Richard Payton Bailey, Jr.

Richard Bailey II BIRTH 1765 Bedford County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1845 (aged 79–80) Rock, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Rock Cemetery Rock, Mercer County, West Virginia,

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He was shown on a Wythe County deed as "son of Richard". Census records indicate he was born between 1767 & 1770. He was living at the time of the 1840 Census of Mercer County. Deed dated April 29, 1844 shows his heirs (Mercer Dd 2-90). He owned much land and was a great trapper.

In 1799 his father deeded him 86 acres of land which was located at the mouth of Crane Creek on the Bluestone River near Montcalm, WV. He purchased with his son Henry, 8,000 acres at "the Rock" of Bluestone and extending a great distance along the Bluestone and its tributaries. He owned 200 acres at Lorton Lick, and various other acreages which he patented from the government. He gave each of his sons and son-in-law a sizeable tract of land.

He erected a mill at the mouth of the Lashmeet Creek on the Bluestone very close to the Clover Bottom farm of the Mitchell Clay family.

Richard is thought to be one of the first settlers of Rock, Virginia/West Virginia. He lived on Lake Shawnee Road, near Bluestone River. His home is now owned by the Wesley O'Donnell family. He was a farmer and trapper. In 1837, he deeded much of his thousands of acres of land to his son Eli and all of their household goods in lieu of caring for them in their old age. In 1850 Richard was living with his son Eli, his wife and their child Andrew.8

In 1840 Richard and Isabell were living with their son Eli, his wife and their child, Andrew.

Richard died in Rock, Virginia, in Mercer County in 1845 and was buried in the family cemetery, which was on his farm. His grave is unmarked.

• *In 1845, Rock was still located in Virginia not West Virginia.