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Virginia-West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War ... - Google Books Result
by Patrick G. Wardell - 2008 - History - 345 pages
... Caroline HAGAN ae 73 (b & raised Caroline Co, VA) & sol cousin Elizabeth ... witnessed by Benjamin A HICKS & Richard BROOKS per Co JP Lewis JOHNSON; ...
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Virginia-West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension on ... By Patrick G. Wardell
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Caroline Hagan age 73 Born & Raised in Caroline County, Va.
Cousin of Elizabeth Rains age 72 & Brother Henry Rains in RW ?
Witness By Benjamin Hicks Richard Brooks Per-Co ? J.P. (Justice of Peace ?)
Lewis Johnson----{ Then Writes ] Widow A.F.P.? 1847 Fredericksburg,Va
Per Mayer & Co.
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List Of Names were Listed
Captain Giles Rains
John Rains
Anthony Rains Born:10/13/1757 Caroline County, Va
? Mvd to Randolph County,Va.1781 in North carolina PN?
There 1834 Died 3/25/1835
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Narrative of John Rains.
The South-western Monthly, Wales & Roberts, Nashville, Tenn., 1852. page 263
Early History of the South-West - Narrative of John Rains.
My father came to Tennessee in 1769, from Virginia with Casper Mansco and others on an exploring expedition; and ten years later in 1779, he moved here, coming out with the Buchanan's, Williams; and others. As they crossed the Cumberland it was frozen quite across at the Sulphur Spring branch. Of their adventures on the way from Virginia, little is known; but it was supposed at that time, that from the fierceness of the Indians, the country would have to be abandoned. He lost part of his stock of horses, eighteen or twenty in number, the first year, stolen by the Indians, and he then concluded to go to Kentucky. He did so and his family staid there one year, he returning here with a man named Stull, who had one horse, my father having two. They expected to hunt and trap on their way back to Tennessee. They crossed Green River, coming on, and that night it snowed and rained, leaving a deep coating of sleet on the ground the next morning. In passing along they heard the report of a gun off to one side, and shortly after, another. This alarmed them, and they got down and tied their blankets tightly around them, cut them switches, and mounted again. My father not quite so prompt as Stull in all this, Stull, consequently, getting ahead. Suddenly he threw up his bridle, and my father noticing it, rode up and enquired the cause of his movement? He replied, "Look, see what a sight of people are coming this way!" At a glance, my father saw that they were Indians, and darting to one side, his horse jumped through a swinging grape vine, clearing it, his pack horse following him. Stull’s horse tried it, but was caught, and swung right across it by the loins, and after awhile getting out, Stull stopped to fix his bag of provisions. My father tried to hurry him, as two Indians were running up; but instead of jumping on his horse, Stull started off on foot. My father tried to keep along with him, but he darted off in another direction, and crossed the trace back again. He was very fleet, and my father was sure he would escape; but shortly he heard one or two guns fired and then the yells of the Indians, and then all was silent. They had killed Stull. My father started back towards Green river, but was afraid the Indians would track him by the snow on the ground, so he avoided the river and took to the hills, striking the river higher up. He found it filled from bank to bank; but finding a place like an eddy on the opposite shore, he thought he could get out on that side at that spot. He got down, tied his hunting shirt close around him, and rode in. After a hard struggle he got his mare started, and they got out on the opposite side. Right where they got out, there was, providentially, an old dry stump, he being wet and nearly frozen, he flashed some of the powder which happened to be dry in his wet powder horn, he having knocked the bottom of his horn out with his tomahawk, and dried himself by the fire and reloaded his gun. After awhile, his slut appeared on the opposite bank, and thinking the Indians were close behind, he placed himself in ambush hoping to kill one, and then to fly to his mare once more. But none came and he started, as he supposed, back towards Kentucky. He rode on until he came to a large "sink hole". Here he tied his mare, kindled a fire and staid all night. The next morning the weather having cleared up, and it getting light, he came to what he thought was a familiar knob; such as he had seen in his hunts before this, but he could not be satisfied that it was quite the same. Approaching another in sight, he recognized it, and thus learned what way to lay his course for the trace. Finding the trace, and his animal being very much wearied, apparently, he got down to drive her before him, but she ran off in advance, so that he despaired of catching her, but after a long walk she came to him and he did not dismount again that day. He got to Carpenter's Station about dark.
About this time Gen. Robertson came along on his way to Tennessee, and my father having joined him, the two came on together, arriving at Nashville in safety. He settled at the old place about two miles from Nashville, near the spring known as Rain's spring. Such was the abundance of bear in the vicinity at that time, he told me he killed in one winter, thirty two and this without laying out more than one or two nights. They were mostly killed amongst the knobs adjoining Jesse Maxwell's and John Overton's present residences and on Brown's Creek. My father built a fort at his place and stockaded the spring inside of it, so that we could go to it at all times in safety. The alarms from Indians were almost constant. One time I remember that my father and one or two of us children were out picking beans on one of the ridges, up towards the present residence of West H. Humphreys, Esq; when we heard the guns fire for the attack on Robertson’s Station. My father and brother seized their guns and mounted their horses, rode at full speed into Nashville, and raised a party and got half way to the relief of the fort before they met the expresses started from the fort for help. Another time the Indians attacked Gen. Robertson and his son Jonathan, with two other men. The two men ran off, but the old General and his son stood their ground bravely and beat the Indians off. The old General afterwards meeting my father, told him that, in his great extremity, (for he was wounded) he could not help thinking "If I only had old Capt. Rains and Billy here!"
