This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gBB.2ACI/3007.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dave i dont know if this is the william P. Raines you are looking for : But , I have a William P. Raines who sibned an affidavid for Thomas G. Raines and Nancy M. Newby (Wall ) wife of thomas G. Raines who is applying for her brother william Newby's land grant as his only surviving relative . The dats signd is May 19 , 1838 . Source : Virginia Soldiers of 1776 by Louis Burgess , Vol. , 1 , Printed in 1927 , Northumberland and Lancaster Countie's Virginia . ( My database file # aa97 ) William P. Raines may be the grandson of William and Ellen Raines of Lancaster County , Virginia . Dave if this seems to be your connection let me know at kyn8ive@aol.com . I have quite a bit of information on this line . Wiulliam P. Raines