Rutha Betsy (Carter) Rollins (aft. 1822 - abt. 1858)

Born after 1822 in Mouse Creek, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of David Davis Rollins — married after 1840 in Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died about 1858 before about age 36 in Franklin, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Rutha was born in or around Jefferson Tennesee, from mouse creek to McMinn co. She is the daughter of Levi Carter and ELizabeth Howard. ELizabeth is the dau. of John Howard and Rebecca Brittain neighbors that never married and bore a child out of wedlock Rutha's Mother Elizabeth.

Early in live Rutha traveled from Jefferson, Mouse Creek, McMinn, Bledsoe to Franklin Pulaski CO. Missouri where her father passed. A large crew of travlers left bledsoe at the same time. Most had Indian Heritage somewhere in their family. Carter, Kelley, Rollins, Rogers, Dunlacy, Ward

Marriage

She Married David Davis Rollins abt. 1842 presumably in Bledsoe

Children

They had the following Children

1. Martha b. 1842
2. George b. 1844
3. Cotney Courtney b. 1848
4. Joeph b. 1851
5. Jermiah b. 1853
6. Susan b. 1855

Residence

1830 Bledsoe Tennessee^[1] 1840 Bledsoe Tennessee^[2] 1844 removes to Franklin Missouri where her father dies reroute to New homested[9] Families /Clan Traveling together Rollins, Carter, Kelley, Rogers, Dunlacy, Ross, Riley,

1. 1850 Franklin Missouri^[3]

Death

She dissappears or dies between 1855 and 1860, Rachel her sister then marries her husband by 1860 as he was homesteading in Dixon Missouri 160 acers. Date of marriage est. based on birth of first child in March of 1863. David's eldest children from Rutha had already moved onto Indian Territory in Oklahoma, as well as her Uncle Alexander Carter (1798-1867)and his family. She is buired in Fairview Cemetery along the Fence in a mis-marked grave. I've seen it along with cousin Gerald Groves when we visited in 1985 Gerald was going to have it replaced with the correct headstone. Val Rollins

Sources

1. ↑ 1830 Bledsoe Tennessee Federal Census
2. ↑ 1840 Bledsoe Tennessee Federal Census
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZH-962 : Fri Oct 06 19:29:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Davis Rollins and Bertha Rollins, 1850.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115047150/rutha-betsy-rollins
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2021), memorial page for Rutha Betsy Carter Rollins (1822–1858), Find a Grave Memorial no. 115047150, citing Fairview Cemetery, Shantytown, Maries County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Bob Watson (contributor 47028850) .