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Descendants of James Rainwater

Generation No. 2

2. EMILY⁶ RAINWATER (JAMES⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, JOHN RAINWATER³ JR., JOHN² RAINWATER, ROBERT¹) was born 1819 in SC, and died Aft. 1880. She married PINCKNEY GOLIGHTLY. He was born 1810 in SC, and died Unknown.

Notes for PINCKNEY GOLIGHTLY:
1850 Census of Campbell Co., GA, 10th District, page 469:
Golightly, Pinckney, age 40 born in SC
Emily, age 31, born in SC
Partheney, age 12
Sarah, age 8
Melvina, age 6
David O., age 5
unnamed male, age 1 month.

1860 Census of Campbell Co., GA, page 57, dwelling #448, family #413:
Golightly, Pinckney, age 50
Emily, age 41
Mary T., age 23
Sarah E., age 18
Elizabeth M., age 16
David O., age 14
James F., age 10
Henry F., age 8
Luther R., age 6
Martha T., age 4.

1880 Census of Campbell Co., GA, Fairburn District:
Golightly, Pinckney, age 70, born in SC, father born in SC, mother born in NC
Emily, age 62, born in SC, both parents born in SC;
P. Mary, age 42, born in GA
R. Luther, age 27
L. Rosa, age 17.

Children of EMILY RAINWATER and PINCKNEY GOLIGHTLY are:

	i.	MARY T⁷ GOLIGHTLY, b. 1838, Campbell Co., GA; d. Unknown.
10.	ii.	SARAH E GOLIGHTLY, b. June 30, 1842, Campbell Co., GA; d. March 14, 1926.
	iii.	ELIZABETH MELVINA GOLIGHTLY, b. 1844, Campbell Co., GA; d. Unknown; m. JAMES H CAMPBELL, November 18, 1869, Palmetto, Fulton Co., GA; d. Unknown.

More About JAMES CAMPBELL and ELIZABETH GOLIGHTLY:
Marriage: November 18, 1869, Palmetto, Fulton Co., GA

iv.

DAVID O GOLIGHTLY, b. 1845, Campbell Co., GA; d. Unknown.

More About DAVID O GOLIGHTLY:
Military service: Confederate soldier in Co. K, 30th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry.

11.	v.		JAMES F GOLIGHTLY, b. May 12, 1850, Campbell Co., GA; d. May 22, 1925.
	vi.		HENRY F GOLIGHTLY, b. 1852, Campbell Co., GA; d. Unknown; m. M A SMITH, January 21, 1880, Campbell Co., GA; d. Unknown.

More About HENRY GOLIGHTLY and M SMITH:
Marriage: January 21, 1880, Campbell Co., GA
Marriage license: Campbell Co., GA Marriage Book "D", p. 312.

vii.

LUTHER RICE GOLIGHTLY, b. October 26, 1853, Campbell Co., GA; d. March 02, 1926.

More About LUTHER RICE GOLIGHTLY:
Burial: Unknown, Fairburn Cemetery in Fairburn, GA

	viii.		MARTHA T GOLIGHTLY, b. 1856, Campbell Co., GA; d. Unknown.
12.	ix.		ROSALIE GOLIGHTLY, b. 1863, Campbell Co., GA; d. 1934.

3. ZEBULON MILES⁶ RAINWATER (JAMES⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, JOHN RAINWATER³ JR., JOHN² RAINWATER, ROBERT¹) was born November 16, 1822 in SC, and died December 08, 1857 in Campbell Co., GA. He married LILLA ANN THOMPSON January 16, 1845 in Coweta Co., GA. She was born November 08, 1824 in GA, and died April 22, 1896 in Campbell Co., GA.

Notes for ZEBULON MILES RAINWATER:
Zebulon Miles Rainwater was a 1st Lieutenant in Co. 27, 20th Bn, 3rd Division, District 73, Campbell Co., GA, commissioned April 21, 1845.

1850 Census of Campbell Co., GA:
Rainwater, Z.M., age 27, born in SC
Lilla Ann, age 25
John J., age 4
Catherine L., age 2
Sarah C., age 11 months.

From "The Georgia Black Book" by Robert Scott Thomas Jr., p. 158, he was shot and killed at age 34 by his younger brother, Benjamin Rainwater, who was 19 at the time.

More About ZEBULON MILES RAINWATER:
Burial: Unknown, GA

Notes for LILLA ANN THOMPSON:
1850 Census of Campbell Co., GA lists the following Thompson family at dwelling #110, unknown relation to Lilla:
Thompson, Elvira, age 45, real estate valued at $500, born in GA
Anderson, male, age 23, farmer, born in GA
N. C., female, age 19, born in GA
Matilda, age 16, born in GA
Martha, age 14, born in GA
Ephraim, age 13
Samantha, age 11.
Note: Lilla Thompson Rainwater who was age 26 in 1850 had a son, Ephraim Dawson Rainwater.

Campbell Co., GA, page 243, dwelling #451, family #414:
Rainwater, Lily A Rainwater, age 25 (incorrect), widow.
Next door Dwelling # 452, Family #416:
Rainwater, John J., age 14
Catherine L., age 12
Sarah C., age 10
Blewn W., male, age 7
Ephraim D., age 5
Martha C., age 3.

1880 Census of Campbell Co., GA:
Lilla Rainwater was listed in the census in the household of her son-in-law, William R. Short, and her daughter, Martha.

More About LILLA ANN THOMPSON:
Burial: Unknown, Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Palmetto, GA.

More About ZEBULON RAINWATER and LILLA THOMPSON:
Marriage: January 16, 1845, Coweta Co., GA

Children of ZEBULON RAINWATER and LILLA THOMPSON are:

13.	i.	JOHN JAMES⁷ RAINWATER, b. February 17, 1846, Campbell Co., GA; d. July 27, 1895, Coweta Co., GA.
14.	ii.	CATHERINE LORENA RAINWATER, b. October 04, 1847, Campbell Co., GA; d. May 13, 1935, De Soto, Sumter Co., GA.
15.	iii.	SARAH CHRISTIANNAH RAINWATER, b. June 05, 1849, Campbell Co., GA; d. May 02, 1938, Fairburn, Fulton Co., GA.
	iv.	BLEWN W RAINWATER, b. 1853, Campbell Co., GA; d. Bet. 1860 - January 10 1865, Campbell Co., GA.

More About BLEWN W RAINWATER:
Notes (Facts Pg): He must have passed away by the time his grandfather, James Rainwater's, will was written on January 10, 1865 since James refers to Z. Miles and Lilla's "five" children.

16.	v.		EPHRAIM DAWSON RAINWATER, b. March 14, 1855, Campbell Co., GA; d. July 16, 1944, Fulton Co., GA.
17.	vi.		MARTHA CALDONIA RAINWATER, b. April 16, 1857, Campbell Co., GA; d. October 06, 1941, Fulton Co., GA.

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