There also was a Miles Avery Rainwater born 7/1864 s/o Wilkes s/o William s/o John X Susannah. There was a Miles born Paulding Co GA about 1858 and listed the first and only time with his parents in the June 1860 census. Bob Schimmel ***** > 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 > >> > >>