52 Ancestor 52 Weeks Week 22 – Prince Albert Bailey
Interesting
enough that I knew my second great grandfather’s name yet didn’t remember who
shared the information. It was possibly
his grandson and my great uncle Ocie who called me once a year. It was mentioned that Prince was from
Mississippi and lived in Alabama. The
name “Prince Albert” stood out in my mind.
In
researching the records to find Prince Albert Bailey, the 1870 US Census of
Clarke County, Mississippi revealed in the household headed by Margaret Bailey,
twenty-eight, white, with seven children also living in the home was Prince
Albert Bailey, a black servant, age 20, born in Alabama and a black domestic
servant, Rachael Bailey, age twenty-seven.
The household listed before Margaret was James M. Bailey, age
thirty-three, white male born in North Carolina living alone. There is an untold story in this record
between the families. My family’s Prince
Albert Bailey lived his life in Hale and Marengo Counties Alabama. Yet he may have lived in Mississippi for a time
while born in Alabama. The majority of the population of Marengo
County came from South Carolina and Virginia.
There are Bailey family lines that moved to the Faunsdale area from the
previous mentioned states.
Prince
Albert’s father, Peter Bailey was born 1831 in Virginia and died 1 Sep 1930 in
Demopolis, Alabama. Marengo County
numbered third in the production of cotton in the state of Alabama and by 1840,
blacks outnumbered whites. Most of the
blacks were enslaved and laborers for crops as well as mining. Interesting enough there is some research
that shows some Bailey family lines moved to Mississippi from Alabama. Prince Albert married Adeline King in
Demopolis and their children were Caroline, Mary (my great grandmother) and
Lena.
Hoping
this part of my journey fills in some blanks revealing some of the untold
story.
Sources:
Online: US Federal Census 1870, Dist. 2, Clarke, MS; US Federal Census 1880
& 1900 Gallion, Hale, AL; 1910 Prairieville, Hale, AL; Alabama Death Index
1908-59; Alabama Death & Burial Index 1881-1974; AL Genealogy Trails –
Marengo Co. AL History, Bailey – James W. Bailey Jr. research (2000).
