Census information from 1850 reveals Lewis Cain was born about 1811 in North Carolina and Milly in Kentucky about 1817. She had married first a CULLEN or CULLIN WESLEY CARTER in Hancock Co., Indiana on 5 August 1835.
On the 1840 Census for Wayne County, Indiana was a Lewis Cain with three males and 1 female. This could be the same Lewis with older relatives in the home. It could, also, be Louis with a first wife and a child or two. So little information is provided on census records prior to 1850 that it is all guesswork.
The 1840 census reveals
*1 male born between 1800 and 1810 (a 30 to 40 year old man). This could be Lewis who married Millie.
1 male born between 1810 and 1820 (20-30 years of age). This too could be the Lewis who married Millie.
1 male born between 1825 and 1830 (10-15 years of age).
*1 female born between 1810 and 1820 (20 to 30 years of age)
Presumed head of the home due to their ages
Louis or Lewis Cain aged 30-40 years of age
Wife Cain aged 20-30 years of age
1 son aged 10-15 years of age
1 male (brother, cousin?) aged 20-30 years of age.
The 1790 and 1800 Halifax Co., NC Census shows a Cain listed, 5 by the 1830 census, and two apparent records for wills and estates there for Jonathan Cain (1821) and Joseph (1816). Other names found there are Lewis, James, and a John, there may be others.
A large group of Cain, likely from North Carolina, arrive in early Indiana and include the names of Abijah, Jonathan, John, and others.
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