I'm trying to find someone researching the Baker family living in the mid 1800s in Searcy County, Arkansas, especially Esias Baker who was married to a Rhoda ____. They were in Tomahawk Township on the 1850 census living with Pleasant H. Hensley and Lucinda, who was Esias and Rhoda's daughter. Esias appears as "Ezaas Baker". Next door to them was Thomas Henderson and his wife Nancy. On the other side of Pleasant Hensley was James Baker, age 26, born in Tennessee and his family. I suspect Nancy, who was born about 1814 in North Carolina, was Esias and Rhoda's daughter, but I don't have any proof. Ten years later, in 1860, Thomas Henderson was living in Stone County, Missouri in Williams township and near by was James Baker and his family. This James was another one of Esias' sons -- at least that is what it appears. I'd like to know if either Esias or one of his brothers could have been Nancy's father. the census from 1850 shows Nancy being born about 1814 in North Carolina and we have a tradition in our family that Nancy was on the Trail of Tears and was 1/2 Cherokee Indian. Does anyone have any data on mid 1800s Baker families from Searcy County, Arkansas? If so, please e-mail me. -- Eddie Davis Ec21davis@sbcglobal.net