My father with my brother William, myself, and Patrick Lyons, were amongst the first who were summoned to the relief of Buchanan's Station. Patrick Lyons and myself remained in the fort that night. We went along past one or two other Stations the next morning, and tried to beat up volunteers, but could get none. I had only an old horseman's pistol on my arrival, but my father comforted me with the supposition that in the fight expected, 1 could get a gun when somebody would be killed. I saw the Indian mentioned by Col. Brown as having been killed under the walls of the fort. I talked with Findleston, a half breed Indian, about the killing of the spies sent out to see whether the Indians were approaching. Various accounts are given of this affair. He says that the indians had two of their men disguised as whites going ahead, and they killed the two whites, shooting one dead, and breaking the arm of the other, who then ran amongst the other Indians and was killed. A dispute then arose as stated by others about the manner of attacking the settlements. Watts, being for one course, the slain Chief mentioned, for a different one. The Indian killed was certainly a desperate fellow, having done his best to fire the fort with his smoking apparatus after being mortally wounded. George Fields, whom I saw several times afterwards in the Indian Nation, told me that he himself was shot in the heel, and gave a ludicious account of how it made him dance and caper from the pain. He said, that after going down and standing for some time in the water at the spring-house, he walked around behind a large bake oven, where lay Watts, the other Chief, very badly wounded. He begged Fields to cut off his head,and carry it away, to keep the whites from getting it; as he had no hopes of recovering. The Indians, however, rolled him up in a blanket, carried him off and he afterwards got well.
On one occasion, my sister wished to go up to Armstrong's Station, about seven miles from Nashville. She could not get company such as pleased her, so she went alone. She got there safely. On her return,a young woman at some point desired to come along with her, and they both started on the same horse. A young man named Patton, went along as a guard. A small dog became alarmed, and she desired Patton to go ahead. He did so, and the Indians fired at the party. My sister turned her horse and tried to make him leap the fence, but he failed the first trial. The young woman being behind, she was hit by the Indians and fell off, and the horse leaping the fence my sister escaped. As she looked behind her, she saw the Indians in the act of seizing her companion, whom they killed, My sister kept on to Armstrong's Station, and the people being alarmed, went, back and found the poor girl's body. Patton ran off in another direction and escaped in safety. The young woman's name so killed, was Williams.
My father and Captain Shannon commanded afterwards on an expedition made towards the waters of Duck river and beyond. We went on until we came to where we saw a Large number of buzzards flying around, when my father suggested that there must be Indians on a hunt, these birds being attracted to the spot by the game killed. We encamped near, and found, truly enough, the remains of deer, &c. The next day, we found their trail, and my father was for following it, but some objected. My father said that he had come to hunt for Indians, and he should follow that sign until he found a fresher one. Before night we came upon their locality, and the spies discovering One of them fired at him, but without hitting him. He ran off and we all dashed forward at the report. I was mounted on a race horse and kept close at the heels of my father, until we got into the flat when I struck off on a course by myself. My father kept on, and discovered the flying Indian who was going as fast as he could run up a ridge. Getting pretty near, my father halloed to him to stop, and he turned for a moment as if he intended to do so,but started off again. My father jumped off his horse and fired, wounding him severely in the hand and arm. He started again, and meanwhile,, Reuben Parks and Beverly Ridley rode up and joined in the chase. The Indian fired at Ridley, in turn, but the ball passed over his head, and they soon after got close upon and knocked him down, Ridley finally killing him with his knife. For my share, I dashed on until I came face to face with an Indian just coming out of a thicket. He made signals for quarter, and I took him prisoner, and he was afterwards exchanged. We took eight horses with all the traps and other things found at the Indian encampment, and about three hundred deer skins and other skins, the produce of their hunt. The horses were afterwards sold at auction in Nashville, and the proceeds of the sale and the other property was divided amongst the capturers.
One of the most interesting incidents connected with the early history of Tennessee, is one in which a man named David Hood figured. He was coming up from "Freeland's Station," the present place of residence of Dr. McGavock, below the Sulphur Spring adjoining Nashville, when several Indians gave chase to him, firing upon him as they ran. He, thinking there was no other chance for his life, con-cluied to try "possuming it," and:so fell flat upon his face in the weeds. The Indians ran up and gathered around him, and one of them very deliberately twisted his fingers into his hair to scalp him. His knife being very dull, he let go, took a better hold, and sawed away until he could pull it off; poor Hood bearing it, meanwhile, without a groan. After the deed was done, they stood around, a little while, reloaded their guns, and started on towards town, one of them giving him a few stamps in the back. After awhile, Hood raised his head cautiously, peeped out under his arms, and at last finding the coast clear, got up and started towards town. Mounting the ridge above the Spring, what was his dismay to find himself once more right in the presence of the whole gang. Again he started, but they again fired upon him as he ran, one of their bullets cutting him deeply across the breast, but finally, after getting so close as to pull off one of the skirts of his coat, the Indians abandoned him. When quite spent, he dropped behind a log in the cornfield near by, after facing around to get one fire at them, and was rescued by some whites who came out at the sound of the firing. He was placed in an out-house, no one thinking he would recover; but the next morning some one going in there, asked him, on finding him still alive, whether he "was'nt dead?" "No," he said, in a feeble voice, and he "thought he could live if he could have half a chance!" They took his case in hand, and he became a sound man, and lived many years to glory in his successful instance of "possuming." I often saw General Robertson making up rolls of lint for his wounds.
