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 1760 - 1803 (43 years)
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| Name |
Nathaniel Baker |
| Birth |
25 May 1760 |
Midway, St. John's Parish, GA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1803 |
Midway, Liberty, GA |
| Death |
25 Nov 1803 |
Liberty, GA |
| Person ID |
I49 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
3 Jan 2018 |
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| Notes |
- Three Baker families were among the first members of the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina to arrive in the Midway District of Georgia. Benjamin Baker arrived in 1752; and William Baker and Richard Baker arrived in 1754.
- Nathaniel Baker was born on May 25, 1760 in Midway, St. Johns Parish, Georgia to Benjamin Baker (Revolutionary War Patriot) and his second wife Elizabeth Lax.
- Nathaniel Baker?s father, Benjamin Baker was born in Dorchester, South Carolina where he was a member of the Congregational Church. In December of 1752, he moved his family to the Midway District in Georgia, one of the first members of the White Meeting House to arrive. In 1776, he prepared data for Button Gwinnett and the Georgia Provincial Congress which was used to prepare the first Constitution of the State of Georgia. Two of Benjamin Baker?s sons, Nathaniel and Samuel, served during the Revolutionary War.
- Settlers in St. John?s Parish took the lead in Georgia's fight for independence from England. Along with many other citizens, especially Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Nathan Brownson, nine Baker men were Patriots of the American Revolution. Two, William (1705 -1767) and Richard (1720- 1775) died before the Revolutionary War reached Georgia, but were probably active in discussions concerning Independence, since the rest of the men in their families supported Independence.
Seven Bakers participated in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Benjamin (1717) helped develop the first Constitution of the State of Georgia; John (1722) organized the St. Johns Riflemen and served as colonel and his brother, William (1730), served as major in the Georgia Continental Line. All three, Benjamin (1717), John (1722) and William (1730) were members of the Provincial Congress of Georgia. In addition to these Patriots, William, Sr.?s son, William, Jr.(1749) served as a sergeant ; Major William?s son, Artimus (1755), served as a private in the Liberty County Militia; one of Benjamin?s sons, Nathaniel (1760) served as a private in the South Carolina Militia, and the other, Samuel (1758) signed an oath of loyalty to the State of Georgia.
All were members of the Midway Congregational Church. Benjamin served as clerk for almost thirty years, and his brother, William served as one of the first selectmen. All died in Liberty County and are assumed to be buried in the Midway Cemetery, but only one, Nathaniel Baker, currently has a tombstone marking his grave.
- Nathaniel Baker served in the South Carolina Militia, and was at the fall of Charleston on May 12, 1780. He was certified as a ?refugee soldier? by Colonel John Baker of Liberty County on 28th April, 1784. A refugee soldier is one who served outside of his state of residency.
- On July 1, 1800, Nathaniel Baker married Mrs, Ann Stevens Baker, the widow of William Baker, Jr., a Revolutionary War Soldier. Nathaniel Baker died on November 25, 1803, in Liberty County, Georgia, and was buried in Midway Church Cemetery Row A Grave 20.
- Nathaniel Baker's grave was marked by the Athens Chapter, Ocmulgee Chapter, Blue Ridge Mountains Chapter, Piedmont Chapter, & Robert Forsyth Chapter on 30 April 2017
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