------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:27:03 -0800 From: kay ohana <kohana@pacbell.net> Subject: Rainwater Tidbits Dear Bob, The following are some Rainwater tidbits that were among my moms notes and papers with what verifications that I could find. You can share with Rainwater list if you want. Kay Ohana >From Granville Co. NC Deed Book O, 26 May 1781, Nathaniel Nix of gift to his friend Anne Rainwater. (NOTE: 1881 Vance Co. created from parts of Franklin, Granville and Warren Counties.) >From Franklin Co. NC Deed Book 1, 02 Aug 1780, James Milles of Warren Co. NC to Benja Hill of Franklin Co., for 1,200 pds. current money a tract of 96 acres in Franklin Co. adjoining George Bledsoe and is the land on which John Rainwater, Junr., formerly lived. Wit: Wm. Wilhite and Thomas E. Milles. (NOTE: Possibily one area from where the 'Miles' name entered into the family.) >From Franklin Co. NC Deed Book 6, 02 March 1789, Benjamin Hill of Franklin Co. to John Williams of same, for 5 lbs, specie a parcel of 10 acres lying on the waters of Flat Rock Creek adjoining Browning Williams old corner, John Rainwaters old field, Benja. Williams, Jerry Wooten, and Bledsoe. Wit: Wm. Fawn, J. Wooten. North Carolina Taxpayers: 1766 - Bute Co. James Rainwater 1766 - Bute Co. John Rainwater NOTE: 1779 Bute Co. discontinued, became Franklin and Warren Counties. 1782 - Surry Co. James Rainwater 1782 - Surry Co. John Rainwater 1782 - Surry Co. Mary Rainwater NOTE: 1789 Stokes Co. created from Surry Co. 1850 Yadkin Co. Created from Surry Co. 1783 - Halifax Co. Arm Rainwater 1784 - Johnson Co. Moses Rainwater 1784 - Warren Co. William Rainwater (Had been Bute Co. Did this William inherit from James or John?) Yazoo Co. MS Tax List 1843, P.N. Rainwater.
I am seeking information of any kind on my great great grandmother, Nancy Jane Rainwater (buried in Claremore, OK). She was born in Kentucky circa 1867, married Joseph Jasper King who was born circa 1865 in Tennessee. They had several children: Dora King Mary Missouri King (born 8/3/1891 in Warm Springs, AR) married Cass M. Snyder about 1908; Mary died 8/30/1974 in Shawnee, OK where she is buried. (married several times after divorcing Cass) They had several children: Eldon Eugene (my grandfather) married Fannie Nina Viola Skaggs, Arthur, Louis, Dora Snyder married a Hoover, Nancy Cordelia [married Carl Woods & had one son, Gene, who died at age 7 from meningitis; he was born in 1929], and a half brother to these children from Cass' first marriage, Bob Snyder. [Mary Missouri King was my great grandmother] Cora King At least one son I have attempted to tie my Nancy to any of the published lineages and have not been successful. If anyone can offer a lead, I would be most appreciative. Thanks, Johnna
Hey Dan, There seems to be a little conflict. You're saying that my gggftr Zebulon Rainwater was born in GA in 1830 while most evidence points to him having been born in Spartenburg, SC in 1823. I am curious as to the source of your information? By the way, I see my ggmtr's name spelled on here as Margaret Jane (Scarber) Rainwater, wife of James Samuel, son of Zebulon. She appeared in two census, once as Marget and once as Margaret. The family story is that her name was Marget, not Margaret and that name, Marget, is what is on her head stone in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Franklin County, AR. I'd be happy to provide a .jpg of that for anyone who would care to see it. In fact, I have, I think, .jpg's of all the Rainwater headstones in Mt. Hope Cemetery along with pics of the Mt. Hope Church where the Cemetery is located. I'd be happy to post those .jpgs here so they could be downloaded if that would be desirable. There are a lot of unmarked graves in Mt. Hope Cemetery and there is not a reliable list of who is buried there. Franklin County was split in half during the Civil War and the Mt. Hope Cemetery lies very near the north-south dividing line and has become a sort of step-child. There were two county seats established during the war, one in Ozark for the southern part and in Charleston for the northern part. The Arkansas River was the dividing line right in through there. The cemetery lies fairly close to the line and neither county seat attempts to keep a very accurate list. The county seat in Charleston should have the list but the most recent list they have is dated in 1976 and it shows no Essmans buried there in spite of the fact that the