The LDS Church's official launch of what it calls the world's largest genealogy web site <http://www.FamilySearch.org> will be up and running Monday, May 24, 1999. Good luck folks. During the testing stage of about 2 weeks they had over 7 MILLION hits. Bob Schimmel

------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:59:53 -0400 From: Coy B Hodge Sr <chodge@NorthState.Net> THE ANNUAL EDWARDS/SMITH/HODGES REUNION IS MAY 29 The reunion is at Fancy Gap, VA Elementary School at 12:00 noon on May 29, 1999 Anyone with a Smith Or Hodges connection that can make it please try to do so, here you could meet about 100 cousins at one time Hope to see someone. Coy

Her name was Laura Almina Frazier not L. Miner. glidie -----Original Message----- From: SKRIVIES@aol.com <SKRIVIES@aol.com> To: RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com <RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 8:11 AM Subject: Re: [RAINWATER-L] Milas W Rainwater > Joseph, >The Miles that you have listed as reference number 1c2a1, is my great-great >grandfather. Miles Ebb Rainwater, born April 23, 1863, died Sept. 28, 1941. >He married Laura L. Miner Fraizer on Dec. 9, 1884. >You can review my data as posted on ><A HREF="members.aol.com/nrainh20/index.html">Lisa's Home Page</A> > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >If you want to get off the list send the one-word message: > UNSUBSCRIBE to: >rainwater-L-request@rootsweb.com. It's all automatic. >

Joseph, The Miles that you have listed as reference number 1c2a1, is my great-great grandfather. Miles Ebb Rainwater, born April 23, 1863, died Sept. 28, 1941. He married Laura L. Miner Fraizer on Dec. 9, 1884. You can review my data as posted on <A HREF="members.aol.com/nrainh20/index.html">Lisa's Home Page</A>

There is a Miles Rainwater in my husband's line: Miles Rainwater born about 1846 - listed on the 1860 census of Stewart County, TN, in the household of John H. Rainwater, born about 1804 in North Carolina and wife, Frances (Bird) born about 1813 in TN.

With information from Dan Bruce and Harold Irving, I have put together the following chart, which contains all the Miles Rainwaters given me to date. It is likely that they all start with James Rainwater and Nancy Miles. For the purpose of this exercise, I am going to assign this James the number 1. Their sons then are 1a, 1b, and 1c. Their sons in turn are 1a1, and so on. I am assigning the father of James the preacher (Benjamin?) the number 2, so the preacher becomes 2a. 1. James Rainwater (c. 1770-c.1835) m. Nancy Miles (c. 1775-c.1847) 1a. Miles Rainwater (1787-1826) m. Nancy Edwards (1788-1855) 1a1. Miles Rainwater (1815-1890) m. Sarah Edwards 1b. James Rainwater the blacksmith ( - ) m. 1b1. Miles Rainwater (1816- ) m. 1c. William Rainwater (1774-1825) m. 1c1. Miles Rainwater (1818-1887) m. 1c2. William Howard Rainwater (1814- ) m. 1c2a. John Raleigh Rainwater (1841-1910) m. 1c2a1. Miles Evan Rainwater (1863-1941) m. 1c2b. Miles Rainwater (1843-1927) m. 1c3. Bartholomew Rainwater ( - ) m. 1c3a. Miles Rainwater (1836- ) m. 1c3b. Josiah W. Rainwater(1843-1934) m. 1c3b1. Miles Rainwater (1876-1956) m. 2. Father of James the preacher 2a. James Rainwater the preacher ( - ) m. 2a1. Zebulon Miles Rainwater (ca. 1823) m. If indeed Miles, James, and William are children of James Rainwater and Nancy Miles, then all the Rainwaters I have so far with the first name Miles are their descendants. The son Zubulon of James the preacher had Miles as a middle name and could very likely have been named after the first Miles Rainwater, as Zebulon Miles was born ca. 1823 when Miles was in his prime as a minister. James the preacher was a younger man, likely Miles's first cousin, living in the same area and following in his footsteps as a minister. Thus it is quite appropriate that he would give a son a middle name after his cousin. Here are some questions. 1. Are there any other Miles Rainwaters you all can come up with? 2. Who was the wife of James the blacksmith, and do we have his dates of birth and death? 3. I had not previously seen the suggestion that William Rainwater also was a son of James and Nancy (Miles). With all his descendants named Miles, it is quite reasonable. Does anyone have proof or know the rationale? Sincerely, Joseph B. Lambert Joseph B. Lambert Department of Chemistry Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3113 Telephone 847-491-5437 Fax 847-491-7713 E-mail lambert@casbah.acns.nwu.edu or jlambert@nwu.edu Webpage http://www.chem.nwu.edu/~lambert/ (best with Netscape 3.0 or higher)

