Direct Ancestors of Bill Hardin
Alston BAILEY & Jane C. NICHOLS
Compiled by Patricia Freeman Hardin; Mount Holly, NC; 2007
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ALSTON BAILEY was born 30 Oct 1815 in SC and died 04 Aug 1902 in Coweta County, GA. He married JANE C. NICHOLS 06 Jun 1839 in Coweta County, GA. She was born 06 May 1824 in SC, and died 22 Jul 1904 in Coweta County, GA.

Notes for ALSTON BAILEY:
1850
Cowetta County, GA 1850 Census, 19th Division, Aug. 14, 1850
Alston Bailey, 32 m SC - farmer, $900
Jane, 25 f SC
Sarah F., 11 f GA
Dicy, 9 f GA
William F., 7 m GA
John H., 5 m GA
Mary E., 3 f GA
Matilda J., 1 month f GA
Thomas Bailey, 30 m SC

1858
Alston Bailey was Justice of the Peace for Coweta County GA for 1858-1861. Ledger is in Vol 16, Issure 1, Fall 1996 of Coweta County Historical Society Quarterly.

+Alston Bailey served in the CSA in Co. H, 9th GA.
A. Bailey (First_Last)
Regiment Name 9 Georgia Inf. (State Guards)
Side Confederate
Company D
Soldier's Rank_In 3 Lieutenant
Soldier's Rank_Out 3 Lieutenant
Alternate Name
Notes
Film Number M226 roll 3

1902
Estate Record for Austin Bailey
Coweta County GA
File B-17
Case: 1902
Years Support Bk. B, p. 118
Sales Bills Bk. C, p. 499
Dism. Bk. A, p. 88
Appointments Minutes Bk. M, p. 353, 364 and Bk. O, pl 125,140,166
Letters Bk B, p. 358
Bond Bk. D, p. 261
Misc. Orders Dissmission Minutes Book M, 383, 405, 584 & Bk. N, pl 9, 300, 532
Leave to Sell Property Minutes Book M, 554 & Bk N, p. 88, 106
Returns Book W, p. 244; Bk. X, p.46, 414; Bk. Y, p. 70, 148

Alston and Jane are buried in Bethel Church Cemetery on Luther Bailey Road in Senoia, GA.

More About ALSTON BAILEY:
Burial: Bethel Church Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta County, GA

More About JANE C. NICHOLS:
Burial: Bethel Church Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta County, GA

Children of ALSTON BAILEY and JANE NICHOLS are:

i. SARAH FRANCES BAILEY, b. 04 Mar 1840, GA; d. 20 Dec 1892; m. (1) JIMMIE DAVENPORT; m. (2) WILLIAM NEILL MOSES, 11 Nov 1858.

ii. DICY BAILEY, b. 04 Nov 1841, GA; d. 20 Dec 1892; m. F. M. BISHOP, 10 Dec 1876.

iii. WILLIAM FOSTER BAILEY, b. 22 Dec 1843, GA; d. 08 Apr 1862, Chattanooga, TN.

Notes for WILLIAM FOSTER BAILEY:
+Served as Private on muster roll of Company A, 41st Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee, C.S.A. Enlisted in Coweta County, GA on March 4, 1862. Died in Service.

iv. JOHN HENRY BAILEY, b. 28 Oct 1845; d. 01 Jan 1863; m. SALLIE STEPHENS.

v. MARY ELIZABETH BAILEY, b. 28 Mar 1848; d. 13 Jan 1895.

vi. MATILDA JANE BAILEY, b. 20 Apr 1850, Coweta County, GA; d. 12 May 1899, Coweta County, GA; m. BENJAMIN GEORGE WASHINGTON KEMPSON; b. 10 Jan 1846, Coweta County, GA; d. 10 Jan 1914, Coweta County, GA.

vii. JULIA ANNE BAILEY, b. Jul 1852; m. ROBERT M. OWENS, 24 Dec 1876.

viii. MARTHA SUSANNA BAILEY, b. 18 Jul 1854; d. 27 Dec 1883, Cleburne County, AL; m. JOHN LOUIS STEVENS, 10 Oct 1875.

ix. LUTHER CLARK BAILEY, b. 29 Aug 1859, Coweta County, GA; d. 05 Sep 1935, Coweta County, GA; m. (1) VIRGINIA FRANCIS THURMOND, 08 May 1883, Coweta County, GA; b. 15 May 1858, GA; d. 17 Mar 1926, Coweta County, GA (Source: Death Certificate.); m. (2) LIZZIE CRAWFORD, 30 Nov 1927. See Sketch on Luther Clark BAILEY and Virginia Francis THURMOND

x. JAMES WESLEY BAILEY, b. 12 Aug 1862, GA.

xi. NANCY CAROLINE BAILEY, b. 24 Jul 1864, GA; m. J. WES SMITH, 05 Jul 1885.