Bailey's
From the 1783 and 1785 Amherst and Albemarle census
(the underlined individuals would have been included in the census)
(the underlined individuals would have been included in the census)
Amherst
*Moses Bailey (1 white soul) --- He was born May 9, 1755 Henrico County and died November 28, 1834 Madison County Alabama. Moses lived by himself in 1783. He moved to Elbert County, Georgia around 1786. He appears to be the brother of Hezekiah Bailey who also moved to Georgia a few months before him. He moved from Georgia to Madison County Alabama where he died. He married late in life to a Judith and had at least three sons all born after 1811. The only son he mentions in his will is William Jackson Bailey. The genealogies I found online for this family all seem mostly incorrect and unreliable, they all have children attributed to him that are born before the 1783 and 1785 census.
*Hezekiah Bailey (8 white souls) --- He was born October 12, 1751 in Henrico County and died January 6, 1812 in Elbert County, Georgia. He went by 'Ezekiah', which was likely a locality thing since I have found several people in Amherst that also used that form. He married Rebecca Neal (Nail) c1772. She was likely a daughter of either Julian or Nicholas Neal. They named a son Julian and another son had the middle initial N. although I haven't been able to find a record that states what his middle name actually was.
His children were: James born 1/23/1774, Samuel N. born 1/10/1775 , Sarah born 12/15/1777, Julian 12/2/1779, Ann Mary born 1/7/1782, Elizabeth born 2/17/1784, Rebecca born 3/13/1786, Milly born 3/17/1788, Nancy born 3/17/1788, Martha born 8/17/1791, Delania born 8/12/1792, Clarissa born 9/17/1794, Isham born 1/18/1796. The family moved to Elbert County Georgia in 1785. After Hezekiah died most of the children are in Morgan County Georgia and many of them moved to Alabama.
*Lucy Bailey (4 white souls) --- Lucy Phillips Bailey was the daughter of Leonard Phillips. She was born in 1755 in Amherst County and died in 1812 in Nelson County. After the death of her father in 1797 she moved to the dower land of Elizabeth Phillips Roberts. She may have married an Edward Bailey. There is a record of a Rev. Edward Bailey who traveled with Francis Asbury and died October 10, 1780 in Fluvanna County at a friends house. In his journal, Francis Asbury states that a daughter of Edward Bailey came from Amherst to hear him preach. Lucy's children were: Leonard aka 'Linny' who was deformed and died between 1798 and 1810, William who was born about 1779 and died in 1853 Nelson County (married Lydia Smith), and Winifred aka Winney (married William Smith).
*William Bailey (3 white souls) --- William Bailey was born December 24, 1756 in Albemarle County and died on January 4, 1837 in Smith County TN. He moved to Stovall Creek and Porrage Creek around 1771 with his father John, who was a son of Robertson. John Bailey patented 340a on Stovall and Porrage August 3, 1771. He also had another 39a on Porrage surveyed on April 25, 1773. On December 31, 1781 John Bailey and his wife Elizabeth sold 143a of the said 340a patent to Edward Harper. William Bailey was either deeded or inherited the remaining 197a. He married Sarah, who may have been a Harper in 1783. On June 13, 1789 William Bailey and Sarah, his wife sold his 197a share of the said patent to Joseph Nichols. He may have lived on the 39a survey that belonged to his father John, since Stovall and Porrage was in the southernmost portion of Amherst, near the border of Campbell County Va. He and his family remained in Amherst until 1817 when they moved to Smith County, TN. His children were: Susanna (Shepherd) born 1783, Cinda Rilla aka Lucinda (Stovall and Horsley) born 1785, Jonathan born 1787, Sarah (Butler and Wilkerson) born 1790, Saluda (Walker) born 1794, and Wyatt W. born 1798.
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*Hezekiah Bailey (8 white souls) --- He was born October 12, 1751 in Henrico County and died January 6, 1812 in Elbert County, Georgia. He went by 'Ezekiah', which was likely a locality thing since I have found several people in Amherst that also used that form. He married Rebecca Neal (Nail) c1772. She was likely a daughter of either Julian or Nicholas Neal. They named a son Julian and another son had the middle initial N. although I haven't been able to find a record that states what his middle name actually was.
His children were: James born 1/23/1774, Samuel N. born 1/10/1775 , Sarah born 12/15/1777, Julian 12/2/1779, Ann Mary born 1/7/1782, Elizabeth born 2/17/1784, Rebecca born 3/13/1786, Milly born 3/17/1788, Nancy born 3/17/1788, Martha born 8/17/1791, Delania born 8/12/1792, Clarissa born 9/17/1794, Isham born 1/18/1796. The family moved to Elbert County Georgia in 1785. After Hezekiah died most of the children are in Morgan County Georgia and many of them moved to Alabama.
*Lucy Bailey (4 white souls) --- Lucy Phillips Bailey was the daughter of Leonard Phillips. She was born in 1755 in Amherst County and died in 1812 in Nelson County. After the death of her father in 1797 she moved to the dower land of Elizabeth Phillips Roberts. She may have married an Edward Bailey. There is a record of a Rev. Edward Bailey who traveled with Francis Asbury and died October 10, 1780 in Fluvanna County at a friends house. In his journal, Francis Asbury states that a daughter of Edward Bailey came from Amherst to hear him preach. Lucy's children were: Leonard aka 'Linny' who was deformed and died between 1798 and 1810, William who was born about 1779 and died in 1853 Nelson County (married Lydia Smith), and Winifred aka Winney (married William Smith).
