The Baker family has information in the form of a family bible that says Rosannah Hembree married Larkin Baker in Tennessee. The bible was given to James B. Evans by his grandmother (Rutha Baker) Mrs. Rufus A. Evans shortly before her death. In the bible it had a record for the Larkin and Rosannah Baker family and was written on the front and back of a tattered sheet of paper with a thin black border.
This family and children with the possible exception of daughter Sarah came to Peters Colony from Missouri and initially settled east of White Rock Creek in old Necogdoches County before July 1, 1844. James M., John W., Jasper C. and William J. Baker and their widowed mother were granted land in Peter's Colony, as were William Gibson, husband of Louisa Baker and Hall Medlin husband of Nancy Baker.
Rosannah Hembree was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and was the daughter of James N. Hembree & Nancy Pettie (Petty)
The birth record in the Baker family bible records Rosannah Hembree's birthdate as Nov 15, 1802 in Spartanburg S.C. Hembree researchers have her birthdate as Nov 5, 1802.
Source; Title mountain land office, Nashville TN, Book B, D312, N. 127, marriage record Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker, May 1, 1817 TN.
Migration pattern of Larkin & Rosannah Baker TN (1814-1828), Schuyler Ill. (1828-1835), Ogle Ill. (1835-1839), Pike Mo. (1840-1843) Platte Mo. (1843-1844) Peters Colony, White Rock Creek, Dallas TX (1844-1847)
In Platte Missouri Larkin & Rosannah's property was adjacent to Hall Medlin. After Hall's wife died following the birth of his fourth child he married Nancy the daughter of Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker. The Baker's moved to the Republic of Texas to receive free land to settle in Peters Colony. They joined the wagon train with sixteen other families led by Hall Medlin.
Peters Colony was created as a buffer zone in the hope that if they put armed settlers between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, who would not stay in Indian Territory and the settlers in central Texas it would decrease the Indian raids and encourage more new settlement in Texas.
In early May 1844, sixteen families in Platte Missouri, related by blood or marriage loaded their supplies took their guns and started their dangerous journey for the little known and sparely settled land of Texas.
The trail was dangerous, they encountered swollen streams, were harassed by Indians and plagued by illness which caused many to turn back.
The swollen banks of the trinity stood before the travelers preventing their crossing for three weeks. In spite of several hardships they reached their destination and settled in the cross-timbers, known as the Grapevine-South Lake vicinity. The following winter a great snow storm swept across Texas and found the new settlers unprepared for the harsh weather...
They built "starter homes" dugouts they called soddies and put logs over them and put them up quickly to protect their families from Indians, wild animals and the weather until they could build proper homes.
They were the first white settlers in Peter's Colony. It is hard to imagine how difficult it was for these first settlers, some family members did not survive long after settling in Peters Colony. Larkin died in 1845 and his wife Rosannah before 1850. The location of their graves have not been found.
The colonist's were often harassed by Indians. The prairie had a large amount of buffalo, wild mustangs and antelope, which attracted small hunting and raiding parties from Indian territory north of the Red River.
The Lonesome Dove church and cemetery was organized in 1846 and built in the Grapevine South Lake area were they first settled. The reason for the name happened when the founding members were discussing the name and a dove perched high above them in a tree and began to coo..it sounded so lonely that they all thought this was a perfect name for the church in their lonely post.
Church services took the entire weekend, giving parishioners time to walk to the service, settlers were afraid that if they rode their horses the Comanche would steal them. The minister on the pulpit announced what the settlers felt about the Indians, the church was built on a foundation of rocks stained by the blood of a Indian. The cemetery of the Church is one of the oldest in the South Lake area, this is the place were some of the first settlers were buried.
