Josiah RAINES

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Some data on Josiah Raines comes from Betsy Mills at:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=betsym&id=I5279

This info needs independent verification/documentation

Death 1837
Military Indian Wars against the Cherokee
Property Filed for land in 1819
Resid. Moved to Monroe County, Alabama (apparently in the 1830s).
Marriage 22 Dec 1815 Wilkes Co., Georgia

Josiah casado Sara "Sally" CARROLL en 22 Dic 1815 en Wilkes co. (Georgia, USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

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Death: 1861 Freestone Co, Texas
Buried: Post Oak Cemetery, Fairfield, Freestone Co, Texas

This is not possible, as she is in Alabama in the 1870 census.

Almeda casado Jefferson James CURRY en 28 Dic 1833 en Monroe co. (Alabama, USA). Jefferson (hijo de William CURRY y Comfort LARY) nació en Dic 1812 en Georgia (USA). [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

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He appeared on the 1850 census in Monroe Co, Alabama.

Otros Eventos:

• _HEIG: 0,00 m
• Residencia: 1837, St Stephens (?) Monroe Co, Alabama (land purchase)
• Residencia: 1850, Williamson Co, Texas (still single)
• Residencia: 1860, Ouachita Co, Arkansas (land purchase)
• _MILT: 23 Feb 1863; Mustered into 3 Arkansas Infantry - Camden, Ouachita County, AR - Private
• Residencia: 1870, Caney Township, now Rosston (Nevada co., Arkansas, USA))
• Residencia: 1880, Caney Township, now Rosston (Nevada co., Arkansas, USA))

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Residente en:
1850: Milam and Williamson, Williamson, Texas.
1870: Arkansas, United States.
1900: ED 9 Justice Precinct 3 (election precincts 7 & 20), Anderson, Texas.Middleton Wood Raines played the "fiddle" in an upright position, resting on his knee. He also played the guitar, as apparent in a photo fo him, Emma and several of his children (Josie, Nannie, John).

He appeared on the 1850 Census, Williamson Co, TX with family of John C. Lee, as a laborer.

Milit-Beg 23 FEB 1863 Camden, Ouachita County, AR

M. W. Raines (First_Last)
Regiment Name 3 Arkansas Infantry
Side Confederate
Company I
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M376 roll 19

Middleton Wood Raines fought for the South during the Civil War in Company I, 3rd Arkansas Regiment. He took part in the attack on Devils Den at the Battle of Gettysburg, 3 July 1863. He was either wounded in battle or fell ill during Lee's retreat back into West Virginia and was abandoned on the north side of the Potomac river at Falling Waters, Maryland where he was taken prisoner by Colonel Mead's troops on 14 July 1863. M W Raines was held prisoner of war at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC until December 1863, when he signed a pledge of allegence to the United States and was 'sent up north'. He eventually made his way back home to his family in Arkansas.

In 1864 he was 6 ft tall, was light complected with blue eyes and silver hair.
[ Source: Confederate Military Records - National Archives, Washington, DC ]

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SOURCE: FamilySearch.org - 1880 Census Transcription (as found, warts and all! )
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In 1880 Middleton and Narcissa are living in the same township as their eldest son, Josiah and wife Melinda.
Josiah's younger brothers, George (17), Warren (15), William Isaac (11) Raines, is also living with them.
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Name: W. W. Rains [NOTE: Badly transcribed. Should be "M. W. Rains"]
Residence: Caney, Nevada, Arkansas [NOTE: Nevada Co was formed in 1872 from Ouacita Co.]
Birth date: 1816
Birth place: North Carolina, United States [In 1850--Alabama, 1860-- , 1870--Georgia, 1900-Georgia]
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Spouse name: Narcissus Rains
Spouse birth place: Alabama, United States
Father name:
Father birth place: North Carolina, United States
Mother name:
Mother birth place: North Carolina, United States
Race or color: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Age: 64 years
Occupation: Farmer
NARA film number: T9-0052
Page: 540
Page letter: D
Entry number: 4206
Film number: 1254052
Collection: 1880 United States Census

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In 1900 CENSUS
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Middleton W. age 84 is living with Narcissus, age 72 in the household of
their eldest son, Eliphus Eli (EE) in Anderson County, Texas.

