He was the son of William Henry Gaines and Isabella Pendleton. He married Elizabeth Strother between 1769 and 1776; they had at least 12 children. During the Revolutionary War, he served in a Virginia militia unit. He later immigrated to North Carolina and commanded a North Carolina company at Cowpens Battlefield and at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. He was injured at the latter. About 1788, he immigrated to Greene/Sullivan County, Tennessee (counties formed out of Washington County, North Carolina), settling onto land bequested to him by his uncle, Judge Edmund Pendleton. Here he became a wealthy farmer.
This cemetery is also known as the Groseclose Cemetery and is a small place of about 4-6 graves inside a chain link fence. Around it or next to it are about 20-30 graves, most of which are not marked, but can be seen by the regular depressed areas. Captain Gaines does not have a depressed area, where the marker is, so it is believed his actual remains are somewhere nearby to the marker.∼Captain for the Culpeper County Virginia Minute Men. Member of the Convention of North Carolina for the Ratification of the United States Constitution; Member of the North Carolina Legislature. Commanded a company of North Carolina Volunteers, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Guilford Court House, March 1781. Also served as an officer in the Revolutionary War at the head of a company of volunteers in South Carolina under the command of General Nathaniel Greene and was in the battle of Eutah Springs, September 6, 1781. Served with his cousins, Henry and Nathaniel Pendleton, Jr., in Culpeper Minute Men. Was a nephew of Judge Edmund Pendleton and was left part of Judge Pendleton's estate of six thousand acres of land, and 30 slaves in Greene/Sullivan Counties, Tennessee, where James Gaines moved in 1788 with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Strother Gaines.
This cemetery is also known as the Groseclose Cemetery and is a small place of about 4-6 graves inside a chain link fence. Around it or next to it are about 20-30 graves, most of which are not marked, but can be seen by the regular depressed areas. Captain Gaines does not have a depressed area, where the marker is, so it is believed his actual remains are somewhere nearby to the marker.∼Captain for the Culpeper County Virginia Minute Men. Member of the Convention of North Carolina for the Ratification of the United States Constitution; Member of the North Carolina Legislature. Commanded a company of North Carolina Volunteers, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Guilford Court House, March 1781. Also served as an officer in the Revolutionary War at the head of a company of volunteers in South Carolina under the command of General Nathaniel Greene and was in the battle of Eutah Springs, September 6, 1781. Served with his cousins, Henry and Nathaniel Pendleton, Jr., in Culpeper Minute Men. Was a nephew of Judge Edmund Pendleton and was left part of Judge Pendleton's estate of six thousand acres of land, and 30 slaves in Greene/Sullivan Counties, Tennessee, where James Gaines moved in 1788 with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Strother Gaines.
He was the son of William Henry Gaines and Isabella Pendleton. He married Elizabeth Strother between 1769 and 1776; they had at least 12 children. During the Revolutionary War, he served in a Virginia militia unit. He later immigrated to North Carolina and commanded a North Carolina company at Cowpens Battlefield and at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. He was injured at the latter. About 1788, he immigrated to Greene/Sullivan County, Tennessee (counties formed out of Washington County, North Carolina), settling onto land bequested to him by his uncle, Judge Edmund Pendleton. Here he became a wealthy farmer.
This cemetery is also known as the Groseclose Cemetery and is a small place of about 4-6 graves inside a chain link fence. Around it or next to it are about 20-30 graves, most of which are not marked, but can be seen by the regular depressed areas. Captain Gaines does not have a depressed area, where the marker is, so it is believed his actual remains are somewhere nearby to the marker.∼Captain for the Culpeper County Virginia Minute Men. Member of the Convention of North Carolina for the Ratification of the United States Constitution; Member of the North Carolina Legislature. Commanded a company of North Carolina Volunteers, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Guilford Court House, March 1781. Also served as an officer in the Revolutionary War at the head of a company of volunteers in South Carolina under the command of General Nathaniel Greene and was in the battle of Eutah Springs, September 6, 1781. Served with his cousins, Henry and Nathaniel Pendleton, Jr., in Culpeper Minute Men. Was a nephew of Judge Edmund Pendleton and was left part of Judge Pendleton's estate of six thousand acres of land, and 30 slaves in Greene/Sullivan Counties, Tennessee, where James Gaines moved in 1788 with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Strother Gaines.
This cemetery is also known as the Groseclose Cemetery and is a small place of about 4-6 graves inside a chain link fence. Around it or next to it are about 20-30 graves, most of which are not marked, but can be seen by the regular depressed areas. Captain Gaines does not have a depressed area, where the marker is, so it is believed his actual remains are somewhere nearby to the marker.∼Captain for the Culpeper County Virginia Minute Men. Member of the Convention of North Carolina for the Ratification of the United States Constitution; Member of the North Carolina Legislature. Commanded a company of North Carolina Volunteers, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Guilford Court House, March 1781. Also served as an officer in the Revolutionary War at the head of a company of volunteers in South Carolina under the command of General Nathaniel Greene and was in the battle of Eutah Springs, September 6, 1781. Served with his cousins, Henry and Nathaniel Pendleton, Jr., in Culpeper Minute Men. Was a nephew of Judge Edmund Pendleton and was left part of Judge Pendleton's estate of six thousand acres of land, and 30 slaves in Greene/Sullivan Counties, Tennessee, where James Gaines moved in 1788 with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Strother Gaines.
Inscription
James Gaines
Capt.
Va. Militia
Rev War
1743
1829