sign over the entrance of the cemetery says it is the Essman-Rainwater Cemetery. My ggftr James David Essman and his wife Rachel are there, as are my gftr William Clarence Essman and his wife Sarah Alice Rain- water, "Allie," as she was called, along with several other Essmans. The "bad blood" is so deep still that the two county seats do not talk with each other. They're still fighting a cold war there. If it weren't so sad, it would be amusing. Zebulon, who was a Methodist minister, was pastor of the Mt. Hope Church as was his grandson Zeb, Allie's brother, who married my gftr's sister, Ethel Beatrice Essman. The younger Zeb was the child of James Samuel and Marget Jane, as was my gmtr Allie. All of the folks I mention here are buried in the Cemetery there at Mt. Hope. Gene Essman
Melissa, I noticed that you had a response from Dan Bruce stating that your Zebulon is a descendent of James the Blacksmith. I am also a direct descendent of James the Blacksmith. Your Zebulon was born in Campbell Co, GA. (which is now the southern part of Fulton Co, GA.) I was raised in the area that was Campbell Co and currently live within 20 miles of that area. The Rainwater family moved to this area from SC in the 1830's. I hope to hear more from you. Regards, Dan Rainwater Jonesboro, GA melissa muylaert wrote: > My name is Melissa (Rainwater) Muylaert. I am new at this. I have been > getting everyones messages for about a month now and I haven't really seen > anything that pertains to the Rainwater's that I am tracing. My family > decends from Zebulon Rainwater married to Rhoda Eskew. If anyone has any > info that pertains to him please post it. > > Thank you > > Melissa > > ==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== > Tell friends and cousins about our RAINWATER family. > To get on the list, send one-word message SUBSCRIBE to: > rainwater-L-request@rootsweb.com It's all automatic.
On Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:06:04 -0800, Hal Irving wrote: >Thanks susan, have never seen the "Martha" applied to Patsey. >(Mother)........Does this also mean that the Abraham that conducted the >marriage was her brother?? Or Uncle?? >Sorry don't mean to be trouble just confused at times....... Hi Hal - No trouble - I'm happy to help. She is called Patty in the family Bible. She is called Patsy in William's will and the 1830 and 1840 census records. She is called Marty in the 1826 marriage record of her son James. In the 1841 marriage record of her daughter Patsy to Tillman Davenport, Martha Rainwater is identified as the bride's mother, Abraham Rainwater as surety. In the 1843 marriage record of her daughter Elizabeth to Isaac Roberts, Patsy Rainwater is identified as the bride's mother, Abraham Rainwater as surety. Based on this evidence, and the fact that Patsy is frequently used as a nickname in the 19th century for Martha (as Polly is for Mary and Ann for Nancy), my conclusion is that her given name was Martha, but she was generally called Patsy. I didn't mean to imply that Abraham conducted the marriage, just that he was mentioned in the marriage records. I believe this to be her brother, because the theoretical uncle was not living in Pulaski Co. in the 1840 census. Best, Susan
I see a lot of Ark. Rainwater's on here and wonder if any one knows or knew(don't know if he would still be around) Henry Rainwater he had a Jewelry Store in Walnut Ridge Ark. in the early 1970"s And who he would be decended from since he looked so much like my dad . just wondering. Betty Rainwater Craig
Melissa, Welcome to the Rainwater research family. Your Zebulon was the son of James (the Blacksmith) Rainwater. Zeb was also the brother of my great-great grandfather, Daniel Rainwater. I only have two generations of Zebulon's descendants, but here is what I have: Descendants of Zebulon Rainwater 1 Zebulon RAINWATER b: 2/25/1823 in Spartanburg co, SC d: 1/20/1889 in Mill Creek Mtn, Ark. .. +Rhoda ESKEW b: 1928 in SC m: 8/07/1846 in Georgia d: 8/04/1900 in Mill Creek Mtn ........ 2 Sarah Jane RAINWATER b: 1848 in Campbell co,GA ........ 2 George Wallace RAINWATER b: 9/18/1850 in Campbell co., GA d: 12/09/1924 in Franklin co, Arkansas ............ +Alamita Francis BENHAM b: 6/1852 in Tennessee m: 9/09/1872 in Wayne co.,TN d: in Franklin County, Arkansas ................... 3 Lilley RAINWATER b: 1874 in Tennessee ................... 3 Luther W. RAINWATER b: 12/1876 in Arkansas ................... 