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James S. Rainey (Sharpsburg, Bath County, Kentucky, saddler and post master.)

b. 1820?

Bath County, Kentucky, saddler and post master. Kentucky native. Married to Mary D. Henry Rainey in Bath County, Kentucky, on January 17, 1840. Father of Edward E. Rainey, William S. Rainey, Robert F.C. Rainey, George D. Rainey, John P. Rainey, Sarah A. Rainey, Susan E. Rainey, Carrie Rainey, James S. Rainey, and Henry C. Rainey. Saddler in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Bath County in 1850. Saddler in Bath County in 1860. Postmaster in Bath County in 1863.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1, p. 104A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Sharpsburg, p. 70.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Kenton County, Covington, p. 34B.

U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970Sharpsburg Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1848-1923, p.106-107.

U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959Volume 1 (1863), Post Offices, Kentucky, p. 405.

Citation

Rainey, James S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199899 (November 12, 2026).

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