Nancy was born in 1819 in Georgia in 1819 [1-3] to Matthew and Aulcey (Kirkland) Brackin. She married John Rains in 1839 in Henry County, Alabama [5]. They raised a family of 9 children. Nancy died in 1903 and was buried in Society Hill Cemetery in Mississippi.
1. 1850 U.S. Census for the State of Alabama, Henry County, The Southern District (Nancy, age 33, born in Georgia, living in the household of John Rains). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
2. 1860 U.S. Census for the State of Mississippi, Smith County (Nancy, age 34, born in Georgia, living in the household of John Raynes). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
3. 1870 U.S. Census for the State of Mississippi, Smith County, Township 1 (Nancy Raynes, age 48, born in Georgia). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
4. 1880 U.S. Census for the State of Mississippi, Covington County, Beat 5 (Nancy Ranes, age 60, a widow, living with her son-in-law Isaac W. Jones). [Census available on acnestry.com.]
5. Widow's Claim for Pension for Creek Indian War, number 6694. (Nancy claimed for a pension for John's service in the Creek Indian War. In it she gave their marriage date and location as April 15, 1838 in Henry County, Alabama. [NOTE: Some sources state the wedding date as April 8, 1838. It is possible that Nancy's memory was not exact.] She also gave John's date and location of death as March 27, 1864 in Smith County, Mississippi. Her brother Moses Brackin, of Henry County, AL, was a witness and he confirmed both the wedding date and location as well as John's date and location of death.
6. 1900 U.S. Census for the State of Mississippi, Marion County, Carley Precinct (Nancy Rains, age 83, a widow, mother of 7 children - 6 living, living with her daughter Mary Ann Grice). [Census available on ancestry.com.]
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