William Martin Baker

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William married Sarah M. Cook about 1861 in , , Tennessee, USA. Sarah was born on 18 Aug 1834 in , , Tennessee, USA; died on 18 Jul 1887 in , Union Co., Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hiram Francis Baker was born on 4 Dec 1868 in , Union Co., Tennessee, USA; died on 25 Aug 1953 in Garden City, Finney Co., Kansas, USA.

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Died:
Death place unverified

Hiram married Lucinda Monroe on 22 Aug 1833 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA. Lucinda (daughter of Rev. Marcus Monroe and Nancy Davis) was born on 27 Apr 1816 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA; died on 14 Oct 1871 in , , Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Death place unverified

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Married:
Hiram and Lucinda had 13 children.

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(The following is from an e-mail message sent by Jeff Baker - 10 Jan 2015)

«i»That Martha, Hiram, John and Betsey were siblings is an assumption on my part and is based on circumstantial evidence as follows:

1) Ira and Emaline HOWERTON were brother and sister.

2) Ira HOWERTON married Betsey BAKER on 11-June-1839 in Grainger,TN.

3) Emaline HOWERTON married John BAKER in 1837 in Grainger,TN. William HOLLINGSWORTH, husband of Martha BAKER, was the bondsman for this marriage of Emaline HOWERTON to John BAKER.

4) William HOLLINGSWORTH, husband of Martha BAKER, was the bondsman for the marriage of Hiram BAKER to Lucinda MONROE in 1833, Grainger County.

5) William WATSON was the bondsman for the marriage of William HOLLINGSWORTH to Martha BAKER. William WATSON appears as a Head of Family on same page as Martin BAKER in the 1830 US Federal Census (Grainger, TN). That is, William WATSON and Martin BAKER were close neighbors.

6) Anna PARKER, now remarried, (1st husband, a HOLLINGSWORTH, deceased), mother of William HOLLINGSWORTH, appears as a Head of Family on same page as Martin BAKER in the 1830 US Federal Census (Grainger, TN). That is, Anna PARKER and Martin BAKER were close neighbors.

7) Hiram BAKER, husband of Lucinda MONROE and speculative son of Martin & Sophia, had a daughter, also named Sophia. Hiram & Lucinda also had a son, William Martin BAKER (1836-1909). That is, Hiram & Lucinda named two of their children after Hiram's speculative mother and father. Census records place both Hiram & Lucinda and son, William Martin Baker & wife Sarah, in Union County.

8) Census records for Martha BAKER, daughter of Martin & Sophia, show that both of her parents were born in NC, which is consistent with census records for Martin (b 1793) and his wife, Sophia (b 1792).
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Martin married Sophia. Sophia was born est 1792 in , , North Carolina, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mark was a baptist minister and is named as a pioneer minister in Tennessee in "Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers" by J. J. Burnett, D.D. When Union County, Tennessee was formed, Mark donated the land to the county where the courthouse stood.

Mark sold his property in Powder Springs Gap, Grainger County, in 1840 and bought land in Raccoon Valley of Grainger County, later Union County. The homeplace of Mark Monroe was one quarter mile northeast of the courthouse on highway 33, Maynardville. This property was sold in 1992.

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The following is the will of Mark Monroe from the Sutphen reference:

From the Union County, TN., Court Records, 3 May 1870:

A paper writing purporting to be the nuncuperative will of Mark Monroe was this day presented to the County Court for probate, when R. J. Carr & Hardin Skaggs, subscribing witnesses thereto appended, came into open court and being duly sworn according to law testified and said that the nuncuperative will of Mark Monroe, deceased, here presented, was produced to writing by us and that it is the nuncuperative will of Mark Monroe, deceased, and that he was of sound mind and disposing memory at the time of making the same. The court being fully satisfied that said will is sufficiently proven and legally established as the last will and testament of Mark Monroe, deceased, it is ordered by the court that said will be entered of record:

Nuncuperative Will of Mark Monroe, Deceased

We, Hardin Skaggs and R. J. Carr, do state that the nuncuperative will of Mark Monroe was made by him on the 27th day of August 1870 to Hardin Skaggs, and to the said R. J. Carr, on the 2nd day of September 1870, in our presence to which we were specially required to bare witnesses by the testator himself in the presence of us, that it was made in his last sickness at John P. Warwick's, in said county of Union, and the same is as follows to wit:

It was his will and desire that his son W. G. Monroe, should have all of his land that lies North of the crop fence that stands on the south side of the old apple orchard and that he wanted W. G. Monroe to maintain Tempy Monroe, his wife, and Says Monroe his son, and that their maintenance is to come out of the land or the proceeds of the same, but that W. G. Monroe is to have full control of the land.

