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Note: [Bailiff.ged] Was a slaveowner in Decauter, MS. Left Newton Co, MS and traveled by wagon train to Garden Valley, TX. They arrived in Garden Valley on Christmas Eve, 1869. Jan 2, 1837 - Perry Co, AL - Marriage to Julian Parker - Vol 241, Page 41. Aug 29, 1840 - Dallas Co, AL Marriage Bk I pg 178 (1818-1845) - Bailiff, Ishmeal to Mrs. Minerva I Bentley. Source states marriage date as Sept 3, 1840. 1840 Dallas Co, AL census - I. Bailiff (misread in index as B. Bailiff) 1850 Newton Co, MS census - Ishmael Bailiff, age 40, wife, Minerva, age 33. 1860 Newton Co, MS census - Decatur P.O. - Ishmael Bailiff, age 50, wife, Minerva, age 43. 1850 & 1860 state that Ishmael was born in NC, and that Minerva was born in GA. Letter written to the mother of Jeanne Murray Heard by Dorothy Alice Johnson in 1936 mentions that Ishmael died in 1893. [Jeanne Heard, 1999] Enon Baptist Church records, Decatur, MS: 1850 - Ishmael Bailiff joins church and made deacon. 1854 - 1855, Listed on various committees. Chosen as representative to Church Association. 1856 - Ishmael, (wife) Minerva J., (slave) Diley listed as members of Decatur Baptist Church. 1859 - Ishmael volunteers to paint church edifice. 1859 - Diley (Bailiff slave) baptised. Nov. 1859 - Ishmael sent to assist in Line Creek Church's discipline problems. 1860 - Charles (Bailiff slave) joins church by experience. May 1861 - Ishmael helps Beulah Church. 1867 - Ishmael and Minerva J. Bailiff are listed as members. [MINERVA DIED BETWEEN 1867 & 1869] 1869 - Ishmael, M.H. [Margeret Helen Lemmons], and Adolphus J. dismissed from church by letter. Oct. 1871 - Charles (Freed Bailiff slave) starts the colored Methodist Church. 1872 - Letter of acceptance for Yamar Bailiff (colored). 1872 - Harriet Bailiff (colored) baptised. 1880 - Diley Bailiff (colored) dismissed. Charles and Diley Bailiff (colored) were "husband" and "wife". *********************************************************************** Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Isaac BAILIFF Self M Male W 70 NC Farmer NC NC Margaret BAILIFF Wife M Female W 55 SC Keeping House SC SC Thomas BAILIFF Son S Male W 28 MS Farmer NC GA Charles ROBERTS Nephew S Male W 9 TX At School SC MS 1880 Smith Co, Texas Federal Census, Precinct 5
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