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Rainwater Wills II
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The will of Thomas Fussell 1676-1735, Bertie Co., NC
The will of Rev. James Hembree, 1849, Anderson District, SC
The will of Aaron Rainwater ca 1790-1849, Logan Co., KY
Application for letters of administation for the estate of Annie J. Rainwater,
ca 1835-1909, Richmond Co., NC
The will of James Rainwater 1806-1862, Pulaski Co., KY
The will of James Rainwater the Preacher, 1795-1865, Campbell Co., GA
The will of John Rainwater ca 1705-1777, Surry Co., NC
The will of John Wesley Rainwater, 1808-1888, Bedford Co., TN
The probate records of Joseph Rainwater 1824-1873, Wood Co., TX
The will of Josiah W. Rainwater 1843-1934, Wilbarger Co., TX
The will of Miles Rainwater 1818-1884, Pulaski Co., KY
The estate administration of Robert Rainwater, pre 1775-1824, Stewart Co., TN
The estate administration of Sam Rainwater ca 1863-1889, Waller Co., TX
The will of William Rainwater ca. 1774-1825, Pulaski Co., KY
The will of William Jasper Rainwater 1823-1887, Washington Co., TX
Page 2
The will of Alexander Martin Rainwater, 1820-1890, Bedford Co., OR
The probate file of Job Rainwater, ca 1784-1863, Milton Co., GA
The will of John Rainwater, ca 1759/66 - ca 1832, Spartanburg District, SC
The guardianship of the minor children of Louisa Moore Rainwater, ca 1825 - ca 1876, Hamilton Co., TX
Estate sale of Solomon Rainwater, Sr., ca 1765-1814, Pendleton District, SC
The guardianship of the minor children of Wesley H. Rainwater, 5 May 1865 & 10 Apr 1867,
Pulaski Co., AR
Will & Probate listings without transcriptions
The Will of Alexander Martin Rainwater, 1820-1890, Bedford Co., OR
Benton Co., Oregon, File #0598
I A. Martin Rainwater of the County of Benton, State of Oregon, being of sound mind
and memory, do make, publish and declare to following to be my last will and testament:
First: I direct that all of my just debts be paid in full
Second: I give and bequeath to my sons, John R. Rainwater, Daniel W. Rainwater, James W. Rainwater, and Aaron E. Rainwater each the sum of five dollars, I having heretofore advanced to each of them sufficient property to make the portion received by them out of my property equal to the bequests hereafter made to my other children.
Third: I direct that my lands which I now own bring a portion bring a portion of my donation land
claim not 697 and claims 61 & 39 in th 11 S R 5 & 4 in Benton County Oregon be divided
into five equal parts, in size, division to be made by lines running parallel with the west lines of my
dontation land claims and that I bequeath the same as follows:
1st, I give and bequeath to my son Martin Coleman Rainwater the first tract so far partitioned on the west
side thereof.
2d, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Ida B. Reece, the second tract so far partitioned from the west
side of said donation claim.
3d, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Bessie Rainwater, the third tract so far partitioned
from the west side of my said donation land claim, subject herein to the life estate of my wife,
S. C. Rainwater, as hereinafter provided and bequeathed.
4th, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Annie M. Stahl, the fourth tract of land so partitioned
from the west side of my said donation land claim.
5th, I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Emma J. Morrison, the fifth tract of land so partitioned
from the west side of my dontation land claim.
Fourth: I give and bequeath unto my wife, S. C. Rainwater, the third tract of land herein above mentioned as bequeathed to (Bessie) Rainwater to have and to hold during her natural life, the same to her in lieu of diverse interest in and to my estate.
Fifth: I bequeath all of the remains of my property both personal and real wherever situated to all of my children, share and share alike.
Sixth: I hereby nominate and appoint my sons-in-law, Fred Stahl and John Reece to be the executors of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 24th day of December 1889.
A. M. Rainwater {seal}
The foregoing instrument was signed by A. M. Rainwater in our presence and at the same time
declared the same to be his last will and testament and we at this request and in his presence
and in the presence of each other, subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto - that the said
A. M. Rainwater at the time he executed said instrument was of sound and disposing mind and
memory and under no restraint whatever.
Witness our hands to this the 24th day of December 1889.
