I50137: James CAMPBELL (ABT 1750

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he was a Captain of the Culpepper County, Virginia, Minute Men (in which also served his cousins, Henry and Nathaniel Pendleton, Jr.) He was also a Member of the Convention of North Carolina for the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States and of the North Carolina Legislature. Captain James Gaines was one of the two favorite nephews of Judge Edmund Pendleton, to whom the latter left most of his property, consisting of an estate of six thousand acres of land, most of which is now in Sullivan County, Tennessee, and thirty slaves. Captain James Gaines moved in 1788 and settled upon this estate; he was twice married; firstly, in 1762, to a Miss White; and, secondly in 1766, to Elizabeth Strother, daughter of Francis and Susannah Dabney Strother and sister to his brother's wife, Susannah Strother By the first marriage he had one daughter, Margaret Gaines who married Samuel Edgeman.

"James, twin of his sister Anne, was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, and was with Washington on the Delaware. He was wounded at Guilford Court House. Served with his two cousins Henry and Nathaniel Pendleton Jr. in the Culpeper County, Virginia, Minute Men. Judge Edmund Pendleton left most of his estate which consisted of six thousand acres of land and thirty slaves in Sullivan County, Tennessee to Captain Gaines. Captain Gaines moved there in 1788. He was a member of the Convention of North Carolina for the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States and of the North Carolina Legislature."

Residence: 1779 Surry Co, NC; abt. 1793 Sullivan Co, Tennessee
Captain of a company of North Carolina Volunteers; may have been born 1743; may have died in 1829
In command (Captain) of a company of North Carolina Volunteers, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781, leading his company to the satisfaction of his superior officers throughout the engagement.

From DAR Application: In command of a company of North Carolina Volunteers, he distinguished himself in the battle of Guildford Court House March 15, 1781, leading his company to the satisfaction of his superiour officers throughout the engagement.
Partly because of his gallantry as a soldier, he was elected subsequently as a member of the Convention of the United States.

In the US Magazine & Democratic Review in June 1848 is a Biographical sketch of the late Major Gen E.P. Gaines US Army son of the Capt James Gaines above, in which page 550, is the following reference to the latter "Capt James Gaines was an officer in the Revoluntionary war during a part of which he served with distinction, at the head of a Company of Volunteers. Capt James Gaines served in South Caroline, under command of Gen Nathaniel Green, and was in the battle of Eulah Springs, Sept (?) 8, 1781.

Also from the DAR Application: Page one of the sketch of Gen E.P. Gaines in Vol IV of the National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Also page 62 of the lives of Distinguished American Generals in the last war with Great Britain, by John S Jenkins, Auburn NY 1852 fr 286 Vol 1.
The History of the origination fo the army of the US by Fayette Robinson, Philadelphia 1848.
Also Lorings Pictorial field bookof the Revolution Vol 2 fr 494, 495, & 497. Also Journal of Congress VII fr 167.

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or d. 1830 in South Carolina

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James CAMPBELL

ABT 1750 - ____

ID Number: I50137

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Lucy Agnes CRUMP

1846 - ____

ID Number: I75282

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Capt. James Taylor GAINES

ABT 1742 - bet. 1829-1834

ID Number: I21612

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Robert GRISSOM

18 Jul 1776 - ABT 1807

ID Number: I35987

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James K. HIGGINBOTHAM

ABT 1870 - ____

ID Number: I83966

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Sarah KIMBROUGH

25 Dec 1789 - BEF 1810

ID Number: I4147

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Wiley MORGAN

4 Nov 1807 - 20 May 1871

ID Number: I58762

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