Dear Gatekeepers to the Past : I am amazed how much your list helps each other . I am Evelyn Owens from Texas . My family member married James Taylor Gaines . I found no other reference to James Gaines owning the Gaines mine except in the Texas Handbook online <A HREF="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fga4.html">Click here: Handbook of Texas Online: GAINES, JAMES</A> http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fga4.html I did find the orbit & that his sons were also in California about the same time & in Mariposa County , Texas. I understand that Col. Thorn was a friend of his , James Gaines had some friends named Thorn in Nacogdoches , Texas named Thorn a Frost Thorn . But I am unsure if he was related to Col. Thorn . James T. Gaines died 6 years after he came to California in 1850 & he died in 1856 . So records will be scarce . He died at the age of eighty . I gathered by his age his he probably financed the project . James' sons came to Texas later . Any help to this mystery or James Taylor Gaines Burial Place will be greatly appreciated by TEXAS & the Gaines & Norris Family . In Appreciation , Evelyn in Texas

Evelyn Your Mr. Gaines could not have found a better county to pioneer in. The folks in Mariposa have so much research on their county that it is unbelieveable! Aren't you lucky? Sue Silver El Dorado County, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <JOwens9034@aol.com> To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: [CAMARIPO] GAINES, JAMES TAYLOR & The GAINES MINE > Dear Gatekeepers to the Past : > I am amazed how much your list helps each other . I am Evelyn Owens from > Texas . My family member married James Taylor Gaines . I found no other > reference to James Gaines owning the Gaines mine except in the Texas Handbook > online > > <A HREF="http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fga4.html" >Click here: Handbook of Texas Online: GAINES, JAMES</A> > > http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fga4.html > > I did find the orbit & that his sons were also in California about the same > time & in Mariposa County , Texas. I understand that Col. Thorn was a friend > of his , James Gaines had some friends named Thorn in Nacogdoches , Texas > named Thorn a Frost Thorn . But I am unsure if he was related to Col. Thorn . > James T. Gaines died 6 years after he came to California in 1850 & he died > in 1856 . So records will be scarce . He died at the age of eighty . I > gathered by his age his > he probably financed the project . James' sons came to Texas later . Any > help to this mystery or James Taylor Gaines Burial Place will be greatly > appreciated by TEXAS & the Gaines & Norris Family . > In Appreciation , > Evelyn in Texas > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > List of All of California Genealogy Discussion Lists: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ca.html > >