REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION ABSTRACT OF APPLICATION - JAMES RAINS Contributed by: A Mercer County Volunteer ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Name: RAINS, JAMES Pension #: S35600 State: VA Age: 72 Ap Date: 01 Nov 1830 RAINS, JAMES: Enlisted in Aug 1777 in Va taken prisoner May 1780 at Charleston, SC. exchanged 1 Jul 1871. He has to apply for a pension as all of his family who were old enough able to help him have grown left him. He has a wife 2 daughters who depend on him the daughters are blind. Wife is age 66, daughters are 45 43. NO DATE: I James Rains of Oakland Twsp, County of Sevier in the Territory of Arkansas appt. Elijah Moore my atty.