A native of Tennessee, Dan Cobb designed and constructed the first Gaines County Courthouse in 1906. He also built the second courthouse in 1922, as well as a First Baptist Church sanctuary, a schoolhouse and other significant early structures of …
Created August 21, 1876 Organized October 24, 1905Named for James GainesBorn 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…