Posted on: Bienville Parish Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/La/Bienville?read=485 Surname: BAILEY, SMITH, JACKSON, BUCKNER, THOMAS, WADE, CRAIN ------------------------- My great uncle William"Bill" Bailey was hung in Arcacia, Bienville Parish around 1909. Oliver Drinkwater-Bailey was Choctaw indian from Alabame and his wife Elsey Ghent-Wells-Bailey was originally from Ghana, West Africa. The name Ghent is from the Ashanti people of Ghana. She was taken from Ghana to Port of Spain, Trinidad and she came to the Port of New Orleans on a slaving ship. She was bought by then Governor of Louisiana James Madison Wells and his family in Rapides Parish. I am trying for find any information on why William "Bill" Bailey was hung because nobody in the family living has ever heard of this Bill Bailey. My family members has been in Louisiana since the 1840's. Oliver got to Louisiana with is family on the forced relocation of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chicksaw, Seminole Indians on what is known as the "Trail of Tears". Oliver had a sister named Margret Bailey and she was Choctaw Indian and they lived in Bienville & Claiborne Parishs.