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