Brief Life History of Zachariah
When Zachariah Bailey Jr was born in 1805, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Zachariah Bailey, was 49 and his mother, Winefred Coleman, was 45. He married Melissa Cruce in 1828. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in District 859, Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1860 and Resaca, Gordon, Georgia, United States in 1870. He died about 1872, in Gordon, Georgia, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Zachariah Bailey, "United States Census, 1840"
- James Bailey, "MyHeritage Family Trees"
- Zachariah Barley, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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