My father was once engaged in a fight at the Sulphur Spring, on the bank of the run, on the side towards Nashville. A party had been out scouting around amongst the licks, when returning past the Spring, mentioned, they encountered the Indians. A battle ensued, my father having lagged behind to let his horse drink; hearing the guns, he rode up and found the whites in the act of fleeing. He rallied them, and the Indians fled in turn, thus causing Daniel Williams, one of the party, to be saved, who was severely wounded in the thigh, and could neither mount his horse nor run. He often spoke to me of my father's having saved his life.
I was in the Nickojack campaign, but as that has been described in other narratives, it is unnecessary to repeat it here. My father was also along. I also served a tour of duty at Fort Massac, the same year, 1794, and on. my return thence, we found at Eddyville a man named Julius Sanders, who, at a hunting camp, had been shot in four places, but finally escaped, his companion, Col. Montgomery, being killed. He told us that the last he saw of the Colonel, an Indian was stabbing him repeatedly with a huge knife. We went out the next day, and found the body, a son of the murdered man being along. We buried him where a tree had been turned up by the roots, putting logs and chunks over him. We then came to Nashville.
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... 2/00/1886 28 : 617 Rains, Alfred Will 9/00/1885 28 : 529 Rains, F. C. ...
... 9/00/1885 28 : 529 Rains, F. C. Inv. 11/17/1876 24 : 278 Rains, F. C. ...
... /17/1876 24 : 278 Rains, F. C. Admin's Settlement 10/12/1877 24 : 474 ...
... /12/1877 24 : 474 Rains, F. R. Inv. 7/28/1883 27 : 481 Rains, F. R. ...
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This is an Index to Will Books 1861-1902 Rader-Ryman
Name Record Type Date Book:Page
Raines, Felix R. Exec's Settlement 2/00/1886 28 : 617
Rains, Felix R. Will 5/00/1883 27 : 451
Rains, Alfred Will 9/00/1885 28 : 529
Rains, F. C. Inv. 11/17/1876 24 : 278
Rains, F. C. Admin's Settlement 10/12/1877 24 : 474
Rains, F. C. Admin's Settlement 10/12/1877 24 : 474
Rains, F. R. Inv. 7/28/1883 27 : 481
Rains, F. R. Exec's Settlement 2/00/1887 29 : 249
Rains, F. R. Exec's Final Settlment 10/00/1899 30 : 327
Rains, Felix C. Will 11/28/1873 22 : 535
Rains, Felix C. Settlement 3/13/1879 25 : 116
Rains, J. Edgar Inv. & Acct. of Sale 1/5/1884 27 : 588
Rains, J. Edgar Admin's Settlement 6/9/1884 28 : 108
Rains, James Inv. 11/17/1876 24 : 275
Rains, James Admin's Settlement 12/5/1877 24 : 506
Rains, James Will 4/00/1901 35 : 533
Rains, James Edgar Years Support 10/20/1883 27 : 595
Rains, Jas. Admin's Final Report 6/00/1892 31 : 410
Rains, John Admin's Final Report 6/00/1892 31 : 409
Rains, John G. Will 11/00/1897 34 : 317
Rains, Mary E. Will 10/00/1899 35 : 301
Rains, R. L. Trustee's Final Settlement 2/00/1888 29 : 529
Rains, Rachel Will 3/24/1879 25 : 173
Rains, Rufus P. Settlement 4/5/1882 27 : 29
Rains, Talton B. Inv. & Acct. of Sale 7/24/1873 22 : 465
Rains, Talton B. Admin's Settlement 6/18/1875 23 : 447
Rains, Talton B., Jr. Admin's Inv. & Final Settlement 4/00/1889 30 : 233
Rains, Thomas B. Inv. 3/12/1867 20 : 436
Rains, Thomas B. Admin's Settlement 6/28/1869 21 : 289
Rains, U. H. Inv. & Acct. of Sale 3/6/1876 24 : 77
Rains, Ursula Admin's Settlement 6/27/1862 19 : 96
Rains, Ursula Inv. 4/27/1871 21 : 691
Rains, Ursula Admin's Settlement 2/4/1873 22 : 311
Rains, W. G. Admin's Settlement 11/28/1878 25 : 69
Rains, W. H. Widow's Support 6/6/1876 24 : 131
Rains, W. H. Admin's Settlement 5/17/1878 24 : 593
Rains, Willie (Mrs.) Inv. & Acct. of Sale 1/16/1884 27 : 602
Rains, Willie (Mrs.) Exec's Settlement 12/15/1885 28 : 582
Rains, Willie (Mrs.) Exec's Settlement 2/00/1886 28 : 640
Rains, Willie, (Mrs.) Will 11/00/1883 27 : 563
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Records of Davidson County Court, Minute Book B
Oct. 19, 1835 – Sept. 7, 1841
Page 183, Oct. 5, 1836, Martha Rains will proved - A paper purporting to be The last will and Testament of Martha Rains deceased was produced in open court for probate and proved thus: Felix R Rains and Joseph Pope the subscribing witnesses being duly sworn depose and say that they became such in the presence of said Martha Rains and at her request and in the presence of each other and that they verily believe that he was of sound mind and memory at the time she executed said paper. A codicil to said paper writing was also produced in court and proved thus: Felix R Rains and Joseph Pope the subscribing witnesses to said codicil being duly sworn depose and say that they became such in the presence of said Martha Rains and at her request and in the presence of each other and that they verily believe that he was of sound mind and memory at the time she executed said codicil to said paper. It is therefore ordered that said paper writing be recorded as such will and codicil of the said Martha Rains decd. And Ursula Rains the Executix named in said will came into court and gave bond in the sum of two hundred dollars with Felix R. Rains and Joseph Pope her securities and qualified according tolaw. Ordered that letters of testamentary be granted to her.
