Individual Details

Find A Grave Memorial# 5135398
Buried Storm Cemetery, Hobbiefille, Greene Co, IN. Stone pictured as "Died Nov. 1834. In the 75th year of his Age"

Adam's parents Joseph R. Rainbolt SR. abt 1731-1791 NC. & Susannah Grindstaff abt 1736-1805.
Brothers and sisters, Elizabeth, Susannah, Adam R., Wm Reason, Elisha, John, Michael, Joseph JR.

Adam Rainbolt was born in Cape Fear, NC. His enlistment papers for the Revolutionary War, describe him as 5 ft. 6 in., grey eyes,light hair, and fair of face. Like John Storm, also buried in this cemetery, Adam served for a time under Col. William Washington the the Heavy Cavalry. During the Revolutionary War, Adam took part in the bloody Battle of Cowpens, one of the battles that was the turning point of this war. The party he was in captured 63 prisoners. While serving as a juror many times, Adam on occasion was in and out of trouble with the law in TN. He was friends with Valentine VanHuss and Hezekiah Boone. Valentine's daughter, Elizabeth, was his son John's first wife, and Hezekiah Boone (Daniel's cousin) was the grandfather of John's second wife, Freelove Boone. According to his request for a pension as a soldier in 1832, Adam moved to Greene Co., IN in 1826. His pension was granted in 1834, just before his death. Adam's wife was Jane Potter.

Birth	1758	North Carolina
Marriage	Abt 1787	Hannah Jane Potter
Death	11 Nov 1834	Indiana

Spouse	Hannah Jane Potter (1765 - 1834)
Child	Hannah Rainbolt (1795 - 1889)

Father	Joseph Rainbolt (1730 - 1791)
Mother	Susannah GRINDSTAFF (1736 - 1800)
Sibling	Elisha Rainbolt (1774 - 1821)