These records pertain to ABSALOM RAWLS who was first found in NANSEMOND county, VIRGINIA and then moved to or was cut off into BERTIE county, NORTH CAROLINA. He seems likely to have been a brother to my supposed ancestor "old LUKE RAWLS" who traveled with him and died before the 4th of MARCH 1752 in NANSEMOND county. BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS 1756 5th June vestry book of the upper parish, NANSEMOND county, VIRGINIA JOHN RAWLS vestryman persuant to an order of vestry dated September the 13th 1755 we the subscribers being appointed have possessioned all the bounds of land in the above order beginning at a line between COLN LEMUEL RIDDICK and THOMAS JONES prst the said THOS JONES, a line between THOS JONES and JOHN HARE prst the afore said JONES, a line between HENRY COUPLAN and GEORGE KEEN prst the sd GEORGE KEEN and JOHN RAWLS, a line between HENRY COUPLAN & JOHN HARE prst HENRY COUPLAN, a line between HENRY COUPLAN & ROBERT BREWER prst JOHN RAWLS, WM. BREWER, SOLOMON BREWER, JOSEPH BREWER, and JACOB BREWER & MOSES BREWER, a line between WILLIAM COLLINS & ROBERT BREWER prst JOHN RAWLS & WILLIAM HOLLAND, a line between COLN LEMUEL RIDDICK and JOHN RAWLS prst JESSE RAWLS & ABSALOM RAWLS, a line between COLN REDDICK & GEORGE KEEN prst the said KEEN & JESSE RAWLS, a line between JOHN EVERIT & JAMES WINBOURN prst the said JOHN EVERIT, a line between {...} and ROBERT HOLLAND prst JOHN EVERIT, a line between ROBER! T HOLAN & THE ORPHANS OF WILLIAM HOLLAN deceased prst JOHN EVERIT, a line between JOHN RAWLS & ROBERT BREWER prst JOHN RAWLS & JACOB BREWER, a line between JOHN RAWLS & THE ORPHANS OF LUKE RAWLS prst JOHN RAWLS & JACOB BREWER, a line between JOHN RAWLS & WM. COLLINS prst JOHN RAWLS & WM. HOLLAND, a line between WIM HOLAND & THE ORPHANS OF LUKE RAWLS prst WIM HOLAND, a line between JAMES COPELAN & WIM HOLAND prst ABRAHAM COPELAN and JACOB BREWER, a line between THE ORPHANS OF LUKE RAWLSand THE ORPHANS OF WIM HOLAN prst JOHN WINBOURN & JOHN FAULK, a line between the ORPHANS OF WIM HOLAND and HENRY HOLAND prst JOHN HOLAND, a line between JAMES HOLAND & MOSES HOLAND prst JOHN WINBOURN & JOHN FAULK, a line between HENRY HOLAND and JAMES HOLAND prst JOHN HOLAND, a line between JOHN FAULK & JOHN WINBOURN prst WIM HARRISON & JOHN HARRISON, a line between WIM & JOHN HARRISON & JOHN WINBOURN the proprietors a line between WIM & JOHN HARRISON & JOHN WINBOURN the proprietors prst, a lin! e between WIM & JOHN HARRISON & JAMES HOLAND prst WIM & JOHN HARRISON, a line between JAMES HOLAND Senr & JAMES HOLAND Junr prst JOHN WINBOURN & JOHN FAULK, a line between JAMES HOLAND & JOSEPH HOLAND prst JOHN WINBOURN and JOHN FAULK, a line between JOHN WINBOURN & WIM COLLINS prst the proprietors so including all the above said bounds of land possessioned peaceably and quietly and no objections made by JOHN FAULK JOHN WINBOURN Notes: the majority of these families intermarried and several were listed in BERTIE county records as well. JESSE RAWLS married OLIVE __ and died circa 1761 in NORTHAMPTON county, NORTH CAROLINA, His daughter SALLY RAWLS married JOHN BOON. JESSE RAWLS' LUKE RAWLS appears to have married a WINBOURN as the RAWLS-WINBOURN families witnessed each others records from NANSEMOND CO., VA. & BERTIE CO., NC. to NORTHAMPTON county over a span of many years. >From this point on the records will pertain to BERTIE-NORTHAMPTON & HERTFORD counties, NORTH CAROLINA BOBBY RAWLS BIG SPRING, TEXAS