Larkin Baker and his wife Rosannah arrived on White Rock in old Nacoghoches county in Peters Colony before July 1, 1844. During the days of the Republic present day Dallas and Tarrant counties were called Nacoghocehes county. They arrived with six children and a negro slave and five rifles. The Baker's settled in the Cross-timbers area that is now called the Grapevine South Lake area in Tarrant county area before moving to Grapevine Springs were they began the Hallford (Hollford) prairie settlement (later called the Missouri settlement) now known as Lewisville in Denton county Texas.
Children of Larkin & Rosannah Baker
Sarah Elizabeth Baker Aug.2,1818,White Co.TN-d.?,Kerr Co. TX md.(1st) Joseph Hampton,Dec.3,1835 Jo Daviess Co.IL, (2nd) John W. Hardbarger,June 22,1856 Bexar Co.TX
James Madison Baker b.March 11,1820-d.1854,Dallas,TX md.Rutha Fike,Feb.17,1848,TX
John W. Baker b. Feb.18,1821
Nancy Baker b.Jan 5,1824--d.Dec. 1849 Travis Co.TX md.Hall Medlin,Sept.8,1842 Platte Co. MO
Louisa Baker b.Jun.5,1826,Warren Co.TN--d.1892?,TX,md William H. Gibson,Mar.2,1843
Jasper C. b.Feb.25,1828--d.Jun.15,1877Denton Co.TX,md Elizabeth Bull,Jun.28,1860 TX
Infant Baker b. Aug 27,1830--d.?
William Jorden b.Jun 10,1832--d.Jul.24,1885,Hill Co.TX md.(1st) Sarah J. Roberts,1850?,Tx?,(2nd) Patience Eleanor Roberts,Sept. 18,1865,Washington Co. AR,(3rd)Arminta V. McCammey,Oct.2,1881 Washington Co.AR
Benjamin F. b.Aug.27,1834 was a confederate soilder from AR that d.April 23,1863 in the Union Prison,Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis,MO
Albert N. Baker b.Mar. 26,1837
Matilda J. Baker b.Apr.14,1839--d.May20,1916,Keller,Tarrent Co. TX md.(1st)John C. Rich,1856?,(2nd) John Henry McAnear,1865
This family and children with the possible exception of daughter Sarah came to Peters Colony from Missouri and initially settled east of White Rock Creek in old Necogdoches County before July 1, 1844. James M., John W., Jasper C. and William J. Baker and their widowed mother were granted land in Peter's Colony, as were William Gibson, husband of Louisa Baker and Hall Medlin husband of Nancy Baker.
Rosannah Hembree was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and was the daughter of James N. Hembree & Nancy Pettie (Petty)
The birth record in the Baker family bible records Rosannah Hembree's birthdate as Nov 15, 1802 in Spartanburg S.C. Hembree researchers have her birthdate as Nov 5, 1802.
Source; Title mountain land office, Nashville TN, Book B, D312, N. 127, marriage record Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker, May 1, 1817 TN.
Migration pattern of Larkin & Rosannah Baker TN (1814-1828), Schuyler Ill. (1828-1835), Ogle Ill. (1835-1839), Pike Mo. (1840-1843) Platte Mo. (1843-1844) Peters Colony, White Rock Creek, Dallas TX (1844-1847)
In Platte Missouri Larkin & Rosannah's property was adjacent to Hall Medlin. After Hall's wife died following the birth of his fourth child he married Nancy the daughter of Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker. The Baker's moved to the Republic of Texas to receive free land to settle in Peters Colony. They joined the wagon train with sixteen other families led by Hall Medlin.
Peters Colony was created as a buffer zone in the hope that if they put armed settlers between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, who would not stay in Indian Territory and the settlers in central Texas it would decrease the Indian raids and encourage more new settlement in Texas.
In early May 1844, sixteen families in Platte Missouri, related by blood or marriage loaded their supplies took their guns and started their dangerous journey for the little known and sparely settled land of Texas.
The trail was dangerous, they encountered swollen streams, were harassed by Indians and plagued by illness which caused many to turn back.
