ran, all debts due them from business done before a certain date would be “put in suit.” 15 James was the senior business partner. In 1860, he owned real estate worth $3,500 and personal property worth $7,000. The latter amount probably represented the value of one slave he personally owned and his share of business property, store fittings, inventory and slaves. 16 Mack’s real estate was valued at $700 and personal property, $3,500. 17 The business owned three slaves, a female age 28, a male age 13 and a male age five. 18 If James and Mack were still business partners, that ended when Mack died from illness contracted during Confederate service at the end of 1861. 19 His place of burial is not known. James’s Confederate service record was not found. The James Bailey who supplied the Confederate Army with ordinance 15 “For Sale,” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Press and Banner , 24 July 1856, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 23 November 2020), p. 3, col. 2. Also, “Pay Your Old Debts,” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Press and Banner , 21 January 1858, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 23 November 2020), p. 3, col. 2. Also, “Last Notice,” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Press and Banner , 13 January 1859, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 23 November 2020), p. 3, col. 1. 16 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, population schedule, Greenwood, p. 108 (penned), dwelling 795, family 770, Jas. A. Bailey; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 30 October 2020), citing FHL microfilm 805212. Also, 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, slave schedule, p. 98 (penned), James A. Bailey, owner; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 29 August 2020), citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1229. 17 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, population schedule, Greenwood, p. 108 (penned), dwelling 796, family 771, Geo. M. Connor; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 30 October 2020), citing FHL microfilm 805212. 18 1860 U.S. census, Abbeville District, South Carolina, slave schedule, p. 98 (penned), Bailey & Connor, owner; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 29 August 2020), citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1229. 19 Compiled service record, George McDuffie/McP. [Malcom] Connor, Pvt. Co. B, 1 (Orr’s) South Carolina Rifles, Civil War; digital images, Fold3 (access through participating libraries : 28 July 2015), citing NARA microfilm publication M267, roll 137. To access Mack’s service record, search with George McDuffie Connor or George McP. Connor and go forward or back depending on the name you used. Also, “Our Old Roads, No. 318,” The (Greenwood, South Carolina) Index-Journal , 25 January 1947, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 27 November 2020), p. 4, col. 2, para. 6.
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