Gaines County
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Created August 21, 1876. Organized October 24, 1905. Named for James Gaines. Born in Virginia in 1779. Established a ferry across the Sabine River in 1819, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Congress of the Republic. Gold lured him to California where he died. A country of cattle, oil and farming.
Seminole, the county seat.
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More markers in Gaines
Dan Cobb
Seminole, TX
(Dec. 2, 1868 - May 16, 1937) A native of Tennessee, Dan Cobb designed and constructed the first Gaines County Courthouse in 1906.
Gaines County
Seminole, TX
Named for James L. Gaines, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, this county was formed out of Bexar County in 1876.
Seminole
Seminole, TX
Founded and designated county seat in 1905, same year county was organized.