JAMES BRITON "BRIT" BAILEY

1 Aug 1779 - 6 Dec 1832

• BIRTH: 1 Aug 1779, North Carolina
• DEATH: 6 Dec 1832, Brazoria, Texas
• BURIAL: Bailey's Prairie family cemetery
• EVENT: Misc event: Apr 1821, Bailey's Prairie, Brazoria County
• EVENT: 1 League (4428.4 Acres)
  LAND GRANT: 7 Jul 1824, Brazoria County. Bailey's Prairie [75]

• MARRIAGE: 17 Jan 1821 [3305]

1.  Phelps Bailey
2. +(Pollie) Agusta Bailey
3.  Gaines Bailey
4.  Smith Bailey
5.  James Bailey
6.   Bailey
7. +Mary Augusta Bailey
8. +Nancy Bailey

• MARRIAGE: [3318] [3319]

1. +Elizabeth "Betsy" Bailey
2.  Mary "Polly" Bailey
3.  Gaines Bailey
4.  Phillip Bailey
5. +Smith Bailey
6. +James Bailey

                         __
 _Kenneth Bailey _______|
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|--JAMES BRITON "BRIT" BAILEY 
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|_Dorothy Smith Bailey _|
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INDEX

[72] Military: Lt. in Militia 1824: 1829 made Capt.
Battle of Velasco 1832

Public Service: convened settlers to take oath of office to Const.
1824 Militia Organized

Route to Texas: Tenn. to New Orleans to Galveston to Anahuac to
Brazoria by way of wagon and boat.

James Britton Bailey, 2nd. wife Nancy and six children

Also, brought along 6 slaves with him to Texas. "Mammy Belle & Uncle
Bubba"
were two known names.

Flags: Original 300=Y, Military(Texas)=Y, Public Service=Y

4/27/98
Mrs. Caroline Polley Farless
Inquired about James R. Polley, son of Walter Webster Polley and Ada
Wyayy. Also claims descendant of James Bailey. She has pictures of two
small pictures identified as "WHITEHALL" and "SLAVE QUARTERS"

Information compiled by: T.H. Bailey, Kingsport, Tennessee (1962) andGeorge R. Lewis, 9107 Camille Drive, Huntsville, Al 35802 is on filein the BCHM Library

Information created by GED2HTMLv3.ob (5/28/97) is on file at the BCHMLibrary in Angleton, Texas

[75] 1 LG 4428.4 ACRES

[3305] NANCY, SECOND WIFE OF BAILEY, IS SISTER TO BAILEY'S FIRST WIFE EDITH
or EDNA as in "THE FIRST COLONY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN'S OLD THREE HUNDRED"
pg. 8

[3318] EDITH or EDNA, BAILEY'S FIRST WIFE, IS SISTER TO NANCY SMITH, SECOND
WIFE OF BAILEY. "THE FIRST COLONY of TEXAS AUSTIN'S OLD THREE HUNDRED"
pg 8

[73] [S4] SOURCE #4

[74] [S15] hbt. v.1, p.95

[3319] [S387] THE FIRST COLONY of TEXAS AUSTIN'S OLD 300 HUNDRED

• PAGE: 1991, page 7.
  

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