Birth 12 Mar 1755 Death 24 June 1840 Son of Jennings Rooker (born 4 Sep 1725) and Betty Davis Rooker (born 7 June 1729) Soldier in the Revolutionary War (some under Col. Daniel Boone) Founded Sugar Creek Baptist Church 1792 (later renamed Flint Hill Baptist Church) in York County, South Carolina, the first Baptist church in the region. Pastored this church for 48 years.