JAMES RAWLINS was born in Warren county, Ky., April 16, 1798, his parents being James and Lydia (Green) Rawlins, natives of North Carolina. His paternal grandfather was born and raised in London, Eng. James was reared in his native state, until, in his 12th year, when the family removed to Bedford county, Tenn., where they remained about three years, then removed to Orange county, Ind., where they remained about five years, when they removed to Illinois, in 1819, locating in what is now Lawrence county, where they remained until 1826, when they came to Greene county, arriving in April of that year. They settled on the southeast quarter of Sec. 18, T. 12, R. 11. There the parents resided some three or four years, when they removed to a point about a half-mile north of where Wilmington now stands, where they resided until their deaths. James was married Jan. 18, 1827, to Rebecca Taylor, a native of East Tennessee, and daughter of John and Nancy (Burgess) Taylor, and afterward settled on Sec. 17, T. 12, R. 11. They are the parents of 14 children, seven of whom are living - Nancy, deceased; Lydia Jane; Elizabeth; Sarah; Peggy, deceased; Melissa C.; William A., deceased; John T.; Catherine, deceased; Millie L.; Jas. A., deceased; Walter, deceased; Pleasant A., and Julia A., deceased. Mrs. Rawlins died June 4, 1885, and is buried in Jones' cemetery. Mr. Rawlins has been identified with Greene county for a half century. He is a member of the regular Baptist Church, of Barrow station.