Reuben Hugh Bailey

Reuben Bailey BIRTH 1771 DEATH Jan 1846 (aged 74–75) BURIAL Bailey Cemetery Lamar, Mercer County, West Virginia,

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The son of Richard and Elizabeth Bailey, husband of Sarah Ferguson, one of the Bailey family members who may have been buried in the plot of Richard I in unmarked graves.

At the time of the interments of Richard and his family, Reuben was the owner of the land where this Bailey plot is located. Estimated date of marriage, 1794. Reuben is mentioned in the histories of these families, and in the petitioning of the Virginia governor along with his brothers and other persons. He stood as witness for John Davidson in John's pension applications, for service in the Revolutionary War.

Researcher Walter M. Bailey found another record which indicates Reuben was born in 1770 and died in 1845. In his last will and testament recorded at the Tazwell Co. Courthouse, he left the sum of $.25 to his daughter Elizabeth Shrewsbury.1 He left a will; Reuben Bailey of Bluestone, being 75 years old. Will probated January, 1846, Tazewell County Will Book No. 2, page 325. Devises his property as follows: To his wife Milley, to Barissa Waldron, daughter of Samuel Waldron by his daughter Sally, to his sons, William, Rueben and James, to his daughter Elizabeth Shrewsberry, and to his sons-in-law, Thomas White, Reuben Tanetson, David Mills, Samuel Waldron, Charles Cranforces and Shan Belsha. Vol. I, pages 277, 278 and 281.

GEDCOM Note

AKA: Rubin Bailey, Sr.

per WFT Vol 7 Tree # 4723 - - - birth year is 1771 in Bedford County, Virginia
per WFT Vol 7 Tree # 4723 - - - married in 1795 in Tazewell County,
per WFT Vol 7 Tree # 4723 - - - died 1845 in Tazewell County, Virginia
per WFT Vol 7 Tree # 0605 - - - birth year is abt 1770 in Tazewell County, Virginia