Georgia   Biographies  John Baker

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http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Georgia Table of Contents:
Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Washington City,
Printed by P. Force, 1837, pp. 257-258.
                            COL. JOHN BAKER
     Col. John Baker was an active soldier during the Revolutionary War. 
He went, with 70 mounted volunteer militia, to destroy a nest of
loyalists, in a fort on the St. Mary's; but owing to the treachery of two
of his soldiers, h failed.  He was in several engagements, and though a
man of great courage, fortune seemed not to smile on him in many attempts.
     After the war, he resided in Sunbury, Liberty county, and died there.
 A grandson of his has been an active member in our Legislature.  The name
Baker was given to a county in 1825, to perpetuate the memory of Col. John
Baker.


Rev. George White, M. A., HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF GEORGIA, New York,
Pudney & Russell, Publishers, 1854, pp. 259-262.  {Reprinted 1968 by
Heritage Papers, Danielsville, Georgia.}
                            BAKER COUNTY
     This county was laid out from Early in 1825, and was named after
Colonel John Baker, of Revolutionary memory.
     The Flint River (Thronateeska is the Indian name) runs almost
diagonally through the county from northeast to southwest with several
creeks emptying into it.
     NEWTON, the capital, is situated on the west bank of Flint River.
     Among the first settlers were:  the Tinslys, Howards, Halls, Hobbys,
Wheelers, Jarnigans, and the persons whose names appear in the list of the
first Grand Jury.

(Submitted by Barbara Walker Winge,  barbarawinge@yahoo.com)

Note:
Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, Washington City,
Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp. 255-256.
APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES


   "The author conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named, would furnish an
instructive and pleasing appendage to his topographical work...
   Acquainted with the intimate friends of some of the 'venerable dead,'
he has been furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character...
   There are in the State ninety counties (book printed in 1837, presently
in 2001, there are 159 counties)..."


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