Near Rains Ave. Nashville, TN Circa 1784 blockhouse/ unk Woodycrest home Capt. Rains was an early “long hunter” in the future Kentucky and Tennessee areas about 1770 along with Kasper Mansker and others. About 10 years later, the Rains were traveling to the (then) western North Carolina frontier. They met and joined the Robertson group, and came to Ft. Nashborough. In 1784, Capt. John Rains (1753-1834) and Christina Gowens Rains (1752-1826) settled a 640-acre Revolutionary Wa