Deceniber 15. 1944
BAILEY BUGIE
Base 19
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One of the. oldest
living residents of
Bailey today is Llr.
John (Johnny) Eatmon,
who is able to reel
off by the hour his
tory of Bailey and
surrounding commujii-
ties. Long ago, he re
lates, thousands . of
acres of land around
here v/ere ov/ned by
six prominent men,
JOHIT EATLION
The wealthiest of
these men was John
E,atnon, great-great-
groat grandfather of
'.Ir. " J ohnny ", C orai n g
from Chesterfield,Eng
land, in the year 17--
I-^r, Eatmon acquired
in this section around
three thousand acres
of land. Six hundred
of this number was
located in the B^ill-
hoad commimity. It is
said that all Eatmons
in this section are
his descendants,
SAUIIDERS-HORllE
Sion Sanders, builder
of the Underv/ood I.'Iil].,
ovmcd land from the
old State highv/ay to
^Ir. I.Iillard
Morgan’s
line, Ilis home was
locatcd nertr that of
Paul Peele’s and is
today still standing.
Another prominent
landovmer to be men
tioned is David Horno,
Ovmor of land froiii the
Beard .hom.oplace tc>
d>-
what is nov; Horne’s
chur ch and c oirumuii t y,
lie v/as, as stated in
last month’s Buf^lo^
the one who developed
the iron ore in the
Horne ’ s c omr:uni ty, He
moved to Arkansas be
fore the Civil Vvar,
Among the six was
DAVID V/IITBORirS, Lictho-
dist preachcr and son-
iMSW bus ARRIVES
Long pi’onised now bus
for Llount Pleasant
students was delivered
on Thanksgiving day.
This bus, !Io„ 1, re
places Ko. 17 and is
driven by John Glover,
Somewhat different
from the others, the
new model has two ex
tra windows located at
the bottom of the door.
fo’onder of |X\/rK|| ;L
the Pleasant Grovo i/xv/Ll nOL vJ/ \i\i-.^Li'U
in-lav/ of David Horno
Ee was the founder
the Pleasant Gr
■church and owned land *
from the 3alloy-LIidd.lo-l
sex highway to the j
Y'Jilscn-Ralcigh road, |
DEAITS-PIEGH !
r i ri0
lowers
JII.I DEA.,0
original oY/ner
Bailey and its
His homeplacc is now phi! 1 ipS, Agent
the home of Albert j • r- }
Farmer, All the Bailey
Farmers are descend
ants of I.Ir, Deans,
The most recent of
the six wa.s Iz-’vin
Finch, who possessed
a wide tract of land
from the Bailey Com
et ry to Lit. Pleasant,
Part of the original
tract is still held
by a descendant of his,
Ldllard I.'organ, who
lives at the old Finch
homostoad. 0.Board
tho j
of !
sur- I
rounding comnumit*:- '
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