3 George Savage RAINWATER b: 3/16/1879 in Ark ................... 3 Laua RAINWATER b: 4/1882 in Arkansas ................... 3 Lois C. RAINWATER b: 8/1885 in Arkansas ................... 3 Norman RAINWATER b: 8/1888 in Arkansas ................... 3 Wallace R. RAINWATER b: 6/1896 in Arkansas ........ 2 James Samuel RAINWATER b: 10/1852 in Campbell co, GA ............ +Mary C. BENHAM b: 1850 in Tennessee m: 12/18/1872 in Wayne co., TN ........ *2nd Wife of James Samuel Rainwater: ............ +Margaret J. SCARBER b: 5/1856 in Louisiana m: 7/26/1877 in Franklin co, Ark ................... 3 Cora RAINWATER b: 7/1877 in Arkansas ................... 3 Frank RAINWATER b: 3/1880 in Arkansas ................... 3 Zeb RAINWATER b: 8/1881 in Arkansas ................... 3 May RAINWATER b: 9/1882 in Arkansas ................... 3 Carlyle RAINWATER b: 3/1890 in Ark ................... 3 Alice RAINWATER b: 10/1892 in Ark ........ 2 William R. RAINWATER b: 11/1854 in Campbell co, GA ............ +Catherine M. WEGER b: 12/1854 in Texas m: 8/19/1877 in Franklin co, Ark ................... 3 Linetta RAINWATER b: 1879 in Arkansas ................... 3 Charley RAINWATER b: 1880 in Arkansas ................... 3 Amanda RAINWATER b: 2/1883 in Arkansas ................... 3 Nancy A. RAINWATER b: 3/1888 in Arkansas ................... 3 William A. RAINWATER b: 6/1891 in Arkansas ........ 2 Nancy Catherine RAINWATER b: 5/12/1857 in Campbell co, GA d: 2/24/1923 in Franklin co, Ark ............ +Bethel Jacob BENHAM b: 1855 in Tennessee m: 3/20/1881 in Franklin co, Ark ........ 2 Melvina RAINWATER b: 1859 in Campbell co, GA ............ +George W. JONES m: 7/04/1878 in Franklin co, Ark ........ 2 Martha Ellen RAINWATER b: 1863 ............ +George W. MARSHALL m: 9/23/1880 in Franklin co, Ark ........ 2 Ebbot Zebulon RAINWATER b: 1868 ........ 2 Mary E. RAINWATER b: 1949 in Campbell County, GA ............ +James RAY b: 1847 in Tennessee m: Unknown in Decatur County, Tennessee ................... 3 Robert F. RAINWATER b: 1868 ................... 3 Lunes RAY b: 9/1869 I'll be happy to share what I have on Zebulon's siblings and parents if you need it. Send me an e-mail if you want this info as well. Dan Bruce At 04:12 AM 4/2/99 -0500, melissa muylaert wrote: >My name is Melissa (Rainwater) Muylaert. I am new at this. I have been >getting everyones messages for about a month now and I haven't really seen >anything that pertains to the Rainwater's that I am tracing. My family >decends from Zebulon Rainwater married to Rhoda Eskew. If anyone has any >info that pertains to him please post it. > >Thank you > >Melissa > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >Tell friends and cousins about our RAINWATER family. >To get on the list, send one-word message SUBSCRIBE to: >rainwater-L-request@rootsweb.com It's all automatic. > > Dan
OK, here 'tis.........from notes scribbled many many years ago at an LDS Fam History Center... Land Parcel # 791 (1850 Census Pulaski Co., KY) William Howard Rainwater 36 yrs Farmer $100 value Minerva 29 James 19 Martha 11 John 9 Miles 5 Mary 4 Sarah 3 William 1 Land Parcel # 809 Daniel Rainwater 22 yrs Farmer Ann 21 Milford E. 1 Land Parcel # 858 James Rainwater 44 Yrs Farmer $500 Mary 40 William 18 Martha 17 Enoch 15 John 13 M--------- 11 L------- 9 Amanda 6 Samantha 4 Alatha 1 (Hal note: For those interested in the $ value for Census purposes, my Grandfather, Daniel Francis Rainwater s/o Giles Rainwater, in 1890's in Casey County, KY was bidding at auction for an 80 acre farm complete with barns and house etc was planning to bid $149 (all he had) when he overheard others planning that bid....He asked his Father if he had any money and Giles had a dollar in change...Daniel bid $150 and bought the farm.........) Hope this helps! Hal
Does anyone know the names of Moses' children? He appears on the 1787 NC state census with 1 male 21-60; 6 males under 21 or over 60; 4 females of all ages and no slaves. Quoting Robert Albert (p.8 July 1995 Rainwater Researcher) "this Rainwater has obviously been married for some time as he has 9 children....in 1787 Moses apprentices Williams Rainwater age 13 to Mr. Robert Burch. It is highly likely that he was apprenticing his own son....named after his father. Moses also witnessed the will of Robert Burch in 1788." If we knew more about this Moses, he could possibly provide a lot of missing links. Annie Johnston is just a few counties SE of Surry and Surry isn't far from Sevier Co., TN.
