Noel Raulerson Jr. (b.1848)

Noel Rabon Raulerson, Jr was born September 3, 1848 in Hillsborough County, Florida. He was the son of Noel Rabun and Tempie Whidden Raulerson. He was born near where Plant City is today. He moved to the area that would become Polk County when a small child. He married Amanda Elizabeth King a native of Washington County, Georgia, she being born there June 24, 1853. She moved with her family to Polk County in 1864. Noel and Amanda were married March 8, 1869 in Bartow, Florida. In 1876 Noel Raulerson bought a log cabin from Streaty Parker at Bassinger near the Kissimmee River in then Brevard County. He bought land from the state for $1.25 an acre at the time. The family moved there at that time and it remained there home. 

His father had already moved his cattle and was living in Bassinger. Noel and his brother William H Raulerson bought their father's entire herd of cattle ranging in Brevard County on October 29, 1879 for twenty thousand dollars.

Noel and his family grew most of their food supplies on their farm. They grew sweet potatoes, corn and made their own meal in a hand mill, grew and husked rice, grew sugar cane and made syrup. At one time he had 8000 cows ranging on the Kissimmee River shores and many hogs.

Amanda King Raulerson died at her home in Bassinger July 23, 1939 and was buried in the Bassinger Cemetery. After his wife's death he made his home with his daughter and son-in-law Katherine and John Chandler in Okeechobee. Noel Raulerson died August 30, 1952. He was buried as requested in a coffin made by his son, with grave side services at the Bassinger cemetery. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church.

Amanda King, daughter of William and Catherine (Hansel) King. They were from Georgia and parents of 11 children. They are buried at Glover Cemetary near Bartow, Florida.

Their children:

1. Noel Rabun III 1871
2. William Edgar 1872
3. Charles Benjamin 1874
4. Ida Elizabeth 1875
5. Ellen J  1876
6. John Wesley 1878
7. Walter Charles 1879
8. Mittie L  1882
9. Callie M 1884
10. Hattie 1885
11. Minnie Bell
12. Katherine 1890
13. Della Ruth 1892
14. Keatley Bert 1894
15. Harley 1896
16. Maurice Veslie 1898