Luther Rawls

  General Notes:

The 1860 Federal Census for the Upper Parish of Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 600, dated July 19, 1860 records Luther Rawls (25 - VA) with his mother, Margaret Rawls (65) and siblings Mariah Rawls (40) and Japheth Rawls (22). Luther has real estate valued at $600 and a personal estate valued at $400 including 1 slave. Japheth has real estate valued at $600 and a personal estate valued at $400, no slaves are recorded. The 1 slave is probably co-owned with Luther and Japheth. [Mariah may be a step sister? The 1860 census records a Jerusha [Rawls] Howell (26) married to William Howell (25) with children Elisha (3) and Mariah (1)]

The 1870 Federal Census for the Holy Neck Township, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 244B/245A, dated August 5, 1870 records Luther Rawls (35 - VA) with wife Mary E. Rawls (30 - VA) and son Jesse P. Rawls (2). Also in the household is Maria Rawls (50 - VA). Luther has real estate valued at $300 and a personal estate valued at $220.

See research notes on his son, Japheth Edward Rawls, for 1880 census facts.

The 1900 Federal Census for the Holy Neck District, Nansemond Co., VA, District 28, page 162A, dated June 20, 1900 records Luther Rawls (June 1834 - VA) with wife Mary E. Rawls (Nov 1839 - VA/VA/VA) and son David L. Rawls (July 1879 - VA). Luther is a farmer.

The 1910 Federal Census for the Holy Neck District, Nansemond Co., VA, District 13, page 174B, dated May 3, 1910 records Luther Rawls (74 - VA/VA/VA) with wife Mary E. Rawls (70 - VA/NC/VA). Luther is a farmer and has been married to Mary for 43 years. They have had 6 children all of whom are still living.


Below is a exert from the bio on Luther's son, Japheth Edward Rawls ... see general notes on Japheth Edward Rawls.
Dr. Rawls is a grandson of Elisha and Margarett ("Peggy") (Jones) Rawls, of Holy Neck, Virginia, whose sons, Japheth and Luther, served in the Confederate army and both received wounds in battle. Luther Rawls, father of Dr. Rawls, was born at Holy Neck, Virginia, June 2, 1835. He spent his active life there, engaged in farming, and yet sojourns on the old farm, rounding out a long, eventful and useful life. He was a private and flag bearer in Company K, Forty-first Regiment Virginia Infantry, was severely wounded in the shoulder, but after recovery returned to the army, serving until the close of the war. He married, May 30, 1867, Mary Elizabeth Darden, born at Holy Neck, Virginia, November 16, 1839, daughter of William and Nancy (Langston) Darden. Her brother, Dempsey Darden, was also a Confederate soldier, serving in the Forty-first Regiment Virginia Infantry. Children of Luther and Mary E. Rawls: 1. Jesse P., born June 28, 1868; a cotton broker of Enterprise, Alabama; married Maggie Jones; five children. 2. Rosa M., born June 19, 1870; married E. S. Norfleet, farmer, of Holland, Virginia. 3. Willie Nancy Darden, born September 8, 1872; married J. Vivian Gathing, farmer, of Gates county, North Carolina; two children. 4. Japheth Edward, of whom further. 5. Mary Sue, born March 11, 1877; married Ernest H. Williams of Smithfield, Virginia; an attorney; two children. 6. David Luther, born July 5, 1879 ; physician, associated with his brother, Japheth E. Rawls; a graduate of the University Medical College of Richmond, 1908.

Luther married Mary Elizabeth Darden, daughter of William Wright Darden and Ann (Nancy) Langston, on 30 May 1867 in Nansemond Co., VA. (Mary Elizabeth Darden was born on 16 Nov 1839 in Nansemond Co., VA, died after 1920 in Suffolk City, [Nansemond Co., ] VA and was buried in Holy Neck Christian Church Cemetery, Nansemond County.)