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        ~ GENERATION ONE ~
        SOLOMON & MARY CHRISTINA MCCLAIN
        My McCLAIN Family line has been traced back to SOLOMON MCCLAIN who died in Barnwell, S.C. in 1815. He was married to MARY CHRISTINA (???). To them were born ten children: 
          

        1. Solomon        McClain, Jr. who married Laney ???

        2. Elizabeth      McClain      who married James Bentley

        3. Rebecca        McClain      who married John Kearsh

        4. Mary           McClain      who married Lewis Moore

        5. Prudence Moody McClain      who married Joseph Holley

        6. Rachel         McClain      who married Nathan Stenson

        7. Hansford       McClain

        8. Ransfort       McClain

        9. Rosiffa        McClain

        10. Charity        McClain      who married Edward Southwell
        Solomon McClain's will was dated June 9, 1814 and recorded in Book A, pg. 192 on August 12, 1814 at Barnwell District, S.C. His wife, Mary renounced her share to her children on the same date. Solomon's will was proven on July 15, 1815 and recorded on May 2, 1816 in Deed Book 1, pg. 302 in Barnwell District, S.C.



        ~ GENERATION TWO ~
        SOLOMON and LANEY (???) MCCLAIN

        SOLOMON McClain married LANEY (???) and nothing further is know of him at this time, except they had a son also named Solomon who was born in 1812 in Barnwell, S.C. They are believed to have died shortly after arriving in Appling County, Georgia.


        ~ GENERATION THREE ~
        SOLOMON and EMELINE (STRICKLAND) MCCLAIN

        Solomon McClain was born in Barnwell, S.C. in 1812. He moved to Appling County, Ga. with his parents who died shortly after their move to that county and was reared by his Aunt Charity (McClain) Southwell and her husband, Edward Southwell, who had already moved to Appling County. It was here that he met and married Emeline Strickland, a daughter of James and Cynthia (Evers) Strickland, also of Appling County. Solomon and Emeline had ten children: 
          

        1. Celeta   Ann      b.02-05-1841 d.05-01-1911 md. 1st-Wm. Turner 2nd-Jack Pomeroy

        2. Alathian          b.07-09-1842 d.00-00-1912 never married

        3. Henry    Raiford  b.09-22-1843,d.09-09-1895 md. Malinda Elizabeth Strickland 

        4. Surilda  Adeline  b.01-12-1845 d.01-23-1921 md. 1st-Rob Touchton 2nd-David Reddish

        5. Emma     Jane     b.08-27-1847 d.10-19-1906 md. Wade Hampton Coleman

        6. David    Riles    b.03-10-1849 d.02-05-1879 md. 1st-Sarah Smith 2nd-Mary Jane Palmer

        7. Eliza    Caroline b.00-00-1851 d.00-00-1854

        8. Laney             b.00-00-1853 d.00-00-1909 md. Leonard Hickox

        9. Georgia  Ann      b.00-00-1856 d.00-00-1912 md. 1st-Reddick Wainwright, 2nd-Mahoney Martin

        10. Charles  Leonard  b.04-04-1858 d.05-31-1910 md.1st-Theodosia Palmer, 2nd-Mary Ellen Hart

        Around 1867, Solomon McClain killed his son in law, Robert Touchton. He disappeared from Appling County and it is not known what became of him. His wife and children relocated to Charlton County about 1875 and lived there for many years. Emeline McClain died there on November 6, 1895 and is buried at Trader's Hill Cemetery.


        ~ GENERATION FOUR ~
        HENRY RAIFORD
        &
        MALINDA ELIZABETH (STRICKLAND) MCCLAIN
        Henry Raiford McClain was born September 22, 1842 in Appling County, Ga. He married in 1866 to Malinda Elizabeth Strickland, a daughter of John and Dicey Jane (Ogden) Strickland of Appling County. After marriage, they lived near Odum, Ga. where he farmed. After the birth of their third child, the family moved back to Charlton County and lived there until his death on September 9, 1895 in Charlton County, Ga. He is buried at Corinth Primitive Baptist Church in Charlton County, Ga. Henry Raiford McClain served in the Confederate Army from Charlton County, having enlisted as a private in Co. A, 29th Ga. Infantry, Capt. W.W. Billopp's Company, The Georgia Foresters. He enlisted at Savannah, Ga. under Lt. Col. Rockwell for the duration of the war. He was discharged March 8, 1864 at Charleston, S.C. It is believed his mother made a two week trip and drove a team of horses from Charlton County, Ga. to Charleston, S.C. to bring him home. Henry Raiford McClain was shot during an argument between himself and his nephew, also his son-in-law, Marion McClain. Marion was not charged. Henry Raiford and Malinda Elizabeth (Strickland) McClain had: 
          

        1. John     Calvin   b.03-20-1867  d.01-18-1948 md. Olive Rebecca Raulerson

        2. Laura    Georgia  b.02-22-1870  d.01-08-1954 md. Benjamin Brown Mallon

        3. Eliza    Caroline b.04-16-1872  d.05-06-1945 md. Thomas Jefferson Howard

        4. David    Elijah   b.00-00-1875  d.00-00-1882    

        5. Marion   Matthew  b.11-24-1879  d.07-23-1948 md. Georgia E. Carswell and others

        6. Agnes    Viola    b.02-10-1882  d.09-26-1910 md. Marion McClain, son of David R. McClain

        7. Florence Malinda  b.06-06-1884  d.04-11-1961 md. Colonel Abraham Martin

        8. Annie    Belle    b.07-11-1888  d.03-05-1929 md. James Wesley and Wallace Green

        9. Jane     Belle    b.07-11-1888  d.05-12-1939 md. A.J. Coleman and Elmo Lehman

        10. Mary     Belle    b.08-06-1889  d.07-29-1912 never married


        ~ GENERATION FIVE ~
        FLORENCE MALINDA MCCLAIN
        &
        COLONEL ABRAHAM MARTIN

        Florence Malinda McClain was born June 6, 1886 in Folkston, Ga. She married July 14, 1914 to Colonel Abraham Martin who was born April 9, 1880 in Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, a son of Morgan F. and Mary Ann Martin of York County, S.C. After the unexpected death of her husband, Florence struggled to raise and support her children. She is remembered as being a good, kind woman by her children. Colonel was crushed by a dry kiln door which weighed several hundred pounds at Hiers Planing Mill in Waycross, Ga. in April 1925. He died on June 22, 1925 as a result of those injuries. She died April 11, 1961 and is buried beside her husband at Kettle Creek Cemetery, Waycross, Georgia. Colonel and Florence had five children: 
          

        1. Charles Abraham   b.08-31-1907  d.01-07-1990 md. Anita Pafford and Ruby Dukes Pollard

        2. Myrtle  Agnes     b.03-09-1910  d.03-05-1966 md. Earl Youmans and James Paul Hendricks

        3. Henry   Elijah    b.03-31-1912  d.11-14-1949 md. Aleta Yarbrough

        4. Mary    Elizabeth b.            d.still living

        5. Julius  Major     b.            d.still living


        FLORIDA DEATH RECORDS FOR MCCLAIN

        DEATH INDEX DATES 1877 through 19391940 through 19541955 through 1969



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