On August 16, 1698, the Lords Proprietors created John Bayley,
Esq., of Ballinaclough in the County of Tipperary, Ireland as
a Landgrave. In subsequent records this man's surname was spelled
Bayley, Bayly, Bailey, and Baily. The correct spelling seems
to be Bayley, although Bailey is more common.
The original John Bayley seems to have never crossed the Atlantic
Ocean to South Carolina. On his death, his landgraveship descended
to his son and heir of the same name - hereinfater referred to
as John Bayley II.
John Bayley II also never came to South Carolina. On November
9, 1722, he executed a power of attorney to Alexander Trench
of Charles Town to take possession of and sell all lands in Carolina
to which the former was entitled under the patent issued to his
father.
Due to a complicated series of events, the land became known
as Trench's Barony, then Raphoe Barony, and came to the possession
of Francis Kinloch, then Thomas Lynch, then Peter and James Sinkler.

Raphoe Barony Plat
Source: The Baronies of South Carolina by Henry
A.M. Smith, as published in the South Carolina Historical and
Genealogical Magazine, Volume XV, 1915.
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