Person

John Baker (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer.)

b. 1800?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Mary Rogers Baker in Trigg County, Kentucky, on December 8, 1821. Father of Robert H. Baker, Owen Ross Baker, Mary J. Baker, John M. D. Baker, and Lucy A. Baker. Farmer in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned nine enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1850. Farmer in Caldwell County in 1860. Owned ten enslaved persons in Caldwell County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 377A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 2, p. 799.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 20.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Burnesville, p. 208B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Trigg County Marriages, Film #000321335, p. 4.

Citation

Baker, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208763 (November 12, 2026).

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