Nilia Rains Simpson & Family

Nilia Rains Simpson & Family

Friday, August 12, 2011

Henry Rains

My book "Henry Rains, 1767-1838" is a history of my family dating back to the original Henry Rains, Esquire..  The original Henry was grandfather to the Henry Rains who settled in what is now KY, but was then NC. Henry Rains, 1767-1838, fought against the Chicamauga Indians in what is now Hawkins County, TN, but was then the western reserve lands of NC. Henry was living with his mother, Mary Ingram and her husband Captain Thomas Lee. Henry had no siblings named Rains, but had eight half siblings named Lee.This Henry had the following children: Sarah, who married James Kellems; Margaret, who married Preston Davis; Mary, who married Spencer King, Sr; Patsy, who married Preston Snuffer and then Joseph Turner; William, who married Jane Marsee; Henry Lane Rains, who married Peggy Lane and then Margaret Denny; Ballenger, who married Margaret Marsee; Needham, who married Nancy Turner; John, who married Cynthia Pearcy. Most of Henry's children stayed in KY or Claiborne County, TN. Many of them  married Turners or Marsees.

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