Pete Bailey, 8080 Dartmouth Rd., Indianapolis, IN 45260; < [email protected]>; 4 Apr 2000 Pete: Yes, the TRENVILLA [we spell it Trinvilla] was a SWETNAM. Her sister, MARY ANN SWETNAM, 1809-1898, was marr. to JOHN COLE TACKETT, 1823-1886. They later settled in Johnson Co., MO. I have the ORIGINAL Marriage Bond for the marriage of JOHN C. TACKETT to MARY SWETMAN (sic), as noted below from our database: [among numerous other ORIGINAL Bath Co., records we have.] ___________ From files of The Tackett Family Assn. ___________________ *MARRIAGE [John C. Tackett to Mary Swetnam]: Bath Co., KY Marriage Bond [Below is a transc. from the ORIGINAL given to Hassell Tackett of Pikeville, KY in the 1950's at the Bath Co., KY courthouse where they had a box of original records "up in the attic" that they didn't want. This original record now (1998) in the possession of Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520] • "Know all men by these presents that we JOHN C. TACKET and D.S. THOMPSON are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the just and full sum of 50£ current money of Kentucky which payment well and truly to be and do we bind our Selves and Our Heirs and jointly and severally firmly by these present, sealed and dated this 5th day of Sep. 1846. The Condition of the above Obligations is such that whereas this is a marriage shortly intended to be had and solomnized between the above bound JNO. C. TACKET and MARY SWETMAN. Now should there be no Lawful cause to Obstruct said intended marriage then this Obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue." [signed] JOHN C. TACKETT, D.S. THOMPSON "His age sworn to & her by D.S. Thompson" [written on bottom] ___________________ There was also TRINVILLA TACKETT, b c1842, Bath Co., KY, being kin to TRINVILLA SWETNAM. There was also another Tackett in a more recent generation from this family that had the middle name of TRINVILLA. These SWETNAMs & TACKETTs were earlier from Stafford Co., Virginia - as were some of the other early Bath Co., KY families. Jim W. Tackitt, 1830 Johnson Dr., Concord, CA 94520; <[email protected]> [co-compiler, "Stafford Co., VA, 1800-1850," (1980).] *************************************************************** Tackett Assn. Website: <http://www.jps.net/jtackitt/index.html> [For a reply to personal email, please include your name & regular mailing address. Thanks.] > > Subject: [KYBATH] William Bailey/Trenvilla Swetnam > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:39:30 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > This is in response to Marty Hunt's recent query re William Bailey and his > wife Trenvilla Swetnam (is anyone 100% sure how Trenvilla's name was spelled? > Mor importantly, was she a Swetnam, as I believe, or a Swetman? I have been > told there were two families in Bath County each with the similar name). I > am sharing my response with all listers in case they might have something to > contribute or find something of interest. I will use the word "probably" > more than I like but much of the old relationships I have been unable to > prove--just circumstancial evidence and educated guesses. > > William Bailey married Trenvilla Swetnam abt 21 Feb 1832 (one of the few > "provables" but only to the extent that it was the date of the Permissions > Slip--I could not find the bond or return). According to the 1850-70 > censuses, William was born about 1804 and Trenvilla abt 1812. Trenvilla's > Permission Slip was signed by her father William Swetnam. > > I suspect that William Bailey's father was Warren Bailey. I strongly suspect > that Warren was probably a younger brother of John Bailey, Senior, who was > probably the first Bailey to settle in what became Bath County (probably in > 1784). At least he was the first Bailey to be a taxpayer (1787). Warren > Bailey became a taxpayer abt 1798. Warren Bailey probably married Mary Rice > 24 Oct 1798 in Garrard Co., Ky. Their first child was Charles Bailey, born > 29 Oct 1799 in Bath County. Charles Bailey married Martha England 15 July > 1821. Their eldest son Warren B. Bailey became a judge in Rowan County. > Sometime after 1870 Charles Bailey left Bath County for Texas and died there > 8 Oct 1890, just a few days short of his 92nd birthday He was buried in > Trickham Cemetery, Coleman Co., Texas. Warren and Mary's second child was > probably Jefferson Bailey. Charles and Jefferson were named administrators > of Warren's estate when he died about July, 1833. Jefferson married Hannah > Jones 23 July 1835 and died about two years later (Hannah remarried James R. > Wilson 8 Oct 1838). Warren and Mary had at least one daughter. Nancy Bailey > was born 18 March 1803. She married Elder Samuel Jones 12 Feb 1828. > > Back to William and Trenvilla Swetnam Bailey: Their children included: > Louann F., born abt 1833; Mary B.,abt 1836 (married George Anderson 10 Nov > 1853); Thomas J., abt 1837; Elizabeth, abt 1839; Marcus W., about 1841; > Rosalee, abt 1843; Jennett, abt 1845; William W., abt 1857. > > William Bailey was a relatively prosperous farmer in the White Oak area. He > served in the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 1851-52 term. I know > very little more about William and Trenvilla's children. Marcus applied for > and received a license from the county court to keep a tavern in the late > 1860's. The application indicated that he was a merchant in the community of > Wyoming. > > If anyone can add to, or correct, this information about William and > Trenvilla Bailey, I know Marty and I would both like to hear about it. > > Pete Bailey > 8080 Dartmouth Rd > Indianapolis, IN 45260