Campbell County GaArchives Photo person.....Reverend James Rainwater 1795-1871
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Born in Spartanburg, SC, James followed in the footsteps of his cousin Miles 
Rainwater and became a minister.  He moved first to Coweta Co., GA, then to 
Campbell Co., where he served many churches in the area include Ramah Baptist 
where he is buried.  He and his wife, Polly Ann Mason, had the following 
children Z. Miles, Joseph and Benjamin Rainwater; Emily Rainwater wife of 
Pinckney Golightly, Clariah Rainwater wife of Ebenezer Sanders, Sarah 
Rainwater wife of Jesse Moseley, Elizabeth Rainwater wife of Pierce Sewell, 
Christina Rainwater wife of Green Harris Sanders, Frances Rainwater wife of 
Ephraim Miller, Martha Rainwater wife of John Segar, and Catherine Eliza 
Rainwater wife of James Luck.  After Polly's death, James remarried to a 
widow, Nancy Candler Dobbs, the aunt of Coca Cola founder Asa Candler.  Both 
James and Polly are buried at Ramah Baptist Church.

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