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View Tree for Bolling Kikpelathy BakerBolling Kikpelathy Baker (b. 1725, d. 1812)

Bolling Kikpelathy Baker (son of Dan Andrew Baker and Mary Molly Bolling) was born 1725 in Ashe. NC, and died 1812 in Virginia. He married (1) Princess Aracoma Cornstalk on 1760, daughter of Chief Keightughqua Cornstalk and Helizikinopo (Shawnee). He married (2) Mary Polly Smith on 1800, daughter of Eli Smith and Jane Denny.

 Includes NotesNotes for Bolling Kikpelathy Baker:
Bolling "Long Hunter" Baker was captured by Indians in 1756. After the Revoluionary War, Bolin lived
with the Cherokee Indians. He Was known as a renegade white man, and renowned horse thief. He
was located at Ingles Ferry in 1763,where he participated in the rescue of Thomas Ingles.

There was not a soldier under the command of General Braddock who stood higher in the love and esteem of his comrades than did Bolling Baker. His will power gave way under the strain, and one
dark night in 1756, he went west until he reached the bank of the Ohio River, where he was taken
captive by a band of Shawnee Indians. His captors took him to their Chief Cornstalk, and a council
was held to determine the measure of punishment for the paleface. His carriage,cool composure,
and handsome features so excited the admiration of Aracoma, Chief Cornstalk's comely daughter,
that the persuaded her father to spare his life and permit him to become a member of the tribe. Bolin
became madly infatuated with the Indian maiden, and paid her ardent court.

West Virginia, Logan County, can lay claim to one of America's most romantic legends, the story
of Aracoma, and her husband Boling Baker.

Aracoma and Baker moved to the Ohio Valley sometime close to 1760, and lived in peace on the island in today's city of Logan, until 1780. Six of their children died of the plague in 1776.


More About Bolling Kikpelathy Baker and Princess Aracoma Cornstalk:
Marriage: 1760

More About Bolling Kikpelathy Baker and Mary Polly Smith:
Marriage: 1800

Children of Bolling Kikpelathy Baker and Princess Aracoma Cornstalk are:
  1. Little Black Bear Baker, b. 1761, d. 1776, Logan CO, WV.
  2. Snow Lily Baker, b. 1763, d. 1776, Logan CO, WV.
  3. Running Deer Baker, b. 1765, d. 1776, Logan CO, WV.
  4. Laughing Water Baker, b. 1767, d. 1776, Logan CO, WV.
  5. Blue Feather Baker, b. 1769, d. 1776, Logan CO, WV.
  6. Princess Raindrop Baker, b. 1771, d. 1776, Logan CO, WV.
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