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!"