Kentucky indeed did not join the Confederacy, but that was because the Union army took over the state legislature before it could act. Given a free hand, Kentucky would have been in the Confederacy, as it was classified as a slave state. More Kentuckians fought for the South than the North. Remember even Alabamas fought for the North (several Alabama counties did not go along with secession). Joseph B. Lambert At 10:50 PM 4/6/99 -0400, Dan Bruce wrote: >Hal, > >Actually, and with no intention of reviving the Civil War, I believe >Kentucky was a Union state. There were quite a few Kentuckians that fought >on the CSA side and died here in Georgia. They were referred to as the >Kentucky Orphans. I have ancestors on both sides that fought in the Civil >War conflict, but there are some people today that are still kind of >sensitive towards the North/South thing. > >Important thing to remember is, family is family. No offense taken here >Cousin. > >Dan Bruce > > At 04:51 PM 4/6/99 -0700, Hal Irving wrote: >>OK, Bob.........I probably started the use of the terms Northern and >>Southern and never intended anything about the civil war.....my usage was >>started to describe the location of Rainwaters before I knew of a Tennessee >>branch........My early research (1980's) was based on knowledge that John >>Rainwater came from VA to NC in 1735 or thereabouts and supposedly had sons >>John Jr; James; and William. From information supplied by real life >>"cousins" in KY, I followed my line through James b. 1736; William b.1774; >>then to John b 1811; his son Welcome Giles; Daniel Francis; and then my >>Mother, Ruth Rainwater b 1901.........The other children of John b. ca 1695 >>I did not follow but understood that their descendants went first to SC, the >>GA-AL-MS etc......... >> >>Thus my generalization of Northern/Southern.........nothing intended as the >>"split" occurred 60 years before the CW.......Also KY is, I think, south of >>the Mason-Dixon....and many residents fought for the South... >> >>With that said.......You are probably right, if people are offended, then >>some other indicator should be used. I would be more than pleased to use >>"Kentucky Rainwater's" or simply "descendants that migrated to KY by 1813" >>etc.........whatever's acceptable, and with apologies to any cousins that >>were offended.... >> >>Hal >> >> >>==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >>This list is not for political discussions, seasonal greetings, jokes, >>and personal causes. Please keep messages oriented toward genealogy. >>Listowner can be reached at: schimmel@northlink.com >> >> >Dan > > >==== RAINWATER Mailing List ==== >Tell friends and cousins about our RAINWATER family. >To get on the list, send one-word message SUBSCRIBE to: >rainwater-L-request@rootsweb.com It's all automatic. > 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)