FAMILY
HISTORIES
JESSEE BAILEY
My direct line ancestor Jessee Bailey and wife Elizabeth (Bessie) Woodson Bailey settled on the Red River in Montgomery Co Tennessee around 1811. Jesse was the son of American Revolutionary War patriot Callam Holman Bailey. Callam was born in Goochland Co Virginia and after service in the American Revolution settled in Barren Co Kentucky. This is proven in a book written in 1983 by Alice Money Bailey that is entitled Callam Bailey- Early Settler of Barren County. Jessee and my great-great granddad, John Gilliam Bailey were brothers.
By 1834 the Bailey's received a deed of property from Elizabeth's dad, Stephen Woodson, for 400 ac. which today sits off of Georgetown Road. The deed-land transaction is on file in the Tennessee State Archives A copy of this deed lays out the measurements and adjoining property. The Jesse Bailey Cemetery today is off of Georgetown Road and copies of some of the family graves are included. The Bailey's named their plantation Belle View and part of this land may now be the Clarksville Golf course.
Jesse's son Jesse W. Bailey maintained the plantation through the civil war and it remained in the Bailey family through at lease 1877. The federal census of 1870 included the first names of the domestic servants that remained on the plantation during the re-construction era of post civil war.
The children of Jesse and Elizabeth married into the Killebrew, Looney and Maclaughlin families of Montgomery County. Decendants of the Killebrew family still remain in the county and have an extensive family history of the Killebrew's.
I'm trying to locate other descendants who married into the Jesse Bailey family or who may have been associated with the plantation operation. A person named MAMIE who lived from 1869-1939 is buried in the Jesse Bailey Cemetery and she is believed to have helped raise some of the extended family.
In the 2000 the Montgomery County Tennessee Family Book the Bailey-Maclaughlin-Killebrew family is mentioned in a nice article. The old home place was identified as being 400 ac and on the south bank of the Red River and opposite G.H. Warfield's 634 ac. estate. Jesse W. Bailey had possession of the home place thru 1877. I would like to find the land sale records of this historic plantation.
Jesse and Elizabeth raised 8 kids and Sarah was among them. She met and fell in love with Neander Young (N.Y.) Cavitt of Weakley Co Tennessee and married him. N Y was a Politician and post master and served in the Tennessee state legislature. The Cavitt's and his dad John Fourney Cavitt lived on a plantation in Weakley County named Elm Tree during the civil war but left for Henry Co Tn when the invading northern forces forced them to Paris TN. The Cavitt's are buried in the Paris Town Cemetery.
N.Y. and Sarah's daughter Tillie Cavitt married D.C. Barton of Paris TN and they built the Cavitt Place in Paris which is now the Paris-Henry County Heritage Center. D.C. Barton is believed to be one of the first millionaires in the county. Tillie Cavitt Barton gained membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) in 1917 by proving her direct link to Callam Holman Bailey.
In 1923, William Walter Maclaughlin the grandson of Jesse W. Bailey also gained member in
Tennesse Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution by proving his direct link to Callam Holman Bailey.
I look forward to developing ties with descendants of these outstanding Montgomery County or with those who worked with the families.
Submitted by: Talley Bailey
988 Reynolds Road Chepachet Rhode Island 02814
E-mail: critt61626@aol.com
