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Hello Jeanette,
It sounds like the record you have came from the file boxes at the courthouse in Vandalia. Probably in the Circuit Clerk's office, as that is usually where probate records are kept. If you haven't been to an Illinois courthouse, each record is in it's own "packet", then each small drawer is filled with packets in order of the filing. So the first records in the county would be in drawer one; when that drawer was full, drawer two would be used. "Pack 13" surely refers to packet 13, but could be drawer 13, as Fayette County was formed in 1821. There weren't many people living in that area in 1821! You can try writing the courthouse and ask them to check for the actual file and copy all papers to you. A tip: ask them to copy BOTH sides of the papers if there is any writing on the backside. A cousin from California once ordered a probate file from Macoupin County, IL. Our ancestor died intestate [no will on file] and had an inventory on file. The courthouse copied all the papers and we thought we had everything there was to find. Sometime later, I visited the courthouse and in checking out other family members, decided to double check all the files we already had. Lo and behold, in the file Joe had ordered, on the back of one of the papers, was a list of heirs! Faintly written in pencil and not noticed by the courthouse staff. What a great treasure! I would write to Fayette and ask them to check for this administration record and also a will. There probably wasn't one, or James H. Bailey would have appointed an executor and no one would have needed to file letters of administration to have an administrator appointed to handle his estate. Yes, you can assume that he has died very close to the date they are trying to get an administrator. Also, important! Ask them to check for a guardian being appointed for Jonathan D. Bailey. He would only have been about 2-3 years old and it was common to appoint guardians for children whose fathers died. The mother wasn't deemed capable of handling her own money and affairs, I guess. This would prove the Jonathan Bailey I found to be the son of James H. Bailey. See below........
I have never heard that there was a fire in the Fayette courthouse. The Handybook for Genealogists doesn't list a fire has having taken place, and states that their records go back to 1821.
I got interested in your search and did some hunting around. I believe I have found James Bailey's family, but you will want to try to prove with actual records.
James H. Bailey may have been quite young at the time of his death. From my research, he was married to LEDIA JONES [Lydia/Lidia/Lidie, etc.] 22 March 1838 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
She was a daughter of JARVIS JONES and probably PRISCILLA [MNU]. Jarvis Jones died in 1837 and left a will in Guilford County, NC, naming his wife Priscilla and 6 children: Nancy "Kimbro" [Kimbrough], Margaret [supposedly married William Gunter], Sarah Tanson, Rebecca, Lydia, and Charles P.
Several people have trees on the web with this family; Beware! There are many errors! They have Jarvis with more than one wife, to accomodate the fact that they have Rebecca and Lydia being born in the 1790's. They were actually born in 1815 and 1820. He may have had children born that early, but I found those two girls with Priscilla in 1850:
1850 Prairie Twp. Randolph County, MO 792/792
BAILY, LEDY 35 bp: NC
JONES, REBECCA 30 NC
BAILY, JOHNATHAN 13 NC [actually ILLINOIS]
JONES, PRICILLA 70 NC
I believe Jonathan is the only surviving child of James H. Bailey and Lydia Jones. They would have only been married for four years at most. Tracked Lydia and Jonathan through the census and other records to make sure; the only census I could not find for them was the 1860. Lydia remarried to a Skinner and had a daughter Georgia ca 1864.
1870 Moberly, Randolph County, MO p. 316B
64/63
SKINNER, LYDIA 53 keeping house NC
GEORGE A.16 female MO
JONES, REBECCA 55 NC
4/4 page 312A
BAILEY, JOHNATHAN D. 31 carpenter IL
MARY E. 28 MO
JAMES R. 2 MO
Randolph County Deaths Index at US Genweb
JONES, REBECCA B., MISS
died 19 September 1878 at C.A. Davenport's of Moberly.
Aged 64 years. Sister of Rev. C.P. Jones of California.
Aunt of J.D. Bailey and Mrs. C.A. Davenport of Moberly.
Widow Pattens Cemetery. MDM Friday, 20 September 1878
There was a note by the compiler of this death index that he had never heard of Widow Pattens Cemetery. You might want to research land records and census for Patten to see if you can find the Widow. It is possible that Lydia is buried with Rebecca, since she has already died at the time of Rebecca's death.
Georgia Skinner married Charles Aaron Davenport and was Jonathan D. Bailey's half sister.
1880 Moberly, Randolph County, MO ED 106
213/219
Davenport, Chas. A. 34 RR switchman IL OH IL
GEORGIA 26 wife general debility MO KY NC
Barkman? Gricie 21 housekeeper MO MD MD
I'm not sure if Georgia had Davenport children, or not. Charles A. Davenport died 27 May 1894 and is buried in Oakland Cemetery. Maybe you can get someone to do a lookup at the Randolph County site and find out if Georgia is buried with him. They have a housekeeper, so she may have had a serious illness. I couldn't find her in 1900, but she may have remarried.
