The photo of the house is the plantation house called "Gaineswood" in Alabama. He later moved to and built another plantation house near State Line, Mississippi, which he called "Peachwood." Here he grew fruit trees among other things. He is buried here in the family plot, which is also called Peachwood Cemetery.
He was the son of James Gaines and his wife, Elizabeth Strother. He started his career in 1805 as an assistant at a government trading house, which he did until 1819. He married Anne Gaines in 1812. In 1821, he owned a four room log house (two rooms up and two rooms down), which were separated by a dogtrot. The house was that portion of current building, where the front door at the port-cochere opens into what was originally the open dogtrot. This rather large log house for its day was located in Marengo County, Alabama. In 1843 it was sold to General Nathan Whitfield, who greatly expanded it into a mansion and gave it the name of "Gaineswood". It is now a National Historic Landmark and when you take a tour of it, the guides tell you that the original logs are inside the walls in at least one place.
From 1825 to 1827, George Strother Gaines was an Indian agent on the Spanish border and was largely responsible for the success of American trade with Spain. He was also a state senator in Alabama at the same time. He was honored when the city of Gainesville, Alabama was named after him. He moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1830 and was a merchant in that city until 1856, at which time he migrated to nearby State Line, Mississippi. He served as a Mississippi state representative in 1861.
Note: His grave marker incorrectly cites his death year as 1872. All sources and books about him give his death year as 1873. A book entitled "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines, Pioneer and Statesman of early Alabama and Mississippi 1805-1843" is a good source for more information about this early settler.
He was the son of James Gaines and his wife, Elizabeth Strother. He started his career in 1805 as an assistant at a government trading house, which he did until 1819. He married Anne Gaines in 1812. In 1821, he owned a four room log house (two rooms up and two rooms down), which were separated by a dogtrot. The house was that portion of current building, where the front door at the port-cochere opens into what was originally the open dogtrot. This rather large log house for its day was located in Marengo County, Alabama. In 1843 it was sold to General Nathan Whitfield, who greatly expanded it into a mansion and gave it the name of "Gaineswood". It is now a National Historic Landmark and when you take a tour of it, the guides tell you that the original logs are inside the walls in at least one place.
From 1825 to 1827, George Strother Gaines was an Indian agent on the Spanish border and was largely responsible for the success of American trade with Spain. He was also a state senator in Alabama at the same time. He was honored when the city of Gainesville, Alabama was named after him. He moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1830 and was a merchant in that city until 1856, at which time he migrated to nearby State Line, Mississippi. He served as a Mississippi state representative in 1861.
Note: His grave marker incorrectly cites his death year as 1872. All sources and books about him give his death year as 1873. A book entitled "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines, Pioneer and Statesman of early Alabama and Mississippi 1805-1843" is a good source for more information about this early settler.
The photo of the house is the plantation house called "Gaineswood" in Alabama. He later moved to and built another plantation house near State Line, Mississippi, which he called "Peachwood." Here he grew fruit trees among other things. He is buried here in the family plot, which is also called Peachwood Cemetery.
He was the son of James Gaines and his wife, Elizabeth Strother. He started his career in 1805 as an assistant at a government trading house, which he did until 1819. He married Anne Gaines in 1812. In 1821, he owned a four room log house (two rooms up and two rooms down), which were separated by a dogtrot. The house was that portion of current building, where the front door at the port-cochere opens into what was originally the open dogtrot. This rather large log house for its day was located in Marengo County, Alabama. In 1843 it was sold to General Nathan Whitfield, who greatly expanded it into a mansion and gave it the name of "Gaineswood". It is now a National Historic Landmark and when you take a tour of it, the guides tell you that the original logs are inside the walls in at least one place.
From 1825 to 1827, George Strother Gaines was an Indian agent on the Spanish border and was largely responsible for the success of American trade with Spain. He was also a state senator in Alabama at the same time. He was honored when the city of Gainesville, Alabama was named after him. He moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1830 and was a merchant in that city until 1856, at which time he migrated to nearby State Line, Mississippi. He served as a Mississippi state representative in 1861.
Note: His grave marker incorrectly cites his death year as 1872. All sources and books about him give his death year as 1873. A book entitled "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines, Pioneer and Statesman of early Alabama and Mississippi 1805-1843" is a good source for more information about this early settler.
He was the son of James Gaines and his wife, Elizabeth Strother. He started his career in 1805 as an assistant at a government trading house, which he did until 1819. He married Anne Gaines in 1812. In 1821, he owned a four room log house (two rooms up and two rooms down), which were separated by a dogtrot. The house was that portion of current building, where the front door at the port-cochere opens into what was originally the open dogtrot. This rather large log house for its day was located in Marengo County, Alabama. In 1843 it was sold to General Nathan Whitfield, who greatly expanded it into a mansion and gave it the name of "Gaineswood". It is now a National Historic Landmark and when you take a tour of it, the guides tell you that the original logs are inside the walls in at least one place.
From 1825 to 1827, George Strother Gaines was an Indian agent on the Spanish border and was largely responsible for the success of American trade with Spain. He was also a state senator in Alabama at the same time. He was honored when the city of Gainesville, Alabama was named after him. He moved to Mobile, Alabama in 1830 and was a merchant in that city until 1856, at which time he migrated to nearby State Line, Mississippi. He served as a Mississippi state representative in 1861.
Note: His grave marker incorrectly cites his death year as 1872. All sources and books about him give his death year as 1873. A book entitled "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines, Pioneer and Statesman of early Alabama and Mississippi 1805-1843" is a good source for more information about this early settler.
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George Strother Gaines
Statesman & Pioneer
1784 - 1872 [should be 1873]
Gravesite Details
Marker is probably not the original one; death year is incorrect.
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