Curious where other people with your surname live in the United States? There is a database on the Web with 50,000 of the most common U.S. surnames at this website: <http://hamrick.com/names/> The top 50 surnames of England and Wales are listed at: <http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/England-Surnames/Top50.htm> Check out An Onomastikon (Dictonary of Names) <http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/>. This collection of names around the world entertains and educates.

On February 19, 1868, the Tennessee Legislature passed "An Act to Secure to the Loyal Citizens of Tennessee, Recompense from the United States Government, for losses incurred by the Rebellion." In the vault of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Dandridge, Tennessee, is a book in which is listed "Claims filed under Act of General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, Passed February 19th, 1868 for Jefferson County". In order to be repaid for their losses, the claimants had to prove their loyalty to the government of the United States by two witnesses. The Jefferson County, Tennessee Genealogy Society has transcribed, indexed and published the data in the claim book. The following relates to Milas W. Rainwater: date - May 11 claim number - 14 claimant - Rainwater, Milas W. town - Dandridge amount - $182.00 type - Rebel Account QM (probably Quarter Master) amount - $80.00 type - Rebel Account ComSup (?Commissary Supply?) approved - yes witness - Rinehart, Isaac witness - Webb, William In addition to the claim filed by Milas W. Rainwater, he witnessed several other claims as follows: date - May 11 claim number - 19 claimant - Webb Sarah date - May 11 claim number - 20 claimant - Henderson, John C date - May 11 claim number - 24 claimant - Hill, James S date - May 11 claim number - 25 claimant - Taff, William A date - May 11 claim number - 28 claimant - Taff, John H If anyone is interested in obtaining copies of the transcription done by the Jefferson County Historical Society, I can e-mail you scanned images of 4 pages. The pages consist of the cover, introduction and the two pages where Milas W. Rainwater's name appears. No other Rainwaters were listed in the index. Ron Recer Edmond, OK

Anybody know the age of consent for marriage (without parental approval) in Kentucky in the 19th century? I have been able to determine that in Virginia it was 14 for males and 12 for females but have not found any specific indications for Kentucky. Thanks Susan Visit my web sites: http://www.ncc.com/humans/scr/index.html http://www.chronography.com/index.html

SUPPLEMENTAL OKLAHOMA HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY LESSON An 1895 map of Oklahoma (as well as most other states) is available at the following: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm This map shows counties for Oklahoma Territory and Indian Nations for Indian Territory. Towns, military posts, railroads, rivers, etc., are also shown on the map. Oklahoma Territory (basically the western half of Oklahoma) consisted of the following: Beaver, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Day, "D", "G", Garfield, Grant, Greer, "I", Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Washita, Woods, and Woodward counties. In addition to the above counties three tracts of Indian lands were also in Oklahoma Territory as follows: 1) Kiowas, Comanches and Apaches 2) Osages 3) Kansas Indian Territory (basically the eastern half of Oklahoma) consisted of the following subdivisions: Semnoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Cherokees, Quapaws, Peorias, Ottawas, Shawnees, Wyandottes and Senecas. Greer county may not have been officially part of Oklahoma Territory until the Supreme Court action of 1896, but map makes considered it a part of Oklahoma Territory in 1895 when the above referenced atlas was printed. By the way, to set the record straight the Okies in Greer County ran off the texans because they wore 10 gallon hats! ;-) Ron Recer Edmond, OK In a message dated 5/11/99 11:59:36 AM Central Daylight Time, schimmel@northlink.com writes: > YOUR OKLAHOMA HISTORY LESSON > by Myra Vanderpool Gormley <myravg@prodigy.net> > > > Between 1889 and 1907 what is now the State of Oklahoma was two > territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. Earlier, > from 1886 to 1889, this area was all called Indian Territory. > > The OKIT pertains to political and land divisions, not tribal > designations. Indian Territory (1889-1907) contained Cherokee > Nation, Creek Nation, Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation and > Seminole Nation. Within these Nations were counties (just to > confuse present-day researchers), many of which no longer exist. > Oklahoma Territory in 1890 had the following Indian > jurisdictions: Osage, Kaw (alias Kansas), Nez Perce, Ponca, Otoe > and Missouri, Pawnee, Remnant of Cherokee Outlet [not part of the > Cherokee Nation, but lands this nation sold to the U.S.], Iowa, > Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie, Cheyenne and Arapaho, > Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache. Additionally there was the > area (now the Oklahoma Panhandle) called "No Man's Land" but that > was not a political division, simply an unassigned area of land. > To add a bit more confusion to the political history, Texas > organized an area in what's now the southwest corner of Oklahoma > as Greer County. It was attached to Oklahoma following a decision > of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896, when the Okies there refused > to wear 10-gallon hats and be called Texans ....... > (are you paying attention?).

