Located on private property off  Hwy 155 south from Big Sandy.

This very little cemetery sits under the biggest pine tree I have ever seen.  If this tree ever falls, it will take the graves with it.  Two of the stones have come off of their pedestals, with one of them propped in front of it, while the other one had fallen into a pretty deep hole.  It was found by Tom Mitchell, and maneuvered enought to be able to read it. Plans are to go back and right these two stones.

Read January 19 & 20, 2000 by Sharon Pierce, Judy Mitchell, Tom Mitchell and Judy Greenway.  Photos courtesy of Sharon Pierce. 

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.

This little "History of Baileys" was sent in by  Ann K. King Tebow. Thanks Ann!
Fannie Donald was the child of a family named Bailey.  The Baileys, a black family, farmed for mine and Royce Ann Tipton's great-grandfather John Washington King, a white man,  in Big Sandy.  Fannie had two daughters by John Washington, to wit Martha [Mattie] KING Greenwell and Mary King.  Both women used the last name of King when they reached adulthood.  Martha's marriage license to Jacob Greenwell reflects King. Also the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 Upshur County census list Mary King.  E. L. Bartlett is the son of Mary King and William Bartlett.  William Bartlett was a white man from Wood county.   I also believe Mira Fletcher was a Bailey.

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