Elizabeth Brown 1
- Born: 1777, North Carolina 2
- Marriage (1): William Robert Baker about 1796 in North Carolina
- Died: 10 Jun 1831, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina at age 54 2
- Buried: Baker Cemetery, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina 3
General Notes:
Elizabeth dealt with the courts for the last 7 years of her life regarding custody, support, and settlement of the estate of William Baker.
Elizabeth Baker Guardian Package No. 15 Bundle No. 1 No. 2461 Photocopies from S.C. archives
Rueben Baker and other hairs and children of William Baker deceased.
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Elizabeth Baker late admin and James Gaines late admin of William Baker deceased In the court of ordinary Pendleton District 5 June 1825.
A story from 'GENEALOGY and HISTORY - BOWEN-FIELD-NIMMONS and KINDRED FAMILIES' by Nora Deniza Nimmons Field, Seneca, South Carolina, reported that the widow Elizabeth Brown Baker was a maker of wines and brandy and had a lot of wealth in gold. She married a very young man, William M. Nimmons. As she neared death, she sewed her gold into the pockets of her dresses and willed the dresses to her daughters to cut him out. 1
Lizzie married William Robert Baker about 1796 in North Carolina. (William Robert Baker was born in 1742 in North Carolina,2 died in Mar 1824 in Town Creek, Pendleton County, South Carolina 2 and was buried in Baker Cemetery, Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina 3.)
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