BAKER Surname
Descendants of Silas Baker
Prepared and last modified by Jeff Lewis Bott on June 21, 2008
Contents
Introduction
Greetings,
My name is Jeff Lewis Bott. I have been researching my BAKER lineage
as a hobby since about 1985. My mother, Mattie Coulter Bott and my brother
Jerry F. Bott, both now deceased, and many other relatives too numerous to list have inspired me
to research and share the information with the thousands of BAKER
descendants. The BAKER database contains only a small subset of my total database containing over 37,000 people.
I have another BAKER website on Rootsweb with the following URL:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bakerbybott.
Currently, I also have the following additional websites operational:
"Descendants of Gebhard Bott": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/BOTT/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Alexander Coulter, Sr.": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/COULTER/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of Abner Kirk": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/KIRK/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of John McDougal": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/McDOUGAL/INDEX.HTML.
"Descendants of James McMurry": the website address is http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/McMURRY/INDEX.HTML.
Another website that I currently have operational is for Sand Flat Cemetery near Tyler in Smith County, Texas. It is a rather unique genealogy study for everyone buried in that cemetery. The website address is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeffbott/INDEX.HTML.
SILAS BAKER
Silas Baker was born around 1804 in North Carolina. He migrated to Georgia, Arkansas and then to Texas. I am at a brick wall as to his ancestors. However, his wife Sarah aka Sallie or Sally BAKER may have been the daughter of Elias BAKER and Sarah HOLBROOK. The birth date of August 24, 1804 matches exactly to the Sarah BAKER listed in the Revolutionary War Pension Application for Elias BAKER and her name is listed in Book I of "THE BAKER FAMILIES ALONG THE GAARTX TRAIL" by: J. M. and Velma Baker. I hope someday that someone can prove this assumption to be true. Until then, use this relationship as circumstantial but not factual.
Title: Baker Families Along the GAARTX Trail
Author: J. M. and Velma Baker
Publication: 1980
Probate: May 1847 Chattooga Co, GA
Note: Will dated 30 May 1842, proved May 1847: wife Sarah, sons John, James, daughters, Mary wife of James Sewell, Catherine wife of Richmond Baker, Sally wife of Silas Baker, Ann Carroll.
The children of Silas and Sarah Baker are as follows:
1. Malissa Allie BAKER
Birth: abt 1829 Georgia
Spouse: George Washington BREWER
2. JAMES LEROY SANFORD BAKER
Birth: Dec 1, 1830 Georgia
Death: Feb 3, 1901 Smith County, Texas
Spouse: Rebecca Ann McDOUGAL
Marriage: Aug 15, 1852 Smith County, Texas
Spouse: MARGARET O. COLLIER
Marriage: Mar 21, 1878 Smith County, Texas
Spouse: JULIA E. MULLINS
Marriage: Jul 28, 1881 Smith County, Texas
3. Elias Carter BAKER
Birth: Jul 17, 1833 Georgia
Death: Jan 14, 1926 Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas
Spouse: Naomi Ann CRABTREE
Marriage: Aug 14, 1861
Spouse: Marjorie UNKNOWN
4. John Osborne BAKER
Birth: 1836 Georgia
5. Thomas Hamilton BAKER
Birth: Aug 1837 Georgia
Death: Jan 24, 1906 Nacogdoches County, Texas
Spouse: Mary Ann PARKS
Marriage: Oct 1868 Ellis County, Texas
6. William Russell BAKER
Birth: Jul 18, 1842 Arkansas
Death: Dec 29, 1929 Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Spouse: Emily Amanda WADE
Marriage: Dec 4, 1879 Nacogdoches County, Texas
7. SARAH PAULINA BAKER
Birth: Dec 26, 1845 Arkansas
Death: Jun 24, 1913 Texas
Spouse: ALLEN CHARLES BROWN
Marriage: Dec 29, 1869 Smith County, Texas
8. Zachary Taylor BAKER
Birth: Mar 9, 1849 Smith County, Texas
Death: Jun 24, 1933 Central Heights, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Spouse: Rosanna RISINGER
Marriage: ca 1873 Brazos County, Texas?
If you are a descendant of Silas Baker and would like to exchange information, please send an
email to me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.
PRIVACY ISSUES
I have many individuals both alive and desceased in my genealogy
database. For privacy reasons, I do not post birth dates and marriage
dates for living individuals on the Internet. Privacy for living individuals is a concern for most of us in modern day society. Everyone born after the year 1907 with NO known death date by me is treated as a Confidential person. Therefore, this website does not post birth dates or places, marriage dates or places or any other type of data on these individuals except a persons full name and their relationship to their family members.
I am open to comments and suggestions about privacy issues. If you have a serious problem with your name being on a public forum such as this, please read the following OPT OUT PROVISION.
OPT OUT PROVISION
This website is intended to honor our deceased loved ones and offer a platform in which their descendants can research their ancestry.
However, some people may be sensitive about having their names appear on a public forum and if, for any reason, you want your name removed from this website, please contact me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com or by mail at 12999 Murphy Road, Suite B-8, Stafford, TX 77477. Since I update this website every 30 to 60 days, please allow this time period for the deletion process to occur.
ERRORS AND OMISSIONS
I have used my best effort to minimize factual errors for the information contained herein. However, I have found from experience that in genealogy research, absolute perfection cannot be achieved! Therefore, please use your own sources to verify and check the data that is of interest to you. If errors of any kind are found, please contact me and I will correct them.
Please use this website as a useful guide and not something that is absolute in fact. Be very aware that even the information chiseled in stone on a cemetery marker may not be correct. For example, did the person tell the stone carver the correct dates? Did the stone carver misread the information given to him, etc., etc.? You get the idea!
Mission Statement
In order to remember and honor our BAKER ancestry, this website is
designed to identify both the deceased and living descendants of
Silas Baker and his wife, Sarah.
Articles, stories and obituaries of each individual shall be provided along with photographs whenever possible.
Background
Silas Baker was born about 1804 and his ancestry is
currently being researched by a number of his descendants. The focus of
this project is to track his descendants and their migration across the
United States.
I am using a comprehensive computerized genealogical program that can output in HTML language for an Internet website. The program can display a wealth of information such as:
1. Every person's full name, maiden name for females, date of birth, date of marriage, date of death and date of burial
2. Name and location of the cemetery where person is buried
3. Photograph of the individual
4. Photograph of the grave marker
5. Public records that contain federal census records, birth, death, marriage and other dates
6. Obituaries for the individual
7. Stories, articles and biographical information for the individual
8. A list of each person's parents, siblings and descendants
The best way today to communicate with large numbers of people and to
share information is through an Internet website. With a website, the
BAKER descendants and all who have an interest, will have access to
more accurate records information can be shared more easily.
Helpful Hint: Be sure to click on the actual photo or the photo icons.
JUST CLICK ON EVERYTHING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
I hope that you find this website useful and informative! However, it is still under construction and I am open to any and all suggestions for improvements.
The contents herein are for an individuals' personal use and MAY NOT be used for commercial gain in any form or fashion. If you have any questions, comments, additions, corrections or constructive criticism, please email me at sandflatcemetery@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Jeff L. Bott
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