Below is a family group sheet with the data I have on Zebulon Rainwater's family. I also have data on his ancestors and descendants. I would be happy to send you a GEDCOM file with all of this data. Ron ========================================== Apr 02 1999 Family Group Sheet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Husband: Zebulan Rainwater ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Born: Feb 25 1823 in: Spartanburg Co, SC 1 Died: Jan 20 1889 in: Vesta, Franklin Co, AR 2 Buried: in: Mt Hope Cem Father: James Rainwater Mother: Apposley Cunningham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wife: Rhoda Eskew Married: Aug 9 1846 in: Campbell Co., Georgia 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Born: Oct 20 1829 in: SC 3 Died: Aug 4 1900 in: Vesta, Franklin Co, AR 2 Father: Samuel Eskew Mother: Nancy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 1 Sarah J Rainwater Born: Aug 10 1847 in: GA 2 Died: Oct 2 1872 in: 2 Spouse: Mr Thompson Married: Jan 19 1869 in: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 2 Mary Elizabeth Rainwater Born: Dec 30 1848 in: GA 2 Died: Nov 5 1889 in: 2 Spouse: James Ray Married: Dec 24 1865 in: 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 3 George Wallace Rainwater Born: Sep 18 1850 in: Campbell Co., GA 2 Died: Dec 9 1924 in: 2 Buried: in: Mt Hope Cem, Vesta, Franklin Co, AR 2 Spouse: Alamita Francis Benham Married: Sep 9 1872 in: Wayne Co, TN 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 4 James Samuel Rainwater Born: Oct 2 1852 in: Campbell Co., GA 2 Died: Sep 19 1927 in: 2 Buried: in: Hope Cem, Vesta, Frankiln Co, AR 4 Spouse: Mary Catherine Benham Married: Dec 18 1872 in: Wayne Co, TN 2 Spouse: Margaret Jane Scarber Married: Jul 26 1877 in: Franklin Co, AR 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 5 William R Rainwater Born: Nov 18 1854 in: Campbell Co., GA 2 Died: Nov 11 1900 in: 2 Spouse: Catherine "Katy" M Weger Married: Aug 19 1877 in: Franklin Co, AR 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 6 Nancy Catherine Rainwater Born: May 12 1857 in: Campbell Co., GA 2 Died: Feb 24 1923 in: 2 Buried: in: Mt Hope Cem, Vesta, Franklin Co, AR Spouse: Bethel Jacob Benham Married: Mar 20 1881 in: Franklin Co, AR 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 7 Melvina V Rainwater Born: Mar 12 1860 in: Campbell Co., GA 8 Died: May 20 1907 in: 8 Spouse: George W Jones Married: Jul 4 1878 in: Franklin Co, AR 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ F Child 8 Martha Ellen Rainwater Born: Jul 1 1862 in: Campbell Co., GA 8 Died: Mar 18 1884 in: Vesta, Franklin Co, AR 8 Buried: in: Mt Hope Cem 8 Spouse: George W Marshall Married: Sep 23 1880 in: Franklin Co, AR 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 9 Elliot Zebulon Rainwater Born: Oct 10 1867 in: TN 8 Died: in: Spouse: Hester Smith Married: Mar 28 1886 in: Franklin Co, AR 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Thelma Sargent 159,165 2 Thelma Sargent 166 3 Thelma Sargent 165 4 Thelma Sargent p166: 5 Gene Essman; wessman@ix.netcom.com - no date or place: Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#1034243 - date & place 6 Thelma Sargent page 166 - Aug 17 1877: Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#1034243 - Aug 19 1877 & place 7 Thelma Sargent page 166 - date & place: Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#1034344 - date & place 8 Thelma Sargent 167 9 Thelma Sargent page 167 - Jul 4 1879: Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#1034243 - Jul 4 1878 & place 10 Thelma Sargent page 167 - date: Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#1034344 - date & place 11 Thelma Sargent page 167: Vital Records Index North America, CD6, FHL#1034344 Ron Recer 2408 W. Big Cedar Ave. Edmond, OK 73003 405-341-7030
