Individual Details
William Henry Gaines
(3 Mar 1704 - 1796)
Member of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. He was an Indian fighter in 1753 and a foot soldier in the Culpeper Militia in 1758. Augusta County Virginia Files, Vol.2, pages 171, 174 and 175: William Gaines in 1776 had for military service under proclamation of 1736 entries for 1500 acres of land. From 1781 Revolutionary Archives, Richmond Virginia, William Gaines was authorized to aid in purchase of food, ammunition and war supplies.
Events
Birth | 3 Mar 1704 | King and Queen, Virginia, British America | |||
Death | 1796 | Lagrange, Culpeper, Virginia, United States | |||
Marriage | Isabella Pendleton |
Families
Spouse | Isabella Pendleton (1712 - 1790) |
Child | James Gaines (1742 - 1829) |
Endnotes
1. William Armstrong Crozier, Howard Randolph Bayne, The Buckners of Virginia: and the allied families of Strother and Ashby (New York: Genealogical Association, 1907), 230; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 21 December 2010.