YOUR OKLAHOMA HISTORY LESSON by Myra Vanderpool Gormley <myravg@prodigy.net> Between 1889 and 1907 what is now the State of Oklahoma was two territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. Earlier, from 1886 to 1889, this area was all called Indian Territory. The OKIT pertains to political and land divisions, not tribal designations. Indian Territory (1889-1907) contained Cherokee Nation, Creek Nation, Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation and Seminole Nation. Within these Nations were counties (just to confuse present-day researchers), many of which no longer exist. Oklahoma Territory in 1890 had the following Indian jurisdictions: Osage, Kaw (alias Kansas), Nez Perce, Ponca, Otoe and Missouri, Pawnee, Remnant of Cherokee Outlet [not part of the Cherokee Nation, but lands this nation sold to the U.S.], Iowa, Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache. Additionally there was the area (now the Oklahoma Panhandle) called "No Man's Land" but that was not a political division, simply an unassigned area of land. To add a bit more confusion to the political history, Texas organized an area in what's now the southwest corner of Oklahoma as Greer County. It was attached to Oklahoma following a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896, when the Okies there refused to wear 10-gallon hats and be called Texans ....... (are you paying attention?).

It was Newton on the printed lists from "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky" Vol 1 pg339"where it lists Wm Rainwater,Sr,Pvt enlisted 1 Jan 1814 for service till 30 Jun 1814. This William deserted on 20 Jan. Newton,Edward and William,Jr enlisted for the same term. in Capt William McClellan's Co 7th Reg't US Inf. However, On the Alphabetical Index of Missouri Patentees BLWTs-War of 1812 (GS# 0983163-pg 154) It lists: Edmund Rainwater -Warrant # 19610(On the actual warrant it is Edward,though) NW 10 55 27 John Rainwater-Warrant # 19607- NW 35 55 21 (He was with Hunters Inf.) Newsom Rainwater-Warrant # 19609 SW 21 55 21 William Rainwater-Warrant # 19611 NE 13 54 20 Edward,Newsom and William were with Allens 7the Inf (according to the warrants.) All were registered on 7 June 1819 On Newsom's BLWT he states he was bn in Johnston Co,NC and he was age 35 at the time of his discharge at Pass Christian, Ms on 1 Aug 1815.He enlisted in Rhea Co.,Tn on 18 Jul 1813. (Must have been an extension of his 1st enlistment). Glidie -----Original Message----- From: Susan Chance-Rainwater <scr@ncc.com> To: RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com <RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 12:26 PM Subject: [RAINWATER-L] Edward & Newton Rainwater > >>I noticed you have Newton, Edward and William Rainwater serving in the >>War of 1812 from Kentucky. Do you know anymore about these men, >>especially Newton? I'm anxious to know if Newton is actually Newsome >>Rainwater. Newsome, Edward and William are all closely associated with >>my Mary Ann Rainwater, wife of Burrell Perry, and they did receive >>bounties in Missouri. I think if I can identify Newsome, I'll have a >>better chance of positively identifying my Mary Ann. > >Hi Leila - > >That War of 1812 listing was the first mention I'd ever seen of Edward and >Newton, so sadly, I have no other information. What I can tell you is that Capt. >McClellan's company was based in Pulaski Co., KY. Also, neither >Edward or Newton appear in the 1810 or 1820 Kentucky census. I know >they are not sons of William Rainwater, and had wondered if they might >be the sons of the mysterious Abraham Rainwater who lived in Pulaski and >Russell counties, but he either died with no will, or left Kentucky before >1840. If you find something positive, I'd love to hear about it. > >I am replying via the mailing list because mindspring keeps bouncing >messages to your email address. > >Susan > >Visit my web sites: >http://www.ncc.com/humans/scr/index.html >http://www.chronography.com/index.html > > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >Approximately 3 people are subscribing/unsubscribing from this >list each week. Periodically submit your family queries to >reach new subscribers. >

