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Andrew was the son of John "Renta" Baker of North Carolina. The main genealogical support for this comes from a brief family history by Jim Baker, one of Renta's greatgrandsons. In an oral history told about 1916, Jim seems to say Renta had a son named Andrew who lived in Laurel County. The paragraphing of the document is a little confusing but I tend to believe this interpretation is correct. Andrew did indeed live in Laurel County and was the only Andrew Baker who can be found in the county's records during his lifetime. Bolstering the connection to Renta are results from the Baker DNA Study, which positively places Andrew in the family which includes Renta and his brothers, none of whom have a so-named, unaccounted-for son.
....Andrew died on 10 Sep 1842. His stone reads: "HERE LIES ANDREW BAKER HE WAS Bo SEPT THE 20 1765 DIED SEPT THE 10TH 1842." The stone looks to be original and is very similar to Hiram's in shape and decoration. There has been some debate over the year of his death, whether it was 1841 or 1842. The last number is very hard to read and the stone has flaked off in that spot. However, I believe the number looks more like a "2" than a "1," which also would match best with the tax list data (Andrew is in the 1842 list) and the date of his estate settlement (November 1842).
http://www.jeffrenner.net/genealogy/biographies_andrewbaker.htm

A Family Tree on Ancestry gives the wife of Andrew as Hannah. Some researchers believe he was married perhaps three times. The only name that survives is Hannah, no surname proved.

Picture of a recent military stone gives his birth as 1749 - this is very wrong.

Andrew Baker died 10 Sep 1842, just short of his 77th birthday, Laurel Co.
18 Oct 1842 We the men appointed by the Laurel County Court, James Adams, William Storm, James Woodall, William Taylor and William Herron to appraise the estate of Andrew Baker, dec'd and proceeded to business when duly qualified.
Laurel County Court November Term 1842
The commissioners appointed to appraise the personal estate of Andrew Baker, dec'd this day returned this report which is rec'd and ordered to be recorded and the same is recorded accordingly Att. W. H. Randall, Clk
Laurel County Court December Term 1842
A sale bill of the estate of Andrew Baker dec'd was this day returned into court and ordered to be recorded and the same is recorded accordingly by Att. W. H. Randall, Clk. Signed: Smith Baker.


FindAGrave cites wives Hannah Roberts (1765-1815) and Nancy Anna Briant (1789-1848) - neither has a known grave site. Andrew is said to have been buried Bryant Cemetery, Bernstadt, Laurel Co, KY. His old stone appears almost hand carved - he was given no middle initial. The stone is partially buried and the dates cannot be read. The contributor has given him a birth of 20 Sep 1765, death 10 Sep 1841. Jeff Renner, a thorough researcher believes he was NEVER married to Nancy Briant as the marriage record between an Andrew Baker and Nancy Briant took place in Maury Co TN in 1816 - some 200 miles from where Andrew Baker lived.

Birth	20 Sep 1765
Death	10 Sep 1842	Laurel County, Kentucky
Marriage		Living

Spouse	Living
Child	Joel Baker (1789 - 1850)
Child	Larkin Baker (1795 - 1851)
Child	Andrew Baker (1802 - 1871)
Child	James Baker (1804 - )
Child	Eleanor Baker (1805 - 1889)
Child	Smith Baker (1818 - 1863)
Child	Jesse P. Baker (1819 - 1860)
Child	John Bolin Baker (1824 - 1880)

Father	JOHN "Renta" BAKER (1744 - 1831)
Mother	ELIZABETH ?TERRELL ( - )
Sibling	James "Claybank" BAKER (1768 - )
Sibling	John "Durkham" Baker (1770 - )
Sibling	Robert Julius "Juder Bob" BAKER (1774 - 1859)
Sibling	Nancy Baker (1777 - 1849)
Sibling	George Washington BAKER (1779 - 1846)
Sibling	Boling BAKER (1784 - 1840)
Sibling	IFFA BAKER (1790 - 1866)

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