The forefathers of the Bailey families of Eastern Kentucky were: Joseph Bailey, born ca. 1760/1770 and died ca. 1839. William Bailey, born in Tennessee in 1775. He had one child, Elisha (b. 1816). John Bailey, born in Tennessee, ca. 1799, died in Kentucky in 1874.

Thomas Bottom, son of John Bottom and Elizabeth, was born in about 1708 in Henrico County, Virginia. He married Rebecca Wilkerson and Unity Alford. He was the father of eleven children. He died in 1789. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia and Kentucky.

The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

This is an index of the family names to the 3 volume set of The Bailey families of eastern Kentucky.

This is a genealogy book on the Bailey family from Virginia and Kentucky. It also contains the family Bible records of some of the Bailey family and a lineage of Andrew Harrison Bailey and his forefathers and offspring.