Descendants
of Moses Baker
Generation No. 1
1. Moses1
Baker was born April 27, 1791. He
married (1) Unknown.
He married (2) Elizabeth Starkey June 19,
1825 in Gonzales Town, Gonzales Co., TX.
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About Moses Baker:
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FACT #1 - 1: The wagon train was assembled in HardemanCo, Tennessee and departed
from there. According to land records, Moses Baker arrived on 2-20-1831 with a
family of five (two daughters and a son) & received a league of land on the
west bank of the Guadalupe River.
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FACT #1 - 2: According to Moses Baker (b. 27 Apr 1791) as quoted in The
Plum Tree Almanac, Vol 7, No 2, Fall 1989, he with his family of five signed up
as a member of the Tennessee-Texas land company's wagon train which brought the
family to Gonzales.
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About Elizabeth Starkey:
Fact
#1: Elizabeth Starkey is thought to be the 2nd wife to marriage records in AL.
Children
of Moses Baker and Unknown are:
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2
i. Rachel2
Baker, born September 25, 1813; died January 24, 1847 in Gonzales Co, TX.
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ii. Isaac
Baker, born September 15, 1814.
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About Isaac Baker:
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FACT #1 - 1: Land records indicate
that Isaac arrived single in the DeWitt Colony on Aug. 13, 1830 where he
received title on Jun. 14, 1832 to a quarter sitio of land just south of his
father's tract on the west bank of the Guadalupe River.
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FACT #1 - 2: Probate records verify that Isaac Baker (b. 15 Sep 1814), a
Gonzales Ranger and member of the Gonzales Alamo Relief Force who died in the
Alamo on 6 Mar 1836, was the son of Moses Baker.
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FACT #3 -: If his birthdate is
correct accroding to John Baker's journal, he would have been just under 15
years old at the time of arrival in TX.
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iii. John
Baker, born June 16, 1817 in AL; died November 01, 1857 in Belmont,
Gonzales Co., TX.
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iv. Margaret
(Peggy) Baker, born January 06, 1819 in AL.
Generation No. 2
2. Rachel2
Baker (Moses1) was born September 25, 1813, and died January
24, 1847 in Gonzales Co, TX. She
married (1) Joseph D. Clements in San Antonio, TX.
He was born in Indiana, and died March 1844 in Gonzales Co, TX. She married (2) Rollo M. Davis
April 27, 1846 in Gonzales Co., TX. He
was born 1812 in KY.
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About Rachel Baker:
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FACT #1 -: Rachel Baker , the oldest daughter of Moses Baker, was born 25 Sep
1813 according to her brother John Baker's journal. She married Joseph D.
Clements amid a storm of controversy. Clements, who land records indicate
arrived married with a family of 7.
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FACT #3 -: on 25 Dec 1829, left a wife and family in Indiana without a divorce.
Along with other citizens of Gonzales, Rachel's father was furious and
threatened to kill Clements.
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FACT #4 -: The alcalde at Gonzales would not marry the couple so they eloped to
San Antonio and were married by the priest there.
Fact
#1: She either died at childbirth, or shortly thereafter; she was married
2nd to Rollo Davis. A probate action filed on Jan. 27, 1847 showed her as
deceased.
Children
of Rachel Baker and Joseph Clements are:
6
i. Laura
Jane3 Clements. She
married Napoleon Conn.
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ii. Alexander
Clements.
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iii. Isaac
B. Clements.
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iv. Augustus
D. Clements, born 1844 in TX. He
married Louisa F. Townsend; born 1848 in TX.
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About Augustus D. Clements:
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FACT #1 -: 1850 was living in the household of Aunt and Uncle (Margaret
Baker-Nichols-Baker and Rollo Davis; 1880 listed on the Colorado Co TX census.
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About Louisa F. Townsend:
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FACT #1 -: Mothers name listed on 1880 Colorado Co TX census living in the
household with the Clements family was Louisa H. Townsend; mother-in-law; age
59; born in Tennessee.