Page 185, Nov. 7, 1836, Com to divide slaves of Tho Joyce - The court appoint Wilford Rains, Robert Buchanan & Blackman Hays commissioners to divide the slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Joyce decd among the distributees and having so done make report there of.
Page 199, Dec. 5, 1836, Jno Bransford guardian to Martha Cleveland - The court appoint John Bransford guardian to Martha Cleveland. Whereupon the said John Bransford in court here gave bond in the sum of five hundred dollars with John Rains his security. Page 199, Dec. 5, 1836, S A E Gregory Admx - Ordered by the court that Sarah Ann E Gregory have letters of administration granted her on the estate of Sarah E Hoover. Whereupon the said Sarah Ann E Gregory in court here gave bond in the sum of four thousand dollars with Thomas Gregory and Edward Gregory her securities.
December 2nd, 1836. We the Jurors summoned by the order of the county court of Davidson county, at the November term, have this day examined the situation of Henry Hite, Anna Hite and Ellen Branham, and believe them not capable of managing for themselves. Also they are badly sheltered and almost without clothing, and nearly without provision. We also think their land sufficient for their support, if properly managed. We further recommend Theophiles Fulgham and William Roach Sen. as guardians for the above named persons. Given under our hands this day and date above written.”
Which report is concurred in by the court and the said Theophilus Fulgham and William Roach Sen. are appointed guardians of said idiots. Page 200, Dec. 6, 1836, Com to divide Tho Joyce Negroes - The court appoint Wilfred Rains, Robert Buchanan & Blackman Hays commissioners to divide the slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Joyce decd among the distributees, and having so done make report thereof to our ensuing court.
Page 201, Dec. 7, 1836, F R Rains Constable resigns - Felix R Rains a constable of this county for District No 8 comes into court and tendered his resignation as such.
Page 189, Nov. 7, 1836, Wm M Battle adm of Wm Peay - Ordered by the court that William M Battle have letters of administration granted him on the estate of Sarah Peay decd. Whereupon the said William M Battle in court here gave bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with E M Patterson and Wm H Hagans his securities & qualified according to law.
Page 193, Nov. 9, 1836, Court adjouned till court in course. E. S. Hall, Chairman Page 194, Dec. 5, 1836, State of Tennessee, Davidson County Ss, December 5th 1836. Monday morning court met according to adjournment at the court house in the town of Nashville, when were present Elihu S Hall Esquire chairman, John Wright, Joseph B Knowles, John H Clopton, Wm G M Campbell, Edward H East, William H Hagans, Enoch Ensley, John Hathaway, John McRobertson, Robert Bradford, Wm E Watkins, Samuel B Davidson, Elijah Nicholson, John Davis, Thomas Allison, Wm Herrin, Wm Greer, Lewis Dunn, Robert Weakley, Wm Williams, Edmund Goodrich, Enoch P Connell, Charles W Moorman, Claiborne Y Hooper & David Abernathy Esquires Justices.
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... , Alfred w:1885 Rains, B. H. 10/21/1913 Rains, Felix C. 8/00/1873 ...
... , B. H. 10/21/1913 Rains, Felix C. 8/00/1873 Rains, Felix R. w:1883 ...
... Felix C. 8/00/1873 Rains, Felix R. w:1883 Rains, John E. 9/24/1910 ...
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Index to Original Wills 1784-1920 Radcliffe - Sykes
Most of the original wills that were filed with the court in Davidson Co., TN, do exist and are on file at Metro Archives.
Abbreviations used in the index:
nd = no date
w: = date written
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Name Date
Raines, James 4/25/1901
Rainey, Eliza J. 4/18/1905
Rainey, Thomas Smith 5/3/1909
Rains, Alfred w:1885
Rains, B. H. 10/21/1913
Rains, Felix C. 8/00/1873
Rains, Felix R. w:1883
Rains, John E. 9/24/1910
Rains, John G. 11/00/1897
Rains, Martha w:1836
Rains, Mary E. w:1898 Note: Wife of Enoch Ensley
[Enoch Ensley 1/2 Sister( Jerusha) Married William Hamilton Hagans
Rains, Noami 8/14/1821
Rains, Racheal 12/13/1873
Rains, Willie 12/10/1883
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Marriage Records - Original Bonds and Licenses 1788-1831
Eakin - Fussell
The following information was transcribed from the original marriage bonds and licenses for Davidson County. The page number on which the record can be found in Marriage Record Book I is also given. The online records span the time period 1788-1830.
Gr. Last Name Gr. First Name Br. First Name Br. Last Name Issue Date Bondsman MB Pg. No.
