Clint:
        I noticed on your address that you live in the immediate area of
where one of my dead ends lived. Maybe you could help me out of some of
the history of the area around the 1770's to the 1790's.
        I'll give you my file on him and then ask you some questions
about the area.
                               The Baker KING File
Sep 1778  Wilkes Co. N.C., Baker King sold 400 acres on waters of South
          Fork of New River including his improvements to Thomas CORVIN.
          (Thomas Corvin marked out ...Daniel Yarnel written in) Land
          Entry book, 1778-1781.
Nov 1778  Wilkes Co. N.C.,Baker King and Benjamin Wilson summoned to Pleas
          and Quarter Sessions Court as witness for Plaintiff Elijah Issacs
          against Hugh Montgomery.
Dec 1778  Wilkes Co. N.C., Baker King, a planter, along with John Laws,
          Spencer Humphreys and Rubin Smithers, was sued by Joshua Scurlock
          for cutting down an oak tree that contained bees and honey on Oct
          1, 1778. State of NC, Wilkes Co., file C.R. 104.325, Wilkes Co.
          Civil Action papers, NC Archives.
    1782  Henry Co. Va., paid 1 poll tax, owned no slaves.
    1784  Wilkes Co. N.C., on tax payer rolls with 1 poll and 100 acres.
    1785  Wilkes Co. N.C., on tax payer rolls with 1 poll and 50 acres.
Jul 1787  Wilkes Co. N.C., Baker King sues John Witherspoon. Jury members
          listed. Jury finds Deft. guilty of Trover to a certain Bay mare...
          parties agreed value said mare assertained by Bj. Dugger and Golson
          Stepp. Wilkes Co. Court minutes, 1778-1788.
    1787  Washington Co., N.C.(actually the whole state of Tenn. before it
          became a state) tax list. Baker KING has 100 acres and 1 poll.
    1790  Wilkes Co.,Morgan Dist.,8th Co., N.C., census, pg. 122; M>16=1,
          M<16=1, F=3.
    1790  Burke Co.,Morgan Dist.,5th Co., N.C. census, pg. 108; M>16=1,
          M<16=2,F=2.Note: Are there really two Baker KING's . Are they
          related?
    1793  Wilkes Co.,12th Military District, Watauger Settlement,near
          presentday Boone, Watuage Co. N.C. Baker King has 200 acres and
          1 poll on taxables list.
Dec 1793  Wilkes Co., N.C. Baker King enters 100 ac. of land on Brushey fork
          of Cove Creek; "border: my upper line and runs up both sides of
          said creek; includes my mill and improvement". (Apparently this
          means this land abutted land he already owned.
    1794  Wilkes Co.,12th Military District, now listed as Capt. Dyers
          district, Baker King has 200 acres and 1 poll on taxables list.
May 1795  Wilkes Co., N.C. Baker King and 16 others ordered to view whether
          lands entered by (blank) Cunningham is fit for cultivation or not.
          Wilkes County Court minutes.
May 1795  Wilkes Co.,N.C. Baker King and two others are appointed as Patroler
          in Capt Dyers district.
    1795  Wilkes Co, 12th Military Dist, Capt. Dyers district, Baker King has
          200 acres and 1 poll on taxables list.
    1796  Wilkes Co, 12th Military Dist. Capt Whittenton's dist., Baker King
          has 200 acres and 2 polls on tax list. (This implies that a son has
          come of age, now 2 polls.)
        The above includes all I have on him during that time. It's
possible that there might be two Baker KING's in there, but I'm not
sure. Since you live in that area, maybe you can help me on a few
points. In 1793, he owned land in the Watauger settlement apparently on
Brushey fork of Cove Creek. Earlier, in 1787, he owned land in
Washington Co., N.C. As I understand it, Washington Co. included all of
the future state of Tn. However, did it also contain any land that is
now in N.C., possibly in Wilkes Co.?
        Earlier, in 1778, he sold land on the S. Fork of the New
River. On my map, the New River seems to go as far east as the town of
Boone, N.C., however, I am not familiar with the country so I cannot
tell if it is close enough to Cove Creek to be the same place, just
described differently, or a completely different area.
        I recently made a trip to the LDS library in Salt Lake and
pretty well exhausted their resources on Baker KING. However, I may be
making a trip to the East Coast next year and would like to do more
research there. Could you suggest where I might most profitably spend my
time?
        Let me know if I can do anything for you out here in Ca.
Gerald in Fresno, Ca. (105 in the shade today...but it's a dry heat ;-))
 * OLX 2.1 TD * KING - VAUGHN 1793 KY  STOUT - MULLIN PA? NC? NJ? 1776
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