Rachel was born in Bledsoe Tennessee to 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 Rachel's Mother Elizabeth.
Early in live Rachel traveled from 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
Her sister died between 1855 and 1863, Rachel then marries her husband 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 and his family.
Rachel Died in 1912 and is buired in Fairview Cemetery Shanty Town Missouri[10]
Sources
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KWS-7RY7 : 10 February 2023), Rachel Carter in entry for Morris M Rollins, .
↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K7X-7M98 : 10 February 2023), Rachael Carter in entry for Daniel Levi Rollins, .
↑ 1830 Bledsoe Tennessee Federal Census males under 5: 3, 5-9yrs: 1, and 30-39 1 (Levi being b. 1791-1799)
↑1860 Census:"1860 United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Township 38 Range 11, Pulaski, Missouri; Roll: M653_641; Page: 336; Family History Library Film: 803641 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #40626383 (accessed 20 January 2024) Martha J Rollens (17) in Township 38 Range 11, Pulaski, Missouri. Born in Tennessee.
↑ * 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census" Year: 1910; Census Place: Miller, Maries, Missouri; Roll: T624_797; Page: 12a; Enumeration District: 0058; FHL microfilm: 1374810 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #185944405 (accessed 20 January 2024) Rachel Rollins (80), widowed mother, in household of Jake Rollins (32) in Miller, Maries, Missouri, USA. Born in Tennessee.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28871656/rachel-rollins: accessed 20 January 2024), memorial page for Rachel Carter Rollins (3 Jan 1829–3 Feb 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28871656, citing Fairview Cemetery, Shantytown, Maries County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Bob Watson (contributor 47028850).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XG-RHH : 7 September 2017), Rachel Rollins in household of Davis Rollins, Miller, Maries, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 101, sheet 179B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0702; FHL microfilm 1,254,702.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2021), memorial page for Rachel Carter Rollins (3 Jan 1829–3 Feb 1912), Find a Grave Memorial no. 28871656, citing Fairview Cemetery, Shantytown, Maries County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Bob Watson (contributor 47028850) .
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