Slaves of General William Bailey, Florida

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Jefferson County, Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage

This page's purpose is to record the enslaved people owned by General William Bailey (abt.1790-), and attempt to connect them to their families.

Contents 1 History of General William Bailey 2 Slaves William Bailey Inherited From His Father And Grandfather 3 Slaves for William Bailey in the 1850 Slave Schedule Census 4 Slaves for William Bailey in the 1860 Slave Schedule Census 5 Sources

History of General William Bailey

Born in Camden County, Georgia in 1790, he and his wife followed their families (Bailey and Bellamy) to Jefferson County, Florida, in 1824. They built a plantation and home called The Cedars near Monticello, where they became prosperous planters. William bought The Columns in Leon County in 1847 , then moved his family there in 1862. William became known as "the richest man in Florida."^[1][2]

Slaves William Bailey Inherited From His Father And Grandfather

William (aka John William) is mentioned in his father's will n 1809^[3] and in his grandfather's will in 1821.

On his father's will in 1809, William was given two slaves:

• Cesar
• name covered cannot read

William was also given two slaves in his grandfather's will in 1821:^[4]

• Ellis
• Charles

Slaves for William Bailey in the 1850 Slave Schedule Census

In the 1850 Slave Schedule census, there were three entries for a William Bailey in Jefferson County which most likely was General William Bailey, who owned The Cedars, and other properties. It is not known exactly were the following unnamed slaves were located.

One entry had 188 slaves^[5]:

Gender	Age
Female	8
Male	6
Male	4
Female	2
Female	3/12
Female	40
Male	22
Male	18
Female	15
Female	9
Male	37
Female	31
Female	13
Male	9
Male	7
Male	45
Female	45
Male	14
Male	12
Male	12
Female	22
Female	3
Female	28
Female	9
Male	2
Female	53
Male	28
Male	16
Female	27
Male	10
Male	8
Female	44
Female	15
Male	13
Male	11
Male	6
Female	40
Male	24
Female	24
Male	6
Female	4
Female	32
Male	14
Male	11
Male	9
Male	7
Female	30
Female	11
Female	6
Female	45
Female	18
Male	16
Female	14
Female	12
Female	10
Female	8
Female	48
Female	20
Male	30
Female	45
Female	32
Male	4
Male	1
Male	28
Female	26
Female	18
Male	5
Female	2
Male	68
Female	55
Male	25
Male	20
Female	18
Female	13
Male	27
Female	24
Female	5
Female	2
Female	45
Female	14
Male	12
Female	22
Female	2
Female	28
Female	40
Female	45
Male	60
Female	50
Male	30
Female	28
Male	7
Female	10
Male	3
Male	45
Female	43
Female	15
Male	18
Male	12
Female	10
Female	7
Male	5
Female	2
Female	20
Female	16
Female	22
Female	1
Male	15
Female	18
Male	30
Female	23
Female	2
Female	46
Female	12
Male	85
Female	35
Male	15
Male	13
Female	5
Female	2
Male	65
Female	55
Male	20
Male	27
Female	23
Female	7
Male	5
Female	3
Female	35
Male	1
Female	34
Male	18
Female	16
Female	11
Female	7
Male	4
Male	40
Female	35
Female	13
Male	10
Male	25
Female	24
Male	6
Female	4
Male	2
Male	39
Female	37
Male	15
Female	13
Male	9
Male	7
Female	3
Male	1
Female	38
Female	11
Male	13
Male	25
Female	23
Female	5
Male	13
Female	14
Female	16
Female	22
Male	3
Female	16
Female	16
Female	16
Female	15
Female	14
Male	55
Female	45
Male	20
Male	16
Female	12
Male	11
Female	10
Male	9
Male	8
Male	25
Male	24
Male	22
Male	22
Male	16
Male	14
Male	22
Male	27
Male	50
Female	22
Female	2

A second entry had 84 slaves ^[6]:

