Robert Gaines

Rev. Robert Gaines (son of Rev. Henry Gaines and Ann Martha George) was born September 25, 1776 in Abbeville District, SC138, and died April 20, 1864 in Pickens County,SC.He married Frances Featherstone on April 15, 1800 in SC, daughter of Richard F. Featherstone and Susanna.

Includes NotesNotes for Rev. Robert Gaines: Will of Robert Gaines 1776-1864 Transcription as published in, A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical and Family Records, 3 Vol. p. 135, Rev. Silas E. Lucas, Jr. Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C.  "Robert Gaines. Estate of Robert Gaines. Box 77 #816. Probate Judge Office. Pickens, S. C. I Robert Gaines being of sound mind and memory etc. First pay all expenses be paid. I will to my granddaughter Mary Lieuezer Power all my personal property, one Negro named Gibb, one bed, five chairs, table and some tools. I appoint B. S. Gaines, J. D. Gassaway and Reubin Gaines to be executors. Dated: 23 May 1863. Wit: J. D. Gassaway, Mahala Thompson, Susan F. Gaines, J. N. Arnold, Mary X Arnold. Signed: Robert Gaines. Proven 29 Feb. 1864."

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[Notes by Ed Case: Mary Louisa Powers was daughter of Robert's daughter Mariah. Robert was 87 and lived with the widow Mariah and Mary Louisa who was 25 when the will was written. Executors were Robert's son Barnett S. Gaines, his nephew and son-in-law Reuben (Reuben was son of Robert's brother Richard G. and husband of Robert's daughter Susan who had died about 1820), J.D. Gassaway who had married about 1858 Maria, the widow of Robert's son Henry L. Gaines who died about 1854. Among the witnesses Mahala Thompson was Robert's daughter. Susan F. Gaines was the 18 y.o. daughter of the late Henry L. Gaines and step-daughter of J.D. Gassaway. J.N. Arnold and Mary Arnold are presumed to be close relatives of Robert's widow, Nancy Arnold Gaines. More About Rev. Robert Gaines and Frances Featherstone: Marriage: April 15, 1800, SC. Children of Rev. Robert Gaines and Frances Featherstone are:i.Carolina Gaines, d. date unknown. ii.Susan Gaines, b. January 30, 1801, d. date unknown. iii.Simon Gaines, b. August 25, 1803, d. date unknown. iv.+Mahala Gaines, b. September 17, 1805, NC139, d. May 03, 1878. v.Marriah Gaines, b. November 09, 1807, d. date unknown. vi.Henry P. Gaines, b. Abt. 1810, d. date unknown. vii.Frances Gaines, b. April 15, 1810, d. date unknown. viii.Elizabeth Featherstone Gaines, b. March 05, 1816, d. 1893, Ocone County, SC. ix.Henry Lewis Gaines, b. July 02, 1818, d. date unknown. x.Rev. Barnett Smith Gaines, b. December 20, 1820, d. date unknown. xi.Harriett P. Gaines, b. January 17, 1826, d. date unknown.