Anne Bailey's single-person ride in search of an urgently needed powder supply for the endangered Clendenin's Settlement was used as the template for Charles Robb's 1861 poem "Anne Bailey's Ride".
14 Facts About Anne Bailey
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Anne Bailey is known as the Heroine of the Kanawha Valley.
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Anne Bailey first arrived in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, at about the age of 19 after both of her parents died in 1760.
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Anne Bailey left her son William with a close neighbor, then joined the militia.
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In 1788, Anne married John Bailey, a frontiersman and ranger.
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Anne Bailey continued her service for the US military by patrolling the frontier against Native Americans and acting as a messenger between Fort Lee and frontier posts.
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Anne Bailey's path was through wilderness, and she rode both directions successfully and is credited with saving Fort Lee.
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Anne Bailey remained on duty until 1795 when the Treaty of Greenville ended the Northwest Indian War.
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In 1794, John Anne Bailey was murdered near Point Pleasant, Virginia, and his will was filed in the county court that same year.
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Anne Bailey's remains were later moved to Tu-Endie-Wei State Park.
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Anne Bailey was widowed again, encouraging her to move further into the frontier to Gallia, Ohio, in 1818.
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Anne Bailey died in Ohio in 1825 at eighty-three years old.
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Anne Bailey's remains were reinterred in Trotter graveyard near her son's house and was there for 76 years but in October 1901 her body was moved to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, State Park.
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Several institutions have been named for Anne Bailey, including Anne Bailey Elementary in St Albans, West Virginia, the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Charleston, West Virginia, and a lookout tower in Watoga State Park.