Blanche is named for his daughter, Sarah Blanche Rawls.
John J. Rawls ran a store in Blanche for 50 yrs. with his brother Artemus as partner. He was postmaster of Blanche for 40 years. At the time of his death he was the oldest postmaster in the south. He was a member to the Methodist Church at Blanche and superintendent of the Union Sunday School for nearly 50 yrs. He was a Master Mason and was a Worshipful Master of his Lodge. He helped recover the material used to print The Fayetteville Observer after the Civil War, which was scattered from Fayetteville to Nashville. John was also a farmer.
John was a slave owner. He had one slave named Hannah Rawls. She raised all the Rawls children. Hannah married Lewis Mullins; Sept, 18, 1869 after being freed at the end of the Civil War. Hannah continued to work for the Rawls family all her life, but as a free woman and with pay. She was called "Black Mammy" by the children. Others in the community called her Aunt Hannah. At the time of her death she lived in a log cabin behind the Rawls house in Blanche. She was buried in the Blanche Cemetery at the back fence. Her tombstone simply reads "Hannah, Our Old Black Mammy". She is thought to be the only black person buried in the Blanche Cemetery.
John J. Rawls ran a store in Blanche for 50 yrs. with his brother Artemus as partner. He was postmaster of Blanche for 40 years. At the time of his death he was the oldest postmaster in the south. He was a member to the Methodist Church at Blanche and superintendent of the Union Sunday School for nearly 50 yrs. He was a Master Mason and was a Worshipful Master of his Lodge. He helped recover the material used to print The Fayetteville Observer after the Civil War, which was scattered from Fayetteville to Nashville. John was also a farmer.
John was a slave owner. He had one slave named Hannah Rawls. She raised all the Rawls children. Hannah married Lewis Mullins; Sept, 18, 1869 after being freed at the end of the Civil War. Hannah continued to work for the Rawls family all her life, but as a free woman and with pay. She was called "Black Mammy" by the children. Others in the community called her Aunt Hannah. At the time of her death she lived in a log cabin behind the Rawls house in Blanche. She was buried in the Blanche Cemetery at the back fence. Her tombstone simply reads "Hannah, Our Old Black Mammy". She is thought to be the only black person buried in the Blanche Cemetery.
Blanche is named for his daughter, Sarah Blanche Rawls.
John J. Rawls ran a store in Blanche for 50 yrs. with his brother Artemus as partner. He was postmaster of Blanche for 40 years. At the time of his death he was the oldest postmaster in the south. He was a member to the Methodist Church at Blanche and superintendent of the Union Sunday School for nearly 50 yrs. He was a Master Mason and was a Worshipful Master of his Lodge. He helped recover the material used to print The Fayetteville Observer after the Civil War, which was scattered from Fayetteville to Nashville. John was also a farmer.
John was a slave owner. He had one slave named Hannah Rawls. She raised all the Rawls children. Hannah married Lewis Mullins; Sept, 18, 1869 after being freed at the end of the Civil War. Hannah continued to work for the Rawls family all her life, but as a free woman and with pay. She was called "Black Mammy" by the children. Others in the community called her Aunt Hannah. At the time of her death she lived in a log cabin behind the Rawls house in Blanche. She was buried in the Blanche Cemetery at the back fence. Her tombstone simply reads "Hannah, Our Old Black Mammy". She is thought to be the only black person buried in the Blanche Cemetery.
John J. Rawls ran a store in Blanche for 50 yrs. with his brother Artemus as partner. He was postmaster of Blanche for 40 years. At the time of his death he was the oldest postmaster in the south. He was a member to the Methodist Church at Blanche and superintendent of the Union Sunday School for nearly 50 yrs. He was a Master Mason and was a Worshipful Master of his Lodge. He helped recover the material used to print The Fayetteville Observer after the Civil War, which was scattered from Fayetteville to Nashville. John was also a farmer.
John was a slave owner. He had one slave named Hannah Rawls. She raised all the Rawls children. Hannah married Lewis Mullins; Sept, 18, 1869 after being freed at the end of the Civil War. Hannah continued to work for the Rawls family all her life, but as a free woman and with pay. She was called "Black Mammy" by the children. Others in the community called her Aunt Hannah. At the time of her death she lived in a log cabin behind the Rawls house in Blanche. She was buried in the Blanche Cemetery at the back fence. Her tombstone simply reads "Hannah, Our Old Black Mammy". She is thought to be the only black person buried in the Blanche Cemetery.
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Son of Luke H. Rawls and Sarah Spence. Husband of Elizabeth Griffis and Madeline Bearden.
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