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RABUN FAMILY

    Matthews Rabun was born 1744, died in his 75th year, May 14th, 1819. It is
not known positively where he was born.

    He married Sarah Warren, daughter of Rebecca Randolph, of Williamsburg,
Virginia, and ______ Warren, Professor at William and Mary College. About the
year 1785, accompanied by his wife and children, Jane, Elizabeth, Sarah, Martha,
and William, who was later Governor of Georgia, he moved from Halifax County,
North Carolina to Wilkes County, Georgia, where he resided for one year. The
next year he moved to Hancock County, where he settled on a plantation about one
mile from Mayfield, and a few miles from Powelton.

    On page 477 of White's Historical Collection of Georgia, Matthews Rabun is
mentioned as one of the earliest settlers of Green County. When Matthews Rabun
came to Georgia, he brought with him a highly commendatory letter of
introduction, signed by four leading citizens of Halifax Township.    A copy
which follows:

                            North Carolina, March 11, 1784.

    Mr. Matthews Rabun, having an intention of going to Georgia to view the
lands in that state, and to secure land there in order to remove himself and
family to become inhabitants of said State, we, Wiley Jones, John Whitaker, John
Geddy, John Branch, having been long and well acquainted with Matthews Rabun,
beg to recommend him to the notice and attention of all the good people.

    Mr. Rabun has upon all occasions conducted himself as a zealous Whig and a
good citizen and we are confident will be a valuable addition to any community
into which he shall be received .Given under our hand March 11, 1784.

                                  WILEY JONES.
                                  JOHN WHITAKER.
                                  JOHN GEDDY, J. P.
                                  JOHN BRANCH, J. P.

    In the year 1798, Matthews Rabun was sent as one of the representatives of
Hancock County, Georgia to Louisville, the capital of Georgia, to take part in
the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention, at which time a constitution
was adopted that lasted the State of Georgia over half a century.

    Matthews Rabun had a sister, whose name was Martha, who married Edward
Crowell of Halifax, North Carolina, (page 199, book 11. Historical Sketches of
North Carolina, by John Wheeler). A sketch of the Crowell family is given, and
the marriage of Martha Rabun noted. It is also stated that Crowell was a
descendant of Edward Cromwell, of England, and explains the dropping of the
letter "M" from the name.

    Sarah Warren married Matthews Rabun before he moved to Georgia from Halifax
County, North Carolina, in 1784. She was the mother of all his children, and I
presume she lived to move to Georgia with him. She was a twin sister to Jane
Warren who married Joseph Borden ,of Virginia, a member of a famous Virginia
family. Joseph Borden and his wife, Jane, are the ancestors of all the Sasnett
family in Georgia. Benjamin Borden, the father of Joseph, was grantee of vast
lands in Virginia, including nearly the whole of Bolecourt County.

    Jane, (1766-1855) oldest daughter of Sarah Warren and Matthews Rabun married
John Veazy (1768-1847). He stood side by side with those who formed the first
Missionary Society of Georgia, and was a deacon in his church for many years.

    The children of Jane Rabun and John Veazy were: John _______; Sarah, married
Richard Burnley, brother of Mrs. Malcolm Johnston, who was the mother of Richard
Malcolm Johnston, the author.

    Their children were: Martha and Mary; Martha married Thomas Seals; she died
near Powellton, Ga., at the age of fourteen years and eleven mnths. She left one
daughter, Sarah, who afterwards married Monroe Davenport. After the death of
Martha, Thomas Seals married her sister, Mary, and to them were born Willian B.,
John H., Thomas Richard, and Martha; who married Mr. James F. Little, of Talbot
County, Georgia. After the death of Thomas Seals, his widow married A. B.
Phelps, and their children were: Ansel, Charlie, and Alice, who married Mr. W.
J. Kincaid, of Griffin, Georgia.

    _______, the second daughter of Jane Rabun and John Veazy married Thomas
Whaley. They had one son, Sanders and one daughter, Eliza Jane, who married Ben
Medlock.

    Elizabeth; the third daughter of Jane Rabun and John Veazy married her first
cousin, Henry McClellan. They had no children.

    Martha and Nancy; twin daughters of Jane Rabun and John Veazy—Martha married
Samuel Hart. They had a large family and lived and died near Carroll County,
Georgia. Nancy married Thomas Neel, of Hancock County. Their children were:
Mary, Elizabeth, John Henry, Martha Moss, and Charles Mallory. Nancy was the
second wife of Thomas Neel.

(Compiled by Miss Anna B. .Northen.)



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Part V

HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA

BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK

ILLUSTRATED

ANDERSON. S. C.
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