Susannah Rawlings (b. circa 1751 - d. 1826)
MSA SC 5496-050782
War of 1812 Claimant, Calvert County, Maryland
Biography:
Susannah Rawlings lived in Calvert County, Maryland. She had at least one son, Dr. Isaac Rawlings, whose children included Isaac Jr., Juliet, and Susan. Juliet Rawlings one of ten people living with her in 1810: two men, one girl, and seven women. Susannah also owned fourteen slaves that year. The census for that year only recorded the names of the heads of households, and the age groups of dependents.1
In July 1814, the slaves Minty Caden, Alexander Covington, and Peter Newlings escaped to British forces. Three other slaves, Mary, Harriet and Sidney Mitchel, also escaped from Susannah's granddaughter, Juliet, who was still living with her.2
She died on October 14, 1826, and was buried at the Middleham Cemetery
in Lusby, Calvert County.4
1. U.S. Census Bureau (Census Record, MD), for Susanna Rawlings, 1810, Calvert County, district not stated, Page 12a, 3rd line from bottom [MSA SM61-45, M 2060-1].
2. Claim of Susannah and Juliet Rawlings, Calvert County, Case No. 569, Case Files, Ca. 1814-28, entry 190, Record Group 76, National Archives, College Park.
4. "Susannah Rawlings," Middleham Cemetery, Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, Find a Grave, Inc., www.findagrave.com.
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