Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

Baker, Jacob J
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Name Baker, Jacob J Birth 1821/1822 Ashe Co, NC
Gender Male _UID 0F7F898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000B304 Death May 1860 Cherokee Co, NC
Person ID I38436 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 17 May 2025
Father Baker, Ens Phillip, b. 1784/1790, Rowan Co, NC
d. 1845, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age 55 years)Mother Hardin, Elizabeth, b. 1799/1800, Ashe Co, NC
d. Aft 1850, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age > 51 years)Marriage Bef 1822 Ashe Co, NC
_UID 47335DD0F2940A44BE1ED15241161DB5A306 Notes - Marriage
No marriage record has been found for Phillip Baker and Elizabeth Hardin, though they probably married between 1820 and ca 1822 in Ashe Co., NC. Their marriage is proven by her father's Will dated 1846 Ashe Co., NC.
Children
They seem to have only two children, an unidentified daughter, and a son Jacob J. Baker.
Family ID F15006 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Lowery, Rebecca, b. 1827/1828, Blount Co, TN
d. Aft 1880, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age > 53 years)Marriage 1840/1849 Cherokee Co, NC
_UID 67309809300296469221C322870DE70F6880 Children 1. Baker, Rev William H, b. 26 Oct 1849, Cherokee Co, NC
d. 27 May 1916, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age 66 years)2. Baker, Mary C, b. 18 Feb 1851, Cherokee Co, NC
d. Aft 1900, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age > 50 years)3. Baker, Phillip, b. 1852/1853, Cherokee Co, NC
d. Aft 1870, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age > 18 years)4. Baker, Elizabeth J, b. 12 Dec 1855, Cherokee Co, NC
d. Aft 1900, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age > 46 years)5. Baker, Hetta A, b. 1858/1859, Cherokee Co, NC
d. Aft 1860, Cherokee Co, NC
(Age > 2 years)Family ID F15005 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !CENSUS:1830 Ashe Co, NC pg 4 w/Philip BAKER age 5-9 (1820/25);
!CENSUS:1840 Cherokee Co, NC pg 232 w/Philip BAKER age 10-14 (1825/30);
!DEED: 5 Dec 1845 Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book B, pp 447-449
Jacob Baker Sr of Cherokee Co., NC to Jacob Baker Jr of Cherokee Co., NC
Jacob Sr sells to Jacob Jr for $856.56, both sides of Peach Tree Creek ... 111 acres, surveyd 9 May 1837.
S: Jacob Baker
Wit: C. T. Rogers
Proven in court % Dec 1845 by Jacob Baker Sr.;
!DEED:14 Jul 1849 Cherokee Co., NC Deed Book A, p. 180
We, Elizabeth Baker, widow and relict of Philip Baker decd,
Jacob J. Baker and Caroline Baker,
Heirs of said Philip, decd, articles of agreement.
Philip died in 1845 possesse of considerable property ...
S: Elizabeth Baker, Jacob Baker, Caroline Baker.
Wit: R. B. Harper, Samuel Henry.
!CENSUS:1850 Cherokee Co, NC # 127/127
Elizabeth Baker, 50 NC
Jacob 28 Farmer $3000
Rebecca 22 TN
William H. 6/12;
!MORTALITY:1860 Cherokee Co, NC Jacob J. BAKER, 36 (1823/24) born Ashe, Married, died May (1860) Typhoid Fever, sick 21 days (several Baker slaves listed as also dying of Typhoid Fever on this census in this county);
- !CENSUS:1830 Ashe Co, NC pg 4 w/Philip BAKER age 5-9 (1820/25);