My name is Melissa (Rainwater) Muylaert. I am new at this. I have been getting everyones messages for about a month now and I haven't really seen anything that pertains to the Rainwater's that I am tracing. My family decends from Zebulon Rainwater married to Rhoda Eskew. If anyone has any info that pertains to him please post it. Thank you Melissa
In a message dated 4/1/99 10:33:33 AM Central Standard Time, scr@ncc.com writes: > >Abraham Rainwater line..Abraham was born early 1800's (one says 1802, > >another says 1808) a son of William 1774-1825 who married Patsy > >Hodge......Abraham's wife's name may have been Ann ?...........Solomon > above > >was older brother of this William..Interesting huh? What we know of > Abraham > >was that he came to Pulaski County KY in 1813 with his family......but > little > >do we know after that other than he witnessed his Father's will in > >1825.... > > It appears to me that there are two Abraham Rainwaters. First there's the > one > who shows up in the Pulaski Co., KY 1810 census as a male age 26-45. I have > no idea who he connects to. How about the following: Apr 01 1999 Family Group Sheet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Husband: Abraham Rainwater ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Born: ca 1784 in: Surry, NC 1 Father: James Rainwater Mother: Catherine A. Regan Had five children, one of whom is known according to Webber. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wife: Mrs Rainwater ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ M Child 1 Gideon E Rainwater Born: Jul 06 1819 in: Pulaski Co, KY 2 Died: Aug 01 1865 in: Camden Co, MO 2 Buried: in: Montreal, Camden Co, MO Spouse: Mary Ann Hammonds Married: Feb 10 1839 in: Russell Co, KY 3 Accodring to Webber, Gideon was a private in Co. G, 45th & 48th Missouri Infantry Regiments from October 1, 1864, to June 28, 1865. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Hal Irving; 6821 Ashfield Way; Fair Oaks, CA 95628; Genhal@AOL.com 2 Genealogy of the Rainwater Family, Donald S Webber, ca1984 73 3 Donald S. Webber, page 73; CD229 Automated Archives Inc. - Jul 10 1839 Ron Recer Edmond, OK
Hi Susan and Rebecca..........Computers are great but sometimes locating your old paper file is better........ 1850 Pulaski County Census: District #2 Land Parcel #819 Abraham Rainwater 42 yrs Farmer $200 Born NC Anna 40 " Stanton 19 Born KY Joseph 18 " Ephriam 15 " Hardin 13 " Sarah 9 " Abraham 5 " Nancy 3 " Susan 9/12 " Land Parcel #818 Elizabeth Rainwater 81 yrs Farmer Born NC Susannah 33 " Land Parcel #817 John Rainwater 40 Yrs Farmer Born NC Elizabeth 33 " Nancy 11 Born KY Giles (my GGF) 9 " Mitchell 7 " George 4 " Susannah 2 " Land Parcel #816 Bartholomew Rainwater 47 yrs Farmer Born NC Nancy 43 ? Samantha 20 Born KY Mary 16 " Susan 14 " John 12 " Abraham 10 " Martin 8 " Jane 7 " Jemima 6 " I also have Parcel #791= William Howard Rainwater & Fam (age 36) #809=Daniel Rainwater & Fam (age22 yrs) #820=Miles Rainwater & Fam (age 32 yrs) #858=James Rainwater & Fam (age 44) if anyone is interested in these families. From Pulaski Co Marriages 1799-1850: Tilman Davenport to Patsey Rainwater 14 Dec 1841 by Abraham Rainwater; Witnessed by William Rainwater and Abraham Rainwater; Consent by Bride Mother Martha Rainwater. (Webber says this Patsey was dau Wm & Patsey Hodge but this record says Mother was Martha Rainwater.....Was this really dau of Abraham of 1784 and was his wife Martha????) Food for thought............ PS: Rebecca hope this helps! Hal, from sleepy Northern California!
