Blake Baker

Birth Date

c1805

Death Date

1852-08-29

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer. Bart County, North Carolina, native. Son of Blake Baker and Christie Baker. Married to Edna Gresham Baker in Trigg County, Kentucky, on July 22, 1822. Father of Leander Baker, Christian F. Baker, Laurinda Baker, Hazard P. Baker, Blake Baker, Thomas K. Baker, Helen E. Baker, Linn B. Baker, Mary E. Baker, and John F. Baker. Farmer in Trigg County in 1830. Owned five enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1830. Farmer in Trigg County in 1840. Owned one enslaved person in Trigg County in 1840. Farmer and justice of the peace in Trigg County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Died of cancer on August 29, 1852, in Trigg County.

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 20.
Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, p. 290.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 322A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 257.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994056, Trigg County Births/Marriages/Deaths, p. 3.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film # 000321335, p. 6.

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