Bledsoe-Sevier County TN Archives Military Records.....Rains, John 
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CAPT. JOHN RAINS



   John Rains applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bledsoe County

in 1831. He was born Aug. 2, 1759, near Fredricksburg, Va. When he was a boy he

moved with his father to Randolph County, N. C. He enlisted in Randolph County

in 1779 under Capt. James Robertson, Lieut. William Arnett and Ensign William

Rainey. He was appointed Captain. He commanded a company of Rangers under Col.

Colyar and Major Dugan. He remained in service until 1783. After the War he

returned to Virginia and there married Letitia ______. March 8, 1787. He moved

to Sevier County, Tenn., where he lived twenty-two years. He died in Bledsoe

County, Jan. 28, 1835. His widow, Letitia Rains, lived after 1843. Among their

children was Samuel Rains.



Additional Comments:
From:



SOME TENNESSEE HEROES

OF THE

REVOLUTION

Compiled From Pension Statements

PAMPHLET NO. II



by Zella Armstrong

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