WELCOME!

to the JAMES BAKER PLACE

Prospect Community, McMinn CO, TN

Family Group of

James C. Baker, Sr.* b 1786 NC d 9 Oct 1865 buried Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
occupation - farmer
photo of James C. Baker, Sr.'s tombstone
photo of Prospect United Methodist Church and Cemetery
m TO

Nancy Jane ______* b 1791 NC d 14 Feb 1867 buried Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
photo of Nancy Jane Baker's tombstone

issue: (uncertain of birth order or number of children)
1(F) Dorotha "Dolly" Martha Baker** b 1816 [per tombstone] NC d 14 Nov 1899 Cleora, Delaware CO, OK buried McLaughlin Cemetery, Cleora, Delaware CO, OK
m 31 Aug 1844 Monroe CO, TN TO
William "Bill" Barnett** b 7 Jul 1826 [per tombstone] Sevier CO, TN d 14 Sep 1894 Cleora, Delaware CO, OK buried McLaughlin Cemetery, Cleora, Delaware CO, OK

2(M) David B. Baker 12 Jan 1817 NC d 1 Oct 1889 buried Dover Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin CO, TX
m (1) 29 Dec 1836 by William Williams, JP Carter CO, TN TO
Elizabeth Waggoner b d 1840 TN

m (2) 14 Oct 1845 by Thomas H. Smallin, MG Monroe CO, TN TO
Mary Ann "Polly" Barnett b ca 1824 TN d 1894 buried Dover Cemetery, Bonham, Fannin CO, TX
(sister to William "Bill" Barnett and Sarah Barnett below)

3(M) James C. Baker, Jr. b ca 1820 NC d
m ca 1841 TO
Sarah Barnett b ca 1820 TN d

4(F) Eleanor Baker b ca 1821 NC d

5(F) Rachel Baker b 9 Feb 1824 [tombstone says 1844 but believed erroneous] NC d 18 Oct 1908 buried Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
"In the Shade of Starr Mountain," a story by Sandra Ratledge
m TO
_____ Hughes b d Civil War?

6(M) Thomas Baker b ca 1828 NC d TX?
m ca 1845 TO
Nancy Ann Hughes b ca 1829 TN d TX?

7(M) Leonard Baker b ca 1829-30 NC (Pvt. CO K, 59th Mounted Infantry, CSA) d
m 29 Jan 1857 by Isaac B. Kimbrough Monroe CO, TN TO
Eliza Caroline Williams b ca 1840 TN d

8 (F) Susannah Baker b ca 1834 NC d

(others?)

* great-great-great-great-grandparents &
** great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra Ratledge

Many thanks to Leon Anglin, a cousin who is researching descendants of Thomas and Nancy Baker above! Other distant cousins who were also researching this line include Victor Branchi, Etna Hogue, Nelda C. Kelley, and Steve Shimanek.

Homespun
Graphics
by
Sandra Ratledge

All you kinfolks, put some mail in that old box!