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Got any male Parker cousins whose arms you could twist?
Well I would but I'm a Nicholson. Grandmother was a Parker and my Grandfather's mother was a Parker. Descendants of Lewis and William.
And finally, here is the sale of property by John T. Parker to his unmarried sister-in-law, Peggy Neely, in Limestone County. Peggy (Margaret), later lived in Parker Cove, and raised her (and John T.'s and Polly's) nephew, John Henderson, whose pare…
Since it seems that Thomas's Will uploaded OK, here is a land sale by John T. Parker, selling land in Limestone County to Benjamin Lentz. The printing in ALL CAPS in the margin and over the name, "Lentz" is mine. Everything else is on the document a…
I'm uploading scans of Thomas Parker's Will here, if the system permits it. I believe Thomas and Charlotte are the parents of William, Rhoda, John T., and Lewis and 3 other girls.
I'm assuming that there are Parker descendants of William or Lewis in…
For any and all descendants of Parker families located in North Alabama and or descendants of William D. Parker, Lewis E. Parker, John T. Parker, Rhoda Parker and the families that settled in Lawrence County Alabama circa 1832-1834.
For any and all descendants of Parker families located in North Alabama and or descendants of William D. Parker, Lewis E. Parker, John T. Parker, Rhoda Parker and the families that settled in Lawrence County Alabama circa 1832-1834.
For any and all descendants of Parker families located in North Alabama and or descendants of William D. Parker, Lewis E. Parker, John T. Parker, Rhoda Parker and the families that settled in Lawrence County Alabama circa 1832-1834.
DNA Cousins
In the Steve Nicholson post (thanks again, Steve!) I referred to a close DNA match. The descendant of Hezekiah V. Parker, b 1809, TN, has had the full 67 marker test performed and he matches me on 65 out of 67 markers! The "Hezekiah peo…
Township, Range, and Section Mapper
Mr. Bill Clark has made a township, range, and section mapper that works with Google Earth. It draws an outline of the area on Google Earth. It's very easy to use, and it's free, as is Google Earth.
It's here: ht…
Parker's Cove Parents
Hello! I'm new here, but I see that Steve Nicholson has shared my argument that Sampson and Charita Parker are not the parents of William S., Roda (Castleberry), John T., and Lewis E. (Thanks, Steve!) I'm a descendant of John…
For any and all descendants of Parker families located in North Alabama and or descendants of William D. Parker, Lewis E. Parker, John T. Parker, Rhoda Parker and the families that settled in Lawrence County Alabama circa 1832-1834.
My biological mother was Barbara Ellen Parker, her mothers was Viola Parker, father was King Albert Parker. Overton, Al area. Thats about all I know. Any info would be great. Thanks.
For any and all descendants of Parker families located in North Alabama and or descendants of William D. Parker, Lewis E. Parker, John T. Parker, Rhoda Parker and the families that settled in Lawrence County Alabama circa 1832-1834.
Mr. Stewart, thank you for you kind compliments. I must say that the majority of the information I've gotten came from Calista Parker. She is also a member of Parker Heritage and North Alabama Parkers. In reference to Parkers, Captain N.R. Leigh of…
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- Over 175 years ago, sometime between 1832 and 1834, four siblings, William D. Parker, John T. Parker, Lewis Parker and Rhoda Parker arrived in Lawrence County Alabama. It is unknown who their parents are but, I suspected them to be Sampson Parker born abt 1772 in NC and Charita Parker (unknown). This suspicion is due to family lore and the 1850 census taken in Lawrence County Alabama listing Sampson and Charia Parker. He at age 78 and she at age 71 and both from NC. The story has passed through the generations is that these four siblings were born along a traveling route that took them through Kentucky, Tennessee, across the Tennessee River and into Morgan and later Lawrence County just south of Moulton where they originally settled on Borden Creek where according to a transcript of the Moulton Advertiser, bears, panthers, and wolves were abundant, and still prowling about at pleasure. Around 1850 they moved a little further south to the mouth of Elam Creek and John T. Parker purchased 82.66 acres in Section 30, Township 7, Range 7 on March 1, 1858. This area soon became known as Parker Cove naturally named after its new settlers. Parker Cove forms the head water streams of Elam Creek on the north-central edge of the Warrior Mountains or what is now known as the William B. Bankhead National Forrest.
