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John Rains (Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1833?

Grant County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married Mahala Starns Rains in Grant County, Kentucky, on December 2, 1857. Father of Marion Rains, George Rains, Grant Rains, and Ella Rains. Laborer employed by Thomas A. Huldwood in Grant County in 1850. Farmer in Grant County in 1860. Employed Monroe Starns as a farm laborer in Grant County in 1860. Served in the 39th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) from January 15, 1863, to February 28, 1863. Reported as deserted from Louisa, Kentucky, on February 28, 1863.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 350B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, p. 837.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Grant County, Williamstown, p. 563B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Grant County Marriages, Film #001490815, p. 362 of microfilm.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0428.

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Rains, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204078 (November 12, 2026).

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