Hezekiah Bailey

son of Isham

Hezekiah Bailey first shows up in the tax rolls of Kanawha County in 1816 as a male over the age of 16. Since he is taxed on his own we might assume he has reached adulthood and may be between 18 and 21.

During this time period Hezekiah Bailey married Susan, in Kanawha County around 1816. She was NOT the same Susan Allen who married Hezekiah Bailey in Nelson County, Va.
There is a marriage record for a Hez Bailey to S. Allen on October 7, 1808 in Nelson County, Virginia. This Hezekiah Bailey was born c1788 and died in Adair County, Kentucky. He was most likely related. 

Our Hezekiah and Susan were not old enough to marry on that date and were clearly not married until at least 1816.

There is also another much earlier Hezekiah Bailey who lived in Amherst and Nelson counties. He was a revolutionary war soldier.

Anyway, Hezekiah and Susan were not married until at least 1816. They appear in the 1820 Kanawha County census with one child under 10 years of age. This must be Mariah Bailey, who was born about 1819. Both Hezekiah and Susan were under the age of 25.

1. Male 16-25 (Hezekiah Bailey) s/o Isham

2. Female 16-25 (wife: Susan)

3. Female 0-10 (daughter: Mariah Bailey)

In 1825 Isham Bailey Sr. transferred a slave by deed to his son Hezekiah Bailey.

In 1825 Hezekiah Bailey bought 113 1/2 acres of on the Pocatalico from his brother-in-law James Hensley.

In 1831 Hezekiah Bailey sold 113 1/2 acres on the Pocatalico to Henry E. Smith

In 1830 he is under 39 years of age.

1. Male 30-39 (Hezekiah Bailey) s/o Isham

2. Female 20-29 (Susan)

3. Male 20-29 (nephew: William Reed Bailey, probably son of Daniel Bailey)

4. Female 10-14 (daughter: Mariah Bailey) 

5. Male 5-9 (son: George Washington Bailey)

6. Female 0-5 (daughter: Adeline Bailey)

Mariah Bailey married William Turley on April 23, 1835 and moved to her own household. 

In 1840, for the first time, the census is not in alphabetical order and we get a close look at his neighbors. Hezekiah Bailey is living on Little Scary Creek. Some of his neighbors were: Robert Johnson, Lewis Ventroux, and Peyton Turley. This is important because his children married into some these families.

1. Male 40-49 (Hezekiah Bailey) s/o Isham Sr

2. Female 20-29 (wife: Susan) the date range is clearly wrong.

3. Male 10-14 (son: George Washington Bailey)

4. Male 5-9 (son: Allen K. Bailey)

5. Female 5-9 (daughter: Adeline Bailey)

Around 1843 George Washington Bailey married Sophronia Ann Johnson. She was the daughter of Nancy Dudding (who was the daughter of John Dudding and Rebecca Persinger).  Nancy Dudding had Sophronia out of wedlock and three years later on January 5, 1829 she married Robert Johnson. Sophronia's death certificate only lists Nancy Johnson as her mother so Robert may not have been her father. 

At some point between 1840 and 1843 Hezekiah moved a little further up to Hurricane Creek and his son George Washington Bailey remained on the Little Scary Creek land. I don't know if this land was owned by them or if they were tenant's because I have not been able to find a deed. 

On January 10, 1845 Adeline Bailey married Sampson Gillespie of Hurricane Creek.

In the 1850 Putnam county census George Washington Bailey is on the Little Scary Creek land and Robert Johnson is his close neighbor.

William Reed Bailey, nephew of Hezekiah Bailey is now living with the neighbor Lewis Vintroux. 

Hezekiah Bailey, age 52, is listed as Kiah in the census is living with his son Allen Bailey on Hurricane Creek.

Susan Bailey, age 55, is living not far from him with her daughter Adeline Bailey Gillispie.

On August 11, 1853 Allen K. Bailey married Ruth Ann Gillespie of Hurricane Creek.

Both Susan and Hezekiah apparently died between 1850 and 1860, since neither of them are ever listed in a census again.

On April 10, 1861 Adeline Bailey Gillespie died and her death was reported to the clerk by her brother-in-law William Turley.