C. M. Langdon, Albany, Oregon
J. K. Weatherford
Estate Sale of Solomon Rainwater, Sr., ca 1765-1814, Pendleton District, SC
The estate administration file of Solomon Rainwater, Sr. consists of 17 documents, many of which are receipts scrawled on tiny scraps of paper. This inventory of the results of an auction appears to be the most genealogically significant. That the estate's contents were disposed of in this way suggests unpaid debts or back taxes were a problem. The dollar values in this record appear to be given in dollars, cents, and fractions of cents.
The estate's administrator, John Harris, was appointed on 14 Nov 1814, so it is reasonable to assume that Solomon died shortly before that date.
A true and perfect inventory of all the goods, chattels and personal estate of Solomon Rainwater, late of the State of So. Carolina, Pendleton District, yeoman deceased, made by us whose names are hereunder subscribed the 3rd day of December in the year of our Lord 1814.
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Crop of wheat, rye, corn & potatoes Horses Horned cattle, sheep & hogs Forrage Cotton, wool & flax Ploughs & other implements of farming Household furniture Cooper ware Poultry Kitchen furniture Tanned leather & raw hides Rifle gun Wearing (sic) apparel Saddles and saddle bags Bees caps Shoe tools Debts Total 4 hogs Appraised by us this day and year above written. Alex. Moorhead, James Moorhead, Abraham Eldridge |
$202.50.0 95.00.0 177.00.0 19.00.0 23.00.0 59.12.5 121.12.5 26.25.0 9.00.0 52.75.0 9.25.0 15.00.0 10.50.0 11.00.0 4.00.00 3.50.0 41.25.0 $79.25.0 6.00.0 $85.25.0 |
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Widow Rainwater Widow " Widow " John Fretwell " Widow Rainwater " Robert Gordon Aaron Oliphant Tarlton Hall Widow Rainwater " John Rainwater Widow Rainwater Job Hammond Benjamin Griffin John Hunnicutt Job Hammond Huly Roberts William Heaton Richard Adams Bennett W. Hall George Vandavier Charles Richy Job Rainwater Richard Phillips Widow Rainwater James Hillwee or Millwee Elisha Lewis Widow Rainwater Richard Phillips Tarlton Hall Caleb Smith Widow Rainwater Joseph Taylor Richard Phillips Caleb Smith Joseph Richy Luton Brady Widow Rainwater Aaron Oliphant William Brunter Seth Dildy Hugh Gaston (name unclear) Amariah Felton John Hollis (name unclear) [unreadable] Richardson [unreadable] Bennett Hall [unreadable] William Hall Widow Rainwater John Grimes John Mills Nathan Horne Nicholas Welch Elisha Lewis Tarlton Hall William Hall Walter C. Dickson Thomas Davis John C. Anderson John Mills John Lolly John Anderson Widow Rainwater Joshua Rainwater John Grimes Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Amariah Felton Nicholas Welch Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Widow Rainwater Solomon Rainwater |
Household furniture " " 1 Walnut chest 1 Walnut table " " 1 gun 1 wheel 1 lot pots 1 stack of rye 21 bushels wheat 3 barrels wheat 3 barrels wheat 3 barrels wheat 3 barrels " 3 " 3 hogshead " 3 " 4 " 1 hogshead " 1 sythe & cradle 1 cutting box 1 lot hogs 1 spade 1 lock chain 1 set gears & swingletree " 1 lot tools 2 mattocks " 1 lot of tools 1 draw knife 1 lot tools " " 1 lot leather 1 bed stead 1 hide tan leather 1 lot tools " 1 raw cowhide 1 born steer 1 [--] and jointer 1 fat hog " " 7 geese 1 lot cattle 1 cow & calf 3 yearlings 1 cow 2 sheep " " " " 1 pair stelyards 1 lot teaware 1 lot tinware " 1 teaware 1 sorrel mare 1 sorrel horse 1 bay colt 1 lot kitchen furniture 2 axes 1 jug 1 lot fodder 1 jug 1 pair free dogs 1 lot bells & guns 1 beer seap 1 half bushel [unclear] 1 broad ax and hammer |
