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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. William Baker: Birth: ABT 1805 in Tennessee, USA.

  2. Aaron Baker: Birth: ABT 1808 in probably Christian County, Kentucky, USA. Death: ABT 1894 in Berryville, Carroll County, Arkansas, USA

  3. Sheppard Baker: Birth: ABT 1810 in probably Christian County, Kentucky, USA.

  4. James Baker: Birth: ABT 1813 in Cape Girardeau District, Territory of Missouri, USA.

  5. Frances Baker: Birth: ABT 1815 in Cape Girardeau District, Territory of Missouri, USA. Death: ABT 1845 in Carroll County, Arkansas, USA

  6. Jonathan Baker: Birth: 01 AUG 1817 in Cape Girardeau District, Territory of Missouri, USA. Death: in Texas, USA


Notes
a. Note:   H62
Note:   Willie Elmey Johnson was born about 1788 in Lancaster County, South Carolina. She married John Baker about 1804 based upon the birth of their first child. Proof that they were married is found in the estate of David Johnson which was commenced March 21, 1823, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, wherein the Court found that Willie E. Baker was the daughter of David Johnson. Since she had predeceased her father, by virtue of the rules of intestate succession her children stood in the place of their mother and were entitled to receive her share of the estate. The receipt for the children’s share was signed by their father, John Baker, and the Court by judicial decree thereby determined that William Baker, Aaron Baker, Sheppard Baker, James Baker, Jonathan Baker, and Frances (Frankey) Baker were the children of John and Willie Elmey Johnson Baker, and the grandchildren of David Johnson.
  Additional evidence of their marriage is found in the Minutes of Bethel Baptist Church in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, as John and Willie Baker were members of the church by 1812, along with her father and mother and several brothers.
  In 1824 the Clerk of Court for Cape Girardeau County determined that the Township of German should be divided and the Township of Lorance was created with the boundary line being drawn along the ridge dividing the waters of White Water and Crooked Creek. John Baker lived on Crooked Creek, close to the Johnson Settlement, and this area was later carved out and became part of Bollinger County. It was ordered that John Baker be appointed as one of the Judges of Elections for the new township of Lorance.
  Evidence that John Baker may have been the son of a John Baker is found in the recitals in the land records of Lancaster County, South Carolina. A deed executed in 1799 recites that a John Baker Jr. participated in a muster of the militia and that he was of Flat Creek. The ownership of a tract of land at this time was vested in a John Baker on Flat Creek, and a conveyance of this land where John Baker now lives was made to a David Johns(t)on formerly of Flat Creek which was proven by John Baker November 4, 1805. By 1805 David Johnson and his family had relocated to Christian County, Kentucky.
  Notes from a manuscript © 2007 All rights reserved.


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