Simmons Jones Baker (February 15, 1775 – August 18, 1853) was a physician, planter, legislator, and slave owner in North Carolina.

However, he did receive certificates from the two of the more famous medical facilities in Britain at the time: St. Thomas's Hospital in London[2] and the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh.

[1] Baker returned from his medical studies in Britain in 1795 and married, in October of that year, Polly Smith of Halifax County.

[1] The couple built a house named Greenwood in 1796 on the plantation given to them by Polly's grandfather near the current town of Scotland Neck.

[1][13] The oral tradition in the region indicates Dr. Baker was a well known and well respected physician,[citation needed] but there is little evidence to prove this.

He was however made an honorary member of the North Carolina Medical Society when it was formed in 1849[1] and two of his sons-in-law and his ward were all physicians,[1] likely his students.

[16][17] Through Simmons Baker Jr.'s influence in the area, the town of Greenwood, Florida was named for his father's plantation in Halifax County, North Carolina.