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Note: Early Land Owners in Bienville Parish, LA. 1848-1849: John W Mays, James Williamson, Elidge B O'Neal, John C McCravy, JOHN BAILIFF, D Burnett, JOHN B HIGHTOWER, Milton B Nash, L N B Whitley, Samuel H Sherwood, H Pierson, R R Madden, & James Johnson made entry of lands. Nov 18, 1865 - Old Bienville Parish Newspapers - Bienville Parish, LA - Vol 1 No 4 - Thomas J Hightower filed petition to be appointed Adm of succession of John Bailiff, deceased. 1840 Mississippi, Lauderdale, Page 42, (#704)-roll #216. 1840 Lauderdale, MS census - John Baliff. CENSUS:1850 Louisiana, Bienville Parish, Western District, Page 250, Fam. #55. John Bailiff was one of the first settlers in Bienville Parish, LA. He filed a claim on Township 16, Range 7 in 1848. Township 16, Range 7, was entered in the thirties by speculators, although in 1837 John M. Prothro purchased in Sections 17 and 20. In 1848~49 John W. Mays, James Wi]liamson, Elidge B. 0'Neal, John C. McCravy, John Bailiff, D. Burnett, John B. Hightower, Milton B. Nash., L. N. B. Whitley, Samuel H. Sherwood, H. Pierson, R. R. Madden and James Johnson made entry of lands here, and on June, 30, 1848, s west half of the southwest quarter of Section 15 was entered by the parish of Bienville, the certificate of entry being 4369. [Rootsweb, USGenWeb, 2001] He married twice. The first union bore him 3 sons and a daughter. The second marriage bore him 2 daughters. [source: Jacueline Kirkham, 1999] 1850 census of Bienville Parish, LA: John Bailiff age 44 born NC Eliza Bailiff age 33 born GA Silas Bailiff age 14 born MS J.T. Bailiff (James Thomas) age 11 born MS T.J. Bailiff age 7 born MS B.F. Bailiff age 4 LA H.J. (Helen Josephine) Bailiff age 2 LA
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