Jasper was first married to Frances Thornton, born on February 28, 1835.

Jasper and Frances were the parents of two children:

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On March 2, 1862, Jasper Raulerson enlisted for the duration of the Civil War in an independent cavalry company which was organized in Wayne County known as the Wayne Rangers.  This cavalry unit was commanded by Captain T. B. Hopkins and upon reorganization became Company K, 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry and remained thus for the duration.

While confined to a hospital in Savannah, Georgia, being sick and unable to move, on December 21, 1864, Jasper was captured by the enemy and placed under guard.  Later he was transferred to a Union Army prison in Savannah where he remained until January 21, 1865 at which time he made his escape.  Upon gaining freedom and discovering he was cut off from his command by General Sherman's troops and would be unable to rejoin his company which at that time was somewhere in South Carolina, Jasper reported to Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Harris, at Southwells Bridge on the Ohoopee River.  Receiving permission from Lieutenant Colonel Harris he went home and remained there until he was physically able to return to duty.  Thomas J. Raulerson, Jasper's brother, also serving in the same company, had avoided capture by being twenty-five miles from Savannah at the time of Jasper's capture.

Remaining at home one week, Jasper again reported to Lieutenant Colonel Harris, this time at Screven, Georgia in Wayne County and remained in the 4th Regiment Georgia Cavalry until his company disbanded and returned to their respective homes.  Jasper surrendered with his command at Thomasville, Georgia on May 25, 1865 and was paroled on same date.

On October 16, 1860, Jasper purchased from Samuel S. Moody for $700 dollars, 490 acres in the Fourth District of the original Appling County, Georgia (then Wayne County), Lot No. 418.  In 1908 he sold timber from 335 acres there of to Hilton and Dodge Timber Company for $1,000 dollars which was paid out for doctor and medical expenses.

Jasper operated a post office in his home during the 1890s and was also the first Justice of Peace in Pierce County.  He died on March 4, 1920 and is buried with his wives in the Raulerson Cemetery in Pierce County, Georgia.

Sources:  Census, 1820 Appling Co., GA, 1830 Ware Co., GA, 1830 Columbia Co., FL, 1850-60 Wayne Co., GA, 1900 Pierce Co., GA;  Marked Graves of Pierce County, GA;  Effingham Co., GA deed records;  Wayne Co., GA will and deed records;  National Archives Civil War Service Records;  and Georgia State Archives Civil War Pension Records.

Contributed by:  (Not identified here, but the contributor is included in PofWGA, Vol. X with this sketch).