A description of Lawrence Baker written 4 Feb 1847 by his son, Dr. Simmons Jones Baker, in "The Baker Family as Remembered" :
"My father was a large man six feet high and weighing two hundred and fifty pounds. He was cheerful but generally grave, a kind husband, father and master, prudent and discreet in the management of his affairs and was universally liked. As a candidate of the convention to decide the Federal Constitution [of which he was a warm advocate] he secured every vote in the county but five. He was the clerk of court of Gates, NC from the time it was separated from Hertford [1779] until his death [1807].
He married Ann Jones daughter of Capt. Abridgton Jones, of Southampton County VA [whose father was a Welshman] His wife was a sister of Col. Charley Simmons of an English family. My mother had several children, twins twice, of which I am one. My twin brother Albridgton Jones with one or two others died at the time my mother did [1778]. The disease was dysentery and there is reason to believe badly treated. There were four children left. Henry, who died when nearly grown. Elizabeth, Agatha, and myself.
Soon after the death of my mother, my father went into the army. He was Colonel of a regiment, Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe being in command. He was in the battle on Stono in South Carolina under the command of Gen. Lincoln. It was a hard fought battle and I have been told by some who were present that my father acquitted himself like a brave man.
He did not attend the convention at Hillsborough to which as before mentioned he was elected because of the death of my brother Henry about that time.
Soon after the return of my father from the army he married Ann Burgess who made an excellent wife and very kind step-mother. She was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Burgess of Halifax, an Englishman of the Episcopal faith."
On September 9, 1775, the NC Provincial Congress appointed Lawrence Baker as a Major under Col. Benjamin Wynns in the Hertford County Regiment of Militia.
On January 30, 1779, the NC General Assembly created Gates County and appointed Lawrence Baker as the second Colonel, alongside Col. Kadar Reddick, in the newly-created Gates County Regiment of Militia. All available records indicate that he retained this position until the end of the war.
Col. Lawrence Baker led the Gates County Regiment of Militia at the battles of Briar Creek, GA (3/3/1779) and Stono Ferry, SC (6/20/1779).
Lawrence Baker was born in 1745 in Chowan County, NC. He first married Anne Jones, who died at the onset of the Revolutionary War around 1778, and they had four children: Henry, Simmons Jones, Elizabeth, and Agatha. He married a second time to Anna Maria Burgess, and they had three children: John Burgess, Anna Maria, and Martha Susanna.
Lawrence Baker was a delegate to the Third Provincial Congress of August 1775, and was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety for the Edenton District. He was a delegate to the Fourth Provincial Congress of April 1776.
In 1778, he was a member of a commission to mark the site for a court house in the proposed new county of Gates; he served as clerk of court for Gates until his death. In 1801 he was the winner of the lottery held by The University of North Carolina to raise funds for the completion of South Building.
"My father was a large man six feet high and weighing two hundred and fifty pounds. He was cheerful but generally grave, a kind husband, father and master, prudent and discreet in the management of his affairs and was universally liked. As a candidate of the convention to decide the Federal Constitution [of which he was a warm advocate] he secured every vote in the county but five. He was the clerk of court of Gates, NC from the time it was separated from Hertford [1779] until his death [1807].
He married Ann Jones daughter of Capt. Abridgton Jones, of Southampton County VA [whose father was a Welshman] His wife was a sister of Col. Charley Simmons of an English family. My mother had several children, twins twice, of which I am one. My twin brother Albridgton Jones with one or two others died at the time my mother did [1778]. The disease was dysentery and there is reason to believe badly treated. There were four children left. Henry, who died when nearly grown. Elizabeth, Agatha, and myself.
Soon after the death of my mother, my father went into the army. He was Colonel of a regiment, Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe being in command. He was in the battle on Stono in South Carolina under the command of Gen. Lincoln. It was a hard fought battle and I have been told by some who were present that my father acquitted himself like a brave man.
He did not attend the convention at Hillsborough to which as before mentioned he was elected because of the death of my brother Henry about that time.
Soon after the return of my father from the army he married Ann Burgess who made an excellent wife and very kind step-mother. She was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Burgess of Halifax, an Englishman of the Episcopal faith."
On September 9, 1775, the NC Provincial Congress appointed Lawrence Baker as a Major under Col. Benjamin Wynns in the Hertford County Regiment of Militia.
On January 30, 1779, the NC General Assembly created Gates County and appointed Lawrence Baker as the second Colonel, alongside Col. Kadar Reddick, in the newly-created Gates County Regiment of Militia. All available records indicate that he retained this position until the end of the war.
Col. Lawrence Baker led the Gates County Regiment of Militia at the battles of Briar Creek, GA (3/3/1779) and Stono Ferry, SC (6/20/1779).
Lawrence Baker was born in 1745 in Chowan County, NC. He first married Anne Jones, who died at the onset of the Revolutionary War around 1778, and they had four children: Henry, Simmons Jones, Elizabeth, and Agatha. He married a second time to Anna Maria Burgess, and they had three children: John Burgess, Anna Maria, and Martha Susanna.
Lawrence Baker was a delegate to the Third Provincial Congress of August 1775, and was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety for the Edenton District. He was a delegate to the Fourth Provincial Congress of April 1776.
In 1778, he was a member of a commission to mark the site for a court house in the proposed new county of Gates; he served as clerk of court for Gates until his death. In 1801 he was the winner of the lottery held by The University of North Carolina to raise funds for the completion of South Building.
