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John Rollins[1]
 1756 - 1821

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  • Birth  Abt 1756  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1790  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    US Census; National Archives Microfilm Roll: M637_7; Page: 87; Image: 0136; Repository: Ancestry.com.
    >One male 16+ years [John Rollins].
    >Five males 0-15 years [probably sons William, Burwell, Frederick, & two unidentified].
    >Two females [wife Amy and daughter Elizabeth]. 
    Census  1800  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    US Census; National Archives Microfilm Roll: 31; Page: 207; Image: 223; Repository: Ancestry.com.
    >One male 26-44 years [John Rollins].
    >One female 26-44 years [wife Amy].
    >Four males 10-15 years [probably sons William, Burwell, Frederick & one unidentified].
    >One female 10-15 years [daughter Elizabeth].
    >Four males 0-9 years [probably sons Jesse, Thomas, James, & Henry].
    >One female 0-9 years [daughter Sally]. 
    Census  1810  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    US Census; National Archives Microfilm Roll: 39; Page: 195; Image: 354.00; Repository: Ancestry.com.
    >One male 26-44 years [John Rolland].
    >One female 45+ years [wife Amy].
    >Three males 16-25 years [possibly sons Jesse, Thomas, & James].
    >One female 16-25 years [daughter Elizabeth].
    >One male 10-15 years [son Henry].
    >One female 10-15 years [daughter Sally].
    >One female 0-9 years [daughter Nancy]. 
    Census  1820  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    US Census; National Archives Microfilm Roll: M33_82; Page: 230; Image: 130; Repository: Ancestry.com.
    >One male 45+ years [John Rollins].
    >One female 45+ years [wife Amy].
    >One male 16-25 years [son Henry].
    >Two females 16-25 years [daughters Sally and Nancy]. 
    Will  27 Jul 1820  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will of John Rollings; Source: Will Book B, page 37; Repository: North Carolina State Archives, 109 E. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601.
    >Executor: Burwell Rollings.
    >Legatees: Wife Amy, son Henry, daughters Sally and Nancy.
    >Witnesses: Guilford Carpenter, Solomon Carpenter.
    >Abstract: Loans 80-acre tract of land on which he resides to wife Amy for life or widowhood, then gives to son Henry; gives children Sally, Nancy, and Henry each a feather bed; loans remainder of property to wife Amy for life or widowhood, then that property to be equally divided among "all my children." 
    Died  1821  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate  Aug 1821  Chatham Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I13  John Rollins Tree
    Last Modified  01 Feb 2009 11:36:10 
     
    Family  Amy Unknown, b. Abt 1760 
    Children 
     1. Unknown Rollins, b. 1775-1790, Chatham Co., NC
     2. Unknown Rollins, b. 1775-1790, Chatham Co., NC
     3. Elizabeth Rollins, b. 1786, Chatham Co., NC
     4. William Rollins, b. Abt 1787, Chatham Co., NC
     5. Burwell Rollins, b. Abt 1790, Chatham Co., NC
     6. Frederick Rollins, b. Abt 1790, Chatham Co., NC
     7. Jesse Rollins, b. Abt 1791, Chatham Co., NC
     8. Thomas Rollins, b. 11 Oct 1792, Chatham Co., NC
     9. James Rollins, b. Abt 1794, Chatham Co., NC
     10. Henry Rollins, b. 1795-1800, Chatham Co., NC
     11. Sally Rollins, b. 1795-1800, Chatham Co., NC
     12. Nancy Rollins, b. Abt 1805, Chatham Co., NC
    Last Modified  21 Dec 2007 12:33:45 
    Family ID  F5  Group Sheet
     
  • Documents Will of John Rollings 01Will of John Rollings 01
    Will of John Rollings 02Will of John Rollings 02
     
  • Notes 
    • The John Rollins family is an understudied Chatham County, North Carolina family. Of his ten probable children herein identified, only two remained in Chatham County and only one, James Rollins, appears in Martha Harrington's Yesterday, a groundbreaking compilation of southeastern Chatham County genealogical data. I like to imagine that when Mrs. Harrington saw John Rollins’ census records suggesting twelve children and his will naming only three, that she threw up her hands in disgust! At times while researching this family, I have been tempted to do likewise.

      It now appears likely, based on genealogical research on tidewater Virginia Rawlings by Ron Bourassa and recent DNA test results by Ed Rollins, that this John Rollins was a son of Gregory and Sarah (Holt) Rollins and a grandson of Gregory and Hannah (Knott) Rollins.

      He possibly migrated to Chatham County via Northampton County, North Carolina from whence other southeast Chatham County and southwest Wake County families (such as the Raglands, Avents, Cottens, Manns, and Johnsons) are known to have migrated. That area of North Carolina also contains a large cluster of Holts who should be studied in this connection. The date and circumstances of John Rollins' migration are currently unknown but Vann Rollins reports that until recently a relative owned an original 1779 Chatham County deed granting John Rollins some 5000 acres of land.

      Birth date unknown. The 1790 and 1820 federal censuses suggest only that he was born before 1775. The 1800 federal census more helpfully indicates that he was born between 1756 and 1774. The 1810 federal census, almost certainly in error, suggests a birth date between 1766 and 1784. Most likely he was born during the 1750s.

      Marriage date unknown but based on his children's reported ages in census records a marriage date in the latter 1770s or very early 1780s seems likely. The North Carolina State Archives does not appear to have a marriage bond for his union with Amy. It is possible that he may have married in Virginia before his removal to North Carolina.

      Burial place unknown but the family graveyard, which is referenced in James M. Rollins' 1910 booklet memorializing his recently deceased daughter Gladys, is thought to be in close proximity to the Boothe Family Graveyard near Harris Reservoir and the intersection of Wake, Chatham, and Harnett counties.

      John Rollins appears in federal census records as a head of household in Chatham County for the years 1790-1820. As the only Rollins head of household in Chatham County in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses, he is assumed to be the progenitor of the Rollins line in that vicinity.
    • According to the 1815 Chatham County Tax List, John Rollins owned 80 acres of land in Capt. Partridge's District on Beaver Dam Creek. This list is accessible online via http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncchatha/partrtax.html.
    • Deed of Sale from John Rollings to Edmund Cox, November 1802, Chatham County, North Carolina Deed Book M, page 169, listed in the Index to
      Deeds, Mortgages, and Real Estate Conveyances, Chatham County, N.C., Grantors at http://www.chathamncrod.org/
    • Deed of Sale from John Sexton to John Rawlings, February 1793, Chatham County, North Carolina Deed Book G, page 18, listed in the Index to
      Deeds, Mortgages, and Real Estate Conveyances, Chatham County, N.C., Grantees at http://www.chathamncrod.org/
    • John Rollings to Seth Cotton, 23 Nov 1792, Chatham County, North Carolina...
    • John Rollings to Francis Parham, 23 Nov 1792, Chatham County, North Carolina...
    • John Sexton to John Rollings, February 1793, Chatham County, North Carolina...
    • John Rollings to Edmund Cox, Nov 1802, Chatham County, North Carolina...
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Will of John Rollings, 1821.

  

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