1880 Silver Cliff, Custer County, CO ed 32
Baily, Jonathan D. 40 married carpenter IL NC NC
appears in a list of men; they are probably working in the area and away from their homes.
1880 Moberly, Randolph County, MO ed 108
347/392
BAILEY, Mary E. 37 married MO KY KY
Jas. R. 11 son MO IL MO
Chas. B. 9 son MO IL MO
Wm. E. 8 son MO IL MO
Mary B. 3 daughter MO IL MO
Letha L. 2 daughter MO IL MO
Cora L. 5/12 daughter MO IL MO b. January
1900 Los Angeles Ward 2. Los Angeles County, CA ed 18
100/101
BAILEY, Jonathan D. head Sept 1837/62 married 32 years
carpenter IL IL IL
BETTIE wife Aug 1842/57 md 32 yrs. number of children left blank MO KY KY
LITHA daughter Feb 1878/22 single MO IL MO
CORA daughter Dec 1879/20 single MO IL MO
1910 Los Angeles Ward 2, Los Angeles County, CA ed 149
41/70
Blanchard, Gilbert E. head 39 married [1st marr.] 13 yrs. MA MA CANADA
Mary B. wife 33 married [1st marr.] 13 yrs.
1/1 children MO NC MO
Warren B. son 9 single CA MA MO
BAILEY, JONATHAN D. father-in-law 71 married [1st marr] 43 years NC U.S. U.S.
Elizabeth mother-in-law 67 married [1st marr] 43 yrs. 6/6 children MO MO MO
Irene niece 14 single CA MO MI
Irene is listed as a Bailey and a niece of the head of household; she must be a grandchild to Jonathan and Mry Elizabeth.
I tracked Charles Pinckney Jones up to his death; he was a Methodist minister and moved frequently. The following are entries from the IGI at the LDS site; I will note what errors there may be *
IGI
BAILEY, JONATHAN DENNEY
born: 16 January 1839 *1900 census gives September
died: no date given, but Mary is still with the Gilbert Blanchard family in 1920; age 77 and widowed, so Jonathan died 1910-1920
married: 1 November 1866 Mary Elizabeth Boucher in Cairo, Randolph County, MO
She was born 21 August 1842 in Cairo, Randolph County, MO
and died 23 January 1925; place not given.
Children:
James Robert Bailey 1 July 1868 Moberly
Charles Boone Bailey 19 July 1870 "
William Earnest Bailey 9 July 1871 "
Mary Bettie Bailey 26 September 1876 Moberly
Letha Lucella Bailey 22 February 1878 "
Cora Lee Bailey 19 December 1879 "
Jonathan's age and birthplace changes at every census, which is often the case with those records:
1850 b. ca 1837 NC
1860 missing
1870 b. ca 1839 IL
1880 b. ca 1840 IL
1900 b. ca 1837 IL
1910 b. ca 1839 NC
I think 1839 Illinois should be correct; again, proof positive is needed. Possible his date of birth would be in the guardianship record, if one can be found.
One World Tree at Ancestry.com
Charles Pinckney Jones
b. 8 March 1818 in Guilford County, NC
d. 30 April 1902 Kent, WA [King County]
married: 1] Sarah Ann McLaughlin b. 1823 d. 1874 Yuba City, CA married 23 April 1844 Cumberland, NC
married 2] Juliette Packer
father of Charles P. Jones: Jarvis Jones
mother: Priscilla
children: Sarah's
Sarah V. Bailey
James O.A. Bailey
Charles O. Bailey
Archibald Bailey
William G. Bailey
J.T. Bailey [male]
Eudora Bailey
child with Juliette:
Helen Winifred Bailey nicknamed NELL
I didn't copy all the dates for the children, etc. Can get them if you don't have Ancestry.
Charles P. Bailey in census:
1850 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC with Sarah McLaughlin's parents
1860 Neuse River, Craven County, NC
1870 Boonville, Cooper County, MO
1880 Kelseyville, Lake County, CA
1900 Meeker, King County, WA [Charles is with a married daughter and his wife Juliette [Etta] is boarding in North Sumpter, Baker County, Oregon. She was a book dealer, I think. Still married, just working. She was born in 1850, so was 32 years younger than her husband.] I copied all of this, and will send if you need it; I wasn't sure and fingers are getting tired :-)
Hope this will help you find your Bailey connection; let me know if there is more that you need. I am not related to this family; just helping out.
Regards,
Barbara
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