Gender	Age
Female	14
Female	15
Female	14
Male	15
Male	35
Female	30
Female	10
Male	4
Male	6
Male	3
Male	1
Male	40
Female	40
Female	15
Male	18
Female	11
Male	13
Male	7
Female	9
Female	5
Female	2
Female	20
Male	27
Female	26
Female	20
Male	5
Female	40
Female	14
Female	12
Male	22
Female	40
Male	18
Male	16
Female	14
Male	12
Female	10
Male	6
Male	4
Male	1
Female	50
Male	30
Female	20
Female	50
Male	14
Female	10
Female	8
Male	1
Female	1
Female	50
Female	10
Male	6
Female	35
Male	14
Female	3
Male	1
Female	65
Female	45
Male	18
Female	16
Male	12
Male	10
Female	8
Male	6
Female	4
Male	35
Female	22
Male	4
Female	1
Female	35
Female	14
Female	10
Male	7
Male	28
Female	27
Female	8
Female	6
Male	2
Female	30
Male	12
Female	60
Female	17
Male	15
Female	12
Female	10

A third entry listed 58.^[7]

All Enslaved People:
Gender	Age
Male	50
Female	48
Male	29
Female	22
Female	16
Male	55
Female	50
Male	29
Male	27
Male	18
Female	20
Male	13
Male	10
Male	53
Female	47
Female	15
Male	16
Male	14
Male	11
Female	7
Male	32
Female	42
Female	18
Male	16
Female	14
Male	12
Female	10
Female	8
Female	4
Male	32
Female	38
Male	17
Male	11
Male	9
Female	7
Female	3
Male	48
Female	36
Female	18
Female	15
Female	13
Female	11
Female	9
Male	5
Female	6/12
Male	35
Female	32
Female	12
Female	10
Female	7
Female	2
Male	35
Female	5
Male	32
Female	32
Female	14
Male	12
Female	10

Slaves for William Bailey in the 1860 Slave Schedule Census

A 185 slaves were listed for William Bailey in an entry in Jefferson County in 1860.^[8][9]

Name	Relation	Sex	Age
William Baily	Owner
	Slave	F	21
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	F	2
	Slave	M	50
	Slave	F	46
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	M	16
	Slave	F	13
	Slave	M	10
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	F	13
	Slave	M	65
	Slave	F	21
	Slave	M	5
	Slave	F	1
	Slave	F	14
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	F	28
	Slave	M	8
	Slave	M	4
	Slave	F	10
	Slave	M	27
	Slave	M	1
	Slave	F	25
	Slave	M	4
	Slave	F	18
	Slave	M	25
	Slave	M	50
	Slave	F	18
	Slave	F	16
	Slave	M	13
	Slave	F	10
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	F	23
	Slave	M	3
	Slave	F	1
	Slave	F	45
	Slave	F	26
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	F	19
	Slave	M	14
	Slave	M	12
	Slave	F	11
	Slave	F	5
	Slave	F	2
	Slave	F	10
	Slave	F	70
	Slave	M	30
	Slave	M	40
	Slave	M	40
	Slave	F	35
	Slave	F	16
	Slave	M	14
	Slave	F	12
	Slave	F	10
	Slave	M	6
	Slave	M	4
	Slave	F	3
	Slave	F	0
	Slave	M	40
	Slave	F	35
	Slave	F	11
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	F	5
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	F	0
	Slave	F	70
	Slave	F	18
	Slave	M	16
	Slave	M	22
	Slave	M	25
	Slave	M	6
	Slave	F	45
	Slave	F	19
	Slave	M	16
	Slave	F	21
	Slave	F	45
	Slave	M	19
	Slave	F	14

A second entry In the 1860 census Wm was a slave owner in Jefferson, Florida, United States, with 80 slaves.^[10]

