Person:Abel Raines (1)

Bob Mitchell: "Madison Co, TN Court Minutes Book 1821-1825 Vol.1, page 368. Administration of all goods etc of David Jackson dec. granted to Susan Jackson and David Jackson. John Rasberry and Abel Rainey security." (John Rasberry and Abel Raines were sons-in-law of David Jackson.)

1840 Madison Co., Tennessee Abel Rains 1 male & 1 female 40-50; males: 1 -5, 1 5-9, 1 10-14, 1 15-19, 1 20-29; females 1 5-9, 1 10-14, 2 15-19; nine children altogether.

In the 1850 Census, Abel was enumerated living with the family of Wm. Whitwell in Hickman Co., Tennessee. His wife Delilah Elizabeth was living with their son David in Gibson Co., Tennessee, 4 counties west of Hickman. Abel was a carpenter and perhaps had a live-in-until-it's-finished job there or perhaps was separated for some other reason. Abel's birth location in this 1850 census was North Carolina though Raines descendants say he was born in South Carolina. The 1850 separation apparently was a permanent one, as Abel is found in 1860 living with a second wife and family.

An interesting recap of the Raines censuses is found here which includes Abel with his second family in the 1860 census: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/3150/rainescensus.html .

Copied from http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/3150/raines.html When Uncle Jack Raines visited us, I asked him why Grandfather Raines (Abel) left his home and children and never again saw or heard of them. He said that he had accepted I.O.U.'s from people who never paid him and that he feared being unable to meet his own obligations. It was then he went to Perry County, married Grandmother Nancy Ann Turner.

For a chart of Abel's second wife and family, see the records at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/3150/raines.html

1. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Hickman Co., Tennessee.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com chart of BHolley: Raines, Haley, Holley, Paonessa etc. Private chart available by invitation only.