Ensley Enoch Mary Rains 10/19/1822 William Ogilvie 260
Earthman Isaac Martha Lanier 5/11/1819 David Wills 208
Fletcher Payton Sarah W. Graves 1/26/1830 Hanse H. Rains 377
Ewing Joseph L Sarah McGavock 11/11/1824 Henry Ewing 288
Ezell William Peggy Buchanan 5/10/1806 Maxamilean Buchanan 24
Hagan Henry Catherine Talbot 3/10/1812 William Carroll 145
Harris Howell G. Polly Lyles 8/15/1814 Nathaniel Anderson 148
Henderson Robert Judith Hogan 2/13/1804 Daniel Hogan 78
Higdon James Sally Thomas 7/9/1798 Matthew Payne 35
Higgins William Nancy Buchanan 3/18/1807 James Higgins 110
Higgins William H. Jerusha Shell 2/23/1828 Enoch Ensley 345 Note : Hagans & Ensley
Hobson John Susannah Harris 1/3/1815 Moses Cowen 160
Hogan Humphrey Catherine Fisher 6/24/1800 Christain Moser and James Hogan 23
Lanier Garrison Huldah R. Earthman 5/23/1826 L. G. Criddle 314
Lanier John Dicy Parker 3/28/1815 E. Gamble 161
Lanier John Elizabeth Downey 11/6/1816 Williamson Adams, William Scott 177
Lanier Robert Eliza Ann Criddle 2/22/1821 W. Hinton 243
Little Joseph H. Eliza Allen 1/6/1817 Wright Stanley 179
Gowen John Lydia Shute 10/30/1801 John Witherspoon 38
Gowen John J. Tabitha Hays 5/5/1823 William P. Campbell 268
Gowen Wilford B. Ursula Rains 7/26/1826 Robert B. Turner 317
Gowen William Martha Rains 12/30/1797 Francis Beard 28
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Page 61, Nov. 5, 1835, The court appoints the following Gentlemen Justices to take in Lists of Taxable property in different Militia Companies in Davidson County for the year 1836 to wit:
Enoch Ensley Esquire in Captain James Rains’ Company
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Records of Davidson County Court, Minute Book B
Oct. 19, 1835 – Sept. 7, 1841
Page 210, Jan. 4, 1837, Wm Rains Constable qualified - William Rains produced a certificate from the Sheriff if this county showing that he had been elected as a Constable for District No. 8 to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Felix R Rains, Whereupon the said William Rains in court here entered into bond in the sum of One thousand dollars with Felix R. Rains & Enoch Ensley his securities. & qualified according to law. Hi is therefore admitted to act as constable for this county till the first Saturday on March 1838.
Page 222, Mar. 6, 1837, Com. to settle G Goodwins Adm.- the court appoint Felix R Rains, Enoch Ensley & John B Hodges commissioners to settle with Jane T Goodwin & William S Yellowby as administrators of George Goodwin decd who was administrator fo Ebenezer Hearn decd and guardian of Ann Thompson formerly Ann Hearn widow of said Ebenezer.
Page 206, Jan. 2, 1837, Thos Joyce decd slaves divided - Blackman Hays, Robert Buchanan & Wilfred R Rains commissioners appointed by last court to divide the slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Joyce decd among the distributees now make report of having so done.
Page 223, Mar. 6, 1837, Jurors of Circuit Court May Term 1837 – The court appoint the following gentlemen tot serve as Grand and Petit jurors at the next Circuit Court to be held on the second Monday in May at the courthouse. John Morgan, Isaac Earthman, James Ridley, Joseph Dougal, George W Charlton, John A Shute, Thomas Wright, Powhatten Cross, David Whiteside, William Hartsfield, James C Owen, Hays Blackman, Enoch Ensley, John R Chilcut, William H Hagans, Thomas Cartwright, Joseph McEwen, Edwin H Childress, Matthew Barrow, John Johns, John Scruggs, William E Watkins, Samuel B Davidson, William Shelton, Abraham Demoss, John Hanna, Wright Mays, Preston Barnes, William D Philips, William B Ewing, John Butterworth, Nelson Tally, William J Drake, Benjamin C Drake, Andrew J Earthman, Cornelius Waggoner, Wilson Crockett. And the court also appoint Churchill Lanier & Robert Buchanan constable to attend on said court.
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Davidson County Merchants Licenses and Fees 1839
Davidson County Minute Book B, Page 465 - Records of Davidson County Court Oct 1835 - Sept. 1841
Tax on Merchants and other licenses.
From October 1, 1838 to October 1, 1839
Name of Business License Fee
Ensley & Rains 10.00 Wm Gilliam 10.00
John Campbell 10.00
John Tucker & Co. 10.00
David T. McGavock 10.00
John Whitsitt 3.00
James McGavock 5.00
Carter Allen 3.00
S. P. Cheatham 90.00
Thomas Graham 10.00
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Marriage Records - Original Bonds and Licenses
1788-1837
The following information was transcribed from the original bonds and licenses. The page number on which the record can be found in Marriage Record Book I is also given. The folowing records are for 1825-1826.
Gr. Last Name- Gr. First Name ---Br. First Name -Br. Last Name Issue Date Bondsman Notes MB Pg. No.
