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James Gaines (1710 - 1786)

James Gaines
Born in King and Queen County, Colony of Virginiamap
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Husband of — married 1731 in Culpeper, Virginiamap
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Died at age 76 in Culpeper, Virginia, United Statesmap
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James Gaines is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A043058.
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James Gaines is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 163495
Rank: Patriotic Service

James was born 18 Jan 1709/1710 in King & Queen County, Virginia,

He was the son of Richard Gaines and Catherine Rawlings. He married Mary Pendleton, daughter of Henry Pendleton and wife Mary Bishop Taylor at Culpeper County. The couple's children include:

  1. Catherine (Broaddus)
  2. Henry 1737-1830
  3. James Jr 1739-1788
  4. Richard Edward or Edmund 1740-1807.
  5. Mary Anne (Herndon) 1742-1829
  6. Edmund Pendleton 1743-1816
  7. Joseph 1747
  8. William 1749-1780
  9. Francis 1752-1826
  10. Thomas ~1754-1800
  11. Sarah ~1757
  12. Isabella ~1759~1787

James died 20 Mar 1786 in Madison/Culpeper County and was buried on the Gaines Family Farm.

Will

Will of James Gaines of the county of Culpeper. Culpeper Co., VA, WB C, pp. 239-240, written 24 May 1781, proved 20 Mar 1786. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://tinyurl.com/abk9xvde

wife Mary Gaines
my youngest daughter Isabella Gaines
all my children Harry. James. Richard Edmund. Joseph. Francis. Thomas Gaines Mary Herndon. Sarah Broades. Isabella Gaines and the children of my daughter Catharine Broades and the daughter of my son W:m Gaines
Exrs: sons Henry James & Richard Gaines, Edward Watkins
Wit: Thomas Garnett, James Garnett, John Garnett

Sources


  • Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
  • Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, Vol. I, Chattanooga TN, no date, p. 78-79.
  • BIRTH - [Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000] [Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004] [Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Find A Grave.]
  • MARRIAGE - [Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004] [Original data: Raleigh Travers Green. Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia. Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of Dr. Philip Slaughter's History of St. Mark's Parish. Culpeper, VA, USA: Regional Publishing Company, 1900.]
  • MILITARY: Revolutionary War - [Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007 [Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.]
  • RESIDENCY - [Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999]
  • DEATH/BURIAL Locust Hill Gaines Family Farm - [Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012] [Ancestry.com. Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, accessed 25 January 2013.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created on 18 March 2011 through the import of knox17032011.ged.
  • This person was created through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010.
  • Profile created by Douglas Duggar through the import of Gaines - Pendleton Family Tree_2017-01-17_2023-06-28.ged on Jun 28, 2023.




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James Gaines was the son of Richard Gaines and Dorothy Rawlings

RESEARCH OUTLINE: Virginia FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS LAND AND PROPERTY Colonial and State Land Grants Virginia has been a state-land state in which property has been distributed by the colony or state rather than the federal government. Various methods of distributing land have been used. The Virginia Company of London, incorporated in 1606, granted land patents to settlers until 1623. These early patents have been lost or destroyed, however much information on the persons (and their descendants) who received these patents is found in the Jester and Hiden source listed in the "Genealogy" section (also see the "Public Records" section). In 1623 the Virginia Land Company was dissolved and land was then distributed by the crown through the office of the secretary of the colony. Land grants from this office were given in two ways--to those who brought persons to Virginia (headright grants) or to persons who paid money into the treasury (purchases). - Headright grants were issued from about 1618 to 1732. A person was given a patent for a certain number of acres (usually fifty per person) for bringing himself, his wife, servants, slaves, or any other passengers for whom he provided passage. This system was abused by some people who went to different counties and claimed the same persons for headright grants. - After the Virginia Company was dissolved, settlers could purchase patents (grants) through a clerk of the county until 1921. Obtaining a patent. A settler petitioned a clerk of the county for a patent. The clerk made out a warrant certificate that was sent to the Secretary of the Colony where it was recorded and a second certificate was made authorizing a survey. The surveyor sent his survey plat to the office of the Surveyor-General which was established in 1623. The survey plat was returned to the Secretary of the Colony and the original or a copy was kept by the Surveyor-General's office. The Secretary then made out the patent from the survey plat. The patent was approved by the Council and Governor. After receiving a patent. After receiving a patent the settler was required to build a house and plant crops. If this was not done in three years the land reverted to the crown or the state and could be granted to someone else. The individual who received a patent could sell it to someone else. In this case, the name of the second buyer was often written on the back of the patent and was recorded by the Secretary of the Colony's office or, after 1623, in the county court records. Availability of the records. Lists of headright grants and the names of persons brought to Virginia from 1623 to 1732 were recorded in the county court records and in the secretary of the colony's records. The Virginia State Library has these records as well as other grant records and various card indexes. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of:- Patents and land grants for 1623 to 1921 (200 films) - Survey plats, 1779 to 1878, and an index, 1779 to 1914 (92films) - Northern Virginia land grants, 1690 to 1862; land surveys, 1786 to 1864; and indexes (34 films)- - Miscellaneous land warrants, surveys, and grants, 1779 to1923 (15 films) NOTE: Many of the records of headright grants and land purchases to 1732 have been indexed and published in Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 3 vols., 1929-31, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publshing Co. 1934, 1977, 1979. (FHL book 9

.Richard Gaines 1686 - 1755 RICHARD GAINES was born 1686 in Culpeper Co., VA, and died ca 1755 in Culpeper Co., VA. He married CATHERINE RAWLINS. Children of RICHARD GAINES and CATHERINE RAWLINS are: i. William Henry Gaines, b. 1705, King & Queen Co., VA; d. 1792, Culpeper Co., VA ii. Francis Gaines, b. ca 1708; d. bef 1776, Culpeper Co., VA; m. Dorothy iii. Thomas Gaines, b. ca 1725, VA; m. Dorothy Broaddus; d. ca 1795, Halifax Co., VA iv. Richard Gaines, b. 1726, King William Co., VA; d. Feb 18, 1802, Charlotte Co., VA m. Mildred Hollinger, 1747, King William Co., Va; b. 1731, King and Queen Co., VA; d. 1802, Charlotte Co., VA v. Henry Gaines, b. 1731, Culpeper Co., VA; d. 1796, Laurens Co., SC; m. Mariah Woods Stepp vi. John Gaines vii. Robert Gaines, b. unk; d. 1763, Spotsylvania Co., VA; m. Ursula viii. Roger Gaines Richard Gaines was born, according to some records in Culpeper County , Virginia , while others say he was born in that part of New Kent County , Virginia , which became King and Queen County in 1691. He died in Culpeper County , Virginia , without a will, yet there exists an inventory of his estate in Will Book A, pages 113, 134 and 205. The administrator of his estate was his son Francis Gaines and his administration covered the period from Feb 13, 1755 or 56 through Aug 17, 1759 . Quoting from page 134, “In obedience to an order of Culpeper County Court hearing date the 16 th day of July 1756, we the subscribers being first sworn, have appraised the estate of Richard Gaines, deceased, that was offered to us by Francis Gaines, administrator, Aug 21, 1756, returned into court and ordered recorded. According to the return of Francis Gaines, Administrator, his mother was alive at the time as he mentioned “the expense in moving Mother.” Her name is not mentioned and it is not known for certain. Some have said her name was Catherine Madison, while others have her name as Catherine Rawlins. His return also indicates payment from the estate to Thomas Gaines, June 1758, Henry Gaines in 1759, James Gaines in 1759, and John Gaines in 1756. It is this writer’s supposition that these men were the sons of Richard.

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