A description of Lawrence Baker written 4 Feb 1847 by his son, Dr. Simmons Jones Baker, in "The Baker Family as Remembered" :
"My father was a large man six feet high and weighing two hundred and fifty pounds. He was cheerful but generally grave, a kind husband, father and master, prudent and discreet in the management of his affairs and was universally liked. As a candidate of the convention to decide the Federal Constitution [of which he was a warm advocate] he secured every vote in the county but five. He was the clerk of court of Gates, NC from the time it was separated from Hertford [1779] until his death [1807].
He married Ann Jones daughter of Capt. Abridgton Jones, of Southampton County VA [whose father was a Welshman] His wife was a sister of Col. Charley Simmons of an English family. My mother had several children, twins twice, of which I am one. My twin brother Albridgton Jones with one or two others died at the time my mother did [1778]. The disease was dysentery and there is reason to believe badly treated. There were four children left. Henry, who died when nearly grown. Elizabeth, Agatha, and myself.
Soon after the death of my mother, my father went into the army. He was Colonel of a regiment, Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe being in command. He was in the battle on Stono in South Carolina under the command of Gen. Lincoln. It was a hard fought battle and I have been told by some who were present that my father acquitted himself like a brave man.
He did not attend the convention at Hillsborough to which as before mentioned he was elected because of the death of my brother Henry about that time.
Soon after the return of my father from the army he married Ann Burgess who made an excellent wife and very kind step-mother. She was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Burgess of Halifax, an Englishman of the Episcopal faith."
On September 9, 1775, the NC Provincial Congress appointed Lawrence Baker as a Major under Col. Benjamin Wynns in the Hertford County Regiment of Militia.
On January 30, 1779, the NC General Assembly created Gates County and appointed Lawrence Baker as the second Colonel, alongside Col. Kadar Reddick, in the newly-created Gates County Regiment of Militia. All available records indicate that he retained this position until the end of the war.
Col. Lawrence Baker led the Gates County Regiment of Militia at the battles of Briar Creek, GA (3/3/1779) and Stono Ferry, SC (6/20/1779).
Lawrence Baker was born in 1745 in Chowan County, NC. He first married Anne Jones, who died at the onset of the Revolutionary War around 1778, and they had four children: Henry, Simmons Jones, Elizabeth, and Agatha. He married a second time to Anna Maria Burgess, and they had three children: John Burgess, Anna Maria, and Martha Susanna.
Lawrence Baker was a delegate to the Third Provincial Congress of August 1775, and was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety for the Edenton District. He was a delegate to the Fourth Provincial Congress of April 1776.
In 1778, he was a member of a commission to mark the site for a court house in the proposed new county of Gates; he served as clerk of court for Gates until his death. In 1801 he was the winner of the lottery held by The University of North Carolina to raise funds for the completion of South Building.
"My father was a large man six feet high and weighing two hundred and fifty pounds. He was cheerful but generally grave, a kind husband, father and master, prudent and discreet in the management of his affairs and was universally liked. As a candidate of the convention to decide the Federal Constitution [of which he was a warm advocate] he secured every vote in the county but five. He was the clerk of court of Gates, NC from the time it was separated from Hertford [1779] until his death [1807].
He married Ann Jones daughter of Capt. Abridgton Jones, of Southampton County VA [whose father was a Welshman] His wife was a sister of Col. Charley Simmons of an English family. My mother had several children, twins twice, of which I am one. My twin brother Albridgton Jones with one or two others died at the time my mother did [1778]. The disease was dysentery and there is reason to believe badly treated. There were four children left. Henry, who died when nearly grown. Elizabeth, Agatha, and myself.
Soon after the death of my mother, my father went into the army. He was Colonel of a regiment, Col. Jonas Johnston of Edgecombe being in command. He was in the battle on Stono in South Carolina under the command of Gen. Lincoln. It was a hard fought battle and I have been told by some who were present that my father acquitted himself like a brave man.
He did not attend the convention at Hillsborough to which as before mentioned he was elected because of the death of my brother Henry about that time.
Soon after the return of my father from the army he married Ann Burgess who made an excellent wife and very kind step-mother. She was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Burgess of Halifax, an Englishman of the Episcopal faith."
On September 9, 1775, the NC Provincial Congress appointed Lawrence Baker as a Major under Col. Benjamin Wynns in the Hertford County Regiment of Militia.
On January 30, 1779, the NC General Assembly created Gates County and appointed Lawrence Baker as the second Colonel, alongside Col. Kadar Reddick, in the newly-created Gates County Regiment of Militia. All available records indicate that he retained this position until the end of the war.
Col. Lawrence Baker led the Gates County Regiment of Militia at the battles of Briar Creek, GA (3/3/1779) and Stono Ferry, SC (6/20/1779).
Lawrence Baker was born in 1745 in Chowan County, NC. He first married Anne Jones, who died at the onset of the Revolutionary War around 1778, and they had four children: Henry, Simmons Jones, Elizabeth, and Agatha. He married a second time to Anna Maria Burgess, and they had three children: John Burgess, Anna Maria, and Martha Susanna.
Lawrence Baker was a delegate to the Third Provincial Congress of August 1775, and was appointed a member of the Committee of Safety for the Edenton District. He was a delegate to the Fourth Provincial Congress of April 1776.
In 1778, he was a member of a commission to mark the site for a court house in the proposed new county of Gates; he served as clerk of court for Gates until his death. In 1801 he was the winner of the lottery held by The University of North Carolina to raise funds for the completion of South Building.
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