Randal Rewis (abt. 1849)

Born about 1849 in Ware County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Biography

Randal Rewis was born about 1849 in Georgia^[1].

In 1860, he lived with his widowed mother Bethany and his siblings in Columbia County, Florida^[1].

RANDALL DANIEL REWIS (1847-1889) was born in Ware County, Ga., the son of Pvt. Robert D. Rewis and Bethany Anderson Rewis. Randall married Margaret Ann Jane Taylor (1852-1914) while in Georgia. She was a daughter of Robert Brazell Taylor, b. 1821, d. January 1, 1897 in Jasper, FL, m. (1) Emily Unk Maiden, (2) Jane Green, (3) Parmelia Nobles. Margaret was a granddaughter of Labrun (LaBan) Taylor b. ca. 1795, NC d. 1841, m. June 4, 1819 to Sarah Williams, b. 1800, GA. On September 19, 1863, while living in Lake City, Randall enlisted in Capt. Stewart’s Company, 6th Battalion FL Infantry for service with the Confederate forces. Like his brother Andrew Jackson, he was assigned as a musician. On October 1, 1863, Randall was transferred to Capt. Reynold’s Independent Company, which became known as Company H, 9th FL Infantry. On April 30, 1864, Randall was discharged under orders of Brig. General Finnegan because he was under age 18; he had enlisted at age 16 and had lied about his age. Randall and his family subsequently moved to Hernando County, applying for a U. S. land patent in January of 1882. He did not receive the deed for his property until 1887, when Pasco County was formed. On February 15, 1886, Randall and his wife Jane sold two acres of land from their 160 to Hernando County Public Schools for $2. On this land they erected the Bethlehem School. A. J. Rewis, Randall Rewis, and J. H. Dicks are shown as trustees of the Bethlehem School in school board minutes of Sept. 5, 1887. Randall died in Feb. 1889; the place of his burial is unknown. On March 9, 1889, his wife Jane assumed a mortgage of $700 at 12% interest from A. M. C. She satisfied this mortgage on April 18, 1898. On July 31, 1889, Jane purchased an additional 10 acres from Aaron and Anne Ryals for $100. Jane continued to raise their children at their homestead. On Aug. 8, 1889, she married Jesse Hiram Ryals in Brooksville. On March 14, 1903, they divorced. Ryals is listed as the trustee of the Bee Tree Pond School (at the same location as the earlier Bethlehem School) in school board minutes of Aug. 7, 1893. Margaret Ann Jane Taylor Rewis Ryals died Dec. 27, 1914, and was buried at the Loyce Cemetery. Her second husband Jesse and most of her children are also buried in that cemetery. Randall and his wife Margaret Ann Jane Taylor Rewis had ten children in the following order:

Thomas William Henery Charles Marlton Daniel Randolph Adolph Elijah Nathanial (see below) Nalona T. (Lonnie) Minnisley McNatt Rewis (Minnie) Ella Lee Rewis Weeks Slaughter. Most of their children were born in Hernando and Pasco Counties^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} United States Census, 1860
2. ↑ HISTORY OF PASCO COUNTY, Early Residents of Pasco County

Bibliography

• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CS-S99 : 13 December 2017), Randal Ruis in entry for Bethaney Ruis, 1860.