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After signing his loyalty oath at Mobile on April 14, 1785, he (John Baker) again signed his loyalty oath at the Tensaw post on January 4, 1789. Baker petitioned the Spanish Govt. for a land grant of 1,600 acres of property formerly granted by the British to Charles Walker. He planned to produce tobacco on this land. In 1787 he also asked for a tract of land suitable for grazing his black cattle. According to George S. Gaines, Indian factor, Baker lived on the first bluff above St. Stephens. In 1795, after John Chastang had declined the appointment as commissioner of the second ward of the St. Stephens settlement, Baker was named to that post. He kept a keen eye open for land bargains and 1801 he bought 800 acres for only $22 at a sheriff's sale.
Tom Clarke
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