Description: 401 acres near
Short Hill Mountain on the waters of Back Creek.
NOTE Source: Northern Neck Grants T, 1788-1789, p. 628 (Reel 299).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 1, 1786-1789, p. 611-612 (Reel 312).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Surveys, 1-6, A-E, reels 312-320.

Grant Survey
GRANTEE
Rawlings, Ruth. grantee.
DATE 20 July 1789.
NOTE Location: Berkeley County.
NOTE
Description: 78 acres adjoining
Robert Snodgrass and others on both sides of Back Creek.
NOTE
Source: Northern Neck Grants T, 1788-1789, p. 626-627 (Reel 299).
NOTE Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Surveys No. 1, 1786-1789, p. 612-613 (Reel 312).
NOTE Original survey exists.
NOTE Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.


1820: Susannah Rawlings Snodgrass, dau. of Stephen Rawlings (of Aaron I) dies, and is buried in Hedgesville:
21 Nov 1820
-- Susannah (Rawlings) Snodgrass, (b. 26 Dec 1742 in Maryland), d. 21 Nov 1820, buried Mt. Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery, also called Hedgesville Cemetery.



Berkeley County, West Virginia http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wv/berkeley/bios/s5300002.txt
our front door is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wv/wvfiles.htm
Biography of Harry Fenton SMITH

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,
pg. 180

“Jacob Wever, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, son of Sergeant Casper Wever, who came from the vicinity of Hamburg, Germany, to America in Colonial times and married Catherine LeFevre, a French Huguenot. Jacob Wever was a pioneer settler in Berkeley County, purchasing a large amount of land0, which he later operated with slaves. His residence was known as Maple Home and was located on Warm Springs Road. Jacob Wever married Hannah Cromwell Orrick, daughter of Charles and Catherine (Davenport) Orrick and granddaughter of Capt. Nicholas and Hannah (Cromwell) Orrick. Nicholas Orrick was a son of John and Susannah (Hammond) Orrick and a grandson of James and Mary Ourrouch, who came to America in 1665 and patented land in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. Susannah Hammond was the daughter of Col. Thomas and Rebecca
(Larkin) Hammond and granddaughter of Maj.-Gen. John and Mary (Howard) Hammond.


Charles J. Wever, father of Mrs. Smith, entered the Confederate army at the beginning of the war in Company B, of the First Virginia Cavalry, and was in service until captured by the enemy and
spent the last months of the war in a prison in New Jersey. While in the service he was accidentally wounded. After the war he farmed the old homestead in Berkeley County until his death on March 14, 1878. He married Frances Arabella Snodgrass, who was born in Berkeley, daughter of Col. Robert Verdin and Sarah Ann Snodgrass, a granddaughter of Robert and Susannah (Rawlings) Snodgrass and a lineal decendant of William and Catherine (Patterson) Snodgrass, natives of Scotland and
founders of the Snodgrass family in America. Susanna Rawlings was a daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Tyler) Rawlings, Elizabeth Tyler being of the same family as President John Tyler. “


Levi Henshaw, Jr.... inherited part of the old estate, and continued the operation of the mill and farm until 1868, when he removed to Hedgesville. He bought the Tomahawk Mill and also a farm, and managed both properties, though keeping his residence in Hedgesville, where he died at the age of eighty-two. He married Sarah Ann Snodgrass, who was born at Tomahawk in Berkeley County, daughter of Robert and Sarah Ann Snodgrass. Robert Snodgrass was a son of William and Catherine (Patterson) Snodgrass and grandson of William Snodgrass, who came from Scotland to America about 1700. William Snodgrass was a pioneer of Berkeley County, locating on Back Creek. Robert Snodgrass, who was born October 14, 1744, married, March 23, 1762, Susanne Rawlings, who was born December 26, 1742, and died November 2, 1820. Her son Robert was born September 21, 1792, and on March 29, 1821, married his cousin, Sarah Ann Snodgrass. This Robert Snodgrass commanded the sixty-seventh regiment of Virginia Militia and was a representative in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1832-34-36-39.
Source:

MICHAEL SEIBERT BUTLER

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 512-513
Berkeley

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Rawlings of Berkeley County (West) Virginia

SIMS INDEX TO LAND GRANTS IN WEST VIRGINIA
Berkeley County Virginia
1762 - 1863
Paul - Rush

411
Name of GranteeAcresLocal DescriptionYear BookPage
Paul, Andrew50Back Creek17981206
Paul, Andrew10Lick Run17981207
Paul, Andrew24 1/2North Mountain17981211
Paul, William58North Mountain1788134
Pendleton, Philip327Formerly John Cook Prop.178713
Pendleton, Philip800Adj. M. Shrively1790190
Pendleton, Philip65Lick Run17951171
Pendleton, Philip99Back Creek17951172
Pendleton, Philip115Back Creek17961187
Pendleton, Philip336Sleepy Creek17981213
Pendleton, Philip129Warm Springs Run18001262
Pendleton, Philip C.144a2r38pThird Hill Mt.18361444
Pendleton, Philip C. et al3,980Sleepy Creek Mt.18031470
Pendleton, Philip C. et al1,891Sleepy Creek18351481
Plotner, John145Adj. John Gray (Back Creek-also adj. Nathan & Michael Rawlings)1789166
Plotner, John73Back Breek17911101
Plotner, Morris29Sleepy Creek1789167
Powell, John3 1/2Adj. N. Ross18201410
Powell, John8 1/2Adj. Obed Noland18201
Powell, John73North Mountain18201412
Powell, John598Brush Creek18211420
Powell, John90Back Creek18211421
Price, Jacob191Back Creek1788123
Price, Jacob67<0/b>North Mountain18011267
Price, Jacob et al221North Mountain17911106
Pugh, Job423Warm Spring1790189
Pugh, Thomas193Wts. Potomac17802530
Rankin, Samuel60Sleepy Creek18201408
Rankin, Samuel48Sleepy Creek18201409
Rankins, William67Sleepy Creek<0b>17991239
Rankins, William44 1/2Sleepy Creek17991240
Rankins, William66Sleepy Creek18021282
Rankins, William85 1/2Sleepy Creek Mt.18031299
Rawlings, Edward266Back Creek17792496
Rawlings, Ruth78Back Creek1789157
Rawlings, Ruth401Back Creek1789158
Reed, Patrick118Back Creek17802563
Rees, Morris310Adj. H. Mills18101361
Rees, Thomas Sr.14a2rAdj. M. Riffey17961186
Reese, David12Adj. Widow Ridgeway179401142
Reid, Wallace9 1/4Wagon Branch18041321
Roberts, John100Back Creek18091349
Roberts, John et al300 Meadow Branch18031318
Robertson, See Robinson
Robertson, Israel10Back Creek18041320
Robertson, James19 3/4North Mountain18041335
Robertson, James234Tilhance's Branch18021465
Robertson, James392Cherry Branch18041472
Robertson, James et al94Tilhance's Branch18021275
Robinson, James47Tomahawk Run17741517
Robinson, James36Back Creek17771573
Robinson, John452Sleepy Creek18091352
Robinson, John302Adj. Robt. Gustin18091353
Robinson, Thomas26Adj. R. Stephenson17981219
Roinefelt, John (Roinefeld)37a14pBack Creek18001231
Ross, David & Company98Wts. Potomac17731499
Ross, Gabriel et al659Back Creek18031306
Rummens, Thomas392Back Creek1790184

SimsIndex

Morgan Co

NOTE: I deleted those families who did not have lands on Back Creek, or some other known relevance.

Stephen Rawlings Family Tree