Bryan John T. Elizabeth H. Rains 5/12/1826 Thomas Bell . 313
Gowen Wilford B. Ursula Rains 7/26/1826 Robert B. Turner . 317
Massey Thomas Polly Rains 8/10/1826 Hanse H. Rains . 317
Rainey Jesse G. Christianna Rains 10/19/1826 Robert Orr . 319
Crockett David Mary Adams 11/8/1825 Hugh Elliot . 304
Adams John Mary A. Cartwright 1/20/1825 John Cartwright . 293
Clark George P. Unice Ensley 3/14/1826 . 311
Lanier Garrison Huldah R. Earthman 5/23/1826 L. G. Criddle . 314
McIver Evander Eliza N. Williams 3/16/1826 R. E. W. Earl, . Jno. W. Overton . 311
Merritt Gibson Sarah Rains 2/20/1828 Alfred H. Adams . 345
Rains Wilford H. Maria Gowen 11/5/1828 John Thompson . 356
Hyde Edmund Christianna Rains 1/7/1829 Lewis Williams . 360
Condon James Barbary Rains 11/8/1811 George Poyzer . 124
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Marriage Records - Original Bonds and Licenses 1788-1831
Quesenbury - Rutledge
The following information was transcribed from the original marriage bonds and licenses for Davidson County. The page number on which the record can be found in Marriage Record Book I is also given. The online records span the time period 1788-1830.
Gr. Last Name Gr. First Name Br. First Name Br. Last Name Issue Date Bondsman MB Pg. No.
Quimby Burwell Susannah Rains 8/9/1806 Thomas Musgrave 57
Rainey Jesse G. Christianna Rains 10/19/1826 Robert Orr 319
Rainey Silas Polly Reddish or Webb 4/8/1820 Jacob Rolman 221
Rains John Frances Ogilvie 00/00/1800 Nathan Ewing 235
Rains Wilford H. Maria Gowen 11/5/1828 John Thompson 356
Rains William Urcilla Pillow 9/9/1795 William Pillow 33
Reader Jacob Polly Allen 7/2/1792 Samuel Allen 3
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Record of Davidson County Court - July Session 1812
Enumeration of the Free Male Inhabitants of Davidson County Taken in the year 1812
Davidson County, Tennessee Court Minute Book 1809-1813, pages 826-842, July Session 1812.
Last Name First Name Number
Allen Jnr Wm 1117
Allen senr Wm 1116
Beck John 167
Boyd Andrew 1150 Boyd John 589 Boyd John 1872 Boyd Richard 216 Boyd Robert 590 Boyd Wm. L. 1092 Boyd Wm. L. 2079 Boyd Wm. 395
Buchanan John 554 Buchanan Robert 1662 Buchanan Thomas 1725 Buchanan David 546 Buchanan James 561 Buchanan (Whitehead) John 501
Bumpass Wm. 638
Campbell Alexander 1533 Campbell Francis 1534 Campbell George 1908 Campbell James 1722 Campbell James 1723 Campbell Michael 734 Campbell Philip 1535 Campbell Wm. 1927 Campbell John 435
Cartwright David 1591 Cartwright David 119 Cartwright Jacob 152 Cartwright John 1163 Cartwright Robert 1567 Cartwright Robert 127 Cartwright Thomas 1947 Cartwright Vincent 1171
Cassellman Abraham 1223 Cassellman Andrew 1532 Cassellman Benjamin 581 Cassellman Benjamin 1384 Cassellman David 1382 Cassellman Henry 1383 Cassellman Joseph 1381 Cassellman Sylvanus 1539 Cassellman Joseph 573 Cassellman Jnr Abraham 624 Cassellman Jnr John 1408 Cassellman Senr John 1410
Cooke Joseph 1387 Cooke Wiley 1897 Cooke Wm W. 956
Davis John 259
Ensley Enoch 1600
Gowan Wm. 1686 Gowen John 1676
Hadden Hugh 2127 Hagan Jonathan 685 Hagans Bernard 2088 ;;;; Higgins Banay 891
Hobson John 2039 Hobson Wm. 2038 ----; Hogan George 1418 Hogan John 317 Hoggatt John 550
Jackson Andrew 1452 ------;;;;; Lanier Buchanan 1820 ;;;;Lenear Benjamin 1556 Lenear Buchanan 1477
Lytle Wm. 887 Lytle Wm. 2140
Neely Joseph 2219 Neely Sanuel 159 Neely William 95 Neely Joseph 454 Neely Jnr William 180
Overton John 1546 Overton Richard 2128 Overton Samuel 1547 Overton Thomas 1453
Powell Dempsey 1923 Powell Nathan 145 Powell Wm. 1258
Rains Wm. 692 Rains Jnr. John 327 Rains Senr John 723
Robertson Elijah 203 Robertson Felix 836 Robertson James 1247 Robertson John 2041
Wright George 1675 Wright Hollis 1392 Wright James 1673 Wright John M. 36 Wright Joseph 1714 Wright Peter 1678 Wright Richard 1731 Wright William 1674 Wright James 301 Wright Jnr Charles 1391 Wright Jnr James 311 Wright Senr Charles 1393 Wright Senr James 312
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Enumeration of the Free Male Inhabitants of Davidson County
Note: This record is an enumeration or census of the free male inhabitants of the county. Davidson County was first divided into militia companies or military districts for the purpose of legal representation and taxation and continued until 1835 when there was a change to numerical districts. This is not a listing of those serving as active militia, it is a census of all free male residents.
