Jesse P. Rawls

  General Notes:

Jesse goes to Alabama to live with his uncle, Japheth Rawls ... see general notes on Japheth Rawls for 1900 census facts.


The 1910 Federal Census for Enterprise Town Ward 4, Coffee Co., Alabama, District 54, page 189A,dated April 1910 records Jesse P. Rawls (42 - VA/VA/VA) with his wife Maggie E. Rawls (31 - FL/VA/VA) and children Elizabeth Rawls (11 - AL), Margaret Rawls (9 - AL), Japheth Rawls (7 - AL), Georgia M Rawls (4 - AL), and Joannie Rawls (1 - AL) living on West Henry Street. Jesse owns his own Saw Mill and has been married to Maggie for 12 years.

The 1920 Federal Census for Enterprise Town, Coffee Co., Alabama, District 69, page 229A,dated January 9, 1920 records Jesse Rawls (51 - VA/VA/VA) with his wife Maggie Rawls (41 - FL/FL/FL) and children Elizabeth Rawls (21 - AL), Margaret Rawls (19 - AL), Japheth Rawls (16 - AL), Joania Rawls (14 - AL), and Georgia May Rawls (11 - AL). Jesse is a broker at a ware house. [Note the last two children ... names and ages are reversed from the 1910 census]

The 1930 Federal Census for Enterprise Town Ward 4, Coffee Co., Alabama, District 23, page 153B,dated April 17, 1930 records Jesse Rawls (62 - VA/VA/VA) with his wife Margaret Rawls (51 - FL/VA/GA) and son Japheth Rawls (27 - AL) living on West Henry Street. Jesse is a proprietor of a ware house.

Jesse married Maggie E. Jones circa 1898. (Maggie E. Jones was born in Dec 1878 in Georgia and died after 1930 in Enterprise, Coffee Co., Alabama.)