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v. Joseph
Clements.
Child
of Rachel Baker and Rollo Davis is:
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i. Joel
Hamilton3 Davis, born January 1847 in Gonzales Co, TX.
He married Texanna Belle Brown October 16,
1873 in Austin, TX; born November 23, 1857 in Travis Co., TX.
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About Joel Hamilton Davis:
Fact
#1: Most of their children were born in Blanco County, Texas
4. John2
Baker (Moses1) was born June 16, 1817 in AL, and died November
01, 1857 in Belmont, Gonzales Co., TX. He
married (1) Elizabeth Dilworth.
She died Bef. 1853. He
married (2) Sarah E. Echols October 20, 1853 in
Gonzales Co., TX. She was born
November 25, 1837.
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About John Baker:
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FACT #1 -: 1860 Gonzales Co TX census.. Belmont:
ECHOLS, J.W. 40 FARMER TN; Jno. W. 22 TN; Jas. T. 18 TN; BAKER, S.E. 23 F
TN; S.M. 7 f TX; M.E. 3 f TX; ECHOLS, R.D. 17 m student TN; HABERT, W.G. 27 m
farm hand TN.
Burial:
Harris Chapel cemetery, six miles north of Belmont to the east 1.5 miles from
Hwy 80 in a pasture, near Mary Jane Baker and members of the Eckols family.
Child
of John Baker and Elizabeth Dilworth is:
12
i. Blackstone
Dilworth3 Baker, born February 13, 1847.
Children
of John Baker and Sarah Echols are:
13
i. Sarah
Malviney3 Baker, born October 02, 1854.
14 ii. Mary Jane Baker, born December 12, 1855.
5. Margaret
(Peggy)2 Baker (Moses1)
was born January 06, 1819 in AL. She married (1) Thomas
R. Nichols June 30, 1842 in Gonzales,
Gonzales Co., TX, son of George Nichols and Mary Walker.
He was born January 08, 1815 in TN, and died 1847 in Guadalupe Co, TX.
She married (2) Rollo M. Davis Aft. 1847 in
Gonzales Co., TX. He was born 1812 in KY.
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About Thomas R. Nichols:
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FACT #1 -: He was a Ranger, a participant in the Battle of Plum Creek and the
Battle of Salado and was said to have been killed in an Indian battle.
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FACT #2 -: Probate Records show: Nichols, Thos. R.;
deceased; filed Sep 27 1847 Guadalupe Co TX
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FACT #3 -: 1850 GONZALES CO., TX census: DAVIS, Rolla M.; age 38; b.KY:
Margarett; wife; age 34; b. AL: CLEMONS, Alexander; age 12; b. TX:CLEMONS, J.B.;
age 9; b.TX: CLEMONS, Augustus; age 6; b. TX: CLEMONS, Joseph; age 6; b. TX:
NICLES, Louisa; age 5; b. TX: (cont>
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FACT #3b -: <Cont) DAVIS, Joel; age 3; b. TX: DAVIS, Parazade; age 3/12; b.
TX: GAY, Edmond G.; age 31; b. VA
Burial:
Gonzales, Gonzales Co., TX.
Child
of Margaret Baker and Thomas Nichols is:
15
i. Louisa
Jane3 Nichols, born 1844.
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About Louisa Jane Nichols:
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FACT #1 -: 1850 Gonzales Co TX census - in household of Rollo M. Davis with
mother, Margarett Baker-Nichols who remarried Davis after the death of Thomas
Nichols.
Children
of Margaret Baker and Rollo Davis are:
16
i. Josephine
Maria3 Davis.
17
ii. Nathaniel
Davis.
18
iii. Parazade
Davis, born 1850.
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iv. Amanda
Davis, born May 29, 1856 in Gonzales Co., TX.
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v. Ann
Davis, born May 29, 1856. She
married Thomas L. Mitchell April 01, 1889 in Blanco
Co., TX.