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John Bays III (abt. 1775 - 1855)

John Bays III
Born about in Pittsylvania, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 27 Sep 1794 in Pittsylvania, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 80 in Morgan, Kentucky, USAmap
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Biography

John Bays III was born circa 1775 in Pittsylvania, Virginia.

Marriage

John Bays (III) married Sarah "Sally" Owen on 27 September 1794 in Pittsylvania county, Virginia.[1]

Military Service

John Bays (III): Virginia Militia, 29 Oct. 1814 - 1 Dec. 1814.[2]

Residence

  • 1850 - Morgan, Kentucky[3]

John and Sarah (Owens) Bays raised their family on Bird Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. This is where they were living at the time of the 1830 census of Virginia. According to accounts left in court documents, three generations of Bays’ had lived there, John’s parents John and Lovisa ‘Vicey’ Bays and his grandparents John and Lucy Bays had all owned land and made their home on Bird Creek. In settling the estate of John Bays, indentures dates October 10, 1811 and December 16, 1811, his widow Lovisa claimed 98 acres of land on Bird Creek, with John and Sarah (Owens) Bays among his heirs.

On the first day of September 1814 John and Sarah’s son Isham joined the Virginia Militia. At this point in time the elder John Bays born 1783 had been dead about three years but his parents John and Sarah were still living in Virginia. Isham served with Nathanial Terry’s Company of Infantry, 4th Regiment, receiving $28.38 for his service of three months and seventeen days. Isham was born August 23, 1795 and married in Pittsylvania County to Mary Polly Taylor on July 4th 1818.

In a War of 1812 pension application dated March 28, 1871 Isham declared the Regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Colonel W. C. Greenhill and the Brigade was commanded by Brig. General Leftridge. Isham stated: " I marched to Old Richmond, Virginia and remained there till the British invaded Washington City. Then we went on a forced march to Washington and arrived there to find the enemy had evacuated that place. We then marched to Ellicott Mills Maryland where I was honorably discharged."

The Bays Family migration to Kentucky

We can place the date of the Bays Family’s westward migration to Kentucky between 1830 when they were last on the Pittsylvania County, Virginia census and 1831 when they first appear on the tax list of Morgan County, Kentucky. John and Sarah made this move to Kentucky along with what appears to be all their married children and grandchildren. His parents and grandparents had long since passed away.

Isham and Polly were living in Pittsylvania County, when on 18th of June 1820 their son George Washington Bays was born. Isham later moved to Kentucky with his parent’s, first living in Morgan and Floyd and then Magoffin County Kentucky where he received the pension he applied for until his death July 22nd,1874. Isham is buried in the Adams / Kelly Cemetery on Burning Fork, Magoffin County, Kentucky. Polly had apparently died before 1850 when Isham was listed with wife Susan. The burial places of either wife his unknown.

By the time of the 1840 Kentucky census we find George Washington Bays living in Morgan County as the head of his own household. He had met and married Sarah May, a daughter of Caleb and Margaret (Patrick) May. They were married October 11,1838 at her parent’s home in Morgan County Kentucky by Benjamin Caudill, a minister of the Baptist Church. The next summer Sarah gave birth to their first child, Cynthia, she was born July 26, 1839. Sarah was born August 9,1820, a daughter of Caleb and Margaret (Patrick) May.

In 1842 George and Sarah became members of the Burning Springs Baptist Church, which was then located in Morgan County and was later known as the Old Regular Baptist Church. In the minutes of the Burning Springs Church, dated November 1, 1842, it states that Sisters Matilda May, Sarah May and Brothers Washington Bays, James Tackett and John Conley became members of the church when they were joined by baptism. About five years later on January 1, 1847 these same minutes give notice that Brother Washington Bays was ordained a minister. The area of Burning Springs became a part of Magoffin County at it’s formation in 1860, the area being presently located near what is now Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky.

George W. Bays was shown in Kentucky Land Warrants as the grantee of 1,010 acres on Licking Creek in Morgan County. The date of the survey was May 24, 1847. There is an Indenture on record in Morgan County dated October 29, 1856, in which George and Sarah bought property (number of acres not known or specified) on the waters of the Licking River. This is the same property that George sold to Thomas Keeton in August of 1859.

Death

John died 26 JUL 1855 in Morgan, KY at age: 92-93.

Sources

  1. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5YP-561 : 5 December 2014), John Bayes and Sally Owen, 27 Sep 1794; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 18; FHL microfilm 33,326
  2. "Branches In The Tree of Edmund Bingham I and Lucy Bays" Carter 1997. [1], Family History page 182.
  3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65F-LWM : 12 April 2016), John Bays, Morgan county, Morgan, Kentucky, United States; citing family 1051, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Tree of Edmund and Lucy Bays Bingham

Notes

I originally had him as John Bays III and have seen that suffix in at least one source and in the bio above. I think for the sake of clarity, we can call him John Bays III as he is the son of John Bays Jr.

http:/bays.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I51&tree=T1

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Sherry Clendenon for creating WikiTree profile Bays-125 through the import of Moore - Johnson-tree-Aug2013-2.ged on Aug 17, 2013.
  • Bayes-115 was created by Mike Crain through the import of TestTree(2).ged on Jan 10, 2015.





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Bays-125 and Bays-346 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by Mark Burch
A Family Group Sheet from 1997 has been attached. It will make a good starting point. John's spouse's profile needs to be added.

Sarah "Sally" Owen m: 27Sep1794 Pittsylvania county, Virginia. Anybody have her vitals and sources?

posted by Steve Lake

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