Benjamin Franklin Rawls
| ID: | I100 |
| Last: | Rawls |
| First: | Benjamin |
| Middle: | Franklin |
| Birth: | 19 Oct 1772 at Halifax Co., Virginia 1 2 3 |
| Death: | 9 May 1866 at Columbia, Richland Co., South Carolina 4 5 |
| Burial: | First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Columbia, Richland Co., South Carolina 6 7 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | Full name was Benjamin Franklin Rawls, and he may have been the "first Post Master of Columbia, SC" per notes in Lula Feaster Photo Album on picture of Dr. Thomas Rawls and Drucilla Feaster Rawls. His home was listed in 1859 as "House south side Taylor between Sumter and Marion", which was 3 blocks from the current Post Office . This is believed to be the same Benjamin Rawls who in 1828, along with other very prominent citizens of Columbia, SC, signed a "Petition* for Renewal of Charter of 1825 for Bridge over Broad River at McGowan Ferry". *Source: South Caroliniana Collection, University of South Carolina Library - - cited and posted on Ancestry.com message board for US-SC-Lexington Co., 26 Jun 2002 by <netman8@hotmail.com>. This may be the same Benj Rawls who in 1838 signed a petition** in favor of James Paterson, a free man of color of Richland District (Columbia, South Carolina), to the South Carolina Assembly, asking permission to set free his wife Sarah and his two children George and Mary. The SC Assembly denied the petition. The first signatory was William M. Kennedy, possibly Rev. Kennedy (1783-1840) a prominent Methodist minister who is buried in Washington St. Methodist Cemetery in Columbia, SC. **Source: <http://www.press.uillinois.edu/epub/books/schweninger/s6.html> Schweninger, Lorin., ed. The Southern Debate Over Slavery, Vol. 1: Petiiton to Southern Legislatures, 1778-1864. University of Illinois Press. Manuscript Population Census, 1850, Richland County, Columbia, S.C., 10. Upon the death of his wife in December, 1856, Benjamin Rawls lived on Camden Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina, where friends were invited for her funeral service. By 1859, various Rawls lived on Taylor St. between Sumter and Marion. |
| Sources: | 8 9 10 |
| Mother: | UNKNOWN |
| Father: | UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | Susannah Ivy b: 8 Aug 1771 d: 21 Dec 1856 |
| Wedding: BEF 1800 | |
| Children: | |
| 1 John Ivy Rawls b: 31 Mar 1800 South Carolina | |
| 2 Mary S. Rawls b: 25 Aug 1805 Columbia, Richland Co., South Carolina | |
| 3 Harriet C. Rawls b: ABT 1807 South Carolina | |
| 4 Thomas J. Rawls b: ABT 1816 South Carolina | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Tombstone |
| 2 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Richland Co., South Carolina Publication: M432_858 Page: p. 34-a Note: Benjamin Rawls, age 78, Machinist, born in Virginia. |
| 3 | Repository: --Name: South Caroliniana Library - Univ. So. Carolina --Address: University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina 29208 --Phone: (803) 777-3132 Title: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR Publication: Brent H. Holcomb, ed., P.O. Box 21766, Columbia, S.C., 29221 Call Number: 929.205 So8s Page: Vol XIV(3):p.179 - Summer 1986 Note: Birth location given in inquiry on RAWLS-BULLARD-MACKEY by Mrs. Margaret Cox (3900 Dana Street, Ft. Worth, TX 76117). Text: Benjamin Franklin Rawls b. 19 Oct 1772 Halifax Co. VA d. 9 May 1866 Columbia, SC. His wife Susannah was b. 8 Aug 1771 SC and d. 21 Dec 1856... |
| 4 | Title: Tombstone |
