Elisha Rawls

  General Notes:

Elijah Rawls served in the Nansemond Cavalry, Company I of the 13th Virginia Regiment.


The 1870 Federal Census for Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., Virginia, Suffolk P. O. records Elisha (46) and Mary (30) Rawls with Mary's daughter Suly [Mary L.] Jones (8) and Rawls children Willie J. (13), and not named (1/12) [Benjamin W. Rawls born in May].

The 1880 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., Virginia, District 54 records Elisha (56) and Mary M (40) Rawls with Mary's daughter Mary L. Jones (18) and Rawls children Willie J. (13), Benjamin W. (10), Minnie B. (8), and Lizzie S. (1).

Elisha married Mary (Poly) Elizabeth Watkins. (Mary (Poly) Elizabeth Watkins was born on 6 Feb 1840 and died on 8 May 1893 in Nansemond Co, VA..)