Edmund BAILEY^{[1, 2]}

1779 - 1847  (68 years)

• Name	Edmund BAILEY
  Birth	7 Jan 1779  [1]
  Christening	1807	Greensville Co, VA   [3]
  	During 1807, Edmund and his wife Rebecca were baptized and united with the Baptist community at High Hills Baptist Church in Greensville County, Virginia.
  Gender	Male
  War of 1812 service (1812 - 1815)	1 Jul 1813 - 26 Oct 1814  [4]
  	Edmund served in the military during the War of 1812. He enlisted on 1 July 1813, and he was discharged on 26 October 1814.
  Death	5 Apr 1847	Sussex Co, VA   [1, 3]
  	After 9 months of declining health, Edmund died at his Sussex County, Virginia residence at 8:00pm on 5 April 1847. He was 68 yeas old.
  Person ID	I24002	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Philip BAILEY   d. 21 Sep 1834, Sussex Co, VA
  Mother	Amy WHITEHORN   d. Before Dec 1793
  Notes	The 1780 Tithabel List for Sussex County, Virginia charges Philip Bailey as taxable for only himself. John Whitehorn's will, probated 19 October 1780, left a slave, Jim, to his daughter Ann/Amy Bailey. The 1782 Tithable List for Sussex County, Virginia charges Philip Bailey as taxable for himself and the slave, Jim.
  Family ID	F1009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca CLANTON,   b. 27 Feb 1785   d. 10 Aug 1846 (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Sarah Nelms BAILEY,   b. 24 Dec 1804   d. After Apr 1847 (Age 42 years)   2. Rebecca W. BAILEY,   b. 26 Jan 1809   d. 16 May 1856 (Age 47 years)   3. Edward Philip BAILEY,   b. 30 Aug 1811   d. 2 Oct 1890, Sussex Co, VA (Age 79 years)   4. Rev. Josiah Clanton BAILEY,   b. 12 Sep 1813, Sussex Co, VA d. 19 Dec 1881, Greensville Co, VA (Age 68 years)   5. John Adoniram BAILEY,   b. 9 Mar 1818, Virginia d. 28 Dec 1864, Sussex Co, VA (Age 46 years)   6. George Henry BAILEY,   b. 24 Feb 1820, Sussex Co, VA d. 5 Jun 1896, Sussex Co, VA (Age 76 years)   7. Demaris Ann BAILEY,   b. 3 Aug 1821   d. 15 Sep 1849, Greensville Co, VA (Age 28 years)   8. Edmund C. BAILEY,   b. 11 Jul 1823   d. 5 Apr 1869 (Age 45 years)   9. Martha Jane BAILEY,   b. 27 Mar 1825   d. After Apr 1847 (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  No will was filed with the Sussex County Court. Gary M Williams, Clerk, 8 December 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S380] "Bailey family Bible record, 1779 - 1866", Accession no. 22248.. [S404] Philip Bailey will (1834), Sussex Co, VA Will Book M, p. 152. [S4018] Edmund Bailey obituary, The Religious Herald, (Richmond, VA) 29 April 1847. [S4020] P.F. Tuck, compiler, Tuck, "Bailey family genealogical notes"., Accession no. 25584..