MW died shortly afterward.
Buried at Crawford Cemetery, Slocum, Anderson Co, Texas.

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Land Record record for MIDDLETON RAINS
Name: MIDDLETON RAINS
Date: 12 08 1837
Location: AL,
Document #: 30045
Serial #: AL1720__.106
Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE
Acres: 40.0500
Meridian or Watershed: ST STEPHENS
Parcel: Township 9N, Range 8E, Section 23

From BETSY MILLS:
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Raines, Middleton Wood
Private-Conscripted into Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Camden, Arkansas, February 23, 1863; captured and confined at Fort Monroe, Virginia; exchanged at City Point, Virginia, May 23, 1863; captured at Falling Waters, Maryland, July 14, 1863; confined at Point Lookout, Maryland; took oath of allegiance at Washington, D.C., December 17, 1863; born in Georgia, c1817; listed in Ouachita county 1860 census with wife Missouri; occupation farmer.

Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA

Company I-"Tulip Rifles"
This company of volunteers, calling themselves the "Tulip Rifles," was organized at Tulip, Dallas county, Arkansas, June 25, 1861, by Captain George D. Alexander. It traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia, where it was assigned to the Third Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, as Company I, July 1861. On July 18, 1862, thirty members of disbanded Company B, Second Arkansas Infantry Battalion, were assigned to this company. Company I was the only company in the Third Arkansas that made significant use of conscripts to reinforce its ranks. In March 1863, thirty farmers and furloughed soldiers from other regiments were conscripted at Camden, Arkansas, and sent to the company in Virginia. During its four years of service, 150 men served in Company I. Only thirteen of them remained when the company was surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Their paroles were signed on April 12, 1865, and they were released to go home.

CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS
3rd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
3rd Infantry Regiment, assembled at Lynchburg, Virginia, in June, 1861, contained men from Ashley, Drew, Desha, Hot Spring, Union, and Dallas counties. Assigned to H.R. Jackson's command, the unit took part in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign, then moved to Winchester and served under T.J. Jackson. Later it was assigned to General J. G. Walker's, J. B. Robertson's, and J. Gregg's command and became part of the Texas Brigade. After fighting in the Seven Days' Battles the 2nd Arkansas Battalion merged into the regiment. It went on to participate in many conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Maryland Campaign to Cold Harbor, except when it was with Longstreet at Suffolk, Chickamauga, and Knoxville. The 3rd was active in the long Petersburg siege north of the James River and later the Appomattox Campaign. In December, 1861, it totalled 756 men, and reported 15 casualties at the Greenbrier River and 182 during the Maryland Campaign. Of the 479 engaged at Gettysburg, thirty-five percent were disabled. The regiment surrendered with 15 officers and 130 men. The field officers were Colonels Van H. Manning, Albert Rust, and Robert S. Taylor; Lieutenant Colonels Seth M. Barton and William H. Tebbs; and Majors J. Hickson Capers, and John W. Reedy, Samuel W. Smith, and W.K. Wilkins.

Middleton casado Narcissus CURRY en 28 Oct 1852 en Monroe co. (Alabama, USA). Narcissus (hija de William CURRY y Comfort LARY) nació en 1826 en Georgia (USA); falleció en 11 Jul 1916 en Slocum (Anderson co., Texas, USA); fue sepultada en Crawford Cemetery, Slocum, Anderson County, TX. [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

Josiah casado Emma Josephine HULAN [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

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Buried: Old Farm, Rosston, Nevada Co, Arkansas.

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Dates from Jean bass are: b July 4, 1895, d May 1896.

Nannie casado Richard "Ward" CHRONISTER [Hoja del Grupo] [Family Chart]

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alternative death date: FEb 1912 (age 10).