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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 25 May 1760 Midway / Liberty / GA Death: 25 Nov 1803 Midway / Liberty / GA
Additional References:
Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
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photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Midway Cemetery on US Highway 17 in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the Midway Museum and historic church. Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right (north) and travel <1 mile to the Midway Church and Cemetery
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Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
Nathaniel Baker b. 1758 d.11/25/1803 LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served in the South Carolina Militia and was certified as a refugee soldier in 1784 by Colonel John Baker.
Buried: Midway Cemetery.
See: (1) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 43.
(2) Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, p. 40.
(3) Some Early Georgia Epitaphs.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
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Author: William Foye Ramsaur
Nathaniel Baker 25 May 1760 (Midway, Liberty County, Georgia) – 25 Nov. 1803 (Midway, Liberty County, Georgia)
Service Details: Private South Carolina Militia; Captured at Charleston 1780
Note: correct his birth year - it was 1760 not 1758; and correct place of birth- his father moved from SC to Midway, GA in 1752 where Nathaniel was born.
Service Reference: Private South Carolina Militia; Captured at Charleston, SC in 1780.
Burial at Midway Church Cemetery, Midway, Georgia at GPS Coordinates 31.48362 x 81.25852.
Cemetery notes: Midway Cemetery on US Highway 17 in Midway, Georgia directly across the street from the Midway Museum and historic church. Take I-95 to exit 76 - at end or ramp turn west and travel 3.7 miles to U.S. 17 - Turn right (north) and travel <1 mile to the Midway Church and Cemetery.
Author: George Edward Thurmond
Nathaniel Baker (1760 GA - 1803 GA) – Served in the South Carolina Militia
1—Three Baker families were among the first members of the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina to arrive in the Midway District of Georgia. Benjamin Baker arrived in 1752; and William Baker and Richard Baker arrived in 1754.
2--Settlers in St. John’s Parish took the lead in Georgia's fight for independence from England.Along with many other citizens, especially Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett andNathan Brownson,nine Baker men were Patriots of the American Revolution. Two, William (1705 -1767) and Richard (1720- 1775) died before the Revolutionary War reached Georgia, but were probably active in discussions concerning Independence, since the rest of the men in their families supported Independence. Seven participated in the Revolutionary War, as follows: Benjamin (1717) helped develop the first Constitution of the State of Georgia; John (1722) organized the St. Johns Riflemen and served as colonel and his brother, William (1730), served as major in the Georgia Continental Line. All three, Benjamin (1717), John (1722) and William (1730) were members of the Provincial Congress of Georgia. In addition to these Patriots, William, Sr.’s son, William, Jr.(1749) served as a sergeant ; Major William’s son, Artimus (1755), served as a private in the Liberty County Militia; one of Benjamin’s sons, Nathaniel (1760) served as a private in the South Carolina Militia, and the other, Samuel (1758) signed an oath of loyalty to the State of Georgia.
3-- All were members of the Midway Congregational Church. Benjamin served as clerk for almost thirty years, and his brother, William served as one of the first selectmen. All died in Liberty County and are assumed to be buried in the Midway Cemetery, but only one, Nathaniel Baker, currently has a tombstone marking his grave
4—Nathaniel Baker was born on May 25, 1760 in Midway, St. Johns Parish, Georgia to Benjamin Baker (Revolutionary War Patriot) and his second wife Elizabeth Lax.
5—Nathaniel Baker served in the South Carolina Militia, and was at the fall of Charleston on May 12, 1780. He was certified as a “ refugee soldier” by Colonel John Baker of Liberty County on 28th April, 1784. A refugee soldier is one who served outside of his state of residency.
6—On July 1, 1800, Nathaniel Baker married Mrs, AnnStevens Baker, the widow of William Baker, Jr., a Revolutionary War Soldier. Nathaniel Baker died on November 25, 1803, in Liberty County, Georgia, and was buried in Midway Church Cemetery Row A Grave 20.
Sources: GA Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, GASSAR: Vol 2, page 10; Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution, Lamar Lucian Knight, page 43; History of Midway Church, James Stacy pages 353 – 354; Ancestry.Com Family Tree;
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