Deputy Baker was shot and killed as he and a posse attempted to arrest a man wanted on a warrant. The posse arrived at the man's home shortly after daybreak and surrounded the property.

One of the deputies knocked on the home's front door. After a long delay the door was opened by the suspect's brother. At the same time, the suspect, along with his mother and sister, fled through the rear door. Other members of the posse opened fire on him as he fled past them. When he reached Deputy Baker's position the man opened fire, fatally wounding Deputy Baker.

The suspect escaped and was declared an outlaw by the State of North Carolina. On October 12, 1886, he was shot and killed by a man he got into an argument with at a brothel in Winston-Salem.

Deputy Baker was survived by his wife and eight children. He served in Company F of the 21st North Carolina Regiment throughout the Civil


FRANCIS J. BAKER (MARGARET MORIAH TUTTLE, MARY CATHERINE PETREE, JOHANN HEINRICH5, JOHAN JACOB4 PETRI, JOHAN NIKLAS, JOHANNES, JOHANN 860 was born Abt. 1843 in Stokes Co., NC860, and died 02 Jun 1881 in Stokes Co., NC860. He married (1) SUSAN JANE ANN KISER 60 21 Sep 1865 in Stokes Co., NC860, daughter of MICHAEL KISER and JUDITH BOLES. She was born Abt. 1833 in Stokes Co., NC860, and died 1877 in Stokes Co., NC860. He married (2) CHINA ROSETTA CARROLL860 24 Apr 1879 in Stokes Co., NC860. She was born 13 Oct 1861860, and died Unknown



Children of FRANCIS BAKER and SUSAN KISER are:
i. JUDY C.9 BAKER860, b. Abt. 1867, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown.
ii. LUTHER FRANCIS BAKER860, b. 23 May 1873, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown; m. SARAH GLEN TUTTLE860, 04 Nov 1894, Stokes Co., NC860; b. Abt. 1874, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown.
iii. SALLIE F. BAKER860, b. Abt. 1876, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown; m. ROBERT F. A. BAKER860, 27 Aug 1893, Stokes Co., NC; b. Abt. 1862, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown.
iv. ADA JANE BAKER, b. 23 Apr 1872, Stokes Co., NC; d. Unknown.
v. NANNIE F. BAKER860, b. Abt. 1870, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE T. BAKER860, 19 Nov 1893, Stokes Co., NC; b. Abt. 1868, Stokes Co., NC860; d. Unknown.