Rachel (Baker) Mayes (1838 - 1927)

Born 1838 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States

Wife of Hollen Coffee Mayes — married 25 May 1859 in Travis County, Texas

Descendants

Died 30 May 1927 at about age 89 in Carlsbad, Tom Green, Texas, United States

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Biography

CAME TO TEXAS IN 1838 Mrs. H. C. Mayes, Carlsbad, Texas

My father, William Rodney Baker, moved from Terre Haute, Indiana, to Austin, Texas, in 1838. I was then six weeks old. My brother, Nelson Baker, was the first white child born in Austin. Father moved from Austin to a place ten miles south of the village on Onion Creek. On February 1, 1842, father and my uncle, Silas Sherman, 17 years old, went out after the milk cows and never came back. Next morning they were found dead and scalped by Indians. They had cut out father’s heart and badly mutilated his body. From the signs found there a desperate battle had taken place. Broken arrows were scattered about, the bark knocked off trees, and father’s gun barrel was bent, showing that he had used it as a club against his foes after he had exhausted his supply of ammunition.

I am now eighty-four years old, and have lived in Texas all of my life. My husband, Hollen C. Mayes, came to Texas in 1850. He was in the Ranger service, and also served through the Civil War in the Confederate Army. He died August 5th, 1921, in his 86th year. We raised eight children, six boys and two girls.

Sources

• From The Trail Drivers of Texas

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-C5N : Wed Oct 04 02:13:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Philip Gouldin and Cyntha Gouldin, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFF-KWQ : Wed Oct 04 13:23:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Hollin Mays and Rachel Mays, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLB-8TD : Fri Oct 06 11:00:54 UTC 2023), Entry for H W Mays and Rachel M Mays, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFF5-S1B : Thu Oct 05 14:38:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Holland C. Mayes and Rachael Mayes, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2QC-KQK : Wed Oct 04 00:50:16 UTC 2023), Entry for H C Mayes and Rachel Mayes, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH12-YYH : Fri Oct 06 17:18:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Holland C Mays and Rachel Mays, 1920.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K376-GDH : Thu Oct 12 13:28:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Mrs H C Mayes and Net Baker, 30 May 1927.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44297496/rachel-mayes: accessed 27 October 2023), memorial page for Rachel Baker Mayes (1838–30 May 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44297496, citing Grape Creek Cemetery, Grape Creek, Tom Green County, Texas, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.