Just to add to Dan Rainwater's note, migrations of entire communities, or what seems to be entire communities were common around this time. New territories opened up and many adventurous families packed up and moved in large groups from one area to another to grab land grants. That's one reason why you find many family surnames intermarrying in one geography, and if you trace a single family to another geography, you find the same familiar surnames there as well. Dan Bruce At 12:09 PM 4/3/99 -0500, Dan Rainwater wrote: >Sorry, there is a misunderstanding. I said that the Rainwater clan >settled in this area of GA in the 1830's. Most all of the Rainwaters >that settled in the Campbell Co. area of GA were born in the Spartenburg >area. They then migrated to GA. And pleas remember, not all came to GA >in the 1830's....some moved in later. Your records are >correct...Zebulon was born in Spartenburg. Gene, I hope this helps >clear up my email. > >Regarding other information in your mail. Zebulon being a Methodist >minister is interesting, because the Rainwaters who pasted through GA >have a very rich tradition in the Baptist Church. Several Baptist >churches in GA were founded by Rainwaters. > >I would be interested in any pica's you might have of Rainwater related >info. > >Thanks, >Dan Rainwater > >nessman@home.com wrote: > >> 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 > > > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >If you have a suggestion how this list can >better serve you, send to the listowner: >schimmel@northlink.com > > Dan