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Christian A. Parker
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My 2nd Great Uncle.
I love those Mountains. I'll be down in late Aug and early Sept. I also have my mother's folks buried up there. My 3rd Great Grandfather John Newton Lowrimore is buried at Old Macedonia Church on the west end and his wife Mary Polly York is at Doss…
I've got this e-mail from Ronald Parker and this is his theory. It's still a hot debate as many Parker's are searching for this info.
If Calista told you there was a Parker related to William D. Parker in the Parker Family DNA Project, well, that w…
Marylin or Steve, have either of you been able to confirm the parents of William D., John T., Lewis, and Rhoda? I've not been able to though my hunch is John "Sampson" and Charita Parker. Do either of you have any information on these two?
I've not been here but I know where it is. I'll have to plan a trip
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- How did you hear about Parker Heritage?
- By searching a clue in my geneology research.
- What is your interest in the Parker family?
- 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 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.
- At 1:18am on March 6, 2010,
Steve Nicholson said…
- Feel free to copy my pics. They belong to all of the Parker Family. A few were my Dad's and many were trades from other Parker's. I'll copy John T and Joseph B. Some of your other pics I have already. My Aunt's husband will love that pic of John T. And having my G Grandmother's brother Joseph B is great. My Zora was William D's baby girl. Her and Sally Parker were the youngest. William and Catherine died when Zora and Sally were very young. They went to live with their half sister Thursey Parker who married W W Reynolds. You find them in the 1880 census in W W Reynolds household. Jefferson Cleveland is their brother, and also at Mt Springs is another sister Mary Parker Vines.
- At 12:27pm on March 5, 2010,
Steve Nicholson said…
- Calista told me that her grandparents, Hamby Parker and her father went to Oklahoma in the 1930's to find Quanah Parker's folks. They said we were related to his mother Cynthia Ann Parker. Her father was Silas Parker. We wouldn't descend from Quanah but we would be some sort of cousin of his Parker lines, which he never knew. Looking at some of John T Parker's kids, his wife may have been Native American. Also William D Parker's 2nd wife, Catherine Hardin was known as "Black Dutch". Lewis' line I believe are all white settlers until you get to my great grandparents, Will Arch Parker married Mary Saint. She has Cherokee blood.
- At 1:05pm on March 3, 2010,
Christian A. Parker said…
- WOW. Everything you've said is right on. Not that it wouldn't be but, it's just great to hear form someone that knows about these folks. It's interesting that you mention Calista Parker. I've seen her name all over the place on the web with information she has put together. I've been trying to contact her for about a year and a half now but, no luck yet. She has helped me in my research more than she knows. I've not updated some of my information on my page yet but, need to. I initially thought that I'd traced back to John and Mary Ann Coon's but I've not confirmed that just yet. I do still believe that Sampson and Charita Parker were the mother and father of the four siblings but, also have not been able to confirm that either. As mentioned, I descend directly from John T. Parker to Louis C. Parker to Leaman Ollis Parker to Sandy L. Parker to Rufus W. Parker who is my father. We have so much to talk about!
- At 12:19pm on March 3, 2010,
Steve Nicholson said…
- Yes we are definately related. I see below this comment she mentions Zora. There are 2. Susey Zora Parker was my Great Grandmother. Her brother was Jefferson Cleveland Parker named his Daughter Zora and she married a Spillers. I've seen my Great Grandmothers name as Zora L, also. Maybe Elizabeth was another name she had. I'm also in contact with Calista Parker who is a granddaughter of Hamby Parker, Jefferson Cleveland's son. She has been doing this for 50 years. I've been to Parker Cemetery and want to go to Parker Cove. My Aunt lives right across the road from the cove on 33. She said the Parker Cove Cemetery has been rooted by hogs for many years.
- At 7:39pm on July 18, 2009,
Susan L Smith said… - Hi Christian-
You have done a beautiful job here on your page. It's a real inspiration to me.
I just noticed the picture of Zora. It caught my eye because my great grandmother, Mary Ellen Parker had a sister named Zora Elizabeth. Since our trails run cold in Kentucky, which is where many believe, based on some kind of evidence (a bible that I have never seen), that my GG Grandfather Joshua Joseph Parker was born in 1798.
For lack of much else to go on, I am always on the look out for names and name patterns. Zora is so unusual. Do you suppose there could be any connection here? Do you know of another family link in your line where the name Zora comes from?
I love your picture, too.
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