Andrew Baker was a pioneer Baptist preacher of note who married into the Avent family of North Carolina and settled in southwest Virginia later in his life. His last church was Thompson's Settlement Baptist Church, still extant in Lee County, Virginia, and several miles from where Andrew is buried in a pasture in Van, Virginia.
There is some question about his Revolutionary War service, specifically if he was the same Andrew Baker who served in the regiment noted on his tombstone or one who served in another regiment.
All of his children, with the exception of the youngest daughter, Martha, who married Eli Davis and lived at Mulberry Gap in modern Hancock County, Tennessee, are listed in his Bible, which I have posted here. Martha is actually listed, too, on the next page. That page has been seen by living people but has been lost to researchers.
The only children of Andrew and Elizabeth are below:
Solomon, born 13 August 1770
Henry, born 14 August 1774
Andrew, born 18 February 1777
Joseph, born 8 April 1779
James, born 27 January 1782
John, born 15 August 1784
Nancy, born 10 January 1787
Elijah, born 8 May 1789
Martha, born 27 October 1791
I do not control FindAGrave links to children, and, for some reason, someone enjoys having FindAGrave link to false children of this couple. If the "child" is not on the list above, ignore it. The only child whose place of burial is actually known as far as I know is Martha's, who is buried in her family cemetery at Mulberry Gap. At this writing, every other child listed in FindAGrave, even with the right name, appears with no evidence whatsoever of actually being the person listed in the Bible.
There is some question about his Revolutionary War service, specifically if he was the same Andrew Baker who served in the regiment noted on his tombstone or one who served in another regiment.
All of his children, with the exception of the youngest daughter, Martha, who married Eli Davis and lived at Mulberry Gap in modern Hancock County, Tennessee, are listed in his Bible, which I have posted here. Martha is actually listed, too, on the next page. That page has been seen by living people but has been lost to researchers.
The only children of Andrew and Elizabeth are below:
Solomon, born 13 August 1770
Henry, born 14 August 1774
Andrew, born 18 February 1777
Joseph, born 8 April 1779
James, born 27 January 1782
John, born 15 August 1784
Nancy, born 10 January 1787
Elijah, born 8 May 1789
Martha, born 27 October 1791
I do not control FindAGrave links to children, and, for some reason, someone enjoys having FindAGrave link to false children of this couple. If the "child" is not on the list above, ignore it. The only child whose place of burial is actually known as far as I know is Martha's, who is buried in her family cemetery at Mulberry Gap. At this writing, every other child listed in FindAGrave, even with the right name, appears with no evidence whatsoever of actually being the person listed in the Bible.
Andrew Baker was a pioneer Baptist preacher of note who married into the Avent family of North Carolina and settled in southwest Virginia later in his life. His last church was Thompson's Settlement Baptist Church, still extant in Lee County, Virginia, and several miles from where Andrew is buried in a pasture in Van, Virginia.
There is some question about his Revolutionary War service, specifically if he was the same Andrew Baker who served in the regiment noted on his tombstone or one who served in another regiment.
All of his children, with the exception of the youngest daughter, Martha, who married Eli Davis and lived at Mulberry Gap in modern Hancock County, Tennessee, are listed in his Bible, which I have posted here. Martha is actually listed, too, on the next page. That page has been seen by living people but has been lost to researchers.
The only children of Andrew and Elizabeth are below:
Solomon, born 13 August 1770
Henry, born 14 August 1774
Andrew, born 18 February 1777
Joseph, born 8 April 1779
James, born 27 January 1782
John, born 15 August 1784
Nancy, born 10 January 1787
Elijah, born 8 May 1789
Martha, born 27 October 1791
I do not control FindAGrave links to children, and, for some reason, someone enjoys having FindAGrave link to false children of this couple. If the "child" is not on the list above, ignore it. The only child whose place of burial is actually known as far as I know is Martha's, who is buried in her family cemetery at Mulberry Gap. At this writing, every other child listed in FindAGrave, even with the right name, appears with no evidence whatsoever of actually being the person listed in the Bible.
There is some question about his Revolutionary War service, specifically if he was the same Andrew Baker who served in the regiment noted on his tombstone or one who served in another regiment.
All of his children, with the exception of the youngest daughter, Martha, who married Eli Davis and lived at Mulberry Gap in modern Hancock County, Tennessee, are listed in his Bible, which I have posted here. Martha is actually listed, too, on the next page. That page has been seen by living people but has been lost to researchers.
The only children of Andrew and Elizabeth are below:
Solomon, born 13 August 1770
Henry, born 14 August 1774
Andrew, born 18 February 1777
Joseph, born 8 April 1779
James, born 27 January 1782
John, born 15 August 1784
Nancy, born 10 January 1787
Elijah, born 8 May 1789
Martha, born 27 October 1791
I do not control FindAGrave links to children, and, for some reason, someone enjoys having FindAGrave link to false children of this couple. If the "child" is not on the list above, ignore it. The only child whose place of burial is actually known as far as I know is Martha's, who is buried in her family cemetery at Mulberry Gap. At this writing, every other child listed in FindAGrave, even with the right name, appears with no evidence whatsoever of actually being the person listed in the Bible.
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