5.50.0 3.50.0 5.25.0 6.00.0 5.00.0 2.25.0 1.25.0 15.00.0 1.00.0 3.62.5 55.00.0 3.00.0 11.50.0 4.00.0 15.75.0 6.75.0 6.50.0 6.62.5 6.25.0 6.12.5 12.25.0 6.00.0 8.25.0 13.62.5 6.25.0 2.00.0 30.00.0 0.75.0 4.75.0 1.00.0 3.13.5 3.12.5 2.50.0 1.50.0 1.62.0 0.43.5 1.12.5 2.50.0 1.87.5 10.12.5 1.00.0 3.12.5 1.37.5 1.25.0 1.50.0 2.37.5 1.75.0 5.87.5 5.00.0 4.25.0 2.50.0 40.25.0 11.00.0 15.00.0 11.75.0 5.50.0 5.25.0 4.62.5 4.62.5 3.00.0 4.50.0 5.37.5 2.12.5 2.25.0 5.37.5 35.00.0 31.12.5 24.75.0 5.50.0 3.00.0 1.25.0 10.00.0 3.12.5 3.00.0 0.50.0 2.25.0 0.12.5 2.81.3 245.56.3 |
| December 16th, 1814, A. Moorhead, clerk List of the second sale on the 30th December 1814. |
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Mary Thomas John Rainwater Widow Rainwater " Richard Phillips John Rainwater Widow Rainwater Solomon Rainwater Widow Rainwater " " John Rainwater George Vandiver Widow Rainwater |
One plow Two plows One Coulter plow Two [unreadable] One looking glass One pair saddle bags One lot potatoes One lot potatoes One lot chairs One lot potatoes One lot flax One lot cooper ware One lot straw One lot wearing apparel |
1.50.0 1.25.0 0.50.0 1.50.0 1.00.0 4.50.0 1.61.4 3.25.6 1.00.0 1.00.0 0.31.5 0.31.4 0.25.0 0.12.5 17.62.2 + 245.56.3 263.18.5 |
| December 30th, 1814, A. Moorhead, clerk | ||
Anderson County Estate Papers, Box 16, #578, Roll C1133. Photocopy of the microfilmed original contributed by William Rainwater.
The will of John Rainwater, ca 1759/66 - ca 1832, Spartanburg District, SC
State of South Carolina
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Rainwaters of Spartanburg District in the state aforesaid, farmer, being
in health of body and of sound mind, memory, and understanding, praised be God, for the same, do make this
my last will and testament in manner and form following.
1st. I will and divise that I may be decently buried and also that all my just debts be paid.
2nd. I give, bequeath and devise unto my beloved wife Susannah Rainwater all my estate both real and personal of what or nature or kind, [unreadable] at the time of my death, to have and to hold and enjoy the same during her natural life. And at the decease of my wife, my will and devise is that the whole of my estate both real and personal be equally divided among all my children who may then be living to them and their heirs forever, except for my son William Rainwaters, and as I have already advanced him more than his proportional part of my estate. My will and devise is that my executor may pay to him one shilling only.
And I do nominate, constitute and appoint my friend Elisha Bomar and James K. Nance my co-executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all and every other will or wills at any time heretofore by me made, and do declare to be my last will and testament. In writing whereof I do hereunto put my hand and seal the 11th day of July 1825.
Signed sealed and published in the presence of us,
Note in the space where the words friends Elisha Bomar and James K Nance were written were other words which were
crossed out and then inserted, also the word my between Nance and executor intertwined before signed.
John {his X mark} Rainwater
[witnesses] Simpson Bobo, Washington Bomar, Wm Bomar
True Copy of the Sale Bill for the personal property of the Estate of John Rainwater, deceased, Dec. 18, 1833
3 Negros, Hannah, Canzada & Charlotte to Wm. H. Farrow $345.00
1 Sorrel mare to Wm. Rainwater 29.50
1 small waggon to Wm. H. Farrow 11.00
1 loom to Wm. Rainwater 1.00
1 lot tables & chairs to Wm. Rainwater 1.00
1 pot rack to Wm. Nance .87 1/2
1 hoe to Ransom White .50
1 pot each to James Selmon Jr. 1.00
1 large pot & hooks to Hiram McCarly .37 1/2
1 large pot & hooks to John D. Harmoning 1.18 3/4
1 lot pots to Jonathan Low .25
1 [unreadable] to Jonathan Low 1.06 1/4
9 head of sheep to Jonathan Low 10.37 1/2
1 ax and wedge to Zach Wingo Jr. .62 1/2
