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    Francis Gaines

    Male 1752 - 1825  (73 years)


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    • Name Francis Gaines 
      Birth 1752  Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Death Oct 1825  Elbert County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I123  Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
      Last Modified 18 Jan 2008 

    • Headstones
      Gaines, Francis
      Gaines, Francis
      GPS: N34 deg 14.615 minutes; w82 deg 49.496 minutes between Rock Branch and Taliaferro Gaines Creek

    • Notes 
      • Served in the Virginia Line. He drew land in the 1825(27) Georgia Land Lottery as a Rev. War Soldier.

        He was a Revolutionary Warr Officer, his will dated 10/12/1825, proved 11/1825, book 1825-1829, pp10-11, Elbert Co, GA.

        Removed from Albemarle Co., Virginia to Elbert Co., Georgia in 1792. He was awarded two grants of land totaling 1200 acres.

        These grants were located in Gaines District, Elbert County, Georgia. (Gaines district was named for Francis Gaines).

        Married Judith Barnett Lively abt. 1780, prob. in Virginia.