Name	Relation	Sex	Age
Wm Bailey	Owner
	Slave	F	12
	Slave	F	23
	Slave	M	25
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	M	2
	Slave	F	55
	Slave	F	27
	Slave	M	22
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	M	35
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	M	22
	Slave	F	12
	Slave	F	55
	Slave	M	5
	Slave	F	25
	Slave	M	26
	Slave	F	45
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	F	17
	Slave	M	28
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	M	14
	Slave	M	45
	Slave	F	16
	Slave	F	13
	Slave	F	10
	Slave	M	7
	Slave	M	5
	Slave	F	2
	Slave	M	80
	Slave	M	25
	Slave	F	22
	Slave	M	30
	Slave	F	23
	Slave	M	3
	Slave	M	26
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	F	21
	Slave	F	50
	Slave	F	29
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	M	16
	Slave	M	50
	Slave	F	38
	Slave	M	12
	Slave	M	10
	Slave	F	8
	Slave	M	4
	Slave	M	1
	Slave	M	50
	Slave	F	40
	Slave	F	20
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	M	8
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	M	3
	Slave	M	0
	Slave	M	60
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	F	10
	Slave	F	5
	Slave	F	2
	Slave	M	30
	Slave	F	22
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	M	38
	Slave	F	38
	Slave	F	18
	Slave	M	16
	Slave	F	13
	Slave	M	10
	Slave	F	8
	Slave	F	3
	Slave	M	1
	Slave	M	48
	Slave	F	50
	Slave	M	18
	Slave	F	16
	Slave	F	14
	Slave	M	21
	Slave	F	23
	Slave	M	45
	Slave	F	1
	Slave	F	45
	Slave	F	24
	Slave	F	18
	Slave	F	4
	Slave	M	2
	Slave	M	16
	Slave	M	45
	Slave	F	60
	Slave	M	80
	Slave	F	65
	Slave	F	30
	Slave	F	8
	Slave	F	6
	Slave	F	2
	Slave	M	28
	Slave	F	34
	Slave	M	10
	Slave	M	2
	Slave	F	25

In the 1860 census William was in Leon County, Florida, United States, with 75 slaves. This was most likely on The Columns property.^[11]

Gender	Age
Female	5
Female	2
Female	28
Female	5
Female	3
Female	1
Male	26
Female	20
Male	3
Male	30
Male	18
Female	18
Male	5
Female	2
Female	18
Female	20
Female	3
Male	2/12
Female	17
Male	25
Female	30
Male	25
Female	30
Female	28
Female	14
Male	23
Female	18
Female	90
Male	20
Male	20
Female	18
Female	1
Male	50
Female	45
Male	21
Female	18
Male	14
Female	12
Female	7
Male	4
Male	1
Male	19
Male	23
Male	60
Female	50
Male	36
Female	28
Female	60
Male	14
Female	11
Male	58
Female	60
Male	30
Male	30
Female	60
Male	21
Male	30
Female	28
Male	4
Female	11
Male	1
Female	60
Female	17
Female	14
Male	40
Female	30
Female	11
Female	4
Male	30
Female	25
Female	5
Male	4
Female	3
Male	28
Female	28

Sources

1. ↑ Plantations, Jefferson County
2. ↑ Portrait of General William Bailey. 1870 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/10009>, accessed 12 December 2022.
3. ↑ Father's Will, Camden County, Georgia, Wills 1795-1932, page 137, Ancestry link & Ancestry Public Link
4. ↑ Grandfather's Will, Camden County, Georgia, Wills 1795-1932, page 294, Ancestry link & Ancestry Public Link
5. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91410502 (accessed 11 December 2022)
   William Bailey in Jefferson, Florida, USA.
6. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91410754 (accessed 11 December 2022)
   William Bailey in Jefferson, Florida, USA.
7. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archive in Washington DC; Washington, DC; NARA Microform Publication: M432; Title: Seventh Census Of The United States, 1850; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8055 #91411032 (accessed 11 December 2022)
   William Bailey in Jefferson, Florida, USA.
8. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
   The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #94078276 (accessed 11 December 2022)
   William Barley in Jefferson, Florida, USA.
9. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 29; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 000803110; Record number: 070997;
   FamilySearch Record: WKVQ-V13Z (accessed 24 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBV-9G3Q Image number 00333
   William Baily owner in household of William Baily in Jefferson, Florida, United States.
10. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
    citing Page: 30; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 000803110; Record number: 070998;
    FamilySearch Record: WKVQ-V1MM (accessed 24 December 2022)
    FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBV-9KB6 Image number 00334
    Wm Bailey owner in household of Wm Bailey in Jefferson, Florida, United States.
11. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules"
    The National Archives in Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Eighth Census of the United States 1860; Series Number: M653; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7668 #94083763 (accessed 13 December 2022)
    William Bailey in Leon, Florida, USA.