This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cyndycox Surnames: Bailes, Bales, Bails Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.giles/1985/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to find the location of Bailes Cemetery in Limestone. Can anyone help me? I have Bailes ancestors who settled in Limstone and Jefferson CO, AL. Thank-you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
This cemetery is located in the SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 3, T1R4W. Note: The following article was taken from "The Legacy" researched by Bob Dunnavant: "Less than a mile from the chalybeate spring at Pettusville, where resort guests relaxed at the Pettusville Hotel and drank the health-restoring waters of the spring, a serious drama took place when, on a May day in 1879, Alice Loveless Bailes and her unborn child were lowered into the grave, victims of brutal murder at the hands of her husband, John. Bob Dunnavant visited the site early in January, 1985, in search of the grave of John Bailes, who was hung by an angry mob on the Athens courthouse lawn on Aug. 7, 1880 after several earlier attempts were thwarted by officials of the law. The cemetery is in the original Bailes Hollow situated about 100 yards north of the old Bailes homeplace. Only an old chimney, almost covered by weeds, marks the spot of the house. The site can be reached either by an old road leading from the spring at Pettusville, or by turning off on the Ragsdale Creek Rd. Bob did not find John's grave....According to the story told Bob by his guide, Walter Sims, Bailes stood up in the woods and watched as Alice was buried. It is interesting to note that the name "Bailes" is missing from the stone. It is also interesting to speculate as to why, with feeling running so high against her murderer, Alice was buried in the Bailes Cemetery. [Copied from the Tombstone Inscriptions of Limestone County, AL, compiled and edited by Linda H. Smith, page 28] Imogean McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <TNGILES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:01 AM Subject: [TNGILES] Bailes Cemetery > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: cyndycox > Surnames: Bailes, Bales, Bails > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.giles/1985/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to find the location of Bailes Cemetery in Limestone. Can > anyone help me? I have Bailes ancestors who settled in Limstone and > Jefferson CO, AL. Thank-you > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This list is reserved for discussion of topics related to Giles County > Tennessee Genealogy. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNGILES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message