at the risk ofgetting jumiped on my someone, i like to say hope all our rainwater family and kin are all ok, anddidnt get hurt in the pathes of them tordnados i have been praying for youall, i dont post much on here, but injoy all your posting, pleaselolet us know if there some way we help. god loves you alli do to as a rainwater frined or rainwater kin, darla RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com -- OUR WEB PAGE UPDATED 17 April 99 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6430 Darla and Don's Website http://hattiesburg.net/columns/darnold.shtml My online column DARLA (dawn) ICQ# 7341931 Don (weathernut) ICQ# 14664294 Right now we are on the threshold of whatever comes next!!! MAYBE!!

>I noticed you have Newton, Edward and William Rainwater serving in the >War of 1812 from Kentucky. Do you know anymore about these men, >especially Newton? I'm anxious to know if Newton is actually Newsome >Rainwater. Newsome, Edward and William are all closely associated with >my Mary Ann Rainwater, wife of Burrell Perry, and they did receive >bounties in Missouri. I think if I can identify Newsome, I'll have a >better chance of positively identifying my Mary Ann. Hi Leila - That War of 1812 listing was the first mention I'd ever seen of Edward and Newton, so sadly, I have no other information. What I can tell you is that Capt. McClellan's company was based in Pulaski Co., KY. Also, neither Edward or Newton appear in the 1810 or 1820 Kentucky census. I know they are not sons of William Rainwater, and had wondered if they might be the sons of the mysterious Abraham Rainwater who lived in Pulaski and Russell counties, but he either died with no will, or left Kentucky before 1840. If you find something positive, I'd love to hear about it. I am replying via the mailing list because mindspring keeps bouncing messages to your email address. Susan Visit my web sites: http://www.ncc.com/humans/scr/index.html http://www.chronography.com/index.html

Susan, Please feel free to include the data in the Rainwater Military Pension Files that I sent the list a couple of weeks ago. Ross Cameron >>> "Susan Chance-Rainwater" <scr@ncc.com> 05/04/99 12:37AM >>> The Rainwater Collection is now open for business! Donations welcome, especially info on Rainwaters who served in various wars, or will transcriptions. http://www.chronography.com/rainwater/index.html Best, Susan Chance-Rainwater ==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== To post a message/inquiry use this address: rainwater-L@rootsweb.com To subscribe/unsubscribe use this address: rainwater-L-request@rootsweb.com ! !

The Rainwater Collection is now open for business! Donations welcome, especially info on Rainwaters who served in various wars, or will transcriptions. http://www.chronography.com/rainwater/index.html Best, Susan Chance-Rainwater

