Andrew Baker

Male 1765 - 1842


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  • Born  20 Sep 1765  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  10 Sep 1842  Laurel, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Bryant Cemetery, Laurel, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Father  John Teneretta ("Renta") Baker,   b. 7 Oct 1735, Pine Moutain, Wilkes, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1820, Ricetown, Owsley, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Terrill,   b. 28 Jan 1743, Chowan, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1830, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family 1  Living 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Baker,   b. Abt 1787, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1870, Laurel, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  20 Apr 2015 
    Family ID  F1244  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Hannah,   b. 1765, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1815, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified  20 Apr 2015 
    Family ID  F2321  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Link to Jeff Renner's excellent biographical narrative on Andrew Baker:
      http://www.jeffrenner.net/genealogy/biographies_andrewbaker.htm

      Records of Andrew Baker:

      Earliest tax/census records in northwestern North Carolina is the "1774 List of Tithables for Surry County, North Carolina." A line in this record shows "Moses Baker & Neathen Bake(r)" with 2 tithables. Wilkes County, NC was formed out of Surry County in 1777.

      Note - the following tax lists are incomplete, with some districts/records missing.

      1787 Wilkes County, NC Tax List
      Captain Vannoy's District
      Andrew Baker, no land, 1 poll
      George Baker, no land, 1 poll
      (note: there are 11 male "Baker's" listed in this tax list - Andrew, George, James, Morris, George, John, Peter, Bazel, Bazel, John, Obediah)

      1788 Wilkes County, NC Tax List
      Captain Bunyard District
      Andrew Baker, Junr - 100 acres, 1 poll
      George Baker - no land, 1 poll
      Andrew Baker, Senr - 200 acres, 1 poll
      (Baker's - Morris, Thomas, Peter, Philip, Obediah)

      1789 Wilkes County, NC Tax List
      Captain Cleveland District
      Andrew Baker, no land, 1 poll
      Captain Bunyard District
      Andrew Baker - 100 acres, 1 poll
      (other Baker's - James, Morris, Boswell, Boswell Senr)

      1790 Wilkes County, NC Tax List
      Captain Cleveland District
      Andrew Baker, 70 acres, 1 poll
      Captain Bunyard District
      Andrew Baker - 100 acres, 1 poll
      (other Baker's - John, Peter, Bassel, Bassel Junr, Morris, James )

      1790 Federal Census - Wilkes County, NC
      Third Company
      Andw Baker
      2 White Males 16 and older
      2 White Males under 16
      2 White Females
      0 Slaves
      (note: there are 10 "Baker" families in this census record - Andw, Philip, Baswell, Mary, Ab, Thom., Anne, Jas., Morry. Moses & Obediah Baker are listed in adjacent Surry County for this census)

      "A True List of Tax Payers in Wilkes County, (NC) 1797"
      No Baker's listed