Meredith Gainey

1756 - 1782  (26 years)

• Name	Meredith Gainey  [1]
  Birth	1756	Duplin, North Carolina, Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Mar 1779
  	Revolutionary War. Drafted as a Private.
  Military Service	Aug 1781
  	Revolutionary War. Drafted for 3 Months. Drafted for 3 months. Served in Colonel Marion's Men, Brigade commanded by General Pulaski, Wilmington.
  Reference Number	28843
  Death	28 May 1782	Duplin, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I28843	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Nancy Ann Shotwell,   b. 2 Sep 1758, Duplin, North Carolina, Colonial America d. 8 Mar 1848, Greene, Indiana, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1777	Duplin, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Aden Gainey,   b. 17 Jan 1780, Duplin, North Carolina, USA d. 23 Oct 1841, Springville, Lawrence, Indiana, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F19060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 20 Jun 1777 - Duplin, North Carolina, USA Death - 28 May 1782 - Duplin, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show	2 Documents
  	DAR Invitation Lucille McDowell Roberts Kearby DAR Invitation to become a Daughter of the American Revolution. This provides the documentation of Eiffel Lucille McDowell's trace back to Meredith Gainey, a Revolutionary War soldier. It is uncertain whether this was just her draft copy or whether this was the copy she received and never executed. Nonetheless, it provides a great deal of…
  	Meredith Gainey Land Grant Map Turkey Quadrangle A-3 (Originally shared by smcdowell67 on 1 Dec 2020) Added Highlighting

  
  

• Sources

  [S622] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), A Register McDowell-Ingalls; Author: A Register McDowell-Ingalls. U.S., Family History Books A Register McDowell-Ingalls; Author: A Register McDowell-Ingalls