Zahn, At least we... Pete Bailey and myself found one of our "Charles Bailey's" a few years ago... this is my direct descendant!! 1860 Census of Bath County, Kentucky: #1338 Charles Bailey 60 Ky Martha 58 Charles W. 15 __________________________________________________________________ From an article in the Owingsville Outlook, dated Thursday the 31st of December 1896, listed under deaths, it reads: Mrs. Eliza Ann Green died at her home in Rowan county near Ile's Mill last Sunday. Buried Monday at Slaty Point burial ground. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES BAILEY, SR., who removed to Texas and died there a few years ago. JUDGE WARREN BAILEY OF FREESTONE, (Bluestone or Bull Fork is closer to the actual location), IS A BROTHER, (of Eliza Ann Green I presume), she was wedded to Sampson Green. Several children, but only their son John survived. ______________________________________________________________________ A plethoria of CHARLES C. BAILEYs to sort out?? A Charles Bailey was one of the two sons that John charged with the responsibility of looking after their mother. William Kozee in his book "Pioneer Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky" made another of his several errors regarding the John Bailey family. Like him, I (Pete Bailey) suspect/assumed that the 50 year old Charles Bailey listed in the 1850 census was John Bailey, Sr's son Charles C. Bailey. I (Pete Bailey) further assumed, like Kozee, that he was the same Charles Bailey who had married Martha England on 18 July 1821. A Charles Bailey DID marry a Martha and the wife listed in the 1850 census for Charles was Martha, age 47. Also listed are children Hannah E., age 14; Charles W., 3; and John, 15. _____________________________________________________________________ Will Book B contains an entry for November, 1829, that states the following: "Charles C. Bailey infant orphan of John Bailey, decd, over the age of 14 chose William H. Lyman as guardian." Order Book of the November Bath County Court of 1829: "Charles C. Bailey, infant orphan of John Bailey, deceased, over the age of fourteen years, came personally into court and made choice of William H. Lyman as his Guardian who together with Ignatius Davis, his security, entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars conditioned according to Law." This kind of entry is found frequently in court records of the time. It seems that the law at the time called for the Court to appoint guardians for children under fourteen but at fourteen he (not "she'") could go to court and select a guardian of his choice. This appears to occur when a neighbor or relative is willing to give the boy a job or apprenticeship. This Charles C. Bailey does not appear in any future census for Bath County?? ______________________________________________________________________ _ OTHER CHARLES BAILEYs Keeping the Charles Baileys sorted out is very difficult. In addition to the two already discussed there are two others in the similar time frame. The Charles Bailey who died in 1835 was the son of the William Bailey who had died in 1817 (who we suspect was the father of John Sr.) The Charles Richard Bailey who was born in 1836 was the son of Edward Bailey. There are several Charles Baileys in the next generation. Good luck in keeping them straight. ______________________________________________________________________ Trickham Cemetery, Coleman Co., Texas There are actually two cemeteries at Trickham, which is a small old community about 14 miles southeast of Santa Anna, Texas. The earliest graves are located in the town site and date from the 1860's. There remain here today only five cut-rock crypts with no inscriptions and are thought to be the graves of Charlie McCain, Dave Upton (son of Joe Wright), and possibly Charlie Ellington; all said to have been killed by Indians. Early settlers could remember at least seventeen grave here at one time. These graves were located all around the rock crypts, with many to the north and east. The area around the rock crypts are kept mowed, but the remainder of the old cemetery area is overgrown with cactus, mesquite, and grass. Sometime in the late 1870's, Trickham residents began to bury their dead up the hill west of the town. We have been unable to determine why the cemetery in the town site was abandoned and the burial place changed. Was the first site too crowded or did the residents not want the cemetery so close to their living places? The current Trickham Cemetery is reached by driving west a short distance on a dirt county road from FM 1176. In 1893, Mrs. M. M. Sanders of Clark Co., Mississippi came to Coleman County to claim the land her late husband had purchased. Finding many graves under a large oak tree on the land, she had a five and one-half acre plot fenced and deeded to the community of Trickham for a free burial place. Today this cemetery is well kept and fenced, with gates on the East and South. Roads run from these gates and intersect in the West part of the cemetery. We have used these roads to divide the cemetery into Sections A (southeast part), Section B (northeast part), and Section C (west part). ______________________________________________________________________ _________________ Johnny Mack Souder Descendent Scribe ----- Original Message ----- From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> To: <souderj@mindspring.com> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: Re: [KYBATH] Chastain/Maxey > Sarah Rice was born Feb 14, 1788 and married Fleming Rice when she was very > young. They only had one son, Jefferson Rice, born 1806. In 1808 Fleming was > shot by Indians in Montgomery County, but lived long enough to write a will > dated April 28, 1808. In this will he names his wife Sarah Bailey and young > son Jefferson. According to my family history when Jeff Rice was just a > teenager his mother married Ignatious Davis in Bath Co. Jeff soon found it > desirable to strike out on his own, and become a "self-made man". Jeff > married Nancy Wright Richards. > > Now Charles C. Rice is another problem. John Bailey had two wives. He had a > son Charles C. who is apparently the son by the second wife, Anna Jane ? as > he refers to him in his will as a son by Jane. Also you are right and the > Charles C. Bailey who married Martha England could not have been the son of > John and Anna Jane as he is too old on the 1850 census. I think that since we > know from will of John Bailey Senior that his Charles is not the one who > married Martha England and that your Charles C. was born in 1799 based on the > fact he was 50 on 1850 census then he must indeed have been the son of John > Bailey Sr.'s brother Warren who married Mary Polly Rice. Do you know who the > parents of Mary Polly Rice were? > Zahn