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:56:39 -0800, Hal Irving wrote: >Abraham Rainwater line..Abraham was born early 1800's (one says 1802, >another says 1808) a son of William 1774-1825 who married Patsy >Hodge......Abraham's wife's name may have been Ann ?...........Solomon above >was older brother of this William..Interesting huh? What we know of Abraham >was that he came to Pulaski County KY in 1813 with his family......but little >do we know after that other than he witnessed his Father's will in >1825.... It appears to me that there are two Abraham Rainwaters. First there's the one who shows up in the Pulaski Co., KY 1810 census as a male age 26-45. I have no idea who he connects to. I recall noticing in the index that he had moved to another county by 1820, but I don't recall which one because I wasn't actually looking for him. The other Abraham Rainwater is the son of William and Patsy Rainwater, born 3 April 1808 according to their family Bible (copies are available - just send me a physical mailing address). He married Anna McLaughlin on 16 Apr 1828 in Russell Co., KY [Russell Co., KY Marriage Certificates, Book 1, 1826-1954, Kentucky Ancestors, Vol 2, Mrs. Donald E. Jordan]. This family is listed in the 1830-1850 census in Pulaski Co., in the 1860 census in Lawrence Co., IN. Both died in Brown Co., IN prior to 1875 where they were members of the White River Association of the Primitive Baptist Church. This church kept it's own death records and their deaths are recorded in them [Indiana Source Book, Vol. 3, Willard Heiss]. Other sightings of Abraham are the witnessing of his father's will, as you rightly mention, and his consenting to two of his sisters' marriages. Susan Chance-Rainwater
I have investigated the Rainwaters in Susan's lineage and have not found the names of which I am researching....so I presume that that may place my Rainwaters as those gone South...(Hers she call's the North Rainwaters) I know mine were in TN at the time Charlotte Rainwater married Abraham Baggett in 1805 and when Harriet Rainwater married James Baggett on 20 Dec.1862....does anyone on this list have any Rainwaters in the Tn area at that time????? Helen Hendricks -- The Seafarer Crew in North Carolina http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Farm/2900/index.htm
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_922988491_boundary Content-ID: <0_922988491@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 4/1/1999 11:09:37 AM Central Standard Time, Vel B1 writes: << <RAINWATER, A. M.--This early pioneer, was born in North Carolina, 29 August 1820. When quite young his parents moved to Tennessee, and later to Missouri, from whence in 1847, with ox teams, he crossed the plains to Oregon and came direct to Benton County, at that time locating his valuable farm of 200 acres, directly opposite Albany, where he was engaged in farming and fruit-raising.> Source: HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY, OREGON Pub. By: David D. Fagan Portland, Oregon, 1885 Velma Brakel velb1@aol.com >> --part0_922988491_boundary Content-ID: <0_922988491@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: VelB1@aol.com Return-path: <VelB1@aol.com> To: or-roots@archive14.sos.state.or.us Cc: tendick@efn.org Subject: Re: Rainwater Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 12:09:37 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/31/1999 11:18:01 PM Central Standard Time, or- roots@archive14.sos.state.or.us writes: "My gggrandfather was Alexander Martin Rainwater Of Albany." (Aldean Tendick). <RAINWATER, A. M.--This early pioneer, was born in North Carolina, 29 August 1820. When quite young his parents moved to Tennessee, and later to Missouri, from whence in 1847, with ox teams, he crossed the plains to Oregon and came direct to Benton County, at that time locating his valuable farm of 200 acres, directly opposite Albany, where he was engaged in farming and fruit-raising.> Source: HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY, OREGON Pub. By: David D. Fagan Portland, Oregon, 1885 Velma Brakel velb1@aol.com --part0_922988491_boundary--
The Ancestral file and IGI in the LDS (familysearch.org) archives are huge and can supply lots of clues because you can bring up AREAS of search all over the world. But just remember that the information therein is only as good as the people who submitted it. Often they have NOT been thorough researchers, so consequently you need to supplement what you find there, with research of your own. It is a great tool, but please don't believe every family connection you find. Assumptions have often been the easy path. Annie
