This William is likely to be the one who was of Columbia Township in Randolph b Aug 1793-24 Jan 1864, buried Holly Spring Friends Meeting Cemetery. He is thought to be s/o Robert and Hannah. (I have no knowledge of this). According the Encyclopedia of American Quakers Genealogy, Vol 1 NC, SC, TN, VA p. 470 which covers Holly Springs of Randolph, it states that William was accepted in the Quaker Friends group there in 1842 (20 Aug) and made Elder 1853. He was married to Amelia "Milly" Parks b 15 Dec 1798 who died 13 Apr 1876, buried parks Crossroads Christian Church Cem. They had a dau. America who married Orren C. Siler 29 Aug 1842. She died bef 1876. Another daughter was Caroline. These two daughters were named in his will. Wm and Milly gave land to Oren Siler in 1855. Wm is said to live at one time on Millstone Creek, Randolph, NC and appears to be related to old Robert Rains of Randolph. Randolph Estate Records said Milly left her things to grandchildren Siler. baxter60@aol.com wrote: > Mary, Here is another William Rains ,b.9/2/1793 d.1/24/1864. He was born in > Randolph Co. These are the dates that I had been looking for, but is another > William. There was another William on 1790 cenus. Don't know if this will > help, but here 'tis. This came out of one of those thick Quaker Books > discussing Quakers of NC.Vergil Raines Baxter60@aol.com > > ==== RAINS Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp