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Descendants of John Renta Baker

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN RENTA² BAKER (ANDREW¹) was born January 28, 1744 in Augusta Co. Virginia, and died November 10, 1831 in Owsley Co. Kentucky.

Notes for JOHN RENTA BAKER:
John " Renta " Baker late from North Carolina and the Revolutionary War along with several of his sons, was one of the original settlers on Buffalo Creek, in present day Owsley County Kentucky...There has been much conjecture and certainly many arguments about the life of John Renta Baker...This much we know with some certainty because there is documention to support it...John Renta was born
January 28, 1744 in North Carolina...He was, as they were commonly called in those days, " A Long Hunter ". They were called Long Hunters because they would be gone from home for as long as six months to a year..John Renta, George Baker, Robert Baker, Bolin Baker, Elisha Harrison, David Robertson, John Durkham Baker and James Baker were a group of eight Long Hunters that were said to be among the first explorers into Kentucky...John Renta along with several of his uncles and brothers were Revoluntary War Veterans...John Renta, Israel Campbell, John Waters, George Humphreys and William Sparks joined Captain John Clevelands Company of the 2nd Regiment North Carolina Mounted Militia on August 15, 1778 for an expedition against the Cherokee Indians...Later, after the Battle of Kings Mountain, Colonel Ben Cleveland was captured by a raiding party of Tories...John Renta and a rescue party arrived just in time to save him from being hanged...John Renta lived his final years in the Cortland area of Owsley County Kentucky...It is only a few miles from Cortland to the Lucy Angel Cemetery on Squabble Creek and close to where Owsley, Breathitt and Perry Counties come together...In the 1830 Census, John Renta was in his eighties and lived with his grandson John H.( Mucker Jack ) Baker...There are numerous cliffs in the Cortland, Gabriel Fork area and some are called the " Renty Cliffs " to this day, and this is where John Renta would often camp out...It was also told that John Renta would get his Powder Horn, Rifle and Possible Sack and tell the family he was going Squirrel Hunting on Squabble Creek...I have walked from Squabble Creek to Cortland and it is a good long walk and i was a young boy, for a man in his eighties it would have been a real long walk...

More About JOHN RENTA BAKER:
Burial: Cortland Cemetery, Owsley Co. Kentucky

Children of JOHN RENTA BAKER are:

2.	i.	ANDREW³ BAKER, b. 1765, Wilkes Co. North Carolina; d. 1841, Laurel Co. Kentucky.
3.	ii.	MARTHA BAKER, b. 1767, Wilkes Co. North Carolina; d. Unknown.
4.	iii.	JAMES CLAYBANK BAKER, b. 1769, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
5.	iv.	ISAAC BAKER, b. 1772, Wilkes Co. North Carolina; d. Unknown.
6.	v.	ROBERT BAKER, SR., b. March 1, 1774, Buncombe Co. North Carolina; d. November 29, 1859, Owsley Co. Kentucky.
7.	vi.	GEORGE WASHINGTON BAKER, b. March 29, 1779, Wilkes Co. North Carolina; d. September 3, 1846, North Salem, Linn Co. Missouri.
8.	vii.	JOHN DURKHAM BAKER, b. 1782, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
9.	viii.	IGFA EFFIE BAKER, b. August 8, 1790, Wilkes Co. North Carolina; d. 1866, Jackson Co. Kentucky.

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