And it is my desire that Calvin Monroe, my son have all of my land lying South of the crops fence above named, for the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid as follows, One hundred dollars each year, and to pay interest of three hundred dollars from date. Said sum of five hundred dollars to be equally divided among my eight heirs that is not mentioned in this will, as to any personal property, there is but little of it probably will take it to pay expenses.

This 8th day of September 1870.

Richard J. Carr, (signed)
Hardin Skaggs, (signed)
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Buried:
Carr Cemetery - originally buried in an unmarked grave but a stone was later placed on his grave reading: Rev. Marcus (Mark) Monroe - Aug 3, 1793 - Sept 6, 1870 - Pioneer Baptist Minister.

Marcus married Nancy Davis on 30 Sep 1814 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA. Nancy (daughter of Isaac Davis and Mary) was born on 11 Jul 1795 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA; died on 30 Aug 1853 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert is listed on the personal property tax lists as under 21 in Apr 1785 and over 21 in Apr 1786, so it appears that he was born between Apr 1764 and Apr 1765.

The Gerald Monroe reference says his mother was Mary Smith.

Ref: Clan Munro files -
- Monroe, Joseph Edmunds - family of William Monroe
- Williams, Carrington - William Monroe - family record

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The following is a transcript of the will of Robert Monroe from the Sutphen reference:

In the Name of God Amen

I, Robert Monroe of the County of Grainger and State of Tennessee, being sick and weak of body but of sound mind and disposing memory for which I thank God, and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of such Worldly Substance as it hath pleased God to Bless me with. I give and bequeath the same in Manner following that is to say:

1st My desire is that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my perishable property.

2nd I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Rosanna Monrow, one negro woman named Meridith.

3rd I give and bequeath unto my daughter Nancy Monrow, one gray mare. I also give and bequeath unto my said wife and daughter all my household and kitchen funriture, 2 cows, two breeding sows, the choice out of my stock to dispose of as they please.

4th I give and bequeath unto my son, Robert Monrow, two hundred acres of land being the tract that I bought of Robert Nash with all my farming tools of every kind after my wife Rosanna Monrow and daughter Nancy Monrow having their support off of said tract of land during their natural lives.

5th My desire is that my said beloved wife and daughter should live with my son Robert Monrow and see to the maintaining of them.

6th My desire is that after my just debts be paid that the remainder of my property be equally divided among five of my children yet alive whose names is as follows: George Monrow, Elizabeth Atkins, John Monrow, Barbara Kitts, Mark Monrow. I also give and bequeath unto the heirs of my daughter Peggy Wyrick, deceased, one dollar. I also give and bequeath unto the heirs of my daughter Polly Atkins, deceased, one dollar to come out of the above property before divided.

I also give and bequeath unto my son Robert Monrow all the grain and provender of every kind now on the place, to have for the use of himself, his mother, and sister Nancy.

And lastly, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Robert Monrow executor of this my last will and testament. In whitness whereof I have hereunto set my hadn and seal this 11th day of January 1834.

Witnesses: James Salling, Wm. Hamilton, William Long

Robert Monrow

Recorded 6 July 1836 by E. Tate, Clerk

Inventory of Estate of Robert Monrow, decd. 7 Jan 1835, recorded 9 Jul 1836, E. Tate, Clerk.

Commissioners Report on Estate of Robert Monrow, recorded 2 May 1837, E. Tate, Clerk
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Robert married Rosannah Janie Puckett on 14 Dec 1786 in , Lunenburg Co., Virginia, USA. Rosannah (daughter of Anthony Puckett) was born in 1766 in Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Virginia, USA; died in 1840 in , Grainger Co., Tennessee, USA; was buried in Maynardville, Union Co., Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Rosannah was buried in Hamilton Cemetery in Maynardville, Tennessee.

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Married:
Robert and Rosannah were married by Thomas Crymes.

Refs.

Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s

Marriages of Virginia Residents Vol II, Part II, Surnames Mi-N, Page 31

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Isaac married Mary. Mary was born about 1773 in , , Virginia, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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