Senator Bailey Anderson, Sr

A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA - VIRGINIA with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A002346

Bailey Anderson, Sr., Revolutionary War veteran and Texas pioneer, the son of John and Sarah (Carney) Anderson, was born on November 13, 1753, in Stafford County, Virginia. He married a woman believed to be named Mary Wyatt about 1770. The family moved to South Carolina, and Anderson, his father, and two brothers were in the Revolutionary War. His father and two brothers were killed. In 1795 Anderson moved to Kentucky, where he represented Warren County in the state legislature in 1800–02. In 1805 he moved to Indiana. Anderson Township in Warrick County, Indiana, was named in his honor.

The family started for Texas in 1816. Mary Anderson died and was buried on the shore of the Mississippi River in a hollowed-out cottonwood log. The family settled in Arkansas Territory (now Oklahoma), where they remained for two years. On August 4, 1817, Anderson signed a petition complaining about an Osage Indian attack on family members at Clear Creek. The family arrived in Texas by January 1819. Anderson had two great-grandsons born in Texas that year. During the Long expedition troubles, the family went back to Arkansas Territory but subsequently returned to the Ayish Bayou District of Texas in 1821. Anderson had a total of nine children. He is listed on the Texas Roll of Patriots as one of the forty-six Revolutionary War heroes buried in Texas. He died in Harrison County, Texas, on August 1, 1840, and is buried at Elysian Fields. A historical marker was dedicated to him on June 1, 1975.

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Revolutionary War patriot Bailey Anderson, Sr. whose grave is in Elysian Fields.

The following link about the Daughters of the American Revolution of Longview and East Texas Sons of the American Revolutionary Chapter No. 57 of Longview, in honoring and preserving the history of Revolutionary War patriot Bailey Anderson, Sr. whose grave is in Elysian Fields. Written by Robin Y. Richardson of the "Marshall News Messenger" Marshall, TX on Sunday – October 26, 2003.

He is listed on the Texas Roll of Patriots as one of the forty-six Revolutionary War heroes buried in Texas.

See link:

http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/fan40.html

1. Name: Bailey Anderson 1 2
2. Sex: M
3. Birth: 13 Nov 1753 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia 1 3
4. Event: Land Sale 13 May 1793 Greenville County, South Carolina 4
5. Event: Deed 1795 Greenville County, South Carolina 5
6. Event: Moved To 1795 Warren County, Kentucky 6
7. Event: Land Patent 01 Aug 1839 Warrick County, Indiana 7
8. Event: Rev. Soldier Marker Event-Misc 26 Oct 2003 Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
9. Event: XPRB _FLAG
10. Death: 01 Aug 1840 in Harrison County, Texas 8 8 8
11. Event: Deed Aug 1795 Pendleton County, South Carolina 9
12. Event: Moved To 1805 Warrick County, Indiana 6
13. Event: Arkansas Moved To 1813 Arkansas 6
14. Event: Moved To 1817 Jonesboro, Red River County, Texas 6
15. Event: Moved To 01 Jan 1819 Ayish Bayou, Free State of Coahuila, Mexico 10
16. Event: when Mexican soldiers came to evict settlers Moved To ABT 1820 Arkansas 11
17. Event: Moved To ABT 1822 Ayish Bayou, Free State of Coahuila, Mexico 6 12

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My ggggg grandfather, Bailey Anderson, was the son of John Anderson and Sarah Carney. About 1760 he moved with them to Newberry Dist., SC. He married Mary Delilah (--?--)about 1770 in Ninety Six Dist., SC. (Some researchers have speculated that her maiden name was Wyatt, but there is no proof for this speculation.) In 1776, he volunteered as a private in the South Carolina Militia for service in the Revolutionary War and saw service in Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas, fighting Indians and the British, scouting and patrolling. About 1779 he moved to the Long Island on the Holston River. He participated in Colonel Richardson's campaign against the Cherokees at Reedy River, Colonel Christian's campaign against the Cherokees, the Battle of Musgrove's Mill, the first Siege of Augusta, the Battle of Black Stocks and the Siege of Ninety Six. His father and two of his brothers were killed in the conflict. About 1795, Bailey Anderson moved to Warren County, Kentucky, where he served in the Kentucky State Legislature from 1800 to 1802.

    In 1805, Bailey Anderson migrated to Warrick Co., IN to became one of the first settlers. Anderson, one of the original Townships of Warrick County, was named after Bailey Anderson. The first official account of any court being held in Warrick County is found in a dilapidated old book in the Clerk's office. This court was held at the house of Bailey Anderson, near the mouth of Cyprus Creek, on the 18th of October 1813, and entitled "The Court of Common Pleas." He served as Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Warrick County for several years. Bailey Anderson remained in Warrick County until 1817 when he moved to Texas. 

    He migrated to Clear Creek, Indian Territory, on the Red River, about 1818. In 1820, when U. S soldiers came from Fort Smith, Arkansas Territory,  to evict the squatters from Indian Territory, Anderson and his family went to Arkansas Territory, but returned to Texas about 1821 as permanent settlers at Elysian Fields, in present Harrison County, Texas.

Bailey Anderson is also remembered in a cenotaph at Elysian Fields Cemetery.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 18 2023, 18:27:50 UTC