MOSES WATERS
ROLLINS
(July 1830 - June 1906)
Interestingly, a cow provided an important link in uncovering our connections to the past! A black and white-colored cow was deeded from Moses Waters to Moses W. Rollins, son of Vincent, when he was 10 years of age, on October 9, 1840, as recorded by the Rutherford County North Carolina Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. This record establishes his relationship to Vincent B. Rollins.
Moses Waters "Mose" Rollins was born in July 1830 in North Carolina. At age 20 he married Nancy Emily Waters.
Moses' brother, John Franklin Rollins (Elder), enlisted in the Confederate Army on September 19, 1861 in Dalton Georgia. He joined the Whitfield Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Dickinson Taliaferro.
Moses Rollins moved to Whitfield County, Georgia, by the time of the 1860 census, and had three children and an older brother, Theodore Madison Rollins, living there as well. On May 15, 1862, Moses enlisted along with his brother, Richard P.B. Rollins, in the Confederate 12th Cavalry, Company B, The Georgia Dragoons. They brought their own horses; Moses' valued at $165, and Richards' at $200. Baby brother John Franklin Rollins, shown below, had enlisted the previous year.
John Franklin Rollins
After the war Mose returned to Whitfield County, Georgia. His
wife died at age 61 in 1893; he died at age 76 in Texas. His oldest son,
Theodore F. "Nan" Rollins had died in Texas the previous year. Children of Moses Waters Rollins and Nancy Emily
Waters: Theodore F. "Uncle Nan" (1853-1905); Mary Jane (1859-1944); John
Franklin (1862-1937); Emily Oneida (b1866); Richard Henry "Uncle Dick"
(1868-1948); Averilla "Aune Ave"(b1886) Photo of Mary Jane Rollins, Emily Oneida, and Emily
Oneida Rollins with husband Charles Robert Jasper Farmer and family around
1910 Photos showing Richard Henry "Uncle Dick" Rollins
as a young boy; as a young man; and with wife Lillie Etta Burns and
family: Photo of Averilla "Aune Ave" Rollins: 