Once settled, these siblings began to marry and raise their families in their new home. William D. Parker, born around 1799, probably in Knox County Kentucky and the eldest of the four, married a woman by the name of Charity Castleberry and had five children, Mary Elizabeth, Thersey, Manerva, Bluford and John Campbell Parker. Later, for unknown reasons, he married again to a woman by the name of Catherine Hardin and had ten more children, Eliza, Margaret, Samantha, Jefferson Cleveland, Joseph B., Rhoda Lavinia, Docinda, William Henry, Sarah and Susey Zora Parker. William entered 40 acres of land in the Henderson Cove area in Section 28 of Township 8 South and Range 8 West on January 28, 1859. The 40 acre tract of land was just north of Flanigan and Borden Creeks. William D. Parker is noted as being the man who got gored by a bull. William was trying to castrate the bull to make a steer for plowing and pulling wagons. After being gored and realizing he was dying, William told the family to "get the steer well and sell it to help raise the family". Shortly after he was gored by the bull, William died of the wound. According to a notice on July 11, 1878 Moulton Advertiser, states, "We have just learned of the death of our good friend William "Will" Parker who was killed by the gore of an ox one day last week near Moulton.
Rhoda Parker, born around 1804 probably in Jackson County Tennessee and the second eldest of the four, married a man by the name of Elijah B. Castleberry and had one child, Riley J. Castleberry. Rhoda died sometime after 1860 and is now buried in Bunyan Hill Cemetery in Lawrence County AL.
John T. Parker, born June 15, 1808 probably in Jackson County Tennessee and the third eldest of the four, married a woman by the name of Mary "Polly" Neely and had twelve children, William Carroll, Henry, Sarah, Elizabeth, Louis C., Mary, Washington Welshire, Martha, Jane, Lona, Elijah and James D. Parker.
Lewis Parker, born on June 15, 1809, probably in Jackson County Tennessee and the last of the four siblings, married a woman by the name of Mary Ann O. "Polly Ann" and had eight children, Tabitha, Henry Campbell, William C.J., Mary Ann O., John B.L., Washington Newton, Blooming Elizabeth and Thomas Benton Parker.
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- At 10:13am on May 20, 2010,
Jim Yarbrough said… - A Calista Parker has contributed a lot of Parker family information to the Lawrence Co AL website. According to one receord, she lives in Beaumont TX.
Her email address is probably too old but here it is:
calista@ev1.net
- At 1:11pm on April 4, 2010,
Steve Nicholson said…
- Christian, I figured us out and we are 4th Cousins. Actually I'm your father's 4th cousin and you are my 4th cousin, once removed.
- At 6:55pm on March 14, 2010,
Steve Nicholson said…
- In Marylin's pic below, Maxine, Norman and Josephine Spillers are my Dad's 2nd cousins.
- At 6:50pm on March 14, 2010,
Steve Nicholson said…
- Christian,
Do you have an Omie Parker, female, in your lines from The Providence Cemetery Parkers? My great uncle Dudley Parker married Omie Parker. My grandmother said we were related and of course we are, but want to know her exact connection. Dudley and Omie are buried there with your Parkers. Maybe your grandfathers sister or cousin. I have my pics up from Providence Cemetery.
- At 2:08pm on March 8, 2010,
marilyn parker cox said… - I have joined the group twice, let me know by email if it still doesn't show me as a member.
Thanks, Marilyn
- At 7:17am on March 6, 2010,
marilyn parker cox said…
- Opps... picture didn't attach to message.
The Below picture is THE SPILLERS, Children of Zora Parker Spillers and Cleve Spillers
L-R: Maxine Spillers, Mildred & Norman Spillers, Josephine Spillers Hill and husband J. D. Hill
This was made at my Aunt Cora Parker Springers funeral in 2005. Their son Malcolm and wife Neline
was missing, and their son Henry was deceased.
Henry Spillers
- At 7:09am on March 6, 2010,
marilyn parker cox said…
- At 6:45am on March 6, 2010,
marilyn parker cox said…
- DID YOU KNOW: There are 371,092 people in the U.S. with the last name Parker. Statistically the 51st most popular last name.
For any of you that do not know there is a site "Lawrence County Genealogy & Other Diggins" on line that has a lot of info, pictures, etc. I have helped with it, some of my entries are under Calista Parker as that was what i was using at the time, my middle name is Calista.
- At 6:38am on March 6, 2010,
marilyn parker cox said…
- I don't know if they do it in schools there or not, but in Louisiana and Texas everyone in 7th grade has to do a family tree for a few generations, when my oldest grandson was in the 7th grade, he asked me to help him with his, so all I had to do was print it out. I went back as for a 32 generations on some of his lines and bound it for him. The school called me and ask me if I would give them a copy of it, for future reference to show the kids what and how to do genealogy, they are still using it after 9 years. It will eventually go into the school library. I have several more in Libraries. I have my grandmother Rebecca Hartley Jones' Paternal Line back the farthest. The only problem is it is never finished as you are continually adding to it. For every two people you find you have 4 more to find. Have you ever figured up how many direct ancestors you have in 10 generations. It is mind boggling.
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