John ANDERSON, SR

                   Notes from Ancestry Member Trees:
There was a settlement developing on Ayish Bayou. This settlement would become San Augustine. Two of the early settlers were, Raymond Daley and John Ayers. They said they had served with Lafitte. Another settler was Bailey Anderson, son of John Anderson who was born in Scotland. Bailey Anderson fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. His mother was Sarah Carney. Bailey Anderson was in Texas in 1819. Bailey Anderson became the second Alcalde (mayor) of San Augustine. Still more settlers in Ayish Bayou were: Bryan Daugherty, Willis Murphy, John McGinnis, and Donald McDonald, a Scotsman who fought for the British at the Battle of Lundy's Lane in the War of 1812. He was captured. After his release, he came to Texas. 
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Bailey served in the American Revolution. They were living in SC in the 96 District.
Bailey and Mary moved to Warren Co., KY 1795
Bailey served one term in KY legislation 1800 - 1802
He served as Captain in Knox Co., KY Militia 1808
He lived in Warrick co., Ind. Moved to Texas in 1819
They went to Miller Co., AR. Census 1820/1821
Bailey lived in San Augustine, TX from 1822 - 1826. He moved to Elysian Fields, TX in 1826 and remarried until his death in 1840.
In 1975 a TX Historical Marker was placed in Elysian Fields, TX commemorating Bailey's REvolutionary War Service.
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Bailey Anderson was born November 13, 1753 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia and served about two years in the American Revolution. He fought Indians on the Pee Dee River and participated in the Battles of Musgrove's Mills, Black Stocks, Ninety Six, and the Siege of Augusta. He moved his family to Kentucky and then to Indiana after the Revolution, and in 1818 moved once more to Texas. On the float trip down the Mississippi River his wife died, and Bailey Anderson arrived in San Augustine, Texas in 1819 and settled on the Ayish Bayou District in 1821. Bailey Anderson died August 1, 1840 and is buried in the Old Family Cemetery near Elysian Fields in Harrison County. There are both DAR and SAR markers on his grave. 
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Marker Title: Bailey AndersonCity: Elysian FieldCounty: HarrisonYear Marker Erected: 1975Marker Location: FM 31 and CR 1402Marker Text: (1754-1840) A veteran of the American Revolution, Bailey Anderson was born in Stafford County, VA. About 1760, he moved with his parents John and Sarah (Carney) Anderson to the Newberry District of South Carolina. At 21, he was in the Revolutionary army and during the next 11 years saw service in Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas, fighting Indians and the British, scouting and patrolling. His father and two of his brothers were killed in the conflict. About 1795, Bailey Anderson moved to Kentucky. There he served in the State Legislature, 1800-1802. In 1810 he moved to Indiana, to try life on another frontier. He migrated to East Texas about 1818. Although it was in dispute, Americans then considered this a part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1820, when Spanish soldiers came from Mexico to evict the East Texas filibusters, Anderson and his family went to Arkansas Territory, but returned about 1821 as permanent settlers. The land surrounding this marker was in a grant from the Republic of Texas to Bailey Anderson, Jr., a soldier in the Texas War for Independence. Nearby, in the family cemetery, is the grave of Bailey Anderson, a veteran of the American Revolution.

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From FindAGrave:
My ggggg grandfather, Bailey Anderson, was the son of John Anderson and Sarah Carney. About 1760 he moved with them to Newberry Dist., SC. He married Mary Delilah (--?--)about 1770 in Ninety Six Dist., SC. (Some researchers have speculated that her maiden name was Wyatt, but there is no proof for this speculation.)In 1776, he volunteered as a private in the South Carolina Militia for service in the Revolutionary War and saw service in Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas, fighting Indians and the British, scouting and patrolling. About 1779 he moved to the Long Island on the Holston River. He participated in Colonel Richardson's campaign against the Cherokees at Reedy River, Colonel Christian's campaign against the Cherokees, the Battle of Musgrove's Mill, the first Siege of Augusta, the Battle of Black Stocks and the Siege of Ninety Six. His father and two of his brothers were killed in the conflict. About 1795, Bailey Anderson moved to Warren County, Kentucky, where he served in the Kentucky State Legislature from 1800 to 1802. In 1805, Bailey Anderson migrated to Warrick Co., IN to became one of the first settlers. Anderson, one of the original Townships of Warrick County, was named after Bailey Anderson. The first official account of any court being held in Warrick County is found in a dilapidated old book in the Clerk's office. This court was held at the house of Bailey Anderson, near the mouth of Cyprus Creek, on the 18th of October 1813, and entitled "The Court of Common Pleas." He served as Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Warrick County for several years. Bailey Anderson remained in Warrick County until 1817 when he moved to Texas. He migrated to Clear Creek, Indian Territory, on the Red River, about 1818. In 1820, when U. S soldiers came from Fort Smith, Arkansas Territory, to evict the squatters from Indian Territory, Anderson and his family went to Arkansas Territory, but returned to Texas about 1821 as permanent settlers at Elysian Fields, in present Harrison County, Texas.