The swollen banks of the trinity stood before the travelers preventing their crossing for three weeks. In spite of several hardships they reached their destination and settled in the cross-timbers, known as the Grapevine-South Lake vicinity. The following winter a great snow storm swept across Texas and found the new settlers unprepared for the harsh weather...
They built "starter homes" dugouts they called soddies and put logs over them and put them up quickly to protect their families from Indians, wild animals and the weather until they could build proper homes.
They were the first white settlers in Peter's Colony. It is hard to imagine how difficult it was for these first settlers, some family members did not survive long after settling in Peters Colony. Larkin died in 1845 and his wife Rosannah before 1850. The location of their graves have not been found.
The colonist's were often harassed by Indians. The prairie had a large amount of buffalo, wild mustangs and antelope, which attracted small hunting and raiding parties from Indian territory north of the Red River.
The Lonesome Dove church and cemetery was organized in 1846 and built in the Grapevine South Lake area were they first settled. The reason for the name happened when the founding members were discussing the name and a dove perched high above them in a tree and began to coo..it sounded so lonely that they all thought this was a perfect name for the church in their lonely post.
Church services took the entire weekend, giving parishioners time to walk to the service, settlers were afraid that if they rode their horses the Comanche would steal them. The minister on the pulpit announced what the settlers felt about the Indians, the church was built on a foundation of rocks stained by the blood of a Indian. The cemetery of the Church is one of the oldest in the South Lake area, this is the place were some of the first settlers were buried.
Larkin Baker and his wife Rosannah arrived on White Rock in old Nacoghoches county in Peters Colony before July 1, 1844. During the days of the Republic present day Dallas and Tarrant counties were called Nacoghocehes county. They arrived with six children and a negro slave and five rifles. The Baker's settled in the Cross-timbers area that is now called the Grapevine South Lake area in Tarrant county area before moving to Grapevine Springs were they began the Hallford (Hollford) prairie settlement (later called the Missouri settlement) now known as Lewisville in Denton county Texas.
Children of Larkin & Rosannah Baker
Sarah Elizabeth Baker Aug.2,1818,White Co.TN-d.?,Kerr Co. TX md.(1st) Joseph Hampton,Dec.3,1835 Jo Daviess Co.IL, (2nd) John W. Hardbarger,June 22,1856 Bexar Co.TX
James Madison Baker b.March 11,1820-d.1854,Dallas,TX md.Rutha Fike,Feb.17,1848,TX
John W. Baker b. Feb.18,1821
Nancy Baker b.Jan 5,1824--d.Dec. 1849 Travis Co.TX md.Hall Medlin,Sept.8,1842 Platte Co. MO
Louisa Baker b.Jun.5,1826,Warren Co.TN--d.1892?,TX,md William H. Gibson,Mar.2,1843
Jasper C. b.Feb.25,1828--d.Jun.15,1877Denton Co.TX,md Elizabeth Bull,Jun.28,1860 TX
Infant Baker b. Aug 27,1830--d.?
William Jorden b.Jun 10,1832--d.Jul.24,1885,Hill Co.TX md.(1st) Sarah J. Roberts,1850?,Tx?,(2nd) Patience Eleanor Roberts,Sept. 18,1865,Washington Co. AR,(3rd)Arminta V. McCammey,Oct.2,1881 Washington Co.AR
Benjamin F. b.Aug.27,1834 was a confederate soilder from AR that d.April 23,1863 in the Union Prison,Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis,MO
Albert N. Baker b.Mar. 26,1837
Matilda J. Baker b.Apr.14,1839--d.May20,1916,Keller,Tarrent Co. TX md.(1st)John C. Rich,1856?,(2nd) John Henry McAnear,1865
The Baker family has information in the form of a family bible that says Rosannah Hembree married Larkin Baker in Tennessee. The bible was given to James B. Evans by his grandmother (Rutha Baker) Mrs. Rufus A. Evans shortly before her death. In the bible it had a record for the Larkin and Rosannah Baker family and was written on the front and back of a tattered sheet of paper with a thin black border.
