Individual Details
Thomas Bailey
(1818 - MARCH 4, 1897)
Events
| Birth | 1818 | Wilkinson County, Georgia |  |  | |
| Census | 1850 | Baker County, Georgia | | | |
| Census | 1860 | Calhoun County, Georgia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1861 - 1865 | Civil War Service - Georgia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | CA, 1868 | Move to Texas - Texas | | | |
| Death | MARCH 4, 1897 | Cherokee County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Aft MARCH 4, 1897 | Hester Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Aft MARCH 4, 1897 | Find A Grave Memorial - Hester Cemetery, Cherokee County, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | Lieugenia "Lucinda" Sutton | | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1840s | Residence - Georgia | | |
Families
| Spouse | Lieugenia "Lucinda" Sutton (1823 - 1889) |
| Child | William Bailey ( - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Franklin Bailey (1860 - 1939) |
| Child | Thomas Jefferson Bailey (1846 - 1904) |
| Child | Henry Stephen Bailey (1850 - 1927) |
| Child | Ciety Ann Tabitha Bailey (1852 - 1907) |
| Child | Warren E. Bailey (1855 - 1905) |
| Father | William Edward Bailey Sr. ( - ) |
| Mother | Ciety Bailey (Maiden Name Unknown) ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth date as 1818.The memorial shows he was born in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
Census
The 1850 Baker County, Georgia US Federal Census shows the Thomas Bailey household as:Thomas, 32, b. Wilkinson County, Georgia
Lucinda, 26, b. Wilkinson County, Georgia
Thomas J., 2, b. Baker County, Georgia
Henry, 1 month, b. Baker County, Georgia
Lucinda King, 14, b. Dooly County, Georgia
Census
The 1860 US Federal Census for Calhoun County, Georgia shows the Thomas and Lucinda Bailey household:Thomas Bailey, age 42, b. Georgia
Lucinda, age 37, b. Georgia
Thomas J., age 12, b. Georgia
Henry, age 10, b. Georgia
Seaty A. E., age 8, Female, b. Georgia
Warren E., age 4, b. Georgia
Benjamin F., age 1 month, b. Georgia
Miscellaneous
Thomas Bailey left his wife and children in 1861 to join the Confederate Army.Miscellaneous
After the Civil War, Thomas Bailey's farming assets based on slave labor were wiped out and about 1868 he and his family moved to Texas.They settled first near Cheeseland in Angelina County and later moved to Wells and Forest in Cherokee County.
Thomas and Lucinda resumed cotton farming when they came to Texas.
Death
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his death date as 3-4-1897.The memorial shows he died in Cherokee County, Texas.
Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #12721256.The memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his birth and death dates and the memorial shows his places of birth and death.
His memorial is linked to his spouse and children.
The memorial names his six children William, Thomas, Henry, Tabitha A. E., Warren E., and Benjamin F. and his spouse Lucinda Bailey.
Marriage
The Find A Grave Memorials for Thomas Bailey and Lieugenia Sutton Bailey are linked as spouses.Miscellaneous
By the 1840s, the Bailey family had migrated to present day Baker, Calhoun, and Early Counties in Georgia. The extended family became quite wealthy as slaveholders, cotton farmers, and had extensive land holdings.Endnotes
1. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
2. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
3. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
4. 1860 U.S. Federal Census Report, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
5. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
6. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
7. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
8. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
9. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
10. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
11. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..
12. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
13. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Compiler, Cherokee County History (Jacksonville, Texas: Texas Historical Commission, 1986), 133-139; e-book, Portal to Texas History, Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu : Accessed 23 October 2018; Entries on the Isaac Bailey family made by Carl Day Bailey, his father was born and lived in Cherokee County and descended from Thomas and Lucinda Bailey; a likely relative of Isaac Bailey..