Isham Bailey

son of Isham Bailey Sr 

the Revolutionary War Soldier

Isham Bailey first makes his appearance in the 1804 Albemarle County tax rolls as a male over the age of 16 in the household of his father. He is written by name in the margin by the assessor. Previously, Isham's son Daniel had been the male over 16. 

Isham Bailey moved to Kanawha County with his family between 1811 and 1812.

Isham Bailey is listed on his own in the Kanawha County tax records for the first time in 1813. This coupled with the tax record mentioned above places his birth between the years 1787 and 1791. 

In 1816 he is listed in the Kanawha County tax rolls on his own. In the margin the assessor notes that he is the son of Isham. Also on the same page is Isham Bailey Sr and Isham Bailey Jr. In this case the Jr denotes that he was simply older than Isham Bailey's son Isham.

In 1817 The Rust family moved to Kanawha County to settle and manage the tracts of land purchased by Benjamin Rust of Fauquier County Va, known as the Fry Military Survey. They had purchased tract #1 and tract #8 of the military land from John Savage in 1799.  This is important to our story because the Rust's settled on part of #1, which was on Armour Creek in Nitro and the Bailey's ended up with large portions of #8 which is on the Pocatalico River between Cross Lanes and Lanham, WV.

Around this time, though the marriage record no longer exists, Isham Bailey married Lucinda Rust.

In the year 1817 Isham Bailey Sr transferred his deed of 400a on Carey's Creek in Fluvanna to his son Isham. This may have been a wedding present. This deed is one of only two deeds that refer to Isham Bailey Sr and Isham Bailey Jr is written in the margin.

In 1820, he and his wife and son are listed in the Kanawha County census

1.  Male 26-44 (Isham Bailey) s/o Isham

2.  Female 26-44 (wife: Lucinda Rust)

3.  Male 0-10 (son: Bushrod Bailey)

In 1822 an Isham Bailey Sr. received 1/3 interest in tract #1 and tract #8 which was part of the military tract originally owned by Benjamin Rust.

(See map at the bottom of the page) 

In 1825 Isham Bailey purchased from his brother-in-law Thomas Hensley (husband of Harriet Rust) 120 1/2 acres on the Pocatalico River. 

In 1827 Isham Bailey Jr and his wife Frances sold the above 120 1/2 acres to John McCormick. This deed is the only other time that Isham Bailey Jr is in the wording.

In 1830 he and his second wife and his children are listed in the Kanawha census

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

2. Female 20-29 (wife: Frances Smith)

3. Male 10-14 (son: Bushrod Bailey)

4. Male 10-14 (son: Alfred Bailey)

5. Female 5-9

6. Male 0-5 (son: Fountain Bailey)

Based on the birth of her youngest child, Frances Smith probably died around 1832. In 1840 Isham Bailey Jr and his children are in the Kanawha County census.

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

2. Male 15-19 (son: Bushrod Bailey)

3. Male 15-19 (son: Alfred Bailey)

4. Male 10-14 (son: Fountain Smith Bailey)

5. Male 5-9 (son: Savaree Bailey)

6. Female 5-9 (daughter: Terisha Elizabeth Bailey

In 1850 Kanawha census

1. Isham Bailey age 54

2. Alfred Bailey age 29

3. Fountain Bailey age 22

4. Saveree Bailey age 18

5. Terisha E. Bailey age 19

Isham Bailey Jr died in 1851. If he left a will it no longer exists. There is an inventory for him dated September 1851. His estate was divided into five parts to his five children.

Three of his children: Terisha Elizabeth Bailey, Fountain Smith Bailey, Saveree Bailey sold their interests to the other two children: Bushrod Bailey and Alfred Bailey and moved to Benton County Missouri.

*** Terisha Elizabeth Bailey was born about 1831, she married her cousin Isham Jopling (son of Thomas Jopling and Patience Bailey) on January 31, 1858 in Benton Mo. They had three children: Laura E. Jopling, Silas Marion Jopling, and Staton Jopling. Terisha Elizabeth Bailey died in 1869.

*** Fountain Smith Bailey was born August 16, 1829, he married 1st Susanna Wright in Putnam County Va on December 15, 1852. They had a son named John C. Bailey. He married 2nd Nancy Jane Mottesheard on August 30, 1857 in Benton County, Missouri. They had George E. Bailey, Saveree T. Bailey, Araminta Melissa Bailey, and Marcella E. Bailey. He died on February 12, 1883 in Holt County, Missouri.

*** Savaree Bailey was born about 1832 and he moved to Benton County, Missouri and I can find no other information on him.

*** Bushrod Bailey was born October 27, 1820 (taken from tombstone even though most census info places his birth a little sooner). He married Elizabeth McClanahan on January 3, 1850 in Kanawha County. They had a large family of children: Lucinda Elizabeth Bailey, John Bradford Bailey, William Silas Bailey, Charles Fleet Bailey, Sarah Ellen Bailey, Samuel Alfred Bailey, James Henry Bailey, Wesley Bushrod Bailey, Margaret J. Bailey, Fannie A. Bailey, Martha V. Bailey. He died February 15, 1890 in Kanawha County and is buried in Goff - McClanahan Cemetery at Martin's Branch.

*** Alfred Bailey was born in 1821. He married Ann Elizabeth Agee on June 14, 1853 in Kanawha County. They had many children:  Lucinda Catherine Bailey, William B. Bailey, Sydney A. Bailey, Alfred Jackson Bailey, Frederick Lee Bailey, Everett S. Bailey, Hezekiah Isham Bailey, and Laura Virginia Bailey. He died on May 23, 1882 and is also buried in Goff - McClanahan Cemetery at Martin's Branch.

From early census records it appears Isham Bailey and Lucinda Frances Rust had another girl born between 1821 and 1825. She is not in the 1840 census. I have not been able to find a record for this daughter.

All of these records alone do not prove that this Isham was the son of Isham Bailey Sr. The final bit of proof exists in the death record of the "other" Isham Bailey. His death record lists parents H & N Bailey for him. That particular Isham must have been the son of Henry Bailey and Ann 'Nancy' who also came to Kanawha with the extended family.