Record of Davidson County Court of July Session 1812
Enumeration of the Free Male Inhabitants of Davidson County Taken in the year 1812
Page 831
Issued Taken by Number First Name Last Name
in Capt Barnhart's Militia Company Joel Lewis, Esq. 723 John Rains Senr
in Capt Barnhart's Militia Company Joel Lewis, Esq. 685 Jonathan Hagan
in Capt Henry's Militia Company Thos. Dillahunty, Esq. 1161 John Allen
in Capt Henry's Militia Company Thos. Dillahunty, Esq. 1163 John Cartwright
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NASHVILLE CITY CEMETERY
This information is from an article published in the Tennessean newspaper, Sunday, September 18, 1927. There was a full page layout on City Cemetery inclucing several photos. The newspaper is available on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Nashville Tennessean
September 18, 1927
HONOR ROLL OF CITY CEMETERY
A partial list of noted people buried in the City Cemetery follows:
MONUMENTS ERECTED BY THE PUBLIC
Rev. John Rains, son of Pioneer John Rains.
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The City Cemetery contains monuments to the following persons who are not buried there:
David Crockett. (Was this the famous David or his son? The lot is owned by Mr. Putnam, the historian.)
OLD CITY CEMETERY, NASHVILLE
In the early settlement of Nashville the dead were buried on the open ground that overlooked the Sulphur Spring bottom and at two or three country burial places in the neighborhood, and even on the public lot (our Public Square).
Joseph Hay, the first member of the little settlement killed by Indians, was buried a short distance to the east of the Sulphur Spring—not where it now appears, but a hundred yards toward the Capitol where it issued from a rick beneath the surface of the ground. Robert Gilkie, the first who died from sickness, is said to have been buried in this ground.
In a communication to the Tennessee Historical Society, 1850, Nathaniel Cross said: "Being on the bluff immediately above the Sulphur Spring this afternoon, which as is well known was formerly a place of burial for our city, as we now consider it, I observed that there was but one stone left with an inscription on it to tell who lies beneath, as this will disappear like the others.
EDUCATIONAL
Ann Robertson Cockrell. She taught the little school on board the Adventure and was the first teacher here.
Dr. Felix Robertson, professor of medicine, University of Nashville.
ORIGINAL PIONEERS
James Robertson.
John Cockrell.
Ann Robertson Johnson, widow, afterward Mrs. John Cockrell.
David Shelby.
Andrew Ewing.
Local History
A group led by James Robertson are considered to be the first permanent settlers to arrive in what is now Nashville/Davidson County, Tennessee. They came from the settlement at Watauga in what is now upper East Tennessee, walking overland. Along the way Robertson encountered John Rains, a former Long Hunter, and an assemblage of men and families headed from the New River area of Virginia to Kentucky. Robertson talked Rains and his group into joining him on his trek to the Bluffs of the Cumberland. Robertson and company arrived at the site in late December 1779.
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Records of Davidson County Court, Minute Book B
Oct. 19, 1835 – Sept. 7, 1841
Records of Davidson County Court Beginning January Session 1836
Page 99, Jan. 25, 1836, No. 57, Joseph Ward Plaintiff vs Jonathan H Rains Defendant
Page 71, Jan. 1836, Court met – Monday morning Court met according to adjournment at the courthouse in the Town of Nashville where were present Allen Knight, William Williams, William James, Elihu S. Hall, Gilbert G. Washington, Daniel Buie, George W. Charlton, Francis McGavock, James Barrett, Enoch Ensley, John H. Hinton, Joseph W. Horton, Edward H. East & David Abernathy Esquires Justices.
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"The Long Hunters"
History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by Prof. W. W. Clayton, J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1880, p. 15.
The following account of the "Long Hunters" with a few slight changes, is quoted from Ramsey's "Annals of Tennessee":
"On the 2d of June, 1769, a large company of adventurers was formed for the purpose of hunting and exploring in what is now Middle Tennessee. As the country was discovered and settled by the enterprise and defended by the valor of these first explorers, we choose to give their names, the places from which they came, and such details of their hazardous journeyings as have been preserved.
"May the time never come when the self-sacrificing toil and the daring hardihood of the pioneers of Tennessee will be forgotten or undervalued by their posterity. The company consisted of more than twenty men, some of them from North Carolina, others from the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, and others from the infant settlement near Inglis' Ferry in Virginia. The names of some of them follow: John Rains, Kasper Mansker, Abraham Bledsoe, John Baker, Joseph Drake, Obadiah Terrill, Uriah Stone, Henry Smith, Ned Cowan, Robert Crockett. The place of rendezvous was eight miles below Fort Chissel on New River. They came by the head of Holston, and crossing the north fork, Clinch and Powell's Rivers, and passing through Cumberland Gap, discovered the southern part of Kentucky, and fixed a station-camp at a place since called Price's Meadow, in Wayne County, where they agreed to deposit their game and skins. The hunters here dispersed in different directions, the whole company still traveling to the southwest. They came to Roaring River and the Cany fork at a point far above the mouth and somewhere near the foot of the mountain. Robert Crockett was killed near the head-waters of Roaring River when returning to the camp, provided for two or three days' traveling; the Indians were there in ambush and fired upon and killed him. The Indians were traveling to the north, seven or eight in company. Crockett's body was found on the war-track leading from the Cherokee Nation towards the Shawnee tribe. All the country through which these hunters passed was covered with high grass; no traces of any human settlement could be seen, and the primeval state of things reigned in unrivaled glory, though under dry caves, on the side of creeks, they found many places where stones were set up that covered large quantities of human bones; these were also found in the caves, with which the country abounds. They continued to hunt eight or nine months, when part of them returned in April 1770.
