Marty and Karla Grant

!NOTE:Names and most dates of this family and descendants are from Jerry Baker 10 Jun 2006;

!CENSUS:1860 Buncombe Co., NC, Avery Creek PO # 741/727
Rachel Baker, 39 widow on farm, $ 400/700 NC
Jesse 17
Thos 15
Millie 12
Milton 9
Saml 7;

!CENSUS:1870 Buncombe Co., NC Bent Creek Township, Bent Creek PO # 95/95
Rachel Baker, 42 Keeping House $200/0 NC
Milton 18 Farm Laborer
Samuel 14 at school;

!CENSUS:1880 Buncombe Co, NC Avery Creek # 120 Samuel BAKER, 24 (1855/56) born
NC, father born NC, mother born NC, Race = "W";

!CENSUS:1900;

!PETITION:1907 Buncombe Co, NC Loose Estate Papers: Albert GRAHAM. R.N. BAKER and wife Bell BAKER were entitled to 1/2 plus 3/7 of land conveyed to them by Elvira GRAHAM, Mary TABOR and Theodore GRAHAM in Mar 1907. Other 1/2 of land divided as follows: 1/7 to Charles GRAHAM and Daniel GRAHAM entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2) as only children of James GRAHAM. 1/7 to Baxter GRAHAM, Merit GRAHAM, Dosie SHIPMAN, May BARRETT, Fran GRAHAM, Wiley GRAHAM, Ollie GRAHAM, Carrie GRAHAM, Cordie GRAHAM, Dora GRAHAM, and J.J. GRAHAM entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2), being children and grand children of Milus GRAHAM. 1/7 to Tom TABOR, Ham TABOR, Fletcher TABOR, W.M. TABOR, J.T. TABOR, Isabella TABOR entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2) as children and grand children of Rosanna TABOR. 1/7 to Luellin LEAKWIRE, James EVANS, Daniel EVANS, Wexler EVANS, Mary EVANS, Dorthula GRANT, Viola EVANS, Mary BREEDLOVE, Dolph EVANS, John EVANS, Martha DEHART entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2) as children and grand children of Phoebe GRAHAM. Frank GRAHAM, Wiley GRAHAM, Orley GRAHAM, Carrie GRAHAM, Cordie GRAHAM are minors without guardians. Elvira GRAHAM and Mary TABOR are elderly and more than 70, have sold their 1/7 each interest to R.N. BAKER and wife Bell BAKER, so we shall give them home and comfort for their natural lives. Due to size of land and number of divisions it is decided that land will be sold and money divided up among heirs. Land in Avery Creek Township;

!CENSUS:1870 Buncombe Co, NC Bent Creek # 25 Dora GRAHAM, 6 (1863/64) born
NC, race = "M";
CENSUS:1880 Buncombe Co, NC Avery Creek # 120 Dovey M. BAKER, 17 (1862/63) born
NC, father born NC, mother born NC, Race = "M";
CENSUS:1900;
NAMED:1907 Buncombe Co, NC Loose Estate Papers: Albert GRAHAM. Petition for
Partition. R.N. BAKER and wife Bell BAKER vs ... Dosie SHIPMAN ... May
BARRET and Husband Joseph BARRET, Dora BAKER and husband Sam BAKER ...;

!PETITION:1907 Buncombe Co, NC Loose Estate Papers: Albert GRAHAM. R.N. BAKER and wife Bell BAKER were entitled to 1/2 plus 3/7 of land conveyed to them by Elvira GRAHAM, Mary TABOR and Theodore GRAHAM in Mar 1907. Other 1/2 of land divided as follows: 1/7 to Charles GRAHAM and Daniel GRAHAM entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2) as only children of James GRAHAM. 1/7 to Baxter GRAHAM, Merit GRAHAM, Dosie SHIPMAN, May BARRETT, Fran GRAHAM, Wiley GRAHAM, Ollie GRAHAM, Carrie GRAHAM, Cordie GRAHAM, Dora GRAHAM, and J.J. GRAHAM entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2), being children and grand children of Milus GRAHAM. 1/7 to Tom TABOR, Ham TABOR, Fletcher TABOR, W.M. TABOR, J.T. TABOR, Isabella TABOR entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2) as children and grand children of Rosanna TABOR. 1/7 to Luellin LEAKWIRE, James EVANS, Daniel EVANS, Wexler EVANS, Mary EVANS, Dorthula GRANT, Viola EVANS, Mary BREEDLOVE, Dolph EVANS, John EVANS, Martha DEHART entitled to 1/7 (of 1/2) as children and grand children of Phoebe GRAHAM. Frank GRAHAM, Wiley GRAHAM, Orley GRAHAM, Carrie GRAHAM, Cordie GRAHAM are minors without guardians. Elvira GRAHAM and Mary TABOR are elderly and more than 70, have sold their 1/7 each interest to R.N. BAKER and wife Bell BAKER, so we shall give them home and comfort for their natural lives. Due to size of land and number of divisions it is decided that land will be sold and money divided up among heirs. Land in Avery Creek Township;