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Author: secain54
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I'm looking for any information on the ancestors of Leonard Cain (1782-1842) who
started Cain Pottery. He married Margaret Miller in Wythe, Virginia. Born in NC in 1782,
Leonard Cain started the Cain pottery in Blountville, Tennessee (Sullivan County). It is
believed he was of German decent. It is also believed that he had migrated from the Valley
of Virginia. Sullivan County deed records place him in the area no later than 1814.
Leonard's sons, Abraham B. Cain and William Cain were also potters. William Cain's
son, Martin A. Cain, continued the pottery until the early 1900's. Martin represented
the last of the Cain dynasty. The Wolford and Henshaw families were married to members of
the Cain family and assisted in the pottery operation.
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