William M's Dad was George Rolston (Raulston), also buried at New Haven Cemetery.
William M's 11 children are listed below:
Elvina Raulston
Jane Raulston
Mahalia Raulston
Nancy Adeline Raulston
Mary Raulston
Julia Ann Raulston
John Calhoun Raulston
William Galbreth Raulston
Lambert N. Raulston
Jimmie D. Raulston
Alice Raulston
The below was written by C.M. Raulston, Jr., in 1973. C.M. passed away in October of 2003.
When William M. bought the 240 acre farm at Dimple, he had been growing cotton on the leased farm at Cherry for four years and was pretty well hooked up financially. (I am using place names like Dimple, Negley, Cherry, etc. as if they existed at the time. They did not. It helps the reader understand the locality.) I have mentioned that William M. formed up his own wagon train each year and hauled his cotton to Jefferson where it could be sold at the Boat Docks for top price. There were cotton buyers in Clarksville, but their customers were ill-advised people who were willing to sell for quick money.
I feel compelled to record a family legend here. All that follows is legend -
There was a sister to William M. called Elizabeth who married a man called W. C. Cotton and they came to Dimple in about 1855 and settled the tract that I knew as a boy as the Bassie Prewitt place.
It is a fact that there is a deed dated May 6, 1859 Granting 2.75 acres of land where The New Haven Cemetery now lies, to the community. The trustees named in that document were William Raulston, Elias Rhoden and W.C. Cotton.
William M's 11 children are listed below:
Elvina Raulston
Jane Raulston
Mahalia Raulston
Nancy Adeline Raulston
Mary Raulston
Julia Ann Raulston
John Calhoun Raulston
William Galbreth Raulston
Lambert N. Raulston
Jimmie D. Raulston
Alice Raulston
The below was written by C.M. Raulston, Jr., in 1973. C.M. passed away in October of 2003.
When William M. bought the 240 acre farm at Dimple, he had been growing cotton on the leased farm at Cherry for four years and was pretty well hooked up financially. (I am using place names like Dimple, Negley, Cherry, etc. as if they existed at the time. They did not. It helps the reader understand the locality.) I have mentioned that William M. formed up his own wagon train each year and hauled his cotton to Jefferson where it could be sold at the Boat Docks for top price. There were cotton buyers in Clarksville, but their customers were ill-advised people who were willing to sell for quick money.
I feel compelled to record a family legend here. All that follows is legend -
There was a sister to William M. called Elizabeth who married a man called W. C. Cotton and they came to Dimple in about 1855 and settled the tract that I knew as a boy as the Bassie Prewitt place.
It is a fact that there is a deed dated May 6, 1859 Granting 2.75 acres of land where The New Haven Cemetery now lies, to the community. The trustees named in that document were William Raulston, Elias Rhoden and W.C. Cotton.
William M's Dad was George Rolston (Raulston), also buried at New Haven Cemetery.
William M's 11 children are listed below:
Elvina Raulston
Jane Raulston
Mahalia Raulston
Nancy Adeline Raulston
Mary Raulston
Julia Ann Raulston
John Calhoun Raulston
William Galbreth Raulston
Lambert N. Raulston
Jimmie D. Raulston
Alice Raulston
The below was written by C.M. Raulston, Jr., in 1973. C.M. passed away in October of 2003.
When William M. bought the 240 acre farm at Dimple, he had been growing cotton on the leased farm at Cherry for four years and was pretty well hooked up financially. (I am using place names like Dimple, Negley, Cherry, etc. as if they existed at the time. They did not. It helps the reader understand the locality.) I have mentioned that William M. formed up his own wagon train each year and hauled his cotton to Jefferson where it could be sold at the Boat Docks for top price. There were cotton buyers in Clarksville, but their customers were ill-advised people who were willing to sell for quick money.
I feel compelled to record a family legend here. All that follows is legend -
There was a sister to William M. called Elizabeth who married a man called W. C. Cotton and they came to Dimple in about 1855 and settled the tract that I knew as a boy as the Bassie Prewitt place.
It is a fact that there is a deed dated May 6, 1859 Granting 2.75 acres of land where The New Haven Cemetery now lies, to the community. The trustees named in that document were William Raulston, Elias Rhoden and W.C. Cotton.
William M's 11 children are listed below:
Elvina Raulston
Jane Raulston
Mahalia Raulston
Nancy Adeline Raulston
Mary Raulston
Julia Ann Raulston
John Calhoun Raulston
William Galbreth Raulston
Lambert N. Raulston
Jimmie D. Raulston
Alice Raulston
The below was written by C.M. Raulston, Jr., in 1973. C.M. passed away in October of 2003.
When William M. bought the 240 acre farm at Dimple, he had been growing cotton on the leased farm at Cherry for four years and was pretty well hooked up financially. (I am using place names like Dimple, Negley, Cherry, etc. as if they existed at the time. They did not. It helps the reader understand the locality.) I have mentioned that William M. formed up his own wagon train each year and hauled his cotton to Jefferson where it could be sold at the Boat Docks for top price. There were cotton buyers in Clarksville, but their customers were ill-advised people who were willing to sell for quick money.
I feel compelled to record a family legend here. All that follows is legend -
There was a sister to William M. called Elizabeth who married a man called W. C. Cotton and they came to Dimple in about 1855 and settled the tract that I knew as a boy as the Bassie Prewitt place.
It is a fact that there is a deed dated May 6, 1859 Granting 2.75 acres of land where The New Haven Cemetery now lies, to the community. The trustees named in that document were William Raulston, Elias Rhoden and W.C. Cotton.
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Married to Fannie Ousley Raulston
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