Margaret Bailey: Southern Anthology

Name	Margaret Bailey
Nickname	Peggy
Gender	Female
Military	30 Aug 1813	Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama [1]
	"Upon Fort Pierce, near by as it was, the Indians made no attack, and the few inmates retired unharmed. They reached the Alabama River, but could not cross until Peggy Bailey, a sister of Captain Dixon Bailey, swam to the west side and procured a flat boat, on which they ferried themselves over and safely reached the arsenal at Mount Vernon. In acknowledgment of that daring act, swimming the Alabama in August, when alligators were quite abundant, the United States Government bestowed a tract of land upon this heroine. * * * Peggy Bailey has been mentioned as aiding those who retreated from Fort Pierce. She is represented as having been a stout, heavy built woman, who could ride a horse and shoot equal to a man."
		Fort Mims Massacre 30 August 1813
Departure	23 Sep 1828	Alabama
	Sale of reservation property conveyed upon Bailey pursuant to the Treaty of Ft. Jackson and removal to the Indian Territory.
Person ID	I5881	Dickinson
Last Modified	14 Apr 2013

Father	Richard Bailey, b. 1748, England , d. 1798, Atasi, Upper Creek Nation (Macon County, Alabama) (Age 50 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Mary, b. Atasi town, Upper Creek Nation
Relationship	Birth
Married	Abt 1766	Alabama [2, 3]
	Atasi or Autossee town, Upper Creek Nation (near present day Shorter, Alabama). This was one of the larger towns in the Upper Nation and the home of the Red Stick Prophet, High Head Jim. Richard Bailey maintained a precarious relationship with the town and by 1798 the National Council voted to expel him. He was killed in a riding accident before removal. The Baileys eventually settled in the Tensaw. Atasi was destroyed by Gen. John Floyd on November 29, 1813.
Family ID	F1566	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Richard Robertson

Children

+	1. Cynthia Robinson, b. Abt 1822, Monroe County, Alabama , d. 1887, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida (Age ~ 65 years) [Birth]

Last Modified 14 Apr 2013

Family ID F2755 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Military - "Upon Fort Pierce, near by as it was, the Indians made no attack, and the few inmates retired unharmed. They reached the Alabama River, but could not cross until Peggy Bailey, a sister of Captain Dixon Bailey, swam to the west side and procured a flat boat, on which they ferried themselves over and safely reached the arsenal at Mount Vernon. In acknowledgment of that daring act, swimming the Alabama in August, when alligators were quite abundant, the United States Government bestowed a tract of land upon this heroine. * * * Peggy Bailey has been mentioned as aiding those who retreated from Fort Pierce. She is represented as having been a stout, heavy built woman, who could ride a horse and shoot equal to a man." - 30 Aug 1813 - Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama

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Documents » Slide Show		Reed, Dixon Bailey NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Roll: 0113. Application Number: 11171
		Reed, Dixon Bailey NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Roll: 0113. Application Number: 11171
		Reed, Dixon Bailey NARA M1104. Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909. Roll: 0113. Application Number: 11171
		Bailey, Peggy Military Land Bounty Warrants, 22nd Congress (1832)

Sources

[S336342] The Creek War of 1813 and 1814, H. S. Halbert and T. H. Ball, (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1995 ), 164-165.
[S336345] A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814, Gregory A. Waselkov, (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2006), 49.
[S336424] The Collected Works of Benjamin Hawkins, Benjamin Hawkins; Thomas Foster, ed., (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press 2003), 31s (Sketch); 39-40, 316, 317 (Letters).