James Henry Gaines, Jr.

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James Henry Gaines, Jr.

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Birthplace: Orange County, Province of Virginia
Death: November 25, 1788 (54-55)
Orange County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Pvt. James Henry Gaines, Sr. and Mary Gaines
Husband of Mildred Gaines
Father of Abner Legrand Gaines; Mary Pollard Daniel and Anne Pollard Matthews
Brother of Catherine Broaddus; Virginia Sarah Gaines; Rev. Henry Pendleton Gaines; Richard Edmund Gaines; Mary Ann Herndon and 7 others

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About James Henry Gaines, Jr.

Revolutionary War soldier; spent 4 years in Col. William Byrd's 5th Virginia Regiment. His war service was provedn in 1780 and land warrants issued in Orange County, Virginia Court Records. He was also in the second expedition to capture Fort Desquense, proved his "head rights" to land. He was enrolled in the Orange County, Virginia Order Book, 1760.

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James Henry Gaines, Jr.'s Timeline

1733
1733
Orange County, Province of Virginia
1762
February 12, 1762
Orange County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1766
February 12, 1766
Orange Co, VA
1788
November 25, 1788
Age 55
Orange County, Virginia, United States
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