Albert Kelly Rawls

  General Notes:

The 1840 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA records Albert K. Rawls (20-30) with 1 female (20-30), 1 female (15-20), and 2 females (<5).

The 1850 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA records Abbert (sic) K. Rawls (37) with his wife, Eliza (27), and children Mary L. (13), Angeline (8), and Hugh K. (2). Also in the household is Fanny D. Holland (40) and Aley Duke (30).

The 1860 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 598/599 records Albert K. Rawls (45) with his wife, Eliza A. (42), and children Angeline (16), Hugh (13), Ann (10), and Martha (6). Also in the household are Eva Finney (27 - teacher), Sarah Finney (23 - teacher), Julia Finney (16), Margaret Davidson (21 - Domestic), Rachael Copeland (50 - washerwoman), and Frank White (15). Albert has real estate valued at $6,000 and a personal estate valued at $13,000.

It appears that by 1870 Eliza has died and Albert has remarried: The 1870 Federal Census for Holy Neck, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., page 234B records Albert Rawls (58) with his wife, Martha S. (46), and children Hugh B. (21), Annie (19), and Martha E. (17). Albert's wealth has vanished in that he has real estate valued at $600 and a personal estate valued at $375.

Albert married Elizabeth Ann Holland. (Elizabeth Ann Holland was born circa 1818 in Nansemond Co, VA and died after 1860 in Nansemond Co, VA.)