Joseph, Yes, there is a Miles in James the Blacksmith's family. His oldest son was Miles Rainwater, born September, 1816 in SC. James the Preacher also had a son with the name, Miles. His oldest son, and second born, was named Zebulon Miles Rainwater, born around 1823. James the Blacksmith also had a son named Zebulon Rainwater, born Feb. 25, 1823. Appears the Rainwaters didn't want us to figure out which James belonged to which Rainwater family in SC. Dan Bruce At 08:53 AM 2/2/99 -0600, Joseph B. Lambert wrote: > This is an important and interesting question and would take lots of time >looking at census lists from many states. One significant fact is that >there never was a Miles Rainwater before Nancy Miles married James >Rainwater and had Miles the preacher (1787-1826). I do not know if all >Miles Rainwaters are descendants of this couple, but it is possible. Are >there an Mileses in the line of James the blacksmith? That would provide >another piece of evidence that he was the son of James and Nancy and >brother of Miles. > > Re Viney, there is a Virginia/West Virginia Viney family, and the name was >used as a female first name. It goes back to Andrew and Susannah Viney in >the early 18th century. It is an unusual name and hence easy to trace. > > Joseph B. Lambert > > >At 10:42 PM 2/1/99 -0500, BCTone@aol.com wrote: >>With all the talk on Viney, Vina, et. al., I was wondering if anyone had ever >>figured how many Miles Rainwaters there were? It seems that every Rainwater >>family had at least one. >> >>Paula >>BCTone@aol.com >> >> >>==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >>This list is not for political discussions and seasonal >>greetings. Please keep messages oriented toward >>genealogy. Listowner is: schimmel@northlink.com >> > >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) > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >Send and complaints or suggestions >to the listowner: schimmel@northlink.com > > Dan