In a message dated 4/7/99 8:36:46 AM Central Daylight Time, nessman@home.com writes: > I'm having a hard time placing these 2 families. Would > someone please help? > Thanks, Nancy > > CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: AR > COUNTY: Crawford DIVISION: Lees Creek Township > REEL NO: M432-25 PAGE NO: 345A > REFERENCE: 25th day of Dec 1850 by S G Clark > 16 81 81 Rainwater John S 30 M Farmer 350 Ten > 17 81 81 Rainwater Lucinda 29 F Ten > 18 81 81 Rainwater Julia A 8 F Ten > 19 81 81 Rainwater William P 6 M Ten > REMARKS: p689B > 20 81 81 Rainwater Mary E 3 F Ark > 21 81 81 Rainwater James H 3/12 M Ark > 22 81 81 Rainwater James 60 M SC ================================ The above family is John Sanford Rainwater and his wife Lucinda Shehan with their children. He is the son of James Rainwater b. 1791 NC and Catherine McCall. The 60 year old James is John's father. James and two of his sons left TN for AR in the late 1840's. Catherine "Katie" the mother and other children remained in TN. If you want more information on James and "Katie" and their descendants, let me know and I'll send you a GEDCOM or group sheets. James and "Katie" are my ggg-grandparents. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: AR > COUNTY: Crawford DIVISION: Mountain Township > REEL NO: M432-25 PAGE NO: 328A > REFERENCE: 14th day of Dec 1850 by S G Clark > 32 41 41 Rainwater John 84 M N C > 33 41 41 Rainwater Elizabeth 60 F N C > 34 41 41 Rainwater Emiline 19 F Ten > 35 41 41 Rainwater Margaret 16 F Al > 36 41 41 Rainwater Hiram 14 M Al I am not sure who this John is. James, father of John Sanford shown above, supposedly had a brother named John, but I don't have any data on him. If the age shown on the census is correct, this John is probably a little old to be James' brother since all of his siblings that I have birth dates on were all born in the 1790's. Ron Recer Edmond, OK