This family and children with the possible exception of daughter Sarah came to Peters Colony from Missouri and initially settled east of White Rock Creek in old Necogdoches County before July 1, 1844. James M., John W., Jasper C. and William J. Baker and their widowed mother were granted land in Peter's Colony, as were William Gibson, husband of Louisa Baker and Hall Medlin husband of Nancy Baker.
Rosannah Hembree was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and was the daughter of James N. Hembree & Nancy Pettie (Petty)
The birth record in the Baker family bible records Rosannah Hembree's birthdate as Nov 15, 1802 in Spartanburg S.C. Hembree researchers have her birthdate as Nov 5, 1802.
Source; Title mountain land office, Nashville TN, Book B, D312, N. 127, marriage record Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker, May 1, 1817 TN.
Migration pattern of Larkin & Rosannah Baker TN (1814-1828), Schuyler Ill. (1828-1835), Ogle Ill. (1835-1839), Pike Mo. (1840-1843) Platte Mo. (1843-1844) Peters Colony, White Rock Creek, Dallas TX (1844-1847)
In Platte Missouri Larkin & Rosannah's property was adjacent to Hall Medlin. After Hall's wife died following the birth of his fourth child he married Nancy the daughter of Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker. The Baker's moved to the Republic of Texas to receive free land to settle in Peters Colony. They joined the wagon train with sixteen other families led by Hall Medlin.
Peters Colony was created as a buffer zone in the hope that if they put armed settlers between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, who would not stay in Indian Territory and the settlers in central Texas it would decrease the Indian raids and encourage more new settlement in Texas.
In early May 1844, sixteen families in Platte Missouri, related by blood or marriage loaded their supplies took their guns and started their dangerous journey for the little known and sparely settled land of Texas.
The trail was dangerous, they encountered swollen streams, were harassed by Indians and plagued by illness which caused many to turn back.
The swollen banks of the trinity stood before the travelers preventing their crossing for three weeks. In spite of several hardships they reached their destination and settled in the cross-timbers, known as the Grapevine-South Lake vicinity. The following winter a great snow storm swept across Texas and found the new settlers unprepared for the harsh weather...
They built "starter homes" dugouts they called soddies and put logs over them and put them up quickly to protect their families from Indians, wild animals and the weather until they could build proper homes.
They were the first white settlers in Peter's Colony. It is hard to imagine how difficult it was for these first settlers, some family members did not survive long after settling in Peters Colony. Larkin died in 1845 and his wife Rosannah before 1850. The location of their graves have not been found.
The colonist's were often harassed by Indians. The prairie had a large amount of buffalo, wild mustangs and antelope, which attracted small hunting and raiding parties from Indian territory north of the Red River.
The Lonesome Dove church and cemetery was organized in 1846 and built in the Grapevine South Lake area were they first settled. The reason for the name happened when the founding members were discussing the name and a dove perched high above them in a tree and began to coo..it sounded so lonely that they all thought this was a perfect name for the church in their lonely post.
Church services took the entire weekend, giving parishioners time to walk to the service, settlers were afraid that if they rode their horses the Comanche would steal them. The minister on the pulpit announced what the settlers felt about the Indians, the church was built on a foundation of rocks stained by the blood of a Indian. The cemetery of the Church is one of the oldest in the South Lake area, this is the place were some of the first settlers were buried.
Larkin Baker and his wife Rosannah arrived on White Rock in old Nacoghoches county in Peters Colony before July 1, 1844. During the days of the Republic present day Dallas and Tarrant counties were called Nacoghocehes county. They arrived with six children and a negro slave and five rifles. The Baker's settled in the Cross-timbers area that is now called the Grapevine South Lake area in Tarrant county area before moving to Grapevine Springs were they began the Hallford (Hollford) prairie settlement (later called the Missouri settlement) now known as Lewisville in Denton county Texas.
