John W Rakestraw
1st GA Calvary, CSA
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Father •
William Rakestraw
Birth
1801
South Carolina, United States
Death
1864
Georgia, United States
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Mother •
Catherine Anne Rakestraw
Birth
1807
South Carolina
Death
1860
Gwinnett County, Georgia
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Marriage •
Married Mary E Cousins
Oct 7, 1883
Paulding Co, GA
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Census
1850 •
Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States
William Rakeslow Male 48 South Carolina
Anne Rakeslow Female 43 South Carolina
Edward Rakeslow Male 25 Georgia
John Rakeslow Male 22 Georgia
Lucinda Rakeslow Female 23 Georgia
Sarah Rakeslow Female 20 Georgia
Francis Rakeslow Female 15 Georgia
William Rakeslow Male 13 Georgia
George Rakeslow Male 11 Georgia
Thomas N Rakeslow Male 9 Georgia
Julia Rakeslow Female 5 Georgia
Andrew Jackson Rakeslow Male 1 Georgia
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Census
1850 •
Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States
John W Rakestow Male 22 Georgia
Sarah C Rakestow Female 20 Georgia
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Census BROTHER
1850 •
Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United
Joseph Rakstraw Male 21 Georgia
Elizabeth Rakstraw Female 17 Georgia
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Census
1860 •
Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States
J W Rakestraw Male 31 Geo
S E Rakestraw Female 29 Geo
M E Rakestraw Female 8 Geo
M A Rakestraw Female 3 Geo
B T Rakestraw Male 0 Geo
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Census
1860 •
Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States
Wm Rakestraw Male 59 So Ca FATHER
Travis Rakestraw Female 24 Geo
Wm Rakestraw Male 26 Geo
George Rakestraw Male 19 Geo
T M Rakestraw Male 16 Geo
J A Rakestraw Female 14 Geo
A J Rakestraw Male 10 Geo
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Census BROTHER
1860 •
Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Joseph F Rakstram Male 29 Georgia
Elizabeth C. Mary Bridges Rakstram Female 26 Georgia
Ganum M Rakstram Male 10 Mississippi
Malissa A Rakstraw Female 9 Mississippi
Matilda Rakstraw Female 7 Mississippi
William Rakstraw Male 5 Mississippi
Mary J Rakstraw Female 4 Mississippi
Tyra Rakstraw Male 3 Mississippi
James Rakstraw Male 0 Mississippi
Solomon Bridges Male 73 North Carolina
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Census
1880 •
Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia, United States
J W Rakestraw Self Male 52 Georgia, United States
S E Rakestraw Wife Female 50 Georgia, United States
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Census
1900 •
Militia District 730, Douglasville Douglasville town, Douglas, Georgia, United States
Marriage 1883
J W Rakestraw Head Male 72 Georgia Feb 1828
Mary Rakestraw Wife Female 50 Georgia Nov 1850
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Siblings •
Edward H Rakestraw # 61271319

Lucinda Rakestraw Baggett # 47472030
15 April 1826 – 5 April 1881

John W Rakestraw # 89896649
2 February 1827 – 5 July 1904

Joseph Flournoy Rakestraw # 61653405
Birth
1830
Georgia, United States
Death
1 October 1862
Graysville, Catoosa, Georgia
Burial
1862
Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States of America
Cause of Death
Died in the Civil War

Sarah Rakestraw
1830 – 14 May 1883
Burial
1883
Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

William Rakestraw # 122953932
1837 – 20 February 1901
Douglasville

George Rakestraw
Birth
1839
Georgia
Death
9 April 1929
DeKalb, Georgia, United States

Thomas H. Rakestraw
1841 – Deceas

Julia Rakestraw
1845 –

Andrew Jackson Rakestraw # 205017756
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