Moses Rawlings (1745–1809) served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, most notably at the Battle of Fort Washington.

Michael Cresap's Independent Rifle Company from Frederick County, Maryland.

On June 17, 1776, the company was joined to the newly formed Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment and Rawlings was named second-in-command and promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

General Washington had also requested that Rawlings be released as part of a prisoner exchange.

[4][5] At the conclusion of the war, Rawlings was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.