1 ax and wedge to Moses McCarly 1.06 1/4
1 frow and coulter* to Daniel Stephens 1.00
1 plow to Marquis Parkerson .37 1/2
1 mattock to Richard Powell 1.06 1/4
1 pair gears to Wm. H. Farrow 1.00
2 hoes & grubing hoe to Wm. Rainwater .60
1 jar to Hiram McAbe .56 1/4
1 jug to Hiram McAbe .25
1 jar to Wm. Rainwater .18 3/4
Water vessels to P. C. Caldwell .13 1/4
Water pails to James Selman .13 1/4
1 jug to John Fortenberry 1.00
1 grindstone to Jesse Wingo 1.00
1 cutting box to Wm. Nance 2.25
Skillet & pan to James Selman .37 1/2
1 kettle to Wm. Rainwater .62 1/2
Tongs & poker to James Nance .62 1/2
Smothering irons to John Cowen .50
1 pair to stilliards* James Selman 1.12 1/2
1 barrel to John Fortenberry .25
Cards & wheel to Zach Wingo 1.18 3/4
Pickling tub to P. Caldwell .31 1/2
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419.62 1/2
2 hogsheads & box to Tho. Tinsley Jr. .18 3/4
5 first choice hogs to John Fortenberry 5.00
5 second choice hogs to John Fortenberry 3.00
5 third choice hogs to R. White 1.50
5 fourth choice hogs to James Nance 1.00
Tray & sifter to E. Hemperly .75
1 meal gum to Wm. Rainwater .25
Coffee mill to John Cowen .62 1/2
Brass kettle to Wm. Trimmier 2.75
Brass spoon & dish to John D. Harmoning 2.06 1/4
2 brass to John Fortenberry 1.12 1/2
Bucket & spoons to Wm. Lee .50
Knives & forks to Enos Lewis 1.25
One half dozen plates to Enos Lewis .25
Cups & saucers to M. McCarly .31 1/4
1 pole to Jesse Wingo .50
Bowls to M. McCarly .31 1/4
Puter* coffee [unreadable] to James Tap .12 1/2
Candlestick to R. Foster .50
Candle molds & sheep shears to R. Foster .50
Cupboard to Wm. Nance 9.50
Decanters & bottles to P. Caldwell .62 1/2
Walnut table to E. Lewis 2.87 1/2
Large Bible to Thos. Hagnus 3.00
White cow & calf to John Fortenberry 12.50
2 yearlings to John Finch 6.00
Chairs to Rainwater 3.06 1/4
Side saddle to Waters Farrow 2.25
Trunk to Sarah Selman 3.37 1/2
Large chest to James Nance .56 1/2
Bed and stead and furniture to Enos Lewis 9.87 1/2
Bed and stead and furniture to John Fortenberry 12.37 1/4
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88.50
Saw & drawing knife to Ramson White 1.06 1/4
Adds* & square to John Tap .62 1/2
2 augers & 2 chisels to John Bomar 1.12 1/2
Lot bedding to Sarah Selman 2.06 1/4
Looking glass to Harper Henderson .31 1/4
1 basket to Marquis Parkerson .25
Lot men's clothing to Wm. Rainwater 1.00
Lot puter* & razor to James Tap .12 1/2
Clevis to John Fortenberry .18 3/4
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John D. Harmoning 6.75
419.62 1/2
88.50
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574.87 1/2
*Frow: a wedge-shaped cleaving tool, also spelled froe.
*Coulter: a knife or sharp edged wheel attached to the beam of a plow.
*Stilliards: scales, contemporary spelling is steelyards.
*Puter: pewter
*Adds: adze
This probate file consists of 24 documents. The earliest date is on a document in which E. Bomar declares himself to be the executor of the estate of John Rainwater, on 24 Oct 1832. Application for the will to be probated was made on 17 Sept 1833 by James K. Nance. Administrator's bond was issued to John D. Harmoning on 3 Dec 1833, and an additional bond was issued to John D. Harmoning and Silas Rainwater on 5 Jan 1835. Also included is a bill for $2.00 from coffin maker John P. Martin. The appraisement of the personal property, dated 3 Dec 1833, is for an amount under $400.00. Some of the final filings are dated as late as 1836. No significant personal names are mentioned in any of these documents.
From Spartanburg County File #1670. Photocopy of microfilmed original from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Our thanks to Eddie Herring for assistance in parsing some of the words in the original.
