The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-05
DAUGHTERS OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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(COntlnued from rage flHIcc.j from Lancaster, but abolished in 1692. when Richmond was created north ano Essex south of the river. At this pe- rlod it was, frontier County, and the settlers unprotected and scattered Much suffering was endured from the Indians. William Strother's wife was Dorothy -. She was living In l7l6. His will was probated in Richmond County November 1. 17o2. They left several children, the eldest of whom was William.
 II. This William Strother, son of William, was born between 1665-75. He was a planter. and lived at the or iginal seat of his father, now in King George County. He married Margaret Thornton, born 1878, daughter of Fran cis Thornton and his wife, Alice Saw age,r daughter of Captain Anthony Saw age, of Gloucester County. Will pro- bated July 26, 1726. He left several children of whom:
 III. Francis Strother was born probably In Richmond, now King George County. Tn 1745 was living in St. Martins Parish, Hanover County: removed to St. Marks Parish, Orange County, near the county seat of the present Rappahannock County. He married Susan Dabney of Hanover County, probably in that County, where it is known that his son, John, was born. He died in 1752. His will was probated In Culpeper County and in 1t he refers to himself as of "St. Marks Parish in the County of Culpeper.' He left ten children, of whom:
 W. Elizabeth. born 1744, married James Gaines, son of Henry Gaines and his wife Isabella Pend1eton, about 1765-1775. James Gaines was born In Culpeper County 1742, and after mar riage removed to North Carolina Captain James Gaines was an officer of the Revolutionary war during part of which he served with distinc-, tion at the head of a company of vol unteers. He was the nephew of Ed mund Pendleton, who was for many years presiding judge of the Court Of Appeals in Virginia. James Gaines was a man of great intelligence. con siderable talent, and high character. He was in the battle of Eutaw Springs and other engagements. Ho was a member of the North Carolina Conven- tion which ratified the Constitution of the United States. He removed to Tennessee and died at Kingsport in 1880. Two of, his sons lived in the Mississippi Territory. One of them:
 V. Edmund Pendleton Gaines. named for his distinguished grand - uncle, Edmund Pendleton, was the commander at Fort Stoddart and as- sisted in the capture of Aaron Burr In 1S07 He was born in Culpepcr Coun- ty. Virginia. March 20, TIT, died in New Orleans. La. in 1S49. He married CD Frances Toulmin, daughter of Judge Harry Toulmin first Territorial Judge in the Alabama portion of the Mississippi Territory; CD Barbara of yVi1Il1 m Blount of Tennessee; (3) Mrs. Myra Clark Whitney, daughter of Daniel Clark He entered the U. s. Army as an ensign January 10. 1799, became successively brigadier and major gen. cral, remaining continuously in the army until his death
 VI The other son of Captain James Gaines and his wife. Elizabeth Stroth- CT, who took part in the early history of Alabama, was George Strother Gaines, agent of the United States gov ernment at Fort St. Stephens. It was through the influence of Pushmataha. a leading Choctaw chief. that Gaines entered into an alliance with this tribe against the Creeks. The agent pre- sided over the trading house and car ried on a large trade with the Choc- ~Aaws and other Indians, "as well IS with American settlers, who brought to this place all kinds of skins and pei tries, tobacco. bears oil honey. bacon and ground nuts" He was born in Stokes County. North Carolina. 17S4 About 1912 married Ann, the daugh- ter of Young Gaines of St. stephens DuBose says that MT. Gaines was proud of his position. and used every means to become helpful in the civil ization of the Indians. He eschewed politics. not because he felt indifferent but because he construed his mission as a business man to be paramount tc other interests. Hunters poured into St. Stephens and the business of the trading house increased. The Greeks from the Black Warrior, and from be- yond the Alabama River. the Choctaws and even the Chickasaws came t6 trade. MT. Gaines was careful to dea fairly with them all. If an article was