Eva, is Katherine's book still in print. I am researching the Rains from NC, VA, KY and TN. Thanks dee Duckobx159@aol.com wrote: > Good morning. All I can do for you is quote from the book by Katherine Buck > Raines: > > "The Robert and Sarah Shelton Rains family have South Carolina, West > Virginia, Tennessee and Marshall County, Alabama connections . . . . . . . . > . .John Rains is believed to have settled in South Carolina with his parents, > but their names are unknown. Robert Rains, Feb. 11, 1815-May 28, 1909, was > born in Tennessee. He was married in 1843, in DeKalb County, Alabama to > Sarah Shelton (Dec. 4, 1817-Jul. 28, 1883. They may have had other children, > along with the following: Mary, Louisa, Mahala E., John, Caldona, Thomas > Frank, Albert, Elbert, Henry Newton Green Rains................." > > John R. Ranes will, Fairfax Co., Va., mentions sons Anthony and John Ranes, > and his wife Kezia and the two sons she bore him; namely, Newman and Baley > Ranes. This will was Sept. 19, 1754.. > > Quoting again: " The William Bailey Raines born about 1818 in Alabama > appears to have been a grandson of the Jonathan Rains who was in the 1810 > Knox Co. (Ky.) census. He and his family lived in many different places > which were also residents of the Jonathan descendants. . . . . . .William > Bailey was married about 1840 to Elizabeth Kennymore Adams, a widow. They > had 7 children and all of them were born between 1841 and 1854. This family > was on the 1850 Jefferson Co., Alabama densus. They were residing in the Mud > Creek Township. By 1860 they were in the Walker Co., Ala. census . . . . . > .William Bailey and his family moved to Tn. in 1868 or early 1869. They > lived in Ten. until Apr. of 1870, when they moved to Boone Co., Mo., and were > in the 1870 census. William Bailey Raines is supposed to have died in 1883, > in Mo.," etc., etc., etc. > > None of this may be of any value to you. Katherine's book is not indexed > which makes it extremely difficult. I have glanced through most of it trying > to find your people, but she mostly deals with Va., Ky., and Tn. people. > > Eva > > ==== RAINS Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com