Yancey County, NC - "Yellow Jacket John" Bailey Cemetery

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YANCEY COUNTY 

"YELLOW JACKET JOHN" BAILEY CEMETERY

LOCATION:  On the Yancey side of the Toe River bridge at Relief, look for 
a sign that points up the hill (behind the power installation) to the cemetery.  
There is space for two or three vehicles to park, but you must walk up the path 
to the graves, about 100 yards.

ACCESSIBILITY:   Moderate; the path becomes steep near the cemetery.  Also, in 
Summer it might be overgrown with grass, weeds and briars.

CONDITION:    Excellent.  A beautiful view from the cemetery.

SURNAMES:   BAILEY, BRADSHAW, LAUGHRUN, TIPTON. 

1.   Unknown

2.   Unknown

3.   Unknown

4.   Unknown

5.   Morgan M. Bailey
—     [15 June 1825]
—     [1 April 1889]
"Co. F, 3rd NC Mtd Inf".   S/o 6 & 7.

This is the inscription from the monument placed there 
(above the graves of 6 & 7) by the Bailey descendants:	

"HERE LIE "YELLOW JACKET JOHN" BAILEY (AROUND 1898 - 1887, SON OF ANSEL
AND ELIZABETH BRADLEY BAILEY, PIONEERS FROM LITTLE KINGS CREEK IN
WILKES COUNTY (NOW CALDWELL); AND WIFE - LOVADA "LOVEY" RAY
(AROUND 1805 - OCT 22 1898), DAU OF HIRAM AND ELIZABETH COX RAY.

IN 1834 HE DEEDED 100 ACRES TO COMMISSIONERS OF THE NEWLY CREATED
COUNTY OF YANCEY, BAILEY SQUARE IN BURNSVILLE IS NAMED FOR HIM.
	
THEIR CHILDREN: ELMIRA HONEYCUTT, ANSEL (TO GA.), MARTHA "PATTY"
TIPTON COOPER, HIRAM (TO TN), MORGAN (BURIED HERE), REV. GARRET (TO TN),
THOMAS (BURIED HERE), JOHN, MARGARET "PEGGY" TIPTON, TEMPERANCE
"TEMPIE" HUGHES BENNETT, LOVIA LOUISA BRIGGS (TO TN), JEFFERSON (UNION
SOLDIER), MARTIN LUTHER (DIED YOUNG), ADDISON CRUSOE (DIED YOUNG),
ELIZABETH BRYANT, LIZA JANE (BURIED HERE, DIED YOUNG), CALVIN, AARON,
SARAH GARLAND (TO GA), CURTIS.

ALSO BURIED HERE (TOTAL OF AT LEAST 27 GRAVES) ARE SAMUEL MARION 
LAUGHRUN (7 26 1843 - 7 17 1891) [date wrong], AND WIFE JULIA ANN BRADSHAW 
(BORN 2 15 1850); JOHN TIPTON AND CURTIS BAILEY, SON OF HIRAM BAILEY, (IN
DOUBLE GRAVE, KILLED BY CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS); MARY ETTA (DAU OF
JEFFERSON BAILEY).  ERECTED BY DESCENDANTS IN THE YEAR 2002."

6.  "Yellow Jacket" John Bailey
1798
1880
S/o Ansel & Elizabeth Bradley Bailey

7.   Lovada Bailey
1805
1890
Wife of # 6.   
D/o Hiram & Elizabeth Cox Ray.

8.   SML
—      [26 July 1843]
17 July 1901   (Scratched on the stone)
(Samuel Marion Laughrun).   
S/o Samuel Marion & Lucinda Webb Laughrun.

9.   JL
—      [15 Feb 1850]
—      [aft 1900]
(Julia Ann Laughrun).   Wife of # 8.   
D/o James Isaac & Susan Gibbs Bradshaw (Celo, NC).

10-21.   Unknowns

Thanks to Gwen Bodford for her kind assistance in this survey!

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