"The return of Findley and Boone to the banks of the Yadkin, and of the explorers whose journal has just been given to their several homes, produced a remarkable sensation. Their friends and neighbors were enraptured with the glowing descriptions of the delightful country they had discovered, and their imaginations were inflamed with the account of the wonderful products which were yielded in such bountiful profusion. The sterile hills and rocky uplands of the Atlantic country began to lose their interest when compared with the fertile valleys beyond the mountains. A spirit of further exploration was thus excited in the settlements on New River, Holston, and Clinch, which originated an association of about forty stout hunters, for the purpose of hunting and trapping west of Cumberland Mountains. Equipped with their rifles, traps, dogs, blankets, and dressed in the hunting shirt, leggins, and moccasins, they commenced their arduous enterprise in the real spirit of hazardous adventure, through the rough forest and rugged hills. The names of these adventurers are not now known. The expedition was led by Col. James Knox. The leader and nine others of the company penetrated to the lower Cumberland, and making there an extensive and irregular circuit, adding much to their knowledge of the country, after a long absence returned home. They are known as the "Long Hunters.' "
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Blue Grass Line
A Review Of The History Of Davidson
And Sumner Counties, Together With
Sketches of Places and Events Along
the Route Of The NASHVILLE-
GALLATIN INTERURBAN RAILWAY
These men had already divided into groups and had established forts or stations - one near Bledsoe's Lick (now Castalian Springs), eight miles southeast of the present site of Gallatin; another called Asher's, near the present site of old Cairo, seven miles southeast of Gallatin. Mansker's near the present site of Goodlettsville; Ft. Union, half a mile east of the present Spring Hill Cemetery; Stones River or Donelson's, at Clover Bottom, on the Lebanon Pike; Nashborough; Freeland's where the cotton factory now stands, one mile north of French Lick Spring; Eaton's, on the east side of the river a mile or more north of French Lick. Though not mentioned in the compact of May, 1780, another station, known as Renfroe's was built around the same time near Red River by the Renfroes and the Turpins and their connections who had dropped out of Donelson's party. [Transcriber's note - A. W. Putnam in his History of Middle Tennessee, mistakenly stated that Fort Union was near Haysborough and the error has been repeated by many historians since.]
Thus, it will be seen, that the Nashville-Gallatin Interurban pierces the very heart of a narrow strip of country 80 miles long and not over six miles wide which formed the nucleus of the Cumberland settlement.
Through the influence of Robertson, ably seconded by John Rains, Andrew Ewin, Anthony and Isaac Bledsoe, Casper Mansker, Daniel Smith, Isaac Lindsay and other remaining settlers agreed to "fight it out here," alone, till the close of the Revolutionary War should withdraw British influence from the Indians and North Carolina's bounty grants to Revolutionary soldiers should swell their ranks and make them impregnable to Indian attacks. A Spartan band, numbering a few more than 70, pent up in three log forts, contending with countless thousands of Indians for possession of the wilderness!
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Tennessee Knights Templar: Nashville Membership to 1883.
from Tennessee Templars: A Register of Names with Biographical Sketches of the Knights
Templar of Tennessee and Brief Histories of the Grand and subordinate Commanderies
by James Daniel Richardson. Nashville: Robert H. Howell & Co., 1883.
RAINS, JOHN..
Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Born Macon County, Kentucky, May 27, 1796.
Created a Knight Templar in Nashville Commandery I, September 1, 1851.
Died June 5, 1879.
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POLK, LUCIUS JUNIUS..
Planter.
Master Mason, Columbia; Royal Arch Mason, same place; Knight Templar, Nashville
Commandery I, December 6, 1849; was Grand Commander of Tennessee in 1860.
Died October 3, 1870.
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Davidson County, Tennessee Court Minutes
Early Wills and Intestate Records
(October 6 1783 - July 6, 1789)
Source: Davidson County Clerk Minutes (Daily), Vol. M-N, Date: 1819-1829. Microfilm roll #1602 of the Tennessee State Library & Archives, Nashville.
Following the daily court records on the microfilm are pages 1-395 of the court minutes of Davidson County, North Carolina, for the period October 6, 1783 - July 6, 1789. (The statehood of Tennessee was not formally recognized and admitted into the Union on June 1, 1796.)
Name of Deceased Court Action Page Date
Buchanan, John John Buchanan & James Mulharin appointed estate administrators 271 October 4, 1787
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Name of Deceased Court Action
Donaldson, John John Blackamore, Kasper Mansker, and Robert Cartwright appointed estate appraisers [Note: This entry & others struck out on the page.]
Page Date
183 July 4, 1786
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Name of Deceased Court Action Page Date
Pruit, William Catherine Moffat appointed as estate administratrix 86 January 6, 1785
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Name of Deceased Court Action
Pruit, William Dispute over deceased's property [Catherine Moffat identified as relic & administratrix in court record]
Page Date
89 April 6, 1785
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Name of Deceased Court Action
Pruit, William David Hay & John Rains appointed as estate administrators. Eli Titus, Samuel Barton, & Wm. Simpson appointed as estate appraisers.
Page Date
125 April 7, 1785
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Miss Laura Y. Rains ? Who 1878
John Rains another, from North Carolina
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