On several pages (Raylan Givens, Helen Givens, and Frances Givens) it is noted that Raylan was raised by his step-mother Helen as his mother Frances died sometime in his youth. However, in the episode "The Lord of War and Thunder" (Season 1, episode 5), Frances' tombstone is shown (15:50) with her date of death being in 2000. Raylan would have been 30 years old.