Rowland Rugeley

Rowland Rugeley

• Father: Rowland Rugeley
• Mother: Elizabeth Ginn

• Rowland Rugeley was born circa 1735.
• He married Hamilton Dawson, daughter of Rev. William Dawson, on 27 March 1775 in South Carolina.
• Rowland Rugeley became a widower at the 5 December 1776 death of his wife Hamilton Dawson.
• Rowland Rugeley died on 23 December 1776.
• The following appeared on 22 February 1777 in The Pennsylvania Evening Post: Charlestown (South-Carolina) December 12. . . Deaths. . . . --Mr. Rowland Rugeley, a gentleman not less remarkable for being one of the most facetious companions than his integrity and philanthropy. A volume of miscellaneous poems published by him in England, and his burlesque translation of the story of Aeneas and Dido, published here, which are very generally admired, entitle him to some rank in the literary world.-- Dr. William Clarkson.
• The following appeared on 16 April 1790 in The (Charleston) City Gazette: All persons who have any demands against the several copartnerships of Henry Rugeley and company, Rugeley and Coram, Rugeley and Chaters, Rowland Rugeley, or Rowland and Henry Rugeley, are requested immediately to send them in attested, to one of the subscribers, that provision may be made for settling the same; and all persons indebted to either of the above mentioned copartnerships, are required to make payment agreeable to the instalment law, to one of the subscribers, without delay. James Gregorie, C. C. Pinckney, March 3. eod.
• The following appeared on 1 November 1791 in The (Charleston) City Gazette: To be sold by public auction, at Camden, on Tuesday, The 22d day of November next, Nine valuable Negroes, late the property of Messrs. Rowland and Henry Rugeley, consisting of men, women and children. The conditions of the sale-- will be twelve months credit, giving bond and approved security with interest from the date, and such debts of Rowland & Henry Rugeley, as are mentioned in his assignment to the subscribers will be received in payment. The property not to be altered until the conditions are complied with. James Gregorie, Charles C. Pinckney. October 29. tuf td.
• A short biographical sketch appears in Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary (1979).

• Last Edited: 11 Apr 2012