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anne bailey was born in 1742 (exact date unknown) in Liverpool England.
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exact dates of birth and death were unknown.
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by the time she turned 18 both her parents were dead.
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when she was 19 she sailed to america.
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She marries Richard Trotter at age 23 and they move to Stuanton,Virginia.
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Richard Trotter was killed in the battle at Point Pleasant.
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After her husbands death she pledges to avenge her husband. She did this by wearing mens clothimg and teaching herself how to shoot a gun. She felt the need to help her country however she could.
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She then left her seven year old son William with her neighbor and road off to start recruiting people to the army. She often carried messages between Fort Savannah and Fort Rudolph. The distance between these forts was 160 miles.
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She ramarried to John Bailey who was a frontiersman.
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Native americans threatened to attack Fort Lee but the colonists realize they were short on gunpowder. Ann then volunteers to ride 100 miles from Fort Savannah in Lewisburg to Fort Lee.
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Shortly after the death of her husband she gave up her home and lived in the wilderness for over twenty years.
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John Bailey is murdered near Point Pleasant Virginia.
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she made her last delivery trip to Charleston at age 75.
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instead of moving in with her son her son built her a cabin close by so that she would still feel independent.
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she died sometime in November 1825. she was buried in Gallia County Virginia but her remains were later moved to Point Pleasant.