Individual Details

The following narrative places John Baker and Elisha Harrison together.
Copied from Crystal Jensen's Baker Family Newsletter Volume 10, Pages 14 through 18.
FROM THE REVEREND JOHN J. DICKEY'S DIARY
ALLEN E. ROBERTSON - MANCHESTER, KENTUCKY - APRIL 15, 1898
[narrative about Robertson's family] ...He [his father David Robertson] hunted then with
John Baker, Sr. father of Julius "Bob", and "Durkham"John, George who married Esther
Robertson, my aunt and was a (Methodist crossed out, Baptist overwritten) preacher, and
James called "Clay Bank" a great fighter. "Clay Bank" was the father of Billy Baker. John
Baker, Sr. was called "Renta" had a brother Bowling Baker and a brother George Baker...
...The Bakers came from North Carolina to Madison County, and lived in forts there. Another of these hunters from the Blue Grass was William Morris, called "Cuddy" who settled in the forks of Goose Creek and Red Bird. These, "Renta" Baker, his three sons, George, John, and "Julius Bob", (William) Morris, Jack Harris, Elisha Harrison with my father David Robertson made the eight hunters who visited these regions.


Marriage Bondsman, James Baker. Consent by father of the bride - John Baker

In 1800 an Elisha Harrison was living in Nelson County, Kentucky - it is a tax list and may or may not be this man. He would have been only about age twenty.

1820 Madison Co KY Census; p.142:
Elisha Harrison: 2m -10 [George & Thomas]; 2m 10-16 [John & Jonathan]; 1m 45+ [Elisha]; 2f -10 [Polly & Altha]; 1f 10-16 [Susanna]; 1f 26-45 [Iffa]
and on p.178: living in Richmond is a Frederick T. Harrison, age 45+ [I don't know of any relationship]

1830 Madison Co KY Census. Only Harrison in the county. p.93
Elijah Harrison: 2m -5 [William & Nathaniel], 1m age 5-10 [Elisha], 2m 15-20[Jonathan & maybe Thomas], 1m age 40-50 [Elisha was about age 50]; 1f -5 [Sally], 1f 5-10 [Nancy], 2f 10-15 [Alitha & Polly], 1f 15-20 [Susanna], 1f 30-40 [Iffa was about 40].

I did not find Elisha in 1840 - perhaps they were living with one of the married children. They did not seem to be with the two eldest sons, John B. & George, who are found in Madison Co in 1840.

Birth	Abt 1780	Botetourt County, Virginia
Marriage	28 Aug 1805	Madison County, Kentucky - IFFA BAKER
Death	1848	Estill County, Kentucky

Spouse	IFFA BAKER (1790 - 1866)
Child	John Baker Harrison (1807 - 1888)
Child	George W. Harrison (1809 - 1852)
Child	Susanna Harrison (1811 - 1879)
Child	Thomas Harrison (1813 - )
Child	Polly Harrison (1815 - )
Child	Alitha Harrison (1816 - 1889)
Child	Johnathan C. Harrison (1818 - 1896)
Child	Nancy Jane Harrison (1822 - 1858)
Child	Elisha H. Harrison (1823 - 1895)
Child	NATHANIEL M. HARRISON (1825 - 1880)
Child	William Canady Harrison (1827 - 1892)
Child	Sarah A. "Sally" Harrison (1829 - 1901)

Father	JONATHAN HARRISON ( - 1809)
Mother	MERCY TERRY ( - 1809)
Sibling	Elias "Eli" Harrison (1769 - 1836)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Rachel Harrison (1774 - )
Sibling	Thomas Harrison ( - )
Sibling	Obediah Harrison ( - )