Rawlins Lowndes (abt. 1801 - 1877)

Born about 1 Sep 1801 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1877 at about age 75 in Staatsburg, Dutchess, New York, United States

Biography

• A son named Rawlins Lowndes was registered twice by these parents. The first, Rawlins Lowndes (28 May 1789 - October 1800), died as a boy. This page concerns his parents' second son named Rawlins Lowndes, born September 1801. The name "Rawlins Lowndes" was of particular importance for the Lowndes family because of the public eminence achieved by President/Governor Rawlins Lowndes (1720-1800), a forceful and sagacious leader of the patriots during the Revolutionary War in the 1770s and, thereafter, a resolute defender of southern interests. The historical footprint of President Rawlins Lowndes endured among mainstream southern scholars through the nineteenth century and beyond, though through the intensifying polarisation surrounding the fratricidal slaughter of the early 1860s, the name of Rawlins Lowndes became increasingly forgettable among the east coast establishment further to the north

• Fact: Residence (1860) Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1865) District 01, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1875) Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
• Fact: Burial St. James Epis, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York,United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch born Charleston, SC Died Staatsburgh, NY

Info from: Graves "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. " by George Washington Cullum, published 1891

Born in Connecticut (application for Academy from S.C), Rawlins Lowndes was a Cadet of the Military Academy from Aug. 31, 1816, to July 1, 1820, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army. He served on Recruiting service, 1820; in garrison at Ft. Moultrie, S.C., 1820-21; on Topographical duty, 1821; and as Aide-de-Camp to Bvt. Maj-General Gaines, July 14, 1821, to Dec. 31, 1823.

Military Promotions Second Lieut., Corps of Artillery, July 1, 1820 Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, in Re-Organization of Army, June 1, 1821 Transferred to 1st Infantry, June 12, 1823 First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Aug. 7, 1823 Resigned, Dec. 31, 1830

Civil History - Rice Planter on Santee River, near Georgetown, S.C., 1830-61. Farmer, Staatsburg, N. Y., 1861-77. Died, Aug. 10, 1877, at Staatsburg, N. Y.: Aged 76

Plantations

Rawlins Lowndes owned the Wicklow Hall Plantation, located on the North Santee in Georgetown County, South Carolina. Acquired about 1831^[1] with his brothers, Rawlins is said to have become sole owner by 1843.^[2] By 1867 S. D. Doar was the probable manager of "Wicklow". He signed a labor contract with freedmen to work on the Wicklow Plantation.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898: "Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898"
   Catalog: Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 Land records, v. A10-D10 1831-1832
   Film number: 008300029 > image 245 of 1218
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSR8-X9D2-Y (accessed 20 January 2024)
   • Deed Bk A10 p.443, Wicklow Plantation
2. ↑ National Register of Historic Places http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722014/S10817722014.pdf
3. ↑ South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872: "South Carolina, Freedmen'...Office Records, 1865-1872"
   Catalog: Records of the field offices for the state of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872 Register of complaints, Nov. 1865-Apr. 1866; Register of rations issued to destitutes, Jan.-Sept. 1867; Register of contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, Dec. 1865-Apr. 1866; Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar. 1867 [NARA M1910 roll 76].
   Image path: South Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 > Georgetown (subassistant commissioner) > Roll 76, Labor contracts, May 1865-Mar 1867 > image 418 of 673; citing NARA microfilm publication M1910 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99ZG-C4VL (accessed 20 January 2024)
   • 1867 Freedmen's Bureau Labor Contract, S. D. Doar, Wicklow Plantation

• Find A Grave: Memorial #18151507
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for Rawlins Lowndes(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LDXG-YF7); contributed by various users.
• "Lowndes of South Carolina: An historical and genealogical memoir" by George Bigelow Chase (1835-1902) , published 1876 by A. Williams & Company, Boston at the press of David. Clapp & Son, Boston, pages 7-81, here 22- 23, 39-41