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GAGenWeb Archives File Manager, Hall County Carolyn Golowka, -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Bill Stephenson, January 2001 Transcription of article on Beal Baker and brothers - William L. Stephenson, Jr. November 11, 1999 This transcription is reprinted with permission given to William L. Stephenson, Jr. by both Sybil McRay And The Times of Gainesville, Georgia. --------------------- The Times, Gainesville, Georgia Sunday January 7, 1990 - Sybil McRay Our Heritage column Beal Baker and 'brothers' A number of veterans of the Revolutionary War by the surname of Baker moved to North Georgia shortly after the war ended. Most of these veterans came from North or South Carolina and may have been brothers or of some kin. Beal Baker, who moved to Hall County from Franklin County, Ga., about 1822, is buried in Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, and his grave had been moved from the Sardis area to this location. His wife, Sarah Brown Baker, may also have died in Hall County but her grave has not been located. Beal Baker was born Feb. 9, 1758, in Baltimore County, Maryland. He enlisted into the service of the Revolutionary Army in Capt. William Armstrong's Company while residing in Rowan County, North Carolina. He stated in his Revolutionary War Pension that he had volunteered in the place of a younger brother. He served in the Stono Campaign and after being discharged moved to Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married Sarah Brown on March 22, 1782 in Burke County and lived in Lincoln County for several years before moving to Franklin County, GA. The family lived there "upwards of thirty years" prior to moving to Hall County. Numerous descendants of Beal and Sarah Baker still reside in Hall and surrounding counties. Elias Baker, also a veteran of the Revolution, probably was a brother of Beal. He applied for a pension in Gwinnett County, Georgia in 1832, and stated he was in the Battle of Stono. He was born in Rowan County, North Carolina, [transcription note - Revolutionary War Pension files record that he was born in Baltimore County, Maryland] and was married there to Sarah Holebrook. Elias and family also first settled in Franklin County, Ga., prior to moving to Gwinnett County and later to Chattooga County in 1843. Sarah Baker, his widow, stated in her application for a widow's pension, that her husband had attended the wedding of Beal Baker and Sarah Brown. She submitted the names of ten children born of her marriage to Elias. Joshua Baker may have been another brother. He stated that he had served at the Battle of Stono with Elias and Beal Baker. He entered the service at the same time and place and served in the same companies, discharged at the same time and returned home with Elias Baker. Charles Baker applied for a Revolutionary War pension in Habersham County at age 75 years. He died in Cass County, Ga. on April 26, 1850. His grave has been marked by the Etowah Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. (Cass County is now Bartow County.) Charles was born in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1762, but was living in Burke County, North Carolina, at the time of his enlistment in the war. He may have been a brother or a cousin to Beal, Elias, and Joshua Brown who all came to Georgia about the same time. Charles Baker entered service as a light horseman in 1780 in Burke County, N. C. He took part in the skirmish with the Tories at Pacolet and later fought in the Battle of King Mountain. Following the Battle he assisted in guarding prisoners on their march to Moravian Towns. He next volunteered in Burke County again as a light horseman in the summer of 1782 and was sent to Wofford's Fort on the Catawba River and assisted in defense of the frontier against the Cherokee Indians. Charles was married twice but names of his wives are not known. Names of some of his children have been recorded. They are: Joel, who moved to the West in 1848; Jesse, born 1800, married Parthenia Moss; Elizabeth married a McDonals; Ann married a Terrell; and the name of another daughter is not known. Charles Brown was enumerated in Habersham County, Georgia in the 1820 and 1830 federal census. ------------------- The author of this article Sybil McRay is a Hall County genealogist whose column appeared on Sunday in The Times before her retirement. She is also the author of a number of books on the history of the area.