George Strother Gaines

George Strother Gaines (1 May,1784 – 21 January, 1873) was a leader in the Mississippi Territory and in both states formed from it, Mississippi and Alabama. He was a longtime trader among the Choctaws, and was trusted by them. At their request, he led an expedition to scout the prospective Choctaw lands in the Indian territory before the Choctaws reluctantly agreed to emigrate there.

ee also

*Edmund P. Gaines, his brother

References

* [http://www.familysearch.org/ familysearch.org] Accessed October 19, 2007
* Leftwich, George J. "Colonel George Strother Gaines and Other Pioneers in Mississippi Territory." Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, v. 1. Jackson, Miss: Mississippi Historical Society, 1916. [http://books.google.com/books?id=C_k7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA442&dq=George+Strother+Gaines&ei=UfgZR8SeJoSc7gLZzNSTBQ#PPA442,M1 googlebooks.com] Accessed October 20, 2007

Further reading

*Pate, James P. (Editor), "The Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines: Pioneer and Statesman of Early Alabama and Mississippi, 1805-1843". Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1998.
*Leftwich, George J. "Colonel George Strother Gaines and other Pioneers in Mississippi Territory". Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society 1904:442-56.
*DeRosier, Arthur H. "The Removal of the Choctaw Indians", Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1970.