The probate file of Job Rainwater, ca 1784-1863, Milton Co., GA
State of Georgia, Milton County
1 sow and six pigs 50.00
4 large hogs 400.00
7 small hogs 145.00
One lot of farming tools 40.00
One cow and calf 225.00
Two heifers 250.00
One road wagon 200.00
One rifle gun 25.00
One loom 5.00
One pair warping bars 5.00
One side saddle 20.00
Some fifty bushels wheat 350.00
Some fifty bushels corn 175.00
One small pen shuck 10.00
Two sides bacon 70.00
About 150 lbs salt 105.00
Four feather beds & four bedsteads 250.00
One straw bed & bedstead 25.00
One wardrobe 30.00
One chest of drawers 50.00
One trunk and 2 chests 12.00
One lot of books 50.00
One book box 5.00
One clock 25.00
14 setting chairs 14.00
One dining table 6.00
One wash pot 15.00
One lot cooking utensils 40.00
2 pair fire dogs 10.00
One lot crockery 60.00
Knives, forks & spoons 12.00
All other household and kitchen furniture
not enumerated before 185.00
3 bunches yarn 45.00
One lot bed clothes 150.00
500 bundles fodder 40.00
One spinning wheel & cards 15.00
3 lots of land 120 acres 2400.00
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$5544.00
We do certify upon oath that so far as was produced to us by J. M. and L. D. Rainwater,
temporary administrator of Job. Rainwater, late of said county, the foregoing contains a
true inventory and appraisment of the Estate of Job Rainwater continued -- goods and
chattels of said Job Rainwater to be best of our judgement and that we were all duly
sworn (one of the commissioners Robert Thompson having duly sworn the other four and then William
D. Rucker having sworn him) to perform their duty according to law.
Given under our hands and official signatures this 30th day of September 1863
William D. Rucker, W. J. Lackey, John Chaffin, Robert Thompson, James W. Ridgeway, appraisers
Georgia, Milton County Inventory of the Rights and Credits of Job Rainwater late of said county and state.
Cash on hand 830.00
One note on C. E. Rucker due January 9th 1859 for 200.00
Credited Feb 9, 1860 with $14.00
One note on S. Y. Rainwater due Jan 22nd 1859 200.00
One note on Hampton Smith due Mar 12 1859 for 200.00
Credited Mar 12 1860 with 14.00
One note on J. M. Rainwater due Jan 7 1859 for 200.00
Credited Jan 7 1860 with 14.00
One note on A. D. Gentry due Jan 8 1859 for 200.00
Credited Jan 8 1860 with 14.00
Two notes on L. D. Rainwater
One due Jan 7 1859 for 200.00
The other due Dec 25 1863 for 50.00
One note on William McDonald due April 9 1859 for 200.00
One note on P. F. Rainwater due Feb 1st 1860 for 200.00
Credited Feb 27 1861 with 14.00
The above inventory of the rights and credits of Job Rainwater deceased is correct and true to the
best of our knowledge this 3oth Sept 1863.John M. Rainwater, L. D. Rainwater, Administrators
The final document in the probate file of Job Rainwater is a record of the estate sale, not reproduced here because of length. The sale was held in October 1863. A number of individuals who are probably relations purchased items at auction, including: S. Y. Rainwater, J. L. Hembree, L. D. Rainwater, Hannah Rainwater, P. F. Rainwater, S. B. Rucker, Jod Rucker, J. M. Rucker and G. E. Rucker.
Transcription contributed by William Rainwater
The guardianship of the minor children of Louisa Moore Rainwater, ca 1825 - ca 1876, Hamilton Co., TX
Pg. 206
State of TX, Co. of Hamilton
In [unreadable] Hamilton Co., A.D. 1876
The petition of Abner Rainwater, a resident citizen of said county to honorable D. C. Smith judge
of said county shows unto your honer that he is the father of the following minors to wit.: Emma J.
Rainwater, John T. Rainwater, Alex F. Rainwater, Mary F. Rainwater, Ruth A. Rainwater and Marthy H. Rainwater.
That all except Emma J. and John T. Rainwater are under the age of 14 years, that they have come into
theirs as heirs of their mother about $100 in the state of Georgia, that they have no legal guardian of
said inheritance, that their mother is dead, that they all reside in this county, therefore petitioner
asks that he be appointed guardian of the estate of said minors under the age of 14 that citation be posted,
that the same be contested if such proper, that citation issue to the two named minors over the age of 14
to appear at said time and choose them a guardian as petitioner will ever ask.
Abner Rainwater
Filed in my office Oct 21, 1876
The State of Texas, Co. of Hamilton
To the sheriff of [unreadable] constable of Hamilton Co.
Greetings. Whereas application has been [unreadable] filed in my office by A. Rainwater for guardianship
of the estate of the following minors to wit. Alexander F. Rainwater, Mary F. Rainwater, Ruth A. Rainwater
and Marthy H. Rainwater [there is another line at the bottom of this page, but the bleedthrough is such that
it was impossible to read]
P. 216
The State of Texas, Co. of Hamilton
Know all men by these presence that we John Potts as principal and J. W. Campbell and T. Vaughn as sureties
are held and finely bound unto the county Judge of Hamilton Co. and his [unreadable] successors?) in office
in the sum of four hundred dollars conditioned that the said John Potts will faithfully discharge all the duties
of guardianship of the Estates of Emma Rainwater, A. F. Rainwater, Mary F. Rainwater, Ruth A. Rainwater, Martha A.
