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 1722 - 1792 (70 years)
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| Name |
Baker John |
| Birth |
12 May 1722 |
Dorchestwer/Charleston District/SC  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
3 Jun 1792 |
/Liberty/GA |
| Person ID |
I332 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
13 Aug 2022 |
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| Notes |
- 1) John Baker was born on May 12, 1722, in Dorchester, South Carolina
2) Along with other members of the White Meeting House, his family moved to the Midway District in Georgia. His brothers were Richard (1720) and William Baker (1730), and he was a nephew of William Baker, Sr.
- Married Sarah
Son Stephen
- 3) John Baker served the Royal Colony of Georgia as a Lieutenant in the King?s Troops. In July 1774, he was appointed a member of the Georgia Committee to discuss the British Port Bill. In addition to his extensive military service during the Revolutionary War, John Baker was a member of the Sons of Liberty, Committee of Correspondence, and the Provincial Congress.
- 4) He was A) Commissioned Captain St. Johns Riflemen Militia 1776. / B) Fought Battle of Riceboats in Savannah 1776.
C) Colonel 3rd Regiment Georgia (Liberty County) Militia 1777. / D) Lieutenant Colonel Georgia Continental Light Horse (Dragoons) 1777. / E) Ambushed at Thomas Creek Second Florida Expedition 1777. / F) Resigned Commission due to dissatisfaction with his soldiers? actions at Thomas Creek; / G) Commissioned Colonel 3rd Regiment Georgia (Liberty County) Militia 1778 ? 1783. / H) Wounded at Bulltown Swamp 1778. / I) Fought at Spencer?s Hill (Midway) 1778. / J) Recaptured Patriot Prisoners at Hickory Hill 1779; / K) Listed in British Treason Act 1780. / L) Fought Second Siege of Augusta 1781. / M) Fought Loyalists in Liberty County 1781 - 1783. / N) Retired from Service 1783 (61 years old);
- Colonel / Patriotic Service GA CONT LIGHTHORSE REGT & 1ST BATT, 3RD REGT, GA MILITIA / CAPT, ST JOHN PAR MILITIA; REFUGEE; MAGISTRATE, ST JOHN PAR, 1776 / COMMISSIONER OF CONFISCATED ESTATES, 1782 / AGENT FOR SEQUESTERED ESTATES, 1782
- Representative Georgia House of Assembly 1782-1783.
- Georgia?s Baker County named in his honor.
- John Baker died June 3, 1792 and his grave site has been lost to history.
- Sources:
Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993 / SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998 / CANDLER, REV RECS OF GA / VOL 1, PP 91, 149 / VOL 2, P 305 / VOL 3, PP 24, 115 / HEMPERLEY, MIL CERTS OF GA, 1776-1800, PP 6, 100, 134-135
(1) Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution, p. 85, 127. / (2) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 397, 406. / (3) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, p. 29.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001./ Printed in the United States of America / New Papyrus Co., Inc. / 548 Cedar Creek Drive / Athens, GA 30605-3408
- No tombstone, SAR marker only
Marker placed in joint marking sponsored by the Athens, Atlanta, Blue Ridge Mountains, Captain John Collins, Marshes of Glyn, Mount Vernon and Robert Forsyth chapters of the Georgia Society SAR.
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