My great5grandparents, Martin Baker and wife, Ann (Hannah?) Clark, along with their son, James, and wife, Elizabeth, and Ann's brother, Francis Clark, moved from Halifax Co., VA. to Garrard Co. about 1788.  They ran a mill on Sugar Creek.  (I'd love to know where; I have driven along the little creek slowly looking for a likely spot. Probably no records exist today.)

Martin died about 1820 in Garrard Co. where his will has been found. His wife was still alive then, but there is no record of her death nor where they were buried.

James and Elizabeth (Fuqua?) had at least 7 children in Garrard Co. though James is thought to have died in Mercer or Anderson Counties.

Their known children were:

Beverly  b. 1789, mar. Isabel Sneed.  They have MANY descendants, still many in  the area, Washington Co., esp.

Susannah b. 1791, mar. Henry Taylor & John Huffman

Henrietta Maria  b.1793 mar. Wm. H. Hubbard, moved to Owen Co., IN.

Sallie b. 1795 mar. Richard Cambron (No further info)

Henry b. 1796, mar. Kitty Carlisle & KIA, War of 1812

Thomas b. 1803, mar. Clarissa Rice (Many descendants), no children.

Martin, b. 1796, mar. Cassandra C. Colquitt ( his first cousin!) 1815, & Eliza Rice.  He is my great4grandfather.

I have found descendants for almost all of these children of Martin's.

Joan Colbert Gioe, in her booklet, GARRARD COUNTY KY. RECORDS & WILLS: 1796-1833 AND POTPOURRI, (A booklet with NO sources listed!)  lists more children for James and Elizabeth Fuqua Baker:

Allen  b. 1788

Bassel b. 1806

Bingin b. 1796

David   b. 1796

Hiram  b. 1799

James   b. 1797

John     b. 1790

William b.  1804

I am seeking confirmation of these births and also their families' names.
No one (The History Center, the Archives, The Filson Society, etc.)  has been able to discover where Gioe found this information.

E. A. Kaspar     My Baker Page:   http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfeak/