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    1. [TNGREENE] Mrs. Asahel Rawlings
    2. Elaine and Lee Andersen
    3. The wife of Asahel Rawlings of Greene, TN (1742-3 DEC 1813) is usually listed as Margaret Rezin. I believe she was actually Margaret Kennedy, a half-sister to Col. Daniel Kennedy of Greene, TN and a full sibling to my ancestor John Kennedy, who was much older than Col. Daniel. The 1798 will of Thomas Kennedy of Berkeley, WV named his brother Col. Daniel Kennedy of Greene, TN and two half-sisters, Margaret Rawlings and Elizabeth Wilson. My John was not named in this will as he was already deceased. An excellent 37 marker DNA match between descendants of John Kennedy and Col. Daniel Kennedy prove their relationship. After Col. Daniel Kennedy died, his widow, Margaret Hughes Kennedy moved from Greene Co., TN, to Rhea Co., TN with some of their children. Margaret Hughes Kennedy left an 1817 will in Rhea Co., TN naming her executor as Asahel Rawling. Asahel , Sr. was dead by this time, so this had to be Asahel Rawlings, Jr. I have his birth date as 26 July 1781. In her will, Margaret Hughes Kennedy referred to Asahel as "my nephew." Asahel was her nephew because his mother wasMargaret Hughes Kennedy husband's half-sister. I believe the obvious choice for the husband of Elizabeth Wilson is Greene Co. Sheriff, James Wilson, but I have found found no definitive proof of this so far. Descendants of James Wilson believe his wife was Elizabeth Kennedy, half-sister to Col. Daniel Kennedy. Elaine Andersen (andersen.elaine.lee@gmail.com)

    04/19/2010 05:13:40