*William Bailey (3 white souls) --- William Bailey was born December 24, 1756 in Albemarle County and died on January 4, 1837 in Smith County TN. He moved to Stovall Creek and Porrage Creek around 1771 with his father John, who was a son of Robertson. John Bailey patented 340a on Stovall and Porrage August 3, 1771. He also had another 39a on Porrage surveyed on April 25, 1773. On December 31, 1781 John Bailey and his wife Elizabeth sold 143a of the said 340a patent to Edward Harper. William Bailey was either deeded or inherited the remaining 197a. He married Sarah, who may have been a Harper in 1783. On June 13, 1789 William Bailey and Sarah, his wife sold his 197a share of the said patent to Joseph Nichols. He may have lived on the 39a survey that belonged to his father John, since Stovall and Porrage was in the southernmost portion of Amherst, near the border of Campbell County Va. He and his family remained in Amherst until 1817 when they moved to Smith County, TN. His children were: Susanna (Shepherd) born 1783, Cinda Rilla aka Lucinda (Stovall and Horsley) born 1785, Jonathan born 1787, Sarah (Butler and Wilkerson) born 1790, Saluda (Walker) born 1794, and Wyatt W. born 1798.
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Hello Kristie - I stumbled on to this post a couple of days ago (March, 2019). It looks like you are not blogging anymore but I wanted to reach out to see if you might still be "out here". I descend from one of these Bailey's you have been blogging about. After using your post, I have unscrambled the bunch of Bailey's I know I am related to...but I still can't figure out who my William M. Bailey who married Francis White Phillips is related to. If you see this post...maybe you could email me?? I can clearly see the Bailey/Leonard Phillips/Zachariah Phillips connections in your blog...just can't tie my William to one of these Bailey's.
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DeleteI have not discovered the father of your William. What I have or him is as follows: William M. Bailey was born c1771 Amherst Va. He married in Amherst on November 7, 1803 to Frances White Phillips d/o Zachariah Phillips and Frances White. (Zachariah's sister Lucy Phillips also married a Bailey). By 1830 William M. Bailey was living in Wilson County, TN where he died on February 28, 1839. Frances moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas where she died in 1866. Hopefully, I'll get back to the Bailey's at some point but I get frustrated after a while and have to switch families. I am not able to email since you posted as Unknown.
I'm sorry Kristie - I'm not the best with computers. My name is Sydney Morrow and my email is smorrow@accessexploration.com. My father was Albert Stanley Bailey, Jr. and he was the one that decended from William M. After reading your blog, I was able to untangle all of Robert/Roberston/Robinson's sons and see that William did not belong to his line. He also did not belong to Hezekiah or Moses...again thanks to you. Our family history says William M. was born more around 1780 but who knows where my dad got that information. I have all the information on the family once he marries Francis White Phillips. The whole family moved to Tennessee in the early 1820's. William dies there and then almost all the children move to Arkansas (Hot Springs) along with Frances. One of his sons, James Wyatt (whom we descend from) roamed around Texas and Louisiana a bit and married his cousin Angelina Loving whose family also started out in Amherst County. She was in Cass County, TX when he married her as was James Wyatt's brother Claibone Chitwood Bailey (no idea where that name came from). Claiborne married another Frances White Phillips who was the daughter of Joshua Phillips and Peggy Rowsey. Angeline Loving's father was Megginson Loving and her mother was Nancy Ann Phillips another daughter from Joshua Phillips and Peggy Rowsy. Woah... I've looked at this stuff for so long, I just now caught that Joshua Phliips connection. Humm...anyway...I'm thinking William's father had to be living near Zachariah Phillips in that Dutch Creek area of Nelson County, VA. I'll head back out there and start looking at Joshua Phillips. Anyway, thanks for answering my post. If you ever get back to the Bailey's and/or have anything on the Richard, Samuel or John Bailey's...that's where my gut is headed now that Robert/Robertson is no longer a candidate. My William has got to be related to that group over in Albemarle by Green/Ivy Creek because they interacted with Leonard Phillips, Zachariah's father. Again - thanks so much for answering the post and would be happy to share anything I have that you might want. Certainly appreciate you publishing what you had found because you are the only person I had run across that had dates and locations that made sense with these Bailey's.
ReplyDeleteKristie: I previously made a comment to you on my conclusions that I am connected to Hezekiah and Rebecca Bailey of Elbert County,Georgia. Apparently it got lost. Do you have any additional info on this couple. I would like to compare notes with you.
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Bob, Don't have anything further on his family. I descend from the Bailey's of Albemarle and I started randomly researching all the Bailey's in area to see if they connect to mine. My line is from William Bailey and his son Robertson Bailey but they all lived so close together. Robertson's son Isham named a son Hezekiah so it's possible they were all related somehow. I bounce back and forth on my different lines so I'm hoping to get back to these Bailey's soon.
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