http://www2.state.ga.us/Legis/1995_96/leg/fulltext/hr565.htm 1. Buckner 95th 2. Lee 94th House Comm: / Senate Comm: / House Vote: Yeas Nays Senate Vote: Yeas Nays ---------------------------------------- House Action Senate ---------------------------------------- 3/14/95 Read 1st Time 3/14/95 Passed/Adopted ---------------------------------------- Code Sections amended: HR 565 LC 25 0127 A RESOLUTION 1- 1 Recognizing Rainwater's General Merchandise store; and for 1- 2 other purposes. 1- 3 WHEREAS, Ira and Rachael Rainwater opened Rainwater's 1- 4 General Merchandise in Rex, Georgia, in 1937; and 1- 5 WHEREAS, for the 48 years they managed the store this 1- 6 Clayton County couple served their small, rural community by 1- 7 providing groceries, gasoline, feed, and hardware to the 1- 8 citizens who lived in the surrounding area, and they were 1- 9 always available to render assistance to persons in need; 1-10 and 1-11 WHEREAS, Rainwater's General Merchandise became the focal 1-12 point of the community, a place where citizens gathered to 1-13 discuss current issues and visit their neighbors; and 1-14 WHEREAS, on August 15, 1993, David and Phyllis Bettis 1-15 assumed the duties of running the store, and they now 1-16 operate it under its original name of Rainwater's General 1-17 Merchandise and have returned the store to its 1930s design 1-18 and format while serving a community which has greatly grown 1-19 and is now a large suburban area. 1-20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 1-21 REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize 1-22 Rainwater's General Merchandise as a renowned landmark of 1-23 Clayton County and Rex, Georgia, and commend Rachael 1-24 Rainwater and the late Ira Rainwater for their service to 1-25 their community. 1-26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this body commend 1-27 David and Phyllis Bettis for their commitment to maintaining 1-28 a noted tradition in their outstanding Georgia community. 1-29 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 1-30 Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an 1-31 appropriate copy of this resolution to Rachael Rainwater and 1-32 to David and Phyllis Bettis.

Sarah was born in part of Cherokee Co, GA which became Milton Co, GA in 1857. Most of the records for that country were lost in 1931 when the county went bankrupt and was annexed by Fulton Co(Atlanta), GA. Same is true of Campbell Co. which was annexed by Fulton Co. Do not know fate of Campbell Co. records. Don Pruitt

Dan Melissa, I am descendant of Gabriel and Nancy Toney Rainwater. They had 3 daughters Susannah Elizabeth b 4 May 1833 m Calvin Pruitt 19 Jan 1850 Letta Manerva b1839, m William Jackson Gossett Sarah M. O.(or D) b 1841 no idea who she married; however, here is a clue. Susannah Elizabeth married second to William B. Gossett (first cousin to William J that married her younger sister) in approx 1867 after her first husband perished at end of Civil War. By the 1870's both couples were located in Blount Co, AL along with Gabriel and Nancy Toney Rainwater. A McAfee family seems to have played a prominent role in the family's life at that time. Advise to look in Blount Co, AL(Oneonta is the CS). Believe you will find the marriage records there. I am all confused right now as it is late, will search some more and get back with you. Gropping, Don Pruitt

Hi Euni and all, You are sure right about the wind. We have a very windy Spring. For a few more weeks, then it will be gorgeous for a little while then, MONSOONS with thunder storms, outrageous sunsets and rainbows. my favorite time of the year here.. Hope everyone is gearing up for the family reunion at lake Texoma. Duane has put up a large ramada around the camp fire area. Donna has put a camp trailer on her lot. Lots are available if any one wants to purchase an individual lot adjoining the Hawk. Donna, butch (Pat's little brother <G>) and I have picked up adjoining lots. If anyone is interested, let me know and Duaine will send you the info. I'm going to put a small trailer on mine also. Our long rang plan is for family to pick up as many lots as possible, then rent them when we are not using them to earn monies for ;The Hawk'. We hope some of you are interested. it is such a beautiful place and many people like to vacation there. A wonderful boat marina and restaurant are 1 mile away. Boats are available to rent and the food at the marina is incredibly delicious. menu includes frog legs which Joe's sister Joanne thought were terrific little chicken legs. When we told her they were frog legs, her tastes changed quite quickly <G>. Uncle always liked going as he went fishing while we were there. My little Texas nieces took me to a very nice swimming beach in a small cove that was safe for them and fun for me. All Whitaker, Coiner, Brown, Lewallen, Rainwater, Coatney relatives are welcome as this land is a gift from Purna Mae Brown and James Aaron Whitaker for family get togethers. We hope someday to have a small museum/gift shop, in their honor, on the land. June 12 & 13 are the chosen dates for this reunion. hope to see as many of you as possible. love, Az's Singing Coyote.