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Alexander Baker (Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and hotelkeeper.)

b. 1793-12-19 d. 1867-04-02

Trigg County, Kentucky, farmer and hotelkeeper. Virginia native. Married to Catharine T. Baker. Father of Charles D. Baker, James Edgar Baker, and Lucy Ellen Baker. Farmer in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Hotelkeeper in Trigg County in 1850. Owned twenty-one enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1850. Owned an additional two enslaved persons, including Milly [Unknown], in Trigg County in 1852. Owned an additional two enslaved persons, including Matilda [Unknown], in Trigg County in 1853. Hotelkeeper in Trigg County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, p. 291A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 193.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994056, Trigg County Births, p. 3, 5.

"Alexander Baker (1793-1867)," Find A Grave, Memorial 22047836, accessed May 3, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22047836.

Citation

Baker, Alexander. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208259 (November 12, 2026).

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