Anne
Bailey - frontier scout
1742? - 1825
In
the late 1700s Anne Bailey served in the Great Kanawha Valley
as a buckskin-clad frontierswoman who could handle a horse, hatchet,
and long rifle as well as any man. When her husband was killed
in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 she was compelled to avenge
his death and embarked on a new life as border scout and messenger.
The 1861 poem “Anne Bailey’s Ride” commemorates
her heroic 1791 ride alone through over 100 miles of mostly wilderness
when Fort Lee (Charleston) was threatened with attack to Fort
Savannah (Lewisburg) and her return with desperately needed gunpowder.
Portrayed
by:
Patty Sue Cooper
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