Individual Details
Capt John Teneretta "Renta" Baker
(17 Oct 1735 - 1820)
John "Renta" (Terrenta, Renta Dan, Renta Don or Renty) Baker was said to be a Long Hunter (this might be in dispute by some). He was in the Battle of King's Mountain in the Revolutionary War.
Settled on Buffalo Creek, Owsley/Clay County, KY.
John Renta lived in Wilkes County until about 1790-91. Then he and Benjamin Cutbirth families moved ro Carter Co, TN. John Renta lived there 6-7 years > Hawkins Co. TN for short time > 1798 Blackwater Settlement in Lee Co, VA.
By 1800 John and friend John Abner settled near what would become the Clay-Owsley County line near Cortland.
He married (1) Elizabeth Terrill daughter of James Terrill and niece of Obediah Terrill another long hunter.
John Renta about 1763 with other long hunters hunted and trapped on the Green River. They made many trips down Cumberland River to Spanish Natchez to sell furs.
Renta Baker was known as a "Long Hunter" those who spent more than a year at atime in the forests of TN and KY trapping and hunting. In "The Conquest of the Old Southwest", it is stated that in 1766 John Baker hunted with Daniel Boone's brother in law John Stewart. He lived on the Green River among the Cherokees in what is now KY and made trips down the Cumberland River to Spanish Natchez to sell their furs.
Late in life he married (2) Aza Williams. After she died he lived in a rock house near the mouth of Buffalo Creek, now Owsley Co, and died there 1820.
All his sons were gunsmiths. They invented and developed a hand operated machine used to cut rifle barrels. John's grandfather, Robert, developed the rifle = Kentucky Rifle.
He fathered at least 21 children documented.
Settled on Buffalo Creek, Owsley/Clay County, KY.
John Renta lived in Wilkes County until about 1790-91. Then he and Benjamin Cutbirth families moved ro Carter Co, TN. John Renta lived there 6-7 years > Hawkins Co. TN for short time > 1798 Blackwater Settlement in Lee Co, VA.
By 1800 John and friend John Abner settled near what would become the Clay-Owsley County line near Cortland.
He married (1) Elizabeth Terrill daughter of James Terrill and niece of Obediah Terrill another long hunter.
John Renta about 1763 with other long hunters hunted and trapped on the Green River. They made many trips down Cumberland River to Spanish Natchez to sell furs.
Renta Baker was known as a "Long Hunter" those who spent more than a year at atime in the forests of TN and KY trapping and hunting. In "The Conquest of the Old Southwest", it is stated that in 1766 John Baker hunted with Daniel Boone's brother in law John Stewart. He lived on the Green River among the Cherokees in what is now KY and made trips down the Cumberland River to Spanish Natchez to sell their furs.
Late in life he married (2) Aza Williams. After she died he lived in a rock house near the mouth of Buffalo Creek, now Owsley Co, and died there 1820.
All his sons were gunsmiths. They invented and developed a hand operated machine used to cut rifle barrels. John's grandfather, Robert, developed the rifle = Kentucky Rifle.
He fathered at least 21 children documented.
Events
| Birth | 17 Oct 1735 | Pine Mountain, Wilkes, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Sep 1750 | Chowan Co, North Carolina, British America - Elizabeth Terrill | |||
| Marriage | 5 Jan 1767 | St James, Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia, British America - Susannah Perkins | |||
| Marriage | Aft 1780 | Clark Co, Virginia, United States - Agath "Aza" Williams | |||
| Death | 1820 | Ricetown, Owsley, KY | | ||
| Burial | Old English Boston Gap Cemetery, Owsley County, Kentucky, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Terrill (1734 - ) |
| Child | Isaac Baker Sr (1757 - ) |
| Child | Bowling "Bolin" Baker Jr (1762 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Patricia "Pattie" Baker (1764 - ) |
| Child | Sndrew Baker (1765 - ) |
| Child | James Claybanks "Claypool" Baker (1767 - ) |
| Child | John D "Durkham John" Baker Jr (1770 - ) |
| Child | Nancy Angeline Baker (1777 - ) |
| Child | Robert T Julius "Juder Bob" Baker (1774 - ) |
| Child | Rev George Washington Baker (1779 - ) |
| Child | Cuthbert Baker (1782 - ) |
| Child | Mary Rubie Baker (1784 - ) |
| Child | Robert Julius "Julius Bob" Baker Sr ( - ) |
| Spouse | Susannah Perkins (1750 - ) |
| Spouse | Agath "Aza" Williams (1743 - ) |
| Father | Andrew Baker (1720 - 1781) |
| Mother | Mary Molly Bolling (1702 - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Baker Rev (1749 - 1815) |
| Sibling | James Baker (1746 - ) |
| Sibling | Morris Baker (1750 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha "Patsy" Baker (1752 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Baker (1754 - ) |
| Sibling | Eleanor "Nellie" Baker (1765 - ) |