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Rev Robert Baker

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Rev Robert Baker

Birth
Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Death
6 Mar 1845 (aged 49)
Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
McKenzie, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

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http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/BakerR.htm

Excerpts from Watchman and Evangelist; Minutes of Nashville and Lebanon Presbyteries; Manuscript Letters of Rev. J. C. Provine and Thomas Hamilton, Esq.]

Robert Baker was born in Orange county, North Carolina, on the 28th of December, 1795. His parents were James and Sarah Baker. In 1799 they moved from North Carolina to Tennessee, and settled first in Sumner county. After remaining in Sumner a year, they moved again, and settled permanently in Wilson county, in the neighborhood of the Big Spring.

In the fall or winter of 1825 Mr. Baker's father moved to Western Tennessee, and settled in Carroll county, first on Clear Creek, and afterward in the neighborhood of what is now McLemoresville. Robert Baker moved with him, and became a member of Hopewell Presbytery.

On the 27th of December, 1831, he was married a second time, to Miss Sarah C. Hamilton, of Carroll county. He settled immediately in the neighborhood of his father-in-law, and remained there until his death. In the meantime he became the pastor of the Shiloh congregation.
Cumberland Presbyterian Minister

Additional information available here
http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/minister/BakerR.htm

Excerpts from Watchman and Evangelist; Minutes of Nashville and Lebanon Presbyteries; Manuscript Letters of Rev. J. C. Provine and Thomas Hamilton, Esq.]

Robert Baker was born in Orange county, North Carolina, on the 28th of December, 1795. His parents were James and Sarah Baker. In 1799 they moved from North Carolina to Tennessee, and settled first in Sumner county. After remaining in Sumner a year, they moved again, and settled permanently in Wilson county, in the neighborhood of the Big Spring.

In the fall or winter of 1825 Mr. Baker's father moved to Western Tennessee, and settled in Carroll county, first on Clear Creek, and afterward in the neighborhood of what is now McLemoresville. Robert Baker moved with him, and became a member of Hopewell Presbytery.

On the 27th of December, 1831, he was married a second time, to Miss Sarah C. Hamilton, of Carroll county. He settled immediately in the neighborhood of his father-in-law, and remained there until his death. In the meantime he became the pastor of the Shiloh congregation.


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