Joseph Bayliss (1808 - 1836)

Born 1808 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Mar 1836 at about age 28 in The Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

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Biography

Defenders in the Battle of the Alamo

Harrison's company (VAC)

Joseph Bayliss was born 1808 in Tennessee to parents John Bayliss and Patience Bayliss.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Joseph read and heard of the Mexican government denying some of the settlers' rights. Joseph emigrated to Texas along with other Tennesseans.^[6]

Joseph traveled with others from Tennessee such as John Purdy Reynolds, M.D. and William McDowell. Joseph sent letters home of the adventure. After walking from Tennessee, he and others journeyed to New Orleans to check out what the latest news was. Then all headed out for Nachitz and on westward to Texas. ^[7] A long journey.

This shows Joseph recorded as being in San Augustine colony (near far east Texas border. ^[8]

Joseph Bayliss, STATE: TX,

COUNTY: Texas Territory

TOWNSHIP: San Augustine

YEAR: 1829

DATABASE: TX Tax List Index, 1820-1829

Joseph was a single man, but tired, when he arrived in Nacogdoches, Texas and enlisted in the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps (VAC) . On 14 Jan, 1836, Joseph P. Bayliss took the Oath of Allegiance to the Republic of Texas as well as the other men of David Crockett's company. ^[3]After the enlistment he and others in William B Harrison's company walked westward across Texas toward Bexar colony.^{[7] [9]} David Crockett was also traveling with this company.^[3]

• https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm List of Bounties for Alamo Defenders
• List of Texas Army

enlistments Nacogdoches.

Accounts refer to Pvt Joseph Bayless as belonging to "Col Crockett's band." The company arrived in late January or early February. ^[2]They settled in, then Feb 23, 1836 the Mexican army began the siege of the Alamo.

Joseph Bayless, the Volunteer Auxiliary Corps of the Republic of Texas, the Texas Immortals and all Defenders were killed 6 March, 1836 in the Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. A memorial is in San Fernando Cathedral.

Note: Joseph Bayless' parents were his Heirs, Court of claims special vouchers No. 1323^[10]

Land bounty: and Grants 359, Joseph Bayliss, Awarded to Heirs for Service to Republic of Texas,

Total Acres in Johnson County 640 Acres, 1600 Acres In Palo Pinto County and special act for 320 Acres in Palo Pinto Co.;

1746 Acres, divided in different segments in Robertson District. https://s3.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm

District: Robertson County: Johnson Certificate: 3402/3503 Patentee: Heirs of Joseph Bayless Patent Date: 11 Jun 1859 Patent #; 60 Patent Volume: 26 Acres: 640 Class: Rob 3rd File: 3373 https://s3.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm *https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/3/0/1/301732.pdf 640 Acres Milam Bounty District: Robertson County: Johnson Certificate: 564 Patentee: Heirs of Joseph Bayless Patent Date: 15 Jun 1859 Patent #; 708 Patent volume: 2, File:761 Acres 320 Class: Rob. Don.

• https://s3.glo.texas.gov/ncu/SCANDOCS/archives_webfiles/arcmaps/webfiles/landgrants/PDFs/1/9/0/190076.pdf 640 Acres approved

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/106412-the-alamo-heroes-and-their-revolutionary-ancestors-bicentennial-project-alamo-dar-chapter-o-shavano-dar-chapter-san-antonio-de-bexar-dar-chapter?offset=4 Alamo Heroes, San Antonio DAR]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/sevier/milAlamo.html
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} http://www.thealamo.org/remember/history/defenders/index.html
4. ↑ http://gonetotexasgtt.com/f200.htm
5. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bexar/military/alamo/alamo.txt
6. ↑ Encyclopedia of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, By Thom Hatch
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Bill Groneman, "BAYLISS, JOSEPH," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbadn), accessed April 06, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
8. ↑ http://www.Ancestry.com, Texas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890 [database on-line]
9. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders
10. ↑ https://s3.glo.texas.gov/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm

• https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm List of Bounties for Alamo Defenders

See also:

• Groneman, Bill (1996), Eyewitness to the Alamo, Plano, TX: Republic of Texas Press, ISBN 1-55622-502-4
• Alamo Traces: New Evidence and New Conclusions By Thomas Ricks Lindley
• Hardin, Stephen L. (1999), Texan Illiad, Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, ISBN 0-292-73086-1