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Samuel Raulston (1810 - 1866)

Samuel Raulston
Born in Tennesseemap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at age 56 in Marion, Tennesseemap
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Biography

Samuel Raulston (also Roulston) was one of the fourteen children of Colonel James Raulston, an early settler of Marion County and a veteran of the Creek Wars and the War of 1812. Samuel and his brothers petitioned the State of Tennessee for land grants. Samuel received a grant of 5,000 acres in 1841 in Marion County, northwest of what is now South Pittsburg. Adjacent to the Raulston’s acreage were large tracts owned by Captain Robert Beene (or Bean). Samuel raised corn, wheat, oats, cotton, timber, cattle, hogs, sheep, horses, and mules on his farm. He also had a large orchard. Samuel married Millie Beene, and they were the parents of ten children. Within the Beene and Raulston family, five of Col. James Raulston’s children married five of Captain Robert Beene’s grandchildren. Two of the sons of Millie and Samuel fought for the Union during the Civil War, enlisting in Stoke’s 5th Tennessee Calvary. One son, William Henry Raulston, was killed in December 1862, a few days before the Battle of Stone’s River. “The family saw thousands of troops march by their house by way of the Jasper-Sewanee Road on their way to battles at Chattanooga and Chickamauga.” Both “Union and Confederate tropps ravaged the land taking all of the livestock and crops they could.” Samuel died in 1866, leaving his widow and children to make a living in the hard times following the Civil War. John Crittendon Raulston (known as Crit), acquired 600 acres of the farm in 1895. He raised corn, hay, wheat, timber, an orchard, cattle, hogs, horses, mules and sheep on the farm. He first married Matilda Mitchell, who died in 1886. He later remarried Sally Gilliam. He was the father of 5 children. In 1895, he returned to the farm to care for his ailing mother. He built a house on the farm and two barns. He also built a store and established the post office of Lodge, Tennessee in 1895. Henry Harrison Raulston, Sr. was the next owner of the farm. He married Ellen Marlow, and they later moved to the farm to care for Crit and Sally Raulston. During Henry’s tenure of ownership, the Great Depression hit, and the family worked hard to survive. Henry grew many varieties of sweet potatoes and Ellen kept the cellar full of canned and preserved vegetables and fruits. Many changes came to the farm during this period. Electricity was introduced in 1948 and tractor power replaced horses and mules. Henry Harrison Raulston, Jr., the only child of Henry Harrison Raulston, Sr., was the next owner of the farm. He married Laura Ellen Chastain in 1948 and they were the parents of three children. Although they both worked off the farm, the family kept the farm going. The farm supported beef cattle, hogs, poultry, hay, wheat, corn and soybeans. In 1986, the sons of Ellen and Henry Harrison Raulston, Jr., Daniel H. John C., and Mark C., inherited the farm. John C. Raulston and his wife Tammy live on the farm and oversee the daily operation in addition to managing a veterinary practice in Jasper. John and Mark manage the present use of the farm while Daniel manages the timber on the mountain acreage. Beef cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat, and timber are farm products. The family advised that “Satellite internet, cell phones GPS, and computers are part of everyday life on the farm now.” The changes from the time of Samuel Raulston are nearly incomprehensible but farming is still a way of life of the land on the land he received 170 years ago.

Census

1850 Census - Marion County, Tennessee
Samuel Roulston, age 40, occupation Farmer, born Tennessee
Milly Roulston, age 32, born Tennessee
Amanda Roulston, age 14, born Tennessee
Samuel Roulston, age 12, born Tennessee
William Roulston, age 8, born Tennessee
Sampson Roulston, age 6, born Tennessee
Evander Roulston, age 2, born Tennessee
James Rice, age 21, born Alabama[1]
1860 Census - Marion County, Tennessee
Sameul Roulstone, age 50, born Tennessee[2]

Burial

Burial: Bean-Raulston Graveyard 49507155

Date: 25 MAY 1866
Place: Marion, Tennessee, USA
Citation Text: on the bottom of the stone is inscribed "Swan and Brown Nash. Tenn"

Sources

  1. 1850 U.S. census, Marion County, Tennessee, p. ?, dwelling 543, family 542, Samuel Roulston household; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 889.
  2. 1860 U.S. census, Marion County, Tennessee, p. 92, dwelling ?, family ?, Samuel Roulstone household; digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication M653, roll ?.




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