George Strother Gaines

George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) was a federal agent to Native American groups in the Mississippi Territory and served as an Alabama state legislator. He oversaw the removal of Choctaws and Chickasaws to the west in the early 1830s.

Portrait of George Strother Gaines, Alabama frontier agent and trader
Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History
Portrait of George Strother Gaines, Alabama frontier agent and trader