Rankin-related Photos
George Crawford's land in
Augusta County, VA. George and his wife, Elizabeth (Poage), were
the Gr-Gr-grandparents of W. R. Rankin of Calhoun, GA.
George Rankin's land in Augusta
County, VA. This land, near the Middle River, was owned by W. R.
Rankin's Gr-Gr-grandparents George and Martha Rankin.
Middle River scene in Augusta County,
northeast of Staunton, VA.
Tombstone inscribed "Sacred to the
Memory of Robert Poage Immigrant from Ireland 173_, Elder in
Augusta Stone Church 1740, Justice First Commission of the Peace
Augusta County 1745. Died in 1774. And to the memory of his wife,
Elizabeth Preston." Located in the Old Glebe Cemetery, across the
highway and creek south of Augusta Stone Church in Ft. Defiance, VA.
Stone was replaced by descendants in the 20th century.
Thomas F. Rankin's land in
Anderson County, South Carolina, childhood homesite of William
Robertson Rankin of Calhoun, GA. His parents were Thomas F. and Sarah
Ann (Orr) Rankin.
Home of Thomas Orr
(1782-1866), born in Bellaheagh, Northern Ireland, maternal grandfather
of W. R. Rankin.
Capt. Thomas Rankin's land in
Augusta County, VA. Thomas and his wife, Mary Crawford, were
Gr-grandparents of W. R. Rankin.
Home at Slabtown, SC of William
Rankin (1747-1817), son of George and Martha Rankin and brother of
Capt. Thomas. He took in the orphaned George R. Rankin after the deaths
of Capt. Thomas and his wife, Mary Crawford.
William Rankin's stone in the Old
Rankin Cemetery (located on private property) near Slabtown where
William, his wife Lettice (Robertson), George R. and his wife, Mary,
and several of their children are buried including Thomas F. Rankin and
his wife, Sarah Ann (Orr).