Hi All, and welcome Rebecca to the Rainwater gang........and interesting query gets interesting answers........ In my data base I have an Elisha Gentry Rainwater...possibly carrying the Gentry name forward, but this fella was born in 1802 in Surry Co., NC, the son of Solomon Rainwater and wife ?.............He moved to GA in 1812 with parents, he married 1820 with 5 child from union, married again in 1848 to his 1st wife Cousin....5 children also........some of the children to Texas in 1840.....I didn't follow further as unlikely connection except for Gentry name suddenly appearing......... Now, I haven't found any solid data re David Gentry or Stanton Rainwater, but did find a penciled note from years past listing burials in Pulaski County KY....this note indicates burial sites for a D.A. Rainwater 29 Sept 1845-1 Dec 1891; and a P.M. Rainwater, 1 May 1853- 11 June 1913. Sites are side by side in the Tarter-Huson (maybe Hudson) Cemetery located 1 mile past Faubush, Pulaski, KY Postoffice (turn left).......Interesting thing is note says P.M. Rainwater is son of Stanton Rainwater and wife Eva Tarter. So perhaps both are sons of Stanton Rainwater/Eva Tarter.......Years ago when researching these cemeteries I did not know about or have time to do more than write down those burials identified as Rainwater.....If I had had several weeks I could have Id'ed the connecting families and jotted down all the connecting burials......There are a number of "family" burial plots in Pulaski and Casey co's. I saw a "Tilmon-Tarter Cemetery" located at Tickridge, KY on the George Weddle (another connection) Farm but did not copy it's resident's names..perhaps Stanton/Eva is there......... Now where did this family come from.....? Was WVA a distination rather than an origin? If I had to guess, I would suspect that perhaps they are of the Abraham Rainwater line..Abraham was born early 1800's (one says 1802, another says 1808) a son of William 1774-1825 who married Patsy Hodge......Abraham's wife's name may have been Ann ?...........Solomon above was older brother of this William..Interesting huh? What we know of Abraham was tha he came to Pulaski County KY in 1813 with his family......but little do we know after that other than he witnessed his Father's will in 1825....Some confusion exists as "The Webber Genealogy" of 1980 includes a comment about an Abraham 1784-? ( brother to William and Solomon) and an Abraham , son of this William.......The 1784 Abraham was said to have 5 children of whom only one, Gideon, is known..... Several suggestions: One, contact, Mary Jo Marple, PO Box 485, Liberty, KY. She does research for fee and has access to several Rainwater Family History's belonging to the Casey Co Library or arrange to Purchase History's from the Library........You might also look at the surname file at UKY .....you can get 25 names at a time, so query Rainwater first, look at 25th name i.e. Don Rainwater and start new search with Don Rainwater for next 25 names and so on..........Good luck, I will ponder this family and see if I may have more in paper format or FTM........ Hal, from sunny Norhtern California! "Life is so uncertain; Eat the dessert first!"
Susan, I hate to tell you this-but- there is no such thing as a Southern and Northern Rainwater bunch. These Rainwater families went all over-north and south. The Ky branch came down into Tn,Ark Tex and Okla. The extreme south bunch went up into Ky,Tn Mo Ark Tx Okla. They were a very mobile bunch of people. My own line came out of Ky into Jackson Co.,Ga-enlisted in War of 1812-discharged at Pass Christian,Ms and settled in Ala. I've followed whole families that moved across vast spaces. Their children moved the same way when they started having families. I've tried your web site and cannot access it. I keep getting an "invalid site" message. Glidie ---------- > From: Susan Chance-Rainwater <scr@ncc.com> > To: RAINWATER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [RAINWATER-L] Pulaski Co., KY Rainwaters > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 11:37 PM > > > >I have some more-I just don't have it all pulled together yet. Have been > >working on all of William and Patsy (Hodge) Rainwater descendants. > > I have a nearly complete database of the Pulaski Co., KY Rainwaters on my > web site at - > > http://www.ncc.com/humans/scr/geneol.html > > I have not mentioned this previously because I have so little of interest to > the Southern Rainwater group. > > Best, > Susan Chance-Rainwater > > > > ==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb has many subjects and surname newsgroups for your enjoyment. > Point your browser to www.rootsweb.com/ > and be prepared to stay awile. The facilities are immense.
>I have some more-I just don't have it all pulled together yet. Have been >working on all of William and Patsy (Hodge) Rainwater descendants. I have a nearly complete database of the Pulaski Co., KY Rainwaters on my web site at - http://www.ncc.com/humans/scr/geneol.html I have not mentioned this previously because I have so little of interest to the Southern Rainwater group. Best, Susan Chance-Rainwater