Some sources may have an error in the county of birth. Tye, Texas, is in Taylor county, in the west. Abilene is the county seat. Family Tree Maker 16 internal map info has Tye in San Saba County, and will suggest changing the location to Tye, San Saba, Texas. San Saba is in the south central area of Texas. San Saba is the county seat, named for the San Saba River in the area.
I ofudn DAniel enumerated in the 1790 census, in Laurens County, South cArolina, next door to his fatehr's hosuehold. I found census two entries for a David Bailey that seems to be this David William Bailey. in 1790 he is head of a household of 1 free white male over 16 and one under, and 2 females (ages not reported in this first US census. Next door is a Daniel Bailey and household. I expect this is David and Frances' son. On the same page are also households of an Isaac Bailey, Zachariah Bailey and "Widow" Bailey." 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 Daniel Bailey 1 male over 16, 1 female 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 David Bailey 1 males under 16, 1 male over 16, 3 females
One source says that the father of Amos Strange's wife was a German immigrant. There is some mistake with the surname Bailey, which is a Norman French name from the noun "baillis" for an official, administrator or court official. The name is associated with a lineage in Ireland, and other sources I later found reported that Frances and her family were Irish. But as of the end of April 2010, I have not been able to definitely identify the father of David Bailey. This Irish origin was confirmed to me by another researcher, a descendant of Frances and Amos, Elisa Strange-Von Rice: "I have the Baileys are Irish Immigrants, in fact a paragraph in the Amos Strange info said, he left a large estate and the church of his forefathers to marry the Irish Lass, Frances Bailey." -- email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 23 March 2010 I found census two entries for a David Bailey that seems to be this David William Bailey. in 1790 he is head of a household of 1 free white male over 16 and one under, and 2 females (ages not reported in this first US census. Next door is a Daniel Bailey and household. I expect this is David and Frances' son. On the same page are also households of an Isaac Bailey, Zachariah Bailey and "Widow" Bailey." 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 David Bailey 1 male under 16, 1 male over 16, 3 females 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 Daniel Bailey 1 male over 16, 1 female 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 Zachariah Bailey 1 male under 16, 4 males over 16, 4 females, 1 slave 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 Isaac Bailey 1 male under 16, 2 males over 16, 2 females, 2 slaves 1790 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 432 Widow Bailey 1 male under 16, 1 male over 16, 4 females Two doors down from David Bailey is Amous Strainge, who matches Amos Strange, husband of David's daughter Frances Bailey. Finding these two entries together seems to indicate this is the family in our lineage. Next door, between David and Amos is John Bailey, who seems to be David's son and Frances' brother. 1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33 David Bailey 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45 1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33 John Bailey 1 male under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 16-25 1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33 Amous Strainge 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44 2 members of household under 16, 2 over 25
Mike Taylor tells us this about Elisha: "Mary Elvira "Vera" Bailey (wife of George Ross Mullins) was daughter of Elisha M Bailey, Jr. This Elisha travelled in and out of Georgia during the early 1800s. No marriage record has ever been found for him. He very well could have taken an Indian maiden as his wife. He travelled extensively in the Cherokee Nation areas of Georgia and South Carolina." -- http://freeweb.pdq.net/mike_in_katy/mikeshouse.htm One or two sources have his name as Elijah. One is Dorothy Mullinix, in the Mullinix Files on GenCircles, who lists him as Elijah M Bailey. -- http://www.gencircles.com/users/annmull/1/data/4942
The following entry appears to be for this Elisha M Bailey in Cherokee County, Georgia in 1840. 1840 Federal Census, Cherokee District, Georgia, District 818, page 7 (167) Elisha M Bailey 1 male under 10-15, 1 male 60-70
