Gaines, James

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Title: Gaines, James
Gender: Male
Biography: James Gaines was known to have three enslaved in the 1820 Burlington, Boone, Kentucky census. In 1840 James Gaines was known to have eleven enslaved. The 1850 census shows James Gaines living in District 2, Boone, Kentucky with wife, Virginia and their children. James is living in Taylor Port, Boone, Kentucky in 1860 and listed as a farmer. James died February 24, 1868 and is buried in Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery.
Member: Gaines family
Birth date: 9 Oct 1798
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Father: Gaines, George
Mother: Graves, Susannah
Life event(s): Marriage: 11 Nov 1819; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.)
Spouse(s): Watts, Virginia [1]
Child(ren): Gaines, Melvina; Gaines, Amanda; Gaines, Owen; Gaines, Susan [1]; Gaines, Elizabeth [3]; Gaines, Benjamin Watts; Gaines, Malinda/Matilda; Gaines, George Washington; Gaines, Thomas; Gaines, Virginia Ann
Death date: 24 Feb 1868
Place of death: Boone County (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Bullittsburg Baptist Church Cemetery (Bullittsburg, Ky.)
Neighbor of: Neighbors in the 1850 Census: Huron, William; Graves, Johnson W,; Greenwell, Robert
Relationship: Known enslaved: unknown, Alva; unknown, female [48]; unknown, Maria [5]; unknown, George [32]; unknown, Alva; unknown, female [48]; unknown, Maria [5]; unknown, George [32]
Description: Enslaved held in 1850: Male, 16 years old, black; Female, 10 years old, black; Male, 12 years old, black; Male, 10 years old, black; Male, 9 years old, black; Male, 7 years old, black; Male, 5 years old, black; Male, 1 year old, black; Male, 3 months old, black; Enslaved held in 1860: Male, 15 years old, black; Female, 30 years old, black; Male, 2 years old, black; Male, 7 years old, black; Male, 18 years old, black; Male, 5 years old, black; Female, 8 months old, black; Male, 11 years old, black; Male, 10 years old, black; Female, 60 years old, black; Female, 36 years old, black; Female, 36 years old, black; Male, 20 years old, black; Male, 13 years old, black; Female, 22 years old, black; Female, 2 years old, black
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #15697997
Source(s): Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850; Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850; Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Population Schedules of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Slave Schedules; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Slave Schedules; Find A Grave.com; Kentucky: A History of the State

Item sets: AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County--G

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Items with "Relationship: Gaines, James"
Title	Class
unknown, Alva	Person
unknown, female [48]	Person
unknown, George [32]	Person
unknown, Maria [5]	Person

Items with "Father: Gaines, James"
Title	Class
Gaines, Amanda	Person
Gaines, Elizabeth [3]	Person
Gaines, Owen	Person
Gaines, Susan [1]	Person
Gaines, Virginia Ann	Person

Items with "Child(ren): Gaines, James"
Title	Class
Gaines, George	Person
Graves, Susannah	Person

Items with "Spouse(s): Gaines, James"
Title	Class
Watts, Virginia [1]	Person