Children of Larkin & Rosannah Baker
Sarah Elizabeth Baker Aug.2,1818,White Co.TN-d.?,Kerr Co. TX md.(1st) Joseph Hampton,Dec.3,1835 Jo Daviess Co.IL, (2nd) John W. Hardbarger,June 22,1856 Bexar Co.TX
James Madison Baker b.March 11,1820-d.1854,Dallas,TX md.Rutha Fike,Feb.17,1848,TX
John W. Baker b. Feb.18,1821
Nancy Baker b.Jan 5,1824--d.Dec. 1849 Travis Co.TX md.Hall Medlin,Sept.8,1842 Platte Co. MO
Louisa Baker b.Jun.5,1826,Warren Co.TN--d.1892?,TX,md William H. Gibson,Mar.2,1843
Jasper C. b.Feb.25,1828--d.Jun.15,1877Denton Co.TX,md Elizabeth Bull,Jun.28,1860 TX
Infant Baker b. Aug 27,1830--d.?
William Jorden b.Jun 10,1832--d.Jul.24,1885,Hill Co.TX md.(1st) Sarah J. Roberts,1850?,Tx?,(2nd) Patience Eleanor Roberts,Sept. 18,1865,Washington Co. AR,(3rd)Arminta V. McCammey,Oct.2,1881 Washington Co.AR
Benjamin F. b.Aug.27,1834 was a confederate soilder from AR that d.April 23,1863 in the Union Prison,Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis,MO
Albert N. Baker b.Mar. 26,1837
Matilda J. Baker b.Apr.14,1839--d.May20,1916,Keller,Tarrent Co. TX md.(1st)John C. Rich,1856?,(2nd) John Henry McAnear,1865
This family and children with the possible exception of daughter Sarah came to Peters Colony from Missouri and initially settled east of White Rock Creek in old Necogdoches County before July 1, 1844. James M., John W., Jasper C. and William J. Baker and their widowed mother were granted land in Peter's Colony, as were William Gibson, husband of Louisa Baker and Hall Medlin husband of Nancy Baker.
Rosannah Hembree was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina and was the daughter of James N. Hembree & Nancy Pettie (Petty)
The birth record in the Baker family bible records Rosannah Hembree's birthdate as Nov 15, 1802 in Spartanburg S.C. Hembree researchers have her birthdate as Nov 5, 1802.
Source; Title mountain land office, Nashville TN, Book B, D312, N. 127, marriage record Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker, May 1, 1817 TN.
Migration pattern of Larkin & Rosannah Baker TN (1814-1828), Schuyler Ill. (1828-1835), Ogle Ill. (1835-1839), Pike Mo. (1840-1843) Platte Mo. (1843-1844) Peters Colony, White Rock Creek, Dallas TX (1844-1847)
In Platte Missouri Larkin & Rosannah's property was adjacent to Hall Medlin. After Hall's wife died following the birth of his fourth child he married Nancy the daughter of Larkin & Rosannah (Hembree) Baker. The Baker's moved to the Republic of Texas to receive free land to settle in Peters Colony. They joined the wagon train with sixteen other families led by Hall Medlin.
Peters Colony was created as a buffer zone in the hope that if they put armed settlers between the Comanche and Kiowa Indians, who would not stay in Indian Territory and the settlers in central Texas it would decrease the Indian raids and encourage more new settlement in Texas.
In early May 1844, sixteen families in Platte Missouri, related by blood or marriage loaded their supplies took their guns and started their dangerous journey for the little known and sparely settled land of Texas.
The trail was dangerous, they encountered swollen streams, were harassed by Indians and plagued by illness which caused many to turn back.
The swollen banks of the trinity stood before the travelers preventing their crossing for three weeks. In spite of several hardships they reached their destination and settled in the cross-timbers, known as the Grapevine-South Lake vicinity. The following winter a great snow storm swept across Texas and found the new settlers unprepared for the harsh weather...
