E-mail me at hwrainey@aol.com and will send you my file on this family.The family of Edward can be traced back to my 4th great grandfather Francis Rainey(abt. 1725-1804) and his second wife Judith Lambert(abt. 1770-1821). They had two children, Isaac born in Mecklenburg County 1797-abt.1860 Brunswick and Elizabeth 1800 in Brunswick County-1841 in Tennessee. Isaac md Rebecca Lee Carrol in 1814. They had 8 children, most of whom lived Brunswick,Greensville Cos.,VA and Northampton Co.,NC. Edward B. Rainey's wife was Minnie,daughter of Bartlett Rainey a grandson of Francis Rainey by Francis first marriage to Nanny/Ann "Unknown".
Bartlett Rainey's wives still being debated-he had two or three.