Bailey is a Norman name, deriving from the Norman-French word baillis, meaning "official." It is related to the word bailiff. In 1991 Alexander Taylor Strange published a book about the Strange lineage. He does not include details about the Baileys, even where they came form. But the Bailey/Bayley lineage is associated with Ireland. And family tradition in the Strange line reports that Frances' father David had immigrated from Ireland. Alexander Taylor Strange does give a basic statement about Amos Strange and his marriage to Frances Bayley. ================================ Amos [Strange], son of Edmond, a Revolutionary veteran, captain of a company and known to have been in several engagements, and to have enlisted three times. He was contemporanious [sic] with Col. Gideon Alloway Strange. [Ch 2 / p 26] As has been stated, Amos Strange was the son of Edmond Strange, and probably a half brother of William Henry Strange. He was born and raised in Virginia, and from that state entered the war of the Revolution, rising to the position of commanding a company having been Captain of Militia prior to the war. After the close of the war, he located in South Carolina, where others of the name, and most probably relatives were then living. Here he met and married Miss Francis Bayley, and to this union there were four children born .... [Ch 3 / p 27]. -- Strange: Biographical and Historical Sketches of the Stranges of America and Across the Sea By Alexander Taylor Strange (Salem, Mass: Higginson Book Co, 1911) Electronic Book accessed 24 March 2010 at http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA26&lpg=PR3&dq=Alexander+Taylor+Strange&sig=r9riG8R0DgZtTQMZJ88y_my7N38&ei=PiuqS7a-OY2PtgeljPi-BQ&ct=result&id=ohtWAAAAMAAJ&ots=6krWuiiQlN#v=onepage&q=&f=false ================================ "Amos and Francis [sic] were married July 15, 1789 in Spartanburg South Carolina." http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.halifax/257.1/mb.ashx U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 South Carolina, Frances Strange widow of Amos, Captain Amt 13.63.5 Commencement 14 Mar 1843 Transferred to Georgia Mar 1847 -- Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_18-0151&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=pt_t1493480_p-1702003127_g32768&pid=108182&ftm=1 Frances received a government military pension in South Carolina until he moved to Georgia in 1846. The Georgia record reports the transfer noted in the above South Carolina record. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Georgia, Frances Strange widow of Amos, Captain Amt 13.63.5 From South Carolina for 4 Set 1846, records through March 1848 -- Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_19-0067&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=&pid=110969&ftm=1 Some sources report that Frances died May 1950, but she is recorded in the 1850 census in September. In the 1950 census, widowed Frances Bailey Strange is living with her son Amos Bradford Strange and family. 1850 Federal Census, Chattooga County, Georgia, 9 September, Summerville District, page 738 (scan p 267), Hse/Fam #1 A B Strange 41 M Farmer SC [born abt 1809] Mary Strange 40 F SC [born abt 1810] Francis Strange 78 F SC [born abt 1772] Her death is reported in the Military Pension records. The tally sheet of pensions reports that she continued to receive the pension Amos had originally received, first in South Caroilna, then after she moved to Georgia in 1846, until she died in February 1853 U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Georgia, Frances Strange widow of Amos, Captain Amt twice-yearly 13.63.5 Records from March 1848 through September 1852 -- Died 3 Feb 1853 -- Ancestry, http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1116&iid=T718_18-0164&fn=Amos&ln=Strange&st=r&ssrc=pt_t1493480_p-1702003127_g32768&pid=108343&ftm=1
In 1800 John Bailey is reported in the census living next to his father David Bailey. On the other side of John is his brother-n-law Amos Strange, who is married to John's sister Frances. 1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33 John Bailey 1 male under 10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 16-25 1800 Federal Census, Laurens District, South Carolina, page 33 David Bailey 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45
James and Julia Weathers are buried in the Whites Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Randolph County, Alabama. Their joint gravestone reads as follows: James Weathers Nov 8, 1845 Sept 20, 1934 Julia Ann Rebecca wife of J A Weathers Apr 4, 1845 Nov 22, 1923
Several sources say that there is a family tradition that Elvira was part Cherokee Indian from NC. A descendant Mike Wilson reports that there are indications, though not specific evidence, that her mother was a full-blood Cherokee. I originally learned this name as Mary Elvira, and found it that way in the first genealogy I saw. However, some census entries have her as Elvira M. Most genealogy and family sources refer to her as Elvira. The 1850 census lists her as Elvira M Mullins. The 1860 census has E Mary. This seems to confirm the order of her names. But the 1900 census have Mary E. Mike Taylor, a direct descendant and thorough Mullins researcher, has told me the famly knows her name as Mary Elvira. Her nickname was Vera. ------------ "Her given name was Mary Elvira "Vera" Bailey. She went by "Vera". She was my GG Grandmother. Several veteran benefits documents has her as Mary Elvira both inside the document and where she signed. Also my mom understood her name to be Mary Elvira as told by her mom. No grave has ever been located for her or for George Ross, her husband." -- Mike Taylor, Notes on this genealogy at Our Family Genealogy (Gurganus), http://www.gurganus.org/ourfamily/browse.cfm/Mary-Elvira-Bailey/f39627 ------------ The 1870 census spells her name Evira. 