Abner Cain

CAIN, ABNER , DAR Ancestor #: A018129 Service: SOUTH CAROLINA Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 1762 GRANVILLE CO SOUTH CAROLINA Death: POST 1810 WAYNE TWP-LIV WARREN CO OHIO Service Source: SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD #979, ROLL #17; SALLEY & WATES, STUB ENTRIES TO INDENTS, BOOKS Y-Z, P 285, LIBER Z # 383 Service Description: 1) ALSO HORSEMAN; CAPT HUGHES, COL BRANDON

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Biography

Abner Cain was born 1762 in Cane Creek MM, Union Co., SC, and died in 1816 in Warren County, OH. He married Sarah Townsend about 1782 in South Carolina, daughter of John Townsend and Elizabeth Pearson. Abner served in the American Revolutionary War. During 1781-1783, he served under Capt. Joseph Hughes and Col. Brandon Abner Cain and his family were living in the Union District of South Carolina in 1790 and 1800. Abner Cain, his wife, Sarah Townsend, and his children came from South Carolina to Warren County, Ohio in 1807. He is said to have brought slaves with him to set free in the North.

Abner Cain’s freeing of a slave in 1807 is documented as follows:

Black & Mulatto Persons Residing in Warren County, Ohio, page 9 From the Common Pleas Court Records 1804-1851 (Warren County Genealogical Society)“Be it remembered that on the 14th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven Cook a black man, aged about thirty seven years (formerly owned by Abner Cain as a slave) enters himself as a free negro.”

The children of Abner and Sarah Townsend Cain were: 1. Ruth Cain b. Nov. 5, 1784 SC, d. July 19, 1834 Wayne Co., IN, married William Thompson 2 Amelia Mellie Cain b. Nov. 2, 1787 SC; d Jan 21, 1871 Kosciusko Co.,IN, married July 3, 1807 or Nov 30, 1807 Warren Co., OH to Thomas Burns. 3 Delilah Cain b. Feb. 10, 1793 SC married Aug 28, 1814 Warren Co., OHRobert Burns, Jr., d. Aug. 1873 Kosciusko Co., IN, buried Nichols Cemetery

4 Cecila Cain b. 1795 SC married William Riley 5 Hester Cain b. Mar. 31, 1796 SC; d. Aug 11, 1874 Kosciusko Co., IN, married Feb. 5, 1819 Warren Co., OH to James Burns. 6 John Cain b. Feb 6, 1804 SC m. Rebecca Veal Jan. 12, 1826, d. June 23, 1879.

7 Rachel Cain b. about 1806, SC married William Carpenter. 8 Jonathan Cain b. Sept. 27, 1807 Union Co., SC; d. Aug. 8, 1859, Williamsburg, Wayne Co., IN married Sept 13, 1827 to Elizabeth Ballanger.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Cain-989 created through the import of Ellen Kropp_s Family Tree.ged on Sep 7, 2011 by Ellen Kropp. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ellen and others.
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