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Haleyville Cemetery
"1802 Bagwell Baley, 135 improved acres, 75 unimproved acres, 5 cattle"
Bagwell, the first Bailey to reside in Baileytown, was born by 1774 and died in
1848.
Around 1799, he built a log cabin along Ackley Road -- a temporary dwelling
while a new home was being constructed. Unable to get good water at the
cabin location, he was forced to haul water a great distance from a creek that
fed Laurel Lake.
When he moved around 1801, his new home proved to have
good water. In his book The Baileys of Baileytown, Norman Bailey
relates that in 1941 the well at this house was still producing, "sweet
water, though many that drink from it do not realize its history as Baileytown's
first well." On this same page, Norman questions whether this home is still
standing after the Army's takeover of Baileytown.
Bagwell is listed as head of household in the 1800 U. S. Census of Cumberland
County. This census indicates that by 1800 Bagwell was married and had two
daughters and a son under the age of 10. Also living in his household was a male between the
ages of 16 and 25, and this may have been
Bagwell's brother, Edward Jr., who appears by name in the 1802 Downe Township
ratable.
It is not absolutely certain where Bagwell, Nancy, and Jane Bailey are buried.
Part of the family of later generations was interred in Haleyville,
others at Dividing Creek. We can't help but wonder whether a few of the
earliest Baileys may have found their final resting place somewhere in Baileytown.
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