1880 has Elvira. George and Elvira were enumerated in the Truckwheel District of Pickens County, Georgia. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 11 July, Truckwheel, PO Jasper, page 74, Hse #573, Fam #573 Mullins, George R 50 M W Farmer South Carolina Mullins, Evira [Elvira] 51 F W Keeping House North Carolina In the 1880 census George Ross and Elvira are in the same household with their son Sanford Giffin Mullins in Bosque County, Texas. They moved to Texas with Giffin and his family about 1875-6. 1880 Federal Census, Bosque County, Texas, 11 June, District 14, page 30B, Hse #267, Family #274 S G Mullins Age 36 Farmer b GA, father b SC, mother b NC Trip Ann Mullins Age 31 Wife b GA, father b SC, mother b SC George R Mullins Age 61 Father b NC, father b SC, mother b SC [b abt 1819] Elvira M Mullins Age 62 Mother b NC, father b VA, mother b SC In 1900, Widowed Mary is living in the household of her grandson Lindsey Carr Mullins in Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. She is listed here as Mary E, which would seem to indicate the name Mary Elvira, though other sources seem to indicate the name order was Elvira Mary, as in 1880. Lindsey is the son of Sanford Giffin Mullins. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, 25 June, Township 4 North Range East, District 102, page 12B, Hse/Fam #207 Mullins, Lindsey C Head W M Apl 1877 23 married 3 years GA GA SC Farmer Rents Mullins, Tillie S Wife W F Febry 1882 18 married 3 yrs 2 children/2 living TX KY KY Mullins, Letie R W F June 1887 2 Single Ind Terr GA TX Mullins, Ida May W F May 1900 1 Single Ind Terr GA TX Mullins, Mary E Grand Mother W F Nov 1818 81 Widow 4 children/3 living NC VA SC
I had most vital information for Edith Baker, but lacked her middle name. In late September 2009, I found a Dalton genealogy that had her full name as Edith Melvine (Melvina?) Baker. This tree also had a photo of Edith and her husband William Henderson Strange. Edith Melvine Baker Birth 22 DEC 1889 in Jefferson County, Tennessee Death 17 NOV 1978 in Jefferson County, Tennessee Marriage 8 Sep 1904 in Jefferson (Co TN) to William Henderson Strange -- Dalton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10293739/person/-639090126?ftm=1 Edie Baker Birth 22 DEC 1889 in Jefferson County, Tennessee Death 17 NOV 1978 in Jefferson County, Tennessee Buried in Hill Crest Cemetary, Jefferson County, Tennessee Married: 8 SEP 1904 to William Henderson STRANGE b 5 NOV 1878 in Jefferson County, Tennessee -- Strange, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v14t2932&id=I230 Social Security Death Index Edie Strange Born 22 Dec 1889, Died Nov 1978 Last Residence Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, 37917 SSN 412-82-2019 issued Tennessee (1965).
The Stevens-Simpson genealogy reports the name Lula Gennie for Eugenia. The nickname Gennie is also confirmed by Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, who mentions "Jennie" as one of the half-siblings of Emma Cornelia Kinard (personal letter in 1979 to her daughter Edith Marie McSwain Jenkins).
1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 10 June, Lagrue Township, District 3, page 16, Hse #134, Fam #143 Baker, Thomas L W M 25 Farmer GA GA GA Baker, Emma W F 24 Wife Keeping House IL IL IL Kinard, Mary W F 46 Mother At Home GA GA GA Kinard, Emma W F 13 Sister AR GA GA Thomas is Mary Kinard's son by her first husband Rollin Baker. Emma is her daughter by her second husband Levi Webb Kinard, whom she married after Rollin died. She is a widow again here as Levin died before the 1880 census. Next door to Thomas is Lemiel Simpson, born in Mississippi, who is likely part of the family his sister married into. Thomas' sister Eugenia (Gennie) married William Washington Simpson from Mississippi. They had a son born in 1885 whom they named Lemuel. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Georgia, 12 June, LaGrue Township, District 4, page 10B, Hse #195, Fam #200 Baker, Thomas Head W M Jul 1854 45 Married 25 years GA GA GA Farmer Owns Baker, Emma Wife W F Sept 1856 43 Married 25 years 7 children/5 living IN KY IN Baker, Mollie Dau W F Oct 1886 13 AR GA IN At School Baker, Laura E Dau W F Aug 1889 10 AR GA IN At School Baker, Ida L Dau W F June 1893 6 AR GA IN At School Baker, Willie F Dau W F Oct 1895 4 AR GA IN Baker, Lester B Son W M Oct 1899 7mos AR GA IN Kinard, Mary A Mother W F Feb 1835 65 Widow 1 child/1 living (?) GA GA GA Lee, Clarence Boarder W M Aug 1878 21 Single AR KY KY Day Laborer