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Facts and Events
7th Census of the United States - 1850
| Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | Real $ | Birth Place
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| Cherokee Co., NC
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| Page 10B, House # 127, Family # 127
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| Elizabeth Baker | 50 | F | W | | | NC
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| Jacob Baker | 28 | M | W | Farmer | 3000 | NC
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| Rebecca Baker | 22 | F | W | | | TN
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| William H. Baker | 6/12 | M | W | | | NC
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Rebecca Baker was listed on the 1860 census in Cherokee Co, NC in Murphy Township with some of the same neighbors they had in 1850.
8th Census of the United States - 1860
| Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | Real $ | Pers $ | Birth Place
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| Cherokee Co., NC - Murphy Dist
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| Page 204, H/F # 1343/1343 - Murphy PO
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| Rebecca Baker | 29 | F | W | Widow | 4000 | 5000 | Blunt Co TN
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| William H. Baker | 10 | M | W | | | | Cherokee NC
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| Mary C. Baker | 8 | F | W | | | | Cherokee NC
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| Philip Baker | 7 | M | W | | | | Cherokee NC
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| Elizabeth J. Baker | 4 | F | W | | | | Cherokee NC
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| Hetta A. Baker | 1 | F | W | | | | Cherokee NC
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| Samuel Lambert | 18 | M | W | Farm Hand | | | Washington TN
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Rebecca and family were in the same place in 1870.
9th Census of the United States - 1870
| Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | Real $ | Pers $ | Birth Place
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| Cherokee Co., NC - Murphy Township
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| Page 302, H/F # 99/99 - Murphy PO
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| Rebecca Baker | 42 | F | W | Keeping House | 3000 | 300 | TN
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| William Baker | 20 | M | W | Farmer | | | NC
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| Phillip Baker | 17 | M | W | Farm Laborer | | | NC
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| Elizabeth Baker | 14 | F | W | At Home | | | NC
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Widow Rebecca was listed on the 1880 census in Murphy Township with her son William Baker.
10th Census of the United States - 1880
| Name | Race | Sex | Age | Rel | MS | Occupation | Birth Place (S/F/M)
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| Cherokee Co., NC - Murphy Township
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| Page 258, H/F # 175/185
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| William Baker | W | M | 30 | | S | Minister of Gospel | NC-NC-TN
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| Rebecca Baker | W | F | 53 | Mother | W | | TN-VA-TN
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I did not find Rebecca in 1900 but I found two of her children (William and Elizabeth) still in Murphy, living together. That suggests Rebecca was dead by then.
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