Cpl. Thomas W. Gaines

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of CORPORAL. DAR Ancestor # A043085

• ID: I14320
• Name: Thomas William GAINES 1 2
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1738 in Middlesex Co VA 2
• Death: 30 JAN 1811 in Stokes Co. NC 2
• Reference Number: 14320
• Father: William Henry GAINES b: 1705
• Mother: Isabella PENDLETON b: 1708
• Marriage 1 Susannah Dabney STROTHER b: 1740 in Hanover Co. VA Married: 1768 in Culpepper Co. VA 3

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Biography

Thomas W. Gaines was most likely buried on his own land in Stokes County, North Carolina, along with his wife. They died just days apart. He was at one time listed in the Locust Grove Cemetery in Stokes County, but that is highly suspect. The earliest burial there is 1866 and that is suspect as well with no grave marker photo. Most of the burials in the Locust Grove Cemetery are over a hundred years later.

Thomas' middle name may have been William. His father was William Henry, so it would make sense that the W. used in sources would stand for William. If anyone has a document confirming the William, please contact the manager of this memorial.

Thomas was a Corporal in the 7th Virginia Infantry Company in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted Aug 30, 1776 as a member of the Culpeper County Minutemen. He was a member of several regiments during his three year enlistment, which is on record in the North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. It is said that he was with George Washington at Valley Forge as a young man.

Thomas married Susanah Dabney Strother and their children were: Phillip, James Strother, Richard, Elizabeth Strother, William Dabney, Henry Pendleton, Frances Henry, Susannah Dabney, George Washington and Francis Thornton Gaines.

Thomas' wife, Susanah Dabney Strother, was a direct descendant of Cornelius Dabney, the Indian Interpreter for Cockacoeske, Queen of the Pamunkey, who was a grand-niece of Pocahontas, and married Cockacoeske's daughter Susannah as his second wife.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207375824/thomas-w_-gaines
• DAR# A043085
• Rootsweb
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gaines-74
• Sources:
  • 1. Title: Jackie Ginn's GEDCOM, Aug. 18, 2004
  • 2. Title: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2166014&id=I3877
  • 3. Title: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=earnestw&id=I0451