John Baker

Colonel John Baker served Georgia in the 1775 Provincial Congress and in the American Revolution, where he took part in an unsuccesful invasion of Florida. He did show good leadership, however, in extricating most of his men from a trap set by the British and their Creek Indian allies.On December 12, 1825 a new county was created in southwest Georgia and named in his honor.

Second Florida Expedition

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