Dianne: Hardy Cain is was the ninth child of Jonathan and Barbara Harold Cain. Jonathan came to Charles Town (now Charleston) SC in the mid 1700s with two land grants from the King of England (They are under early land grants in the SC State Archives). They were found in the Padgett's Creek Settlement in Union SC about 1777. Their children were as follows: Celia b 1757, John b. 22 June 1760, Abner b. 1762 m. Sarah Townsend 1788, d. 14 Feb 1832 in Warren County, OH, Amelia b. 1765, Elvira b. 1767, Abijah b. 1769 (my ancestor) m. Elvira Cain in INl., died 1833 in Fountain Co. IN, Barbara b. 1771, Harold b. ?, Hardy b. 30 August 1778, m. Lettie (4 children), d. 2 Dec. 1851 in Attica, Fountain Co. IN; Rebecca b. 17 April 1779 m. Jacob Pearson d. 7 Oc t. 1833 in Warren County, OH, Delilah Cain, Sarah "Sallie" m. to a Burgess (an old Padgett's Creek Family), Robert , Jonathan Jr. b. 1807 SC m. Elizabeth Ballinger 13 Sep 1827 d. 1859 in Wayne Co., IN and lastly Mollie. The migration of the Jonathan Cain Family was SC, Warren Co. OH. Some of the family moved to Indiana first to Wayne Co., then to Tippecanoe and then Fountain County, IN. Abijah Cain m. Martha Rodgers 6 January 1794 in Cabarrus Co., NC and had 5 children I know of: JOHN (My ancestor)b. 1805 in OH, m Elvira Cain b. 1807 ( OH - don't know who her parents were but her maiden name was Cain) m. 24 May 1827 in Fountain Co. IN d. 18 Sept. 1870 in Garnett, Anderson Cjo., Kansas; Ambrose Cain b. 1814 in OH m. Esther Smith 8 Dec. 1832 in Drake Co, OH; Barbara b. 26 Nov 1811 IN m. Joseph Bever; d. 4 Oct 1888 Hillsboro, Fountain Co IN; Delilah m. Jacob Bever 25 May 1825 Montgomery Co. IN; Margaret m. Edward Jones McBroom d.Dec. 1825 in Fountain Co., IN. John and Elvira's son, George Washington Cain, b. 19 Jan. 1843 in Fountain Co., m. Anna Logsdon 18 Jan. 1866 after returning home from serving the North in the Civil War, d. 14 March 1920 in Sayre, Beckham Co. OK (his migration was IN, then KS, then TX, then OK). His siblings were Kesiah, America, Mary J. and Martha Emily. George and Anna's son John Francis Newton Cain was born 29 Oct. 1866 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN and m. Caledonah Hutchison 22 June, 1890 in Quantah, TX, then died 14 Oct. 1940 in Sayre, Beckham Co. OK. My father was William Harold Cain b. 1908 in OK m. Fairy A. Hodges June 1, 1928 in Sayre, OK. They migrated to Missouri in 1931 when the natural gas lines were laid from Texas to OK to Kansas and MO. Some of my information is documented and some has just been found in other correspondences and records. The early information was obtained from the LDS Library record # 184820 and from Wayne R. Cain as a result of his extensive searching for his roots (Jonathan not in his line) before he wrote his book. He is no longer living and his books are all sold. I have also been to SC and obtained some documentation from the SC Archives and also from the Charleston SC Library. A lot more work is needed in proving what I have listed, so please use the above info only as a launch pad to prove information. I have a record from SC Archives which is a bill of sale for a young male slave in which Jonathan Cain received $2000 for him. I couldn't put my hands on it to give the name of the slave, but it is in one of my files. Should you want further correspondence on this family, my email is [email protected] Carol Cain Headley