They built "starter homes" dugouts they called soddies and put logs over them and put them up quickly to protect their families from Indians, wild animals and the weather until they could build proper homes.
They were the first white settlers in Peter's Colony. It is hard to imagine how difficult it was for these first settlers, some family members did not survive long after settling in Peters Colony. Larkin died in 1845 and his wife Rosannah before 1850. The location of their graves have not been found.
The colonist's were often harassed by Indians. The prairie had a large amount of buffalo, wild mustangs and antelope, which attracted small hunting and raiding parties from Indian territory north of the Red River.
The Lonesome Dove church and cemetery was organized in 1846 and built in the Grapevine South Lake area were they first settled. The reason for the name happened when the founding members were discussing the name and a dove perched high above them in a tree and began to coo..it sounded so lonely that they all thought this was a perfect name for the church in their lonely post.
Church services took the entire weekend, giving parishioners time to walk to the service, settlers were afraid that if they rode their horses the Comanche would steal them. The minister on the pulpit announced what the settlers felt about the Indians, the church was built on a foundation of rocks stained by the blood of a Indian. The cemetery of the Church is one of the oldest in the South Lake area, this is the place were some of the first settlers were buried.
Larkin Baker and his wife Rosannah arrived on White Rock in old Nacoghoches county in Peters Colony before July 1, 1844. During the days of the Republic present day Dallas and Tarrant counties were called Nacoghocehes county. They arrived with six children and a negro slave and five rifles. The Baker's settled in the Cross-timbers area that is now called the Grapevine South Lake area in Tarrant county area before moving to Grapevine Springs were they began the Hallford (Hollford) prairie settlement (later called the Missouri settlement) now known as Lewisville in Denton county Texas.
Children of Larkin & Rosannah Baker
Sarah Elizabeth Baker Aug.2,1818,White Co.TN-d.?,Kerr Co. TX md.(1st) Joseph Hampton,Dec.3,1835 Jo Daviess Co.IL, (2nd) John W. Hardbarger,June 22,1856 Bexar Co.TX
James Madison Baker b.March 11,1820-d.1854,Dallas,TX md.Rutha Fike,Feb.17,1848,TX
John W. Baker b. Feb.18,1821
Nancy Baker b.Jan 5,1824--d.Dec. 1849 Travis Co.TX md.Hall Medlin,Sept.8,1842 Platte Co. MO
Louisa Baker b.Jun.5,1826,Warren Co.TN--d.1892?,TX,md William H. Gibson,Mar.2,1843
Jasper C. b.Feb.25,1828--d.Jun.15,1877Denton Co.TX,md Elizabeth Bull,Jun.28,1860 TX
Infant Baker b. Aug 27,1830--d.?
William Jorden b.Jun 10,1832--d.Jul.24,1885,Hill Co.TX md.(1st) Sarah J. Roberts,1850?,Tx?,(2nd) Patience Eleanor Roberts,Sept. 18,1865,Washington Co. AR,(3rd)Arminta V. McCammey,Oct.2,1881 Washington Co.AR
Benjamin F. b.Aug.27,1834 was a confederate soilder from AR that d.April 23,1863 in the Union Prison,Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis,MO
Albert N. Baker b.Mar. 26,1837
Matilda J. Baker b.Apr.14,1839--d.May20,1916,Keller,Tarrent Co. TX md.(1st)John C. Rich,1856?,(2nd) John Henry McAnear,1865
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1804–1868
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Dorinda Hembree Chesser
1807 – unknown
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James Jasper Hembree
1809–1843
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Matilda Hembree Lindley
1811–1841
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1813–1856
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Sarah Elizabeth Hembree Pennington
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Cynthia Lonen Hembree Roark
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Hugh Lawson Hembree
1820–1899
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Dr Isaac Newton Hembree
1823–1866
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