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1796 - 1880 (84 years)

Name	Thomas BAYS [1, 2, 3]
Born	1796	MD [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
Died	1880	Fayette Co., WV [1, 2, 3]
Person ID	I36090736081	My Genealogy
Last Modified	23 Dec 2022

Father	John Franklin Fielding BAYS, b. Abt 1770, MD , d. WFT Est 1808-1861 (Age 91 years)
Mother	Mary Ann KNIGHT, b. Abt 1775, d. WFT Est 1807-1869 (Age 94 years)
Married	1794	MD [1, 2, 3]
Family ID	F1107	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Nancy Ann LINEGAR, b. 1801, Bath Co., VA , d. 1880, Fayette Co., WV (Age 79 years)

Married 1818 WV [1, 2, 3]

Children

	1. Rebecca BAYS, b. 1818, Giles Co., WV , d. WFT Est 1862-1913 (Age 95 years)
	2. Isaac Runols BAYS, b. 2 May 1822, Giles Co., VA , d. 27 Jun 1888, Louisburg, Miami Co., KS (Age 66 years)
	3. Amos BAYS, b. 19 Nov 1823, Logan Co., (W)VA , d. 13 Jan 1858, Fayette Co., (W)VA (Age 34 years)
	4. Mary Ann Polly BAYS, b. 1824, Logan Co., WV , d. 1880, Fayette Co., WV (Age 56 years)
	5. John BAYS, b. 1828, Wolfpen, Logan Co., (W)VA , d. 1907, Griffithsville, Lincoln Co., WV (Age 79 years)
	6. William BAYS, b. 1829, Fayette County, Virginia , d. 20 Apr 1855, Fayette Co., VA (Age 26 years)
	7. Jemina BAYS, b. 1830, VA , d. 1857, Fayette Co., VA (Age 27 years)
	8. Richard Madison BAYS, b. 1832, Fayette Co., VA , d. 20 Mar 1894, Tillamook, OR (Age 62 years)
	9. Elizabeth Evalina BAYS, b. 1833, Fayette Co., VA , d. 1868 (Age 35 years)
	10. Charles BAYS, b. 1835, Fayette Co., VA , d. WFT Est 1836-1925, OK (Age 90 years)
	11. Hiram BAYS, b. 1840, Fayette Co., VA , d. WFT Est 1869-1931, McMinnville, OR (Age 91 years)
	12. Martha BAYS, b. 1841, Fayette Co., VA , d. 1879 (Age 38 years)
	13. Jane BAYS, b. 1843, Fayette Co., VA , d. WFT Est 1857-1937 (Age 94 years)

Last Modified 23 Dec 2022

Family ID F1108 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos
Bays Brothers

Maud Flowers Gravemarker

Notes

[Helmick's from online.FTW]

[Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW]

[BrÃ¸derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #1718, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2000]

Birth and death dates are approximate. The three Bays brothers appeared in the Loop (WV) before the formation of Fayette Co., but their cabins were located in diverse parts of that area - Thomas, on the present Country Club Road; William, on Cassady Branch of Laurel Creek; and Isaac, on Crooked Run.

In 1826, Thomas and Isaac Bays worked as chainmen on the surveys made by
Francis Pinnell in the Loop when it was under the jurisdiction of Logan County.
The place chosen by Thomas Bays for his homestead was on the headwaters of Wolf Creek, then called Wolfpen Creek, athwart the old Loup Creek Road across Rich Mountain. There he found acres and acres of good rolling terrain suitable fo farming and stock raising and waiting to be cleared. The original Loup Creek Road passed through this homestead to a junction with the Bluestone Road at the site of present Oak Hill, but that was somewhat out of the way for inhabitants who had business at the new county seat at Vandal's. In 1837, on petition of Loup Creek citizens, Thomas Bays was appointed on a committee of viewers to locate a new road "from the top of Rich Mountain where Loop Creek Road crosses, to intersect the Bluestone Road at the most convenient and practicable point toward Vandal's" (Fayetteville).

We do not know when Thomas and Nancy died. They appear on the Fayette Co. 1860 Census - Thomas's age is given as 64 and Nancy is 58. She is also listed as being a Midwife. There are also three children listed: Martha, 18, who married Lewis Blake; Henry C., 14, and James F., age 4.

In 1994, I visited Oak Hill, WV, in search of the burial place of Thomas and Nancy. I was told by Randy Steele of Kentucky that they were buried in the Brenneman Cemetery. I did not find the Brenneman Cemetery but later found that it is now know as the Lundale Farm. Merry Hanning of Oak Hill visited the Lundate Farm in 1995 but did not find any evidence of graves. She said it was overgrown with weeds and she was unable to find any markers.

While I was in Oak Hill, I drove down the street called Country Club Rd. I later found out after reading the book "Cabins in the Loop" that Thomas and Nancy had once lived on that same road.

If you have corrections, or comments please contact me, Terry Pogue at t_pogue@hotmail.com

Sources

[S_638797793] Fair Sabra & Abraham Helmick.FTW.
[S_638797792] World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, BrÃ¸derbund Software, Inc., (Release date: August 22, 1996), Tree #1718.
[S_638797791] Helmick's from online.FTW.

Thomas BAYS