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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1705 / Culpeper / VA Death: 10 Jul 1796 / Culpeper / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid 1783 Supply Tax
Member of the House of Burgess of Virginia
Purchase of supplies
Additional References:
Library of Virginia, Culpeper County Personal Property Tax, 1782-1813, Reel #89
Hening, William WallerThe Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619, Vol XI, Virginia. Richmond: George Cochran, Printers, 1823, pg Vol XI, 112-129
Gwathmey, John H.Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, pg 294
Armstrong, ZellaNotable Southern Families, Vol I, Tennessee. Chattanooga: The Lookout Publishing Co, 1918, pg 86
Spouse: (1) Isabella Pendleton; (2) Maria Woods Children: Thomas W; Robert; James; Benjamin; Richard; William Henry; Ann;
Find-a-Grave memorial has no information regarding a stone
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
115 N East Street, Culpeper, Virginia
Author: Michael Mankin
William Gaines, was born 3 Mar 1705 in King & Queen County, Virginia, the son of Richard and Catherin Madison Gaines. He married Isabella Pendleton in 1730, in Culpepper, Virginia.
He had Colonial Militia Service and Patriotic Service for the Revolutionary War. From 'Slaughter Records,' William Gaines fought Indians in 1753. Military Rosters in Henning Statute, Vol. I, page 23, he was a foot soldier in the Culpeper Militia 1758. In Augusta County Files, Vol 2, Pages 171, 174 & 175, William Gaines in 1776 had military service under ‘Proclamation of 1736,’ entries for 1,500 acres of land. From 1781 Richmond Archives, William Gaines was authorized to aid in the purchase of food, ammunition & war supplies."" & from page 406, 'The Gaines Family of Colonial Virginia and Their Descendants,' by Calvin W. Sutherd.
He died in 1796, at the age of 91 in Culpepper, Virginia.
He signed the 10,000 Name Petition, a petition for religious freedom. See, on page 109, 6th name in the first column: http://mv.ancestry.com/viewer/5cfb2831-5ebc-41c8-9f91-54246037e5f4/7800516/-1025756353
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DAR NOTES
EL - ROBERT WHO MARRIED ELIZABETH LONG WAS NOT THE SON OFTHIS PATRIOT - Mar 1971
FAMPCL - THE MAIDEN NAME OF SON BENJAMIN'S WIFE, ELIZABETH, HASNOT BEEN PROVEN - Jul 2019