| 5 | Title: SCMAR - Marriage and Death Notices from Columbia, South Carolina, Newspapers, 1838-1860. Author: Holcomb, Brent Howard. Publication: 1988. SCMAR (South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research), Columbia, South Carolina. Date: 22 Dec 1856 Page: p. 297 Text: [Columbia Newspapers: the South-Carolinian] [p.297] [COLUMBIA NEWSPAPERS: DAILY CAROLINA TIMES - p. 297] [Issue of December 22, 1856] The Friends and Acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Rawls, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services of the latter, from their residence, Camden Street, this forenoon, 22d inst., at 11 o'clock. |
| 6 | Title: Tombstone Note: Inscribed portion of stone is broken from base, lies flat on ground, grass encroaching on edges. Lies on left of also-broken stone of wife, Susannah; daughter Mary S. Bullard and granddaughter Maria Louisa Rawls also lie here (have photo) Text: In Memory / of / BENJ. RAWLS / Born 19th Oct 1772 / Died 9th May 1866 |
| 7 | Title: Monument Note: Historical marker at curb in front of church. Churchyard is a peaceful, wooded sanctuary and final resting place for the prominent in downtown Columbia, SC. Location: 1324 Marion St, Columbia, SC 29201 Text: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / First congregation organized in / Columbia (1795). The churchyard, allotted / as a public burying ground in 1798, was / granted to this church in 1813. Here are / buried: D.E. Dunlap, first Pastor; / Chancellor H. W. DeSaussure; Jonathan / Maxcy, First President of S.C. College; / Ann Pamela Cunningham, Founder of Mt. / Vernon Ladies' Association; U.S. Senators F. H. Elmore and / Wm. F. DeSaussure; / and the parents of Woodrow Wilson. / Erected by the Columbia Sesquicentennial Commission of 1936. [marker] 22 |
| 8 | Title: 1850 U.S. Census, Richland Co., South Carolina Publication: M432_858 Date: 23 Oct 1850 Page: p. 34-a Note: Benjamin Rawls, age 78, Machinist, born in Virginia, value $2100, in HN572/FN589with his wife Susannah age 79, a daughter Harriet, a son Thomas and his wife and son, and a great-granddaughter Maria L. Feaster age 3, whose mother Maria Louisa Rawls had died, and whose father Nathan Andrew Feaster had remarried. He owned 18 black slaves. Neighbors: HN573 Mary Paul? age 51. HN 574 Chauncy Coogler age 31. Nearby in HN 583/FN600 John I. Rawls, age 50, and family, son of Benjamin Rawls. Text: HN572/FN589 Name Age Sex Born Occup Value Benjamin Rawls 78 M Virginia Machinist $2100 Susannah " 79 F SC Harriet C. " 43 F SC Thomas J. " 34 M SC Physician Mary D. " 22 F SC Benjamin A. " 2 M SC Maria L. Feaster 3 F SC [Transcriber CMB] |
| 9 | Title: 1840 U.S. Census, Richland Co., South Carolina Publication: M704_515 Note: [alphabetical listing] Page: p. 424 Note: Benjamin Rawls household in city of Columbia, South Carolina. Benj and Susannah Rawls are probably the male and female age 60-70; son Thomas J. Rawls b. 1816, a male 20-30; dau Harriet C. Rawls b. 1807, a female 30-40. Still to identify: 1 male 20-30, and females 10-15 (possibly g-dau Maria Louisa Rawls), 15-20, 20-30. Other heads of households in Columbia in this census: John Rawls, James Rawls. Text: Benjamin Rawls <5 - 5-10 - 10-15 - 1 female 15-20 - 1 female 20-30 - 2 males, 1 female 30-40 - 1 female 40-50 - 50-60 - 60-70 - 1 male, 1 female >70 - Slaves: 6 [Transcriber: CMB] |
| 10 | Title: City Directory for Columbia, South Carolina - 1859 Publication: Internet: http://www.distantcousin.com/Directories/SC/Columbia/1859/ Note: Listing shows Benjamin Rawls living near relatives, on Taylor St. between Sumter and Marion. Text: Rawls, Benjamin - clock-maker - House south side Taylor between Sumter and Marion Rawls, John - clerk 142 Richardson - House Taylor corner of Sumter Rawls, Thomas J. - physician - House Taylor between Sumter and Marion |
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