This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker, Hatcher, Turner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JCC.2ACEB/2180.2195.2253.2369.2373.2390.2500.2.2 Message Board Post: Searching for descendants of Basil (Bassel, Badzel) Baker. Living in Bedford County VA in 1810, and 1820. He was over age 45 in 1810, so born by 1765. At least 6 sons and 4 daughters. Known daughters Anna Baker married Eli Hatcher, and Matilda Baker married James Turner. Anna and Eli Hatcher moved to Henry Co. TN and died in cholera epidemic in August 1830. Samuel and James Baker were appointed guardians of minor children. James and Matilda Turner moved to Crawford Co. IN. Basil Baker may have been a relative of Allen and White families of Bedford Co. VA. He served as surety for 5 marriages of Allen and White families, between 1807 - 1818 in Bedford Co. Were Samuel and James Baker also children of Basil Baker, was there a daughter named Elizabeth who married J. McAdams. Samuel Baker who was guardian of Hatcher children lived in Weakley Co. TN from 1842 - his death in 1885.