Minter was born on 12 June 1763 in Fauquier County, Virginia], the fourth of seven known children and six sons of Carr and Mary Minter Bailey.
On 10 December 1789, when he was twenty-six years old, he married Ann Norris in Fauquier County. Minter and "Nancy," had ten children, five sons and two daughters, including:
John Bailey
Hannah (Bailey) Jackson
Minter Bailey, Jr.
Mary Bailey
Apparently Minter was illiterate as he signed his marriage bond with an “x.”
He appears in the 1820 Lewis County, Virginia, as Minter "Balley"
Minter appears in the 1820 census for Lewis County as "Minter Balley" and is indexed as "Minter Bolley" living in a household of twenty-one persons, with two more slaves than he owned ten years earlier:
Free White Persons - Males - 10-15: 2; 16-25: 1; 45 and over: 1.
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1; 16-25: 2; 45 and over : 1.
Nancy died in 1827, Minter in 1833, both of unknown causes. All of the children except perhaps Elizabeth were still living. Minter and Nancy are buried in the Watson Farm Cemetery in Jane Lew, Lewis County, in present-day West Virginia.
Gravestone for Minter Bailey, Sr.
From Findagrave.com
Minter Bailey
Birth: Jun. 19, 1763, Fauquier County, Virginia; Death: Nov. 12, 1833, Lewis County, Virginia, USA.
Minter Bailey was the son of Carr and Mary (Minter) Bailey of Fauquier Co., VA. 1770 -(Will names their children: James, Joseph, Betty, Carr, Minter, William and John).
Minter Bailey Sr. was the husband of Nancy Ann Norris. The 1833 will of Minter Bailey Sr. names their CHILDREN: William, Minter Jr., John, James and daughters Eleanor (single), Hannah Jackson, Mary Minter, and Eunice Stotts (1st husband was John Stalnaker) - BAILEY. SAR #85119 Minter Bailey Sr died 12 Nov 1833. (SON: Minter Bailey Jr, born 16 Mar 1799 in Fauquier Co Virginia, died July 1866; married Sarah "Sallie" Bastable.")
Fauquier County Marriage Bonds, 25 Mar 1782 (Fauquier Co Marriage bonds, 3/25/1782, Lib of Va). Repository: Library of Virginia-Archives and Manuscripts, 8th & Broad Sts, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
McWhorter, Minnie, Compiler, McWhorter Genealogies (West Virginia & Regional History Collection, Morgantown, WV). Repository: WVU Library WV and Regional History Collection, PO Box 6069, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA, Call Number: Archives & Manuscripts No.: 928.
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