Rainwater and John T. Rainwater minors.
Witness our hands this the 6th day of July 1877
John Potts, J. W. Campbell, T. Vaughn
Approved this the 11th day of July A.D. 1877
D. C. Smith, County Judge HC
Transcription contributed by Michelle Ganus Taggert
The guardianship of the minor children of Wesley H. Rainwater,
5 May 1865 & 10 Apr 1867, Pulaski Co., AR
May 5th, 1865
In the matter of the estate of W. H. Rainwater, dec'd.
Amanda P. Rainwaters having applied for and obtained letters of administration in the estate of W. H.
Rainwaters, deceased, from the clerk of this court in [unreadable] thereof on the 27th day of May
1864, and filed her affidavit and bond in the sum of one thousand dollars with E. Swagerty and M. D.
Rainwater1 as her securities, and upon inspection of said bond it is
considered and ordered that the same and the securities thereon be approved as good and sufficient
and that the letters granted to the said Amanda P. Rainwaters as aforesaid be appointed as good
and sufficient.
April 10th, 1867
In the matter of the Guardianship of the minor heirs of Wesley H. Rainwater, dec'd.
Upon the examination of the petition of W. P. Maxwell2, filed herein on this day,
praying to be appointed
guardian of Albert M. Rainwater, George W. Rainwater, Josephine Rainwater and Wesley H. Rainwater, minor
children of Wesley H. Rainwater, dec'd, and upon the learning and consideration of said petition, it is
considered and ordered by the court that said W. P. Maxwell be and he is hereby appointed such
Guardian upon his filing the bonds required by law.
1Manson D. Rainwater, Wesley H. Rainwater's brother. 2William P. Maxwell, second husband of Amanda Hendricks Rainwater. The probate file consists of 12 documents, of which these are the most genealogically significant.
Original contributed by Glidie Rainwater Mobley
Will & Probate listings
Aaron E. Rainwater, 5 May 1935, Kitsap Co., WA, File #4758 [1275]Annie Rainwater, 2 Nov 1940, Book G pg 342, Anson Co., NC [986]
Crosby D. Rainwater, 5 Aug 1906, Taliaferro Co., GA [778]
David Tillison Rainwater Sr., 13 Nov 1866, Anderson Co., SC [675]
Hugh Rainwater, 9 Apr 1875, Lawrence Co., AR, probate records only [571]
J. D. Rainwater, 10 Feb 1893, Conway Co., AR, probate records only [617]
Solomon Rainwater Jr., 1856, Hancock Co., GA, probate records only [163]
Stella Rainwater, 1890-1911, Burleson Co., TX, probate minutes USGenWeb transcription
William H. Rainwater, 6 Oct 1889, Brown Co., IN, estate inventory, Box 62 file 11 [193]
William Rainwater, Apr 1839, AL, probate records only [290]
Sources
- 163: Index of Georgia Wills, 1733-1860, Ted O. Brooke
- 193: Brown Co., IN Abstracts of Probate Records, 1836-1945, Helen H. Reeve
- 290: Glidie Rainwater Mobley (Rainwater family) grmr@emerytelcom.net
- 571: Lawrence Co., AR Loose Probate Papers, 1815-1890, Marion Stark Craig, M.D.
- 617: Conway Co., AR Wills and Probate Records, Emogene Tindall
- 675: KW Kim Wilson (Rainwater-Harper family), kimwilson@mail.utexas.edu
- 682: Bedford Co., TN Wills, Helen C. and Timothy R. Marsh
- 778: Taliaferro Co, GA Records and Notes, Alvin Mell Lunceford Jr.
- 986: Howard Rainwater (North Carolina Rainwaters)
- 1275: Kitsap Co., WA Probate Index, 1861-1944, Puget Sound Genealogical Society
- 1287: Oregon State Archives online databases
- 1293: Index to Probate Cases of Wood Co., TX
- 1323: Index to Probate Cases, #237, Waller Co., TX, 1 Oct 1873-6 May 1940, WPA
- 1373: Estate Records, 1772-1933, Richmond Co., NC, Medlock-Yoe, Book 3, Myrtle N. Bridges
