I may have stumbled onto a clue as to the parentage of Bailey Carter. My husband did the DNA and we know it goes back to William Carter & Mary Goodloe, but weren't sure how. I couldn't find anyone who had a son named Bailey. But I found the following reference in a book. I wondered if anyone is familiar with this book, and if anyone knows anything about verifying the information. According to this book, John Carter & Hannah Chew had a son Bailey Carter. Please read below. Please let me know if you have any clues to this. Thanks, Kathy Wells. Book: THE SIMPSON GENEALOGY of two distinct families of Simpsons who married and emigrated from County Antrim, Ireland, and settled in Laurens County, South Carolina, between 1770 and 1790. 3 brothers of one family: William Simpson, b. 1729 P.1; Alexander Simpson, b. 1731 P.41 ; John Simpson, b. 1733 P.43 4 sisters of another family: Mary Simpson, b. 1730 P.1 ; Margaret Simpson, b. 1733 P.44 ; Elizabeth Simpson, b. 1740 P.45 ; Nancy Simpson, b. 1748 P.45 Originally compiled by Rev. Z. L. Holmes, from information obtained from old and reliable sources (1815 - 1885) and Revised and brought down to present time by Richard Wright Simpson, Oct. 7th, 1897. (Copied by W. W. Simpson, June 1898) Revised and brought to present time - June 15th, 1958 - by Eugene S. Hudgens. Page {33} Richard Franklin Simpson, the seventh and youngest child of Col. John and Mary (Wells) Simpson, was born March 25th, 1798; married Dec. 27th, 1836, Mary Margaret Taliaferro, third daughter of Zacariah and Margaret Chew (Caster) Taliaferro, both born and married in Virginia; and died Oct. 28th, 1862. Maj. Richard F. Simpson graduated at the South Carolina College, at the age of 18 years, studied law under Job. Johnson, at Newberry, and settled and practiced law at Laurens Court House, S.C. After a few years practice, he abandoned the law and engaged in merchandising and cotton manufacturing, his factory being located at Burnt Factory, on Raburns Creek, Laurens County. He served several times in the Legislature, both in the House and Senate. While Senator from Laurens County, he met at Columbia Miss Margaret Talilaferro, who was visiting the State Capitol with Dr. Broyles, her brother-in-law, who was a member from Anderson County. Shortly after this he volunteered with the Lau! rens County Company to go to the Seminole War, in Florida. He was elected Captain of the Company, but was appointed Major of the South Carolina Regiment, and carried his Battalion (cavalry) to Florida. Lieut. Col. Butler commanded the other Battalion. After the war was over, upon his return to the State, he was offered the position of Governor, but Col. Butler asked him to let him have the position which he, in his unselfish nature, consented to do, and Butler was elected Governor. He visited Miss Taliaferro at her home, at Pendleton, S.C., and married her Dec. 27th, 1836.He then resigned the position of Senator from Laurens and moved to Pendleton, and ever after resided upon old Taliaferro homestead, which his wife inherited. In 1843 he was nominated by the members of the Legislature from his Congressional District, as their candidate for Congress, and was elected, and by repeated elections served until 1849, when he was thrown from his buggy and nearly killed. During his l! ast term in Congress he had to walk upon crutches. This injury decided him to quit public life, and he was succeeded by Col. James L. Orr. During -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- page(34) his career in Congress he was a warm friend and supporter of John C. Calhoun, who also resided at or near Pendleton. He was in favor of secession, and was elected to the Secession Convention, and voted to take the State out of the Union. Maj. Simpson was an earnest and devoted Christian, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was perhaps the most popular man in the Simpson family, and his numerous namesakes in this book abundantly show. But his popularity was not confined alone to his family; it extended to the rich and the poor all over the State and out of the State, wherever known. His generosity and unselfishness were proverbial. His relations, old and young, delighted to visit him and loved him for his generous and wholesoul hospitality. His great aim in life was to make others happy. He was the peace maker of this section, and many a duel he has avoided; frequently sent for from fifty to sixty miles, and so great was the confidence had for his high sense ! of right and honor, he seldom if ever failed to bring about a friendly adjustment of the difficulty. He lived honored, loved and respected, and died at a good old age. It is a common remark that if any man ever went to Heaven, Maj. Simpson is that man. Mary Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson, was the third daughter of Zachariah Taliaferro, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. After the war he studied law and removed from Carolina County, Va., to Columbia, S.C. After some years he returned to Virginia and married Margaret Chew Carter, a daughter of JOHN CARTER and his wife Hannah (Chew) Carter, who had the following children: 1.. Mary Carter, who married Maj. Stephens 2.. Lucy Carter, who married Benton Taliaferro 3.. Judith Carter, married Joseph Sutton 4.. Robert Carter, who never married 5.. **BAILEY CARTER, who never married 6.. Margaret Chew Carter, who married Zachariah Taliaferro. After his marriage, Mr. Taliaferro settled near old Pickensville, S.C., then the Court House for Washington District, and practiced Law. After the District was divided into Pendleton and Greenville Districts, he settled at his old homestead, three miles from Pendleton, and continued the practice of law and farming. He was a man of fine judgment, and accumulated a large fortune, which he divided among his four daughters, Sarah Ann T. who married Dr. O. R. Broyles; Lucy Hannah, who married Col. David S. Taylor; Mary Margaret, who married Maj. Richard F. Simpson, and Caroline Virginia, who married Dr. H. C. Miller. These four families were among the most prominent families of the upper part of the State. Richard Franklin Simpson and Mary Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson had the following children: 1.. John Simpson, b. 1837, died in infancy. 2.. Taliaferro Simpson - P 34 3.. Richard Wright Simpson - P 35 4.. Mary Margaret Simpson - P 37 5.. Anna Tallulah Simpson - P 39 6.. John Garlington Simpson, b. Apr. 12th, 1846, d. Nov. 26th, 1858 Taliaferro Simpson, the second child of Richard F. and Mary Margaret (Taliaferro) Simpson, was born Jan. 26th, 1839. He graduated at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C. Just before graduating, he being Captain of the College Company, he offered its services to the Governor, but the latter declined because he did not wish the College to be broken up. (continued in book).