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The Parker Families of Southeast Mississippi
The Parker family of South Carolina is important to this research because three Lewis girls married three Parker boys. And, William Parker, Addison Parker, and Jacob B. Parker are listed in the 1855 Jasper Co MS probate for Walden Lewis.
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Walden Lewis Probate "The Eastern Clarion, Paulding, Jasper County, Mississippi, S.R. Adams, Editor, Jan 20, 1855, Vol. XVIII, No. 19, page 3, column 7, Item 3. To - Polly Lewis, widow of Walden Lewis, Sr. deceased; Willis Lewis, John Lewis; Alexander Lewis; Simeon Lewis; Zachariah Lewis; Louisa Parker and William Parker her husband; Polly Parker and Addison Parker her husband; Ipsabeth Davis [dau. of Cyrethia, dec.] and Larkin Davis her husband; Polly Davis [dau. of Cyrethia, dec.] and Alexander Davis her husband and John J. Williams, guardian ad litem of Willis, Matilda Jane, Carey, Barbara and John Williams, minor heirs of Cyrethia Williams, deceased, formerly Lewis and all other persons interested in the lands, tenements and hereditaments of Walden Lewis, Sr. - You are cited to be and appear before the Hon. Probate Court of Jasper County at the courthouse thereof on the 3rd Monday of March next then and there to answer the petition of Matilda Parker and Jacob B. Parker her husband, heirs and distributees of Walden Lewis, Sr. deceased, for the sale of certain lands, tenements and hereditaments of said deceased, described in said petition as follows, to wit: Southeast quarter of NW-1/4; NE-1/4 of SW-1/4 and NW-1/4 of SE- /14, sect. 8, Township 3, Range 13E sit and lying in Jasper Co., Miss. "subject to the widower's dower," and be show cause if any they can why the same should not be sold and further to do and suffer such other things as shall be considered and ordered by the Court aforesaid in the premises. Witness the Hon. Geo. W. Ryan, Judge of the Probate Court of said county 3rd Monday of Jan. 1855. Given under my hand and seal of office and issued 17th day of January 1855." |
yDNA research shows that William Parker, Addison Parker, and Jacob Parker are all closely related and are members of Parker FG #28.
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Parker Family Group 28 -The oldest ancestor of
P240 is Jacob PARKER, born 1778 in South
Carolina, died in 1824 in Alabama or Mississippi. He married Lucretia
BRADLEY before 1804. She was born in South Carolina in 1784, and died in
Jasper County Mississippi in 1852. Parker Family DNA Project <http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/park5.htm#FG28> 20 May 2016. |
When attempting to trace the Parker family migration history, we can use the migration history of the allied Lewis family. After the conclusion of the Indian Wars in Georgia and the lands which would become Alabama and Mississippi, the Lewis family migrated down the Three-Chopped Way from the frontier of Georgia through the Creek Nation to the American settlement north of Spanish Mobile where they settled on the Chickasawhay River in what was Greene Co, Mississippi Territory.
10/9/1802 Migration through Jackson Co GA to Greene Co GA
1805 Greene Co GA Land Lottery
| 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws: John Lewis Senr. (2) Tavner Lewis (2) Walden Lewis (2) Note: A letter dated 2/21/1969 from the Secretary of State of Georgia states that Walden Lewis of Greene Co GA received 2 draws, both blank. |
Migrated before 1809 to Morgan Co GA
1809 Morgan Co GA Tax Digest Index:: Lewis, Waldin p. 32
1810 Georgia Census: Missing
Migrated by 1816 to Greene Co Mississippi Territory
1816 Greene Co MS Territorial Census: Walden Lewis
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1820 Greene County MS Census: Walden Lewis
Migrated before 1830 to Wayne Co MS
1830 Wayne County MS Census: Walden Lewis
1833 Jasper Co split from Jones Co MS
Migrated by 1834 to Jasper Co MS
1840 Jasper County MS Census: Walden Lewis
Died c. 1843 Jasper Co MS
1850 Jasper Co MS Census: Polly Lewis
1/1855 Walden Lewis Will Probate
From the many Mississippi censuses, the preponderance of evidence indicates that the greater Parker family of Southeast Mississippi originated in South Carolina. Potential progenitors were enumerated in the 1816 Mississippi Territorial Census.
| 1810 Mississippi Territorial Census | ||
| Clarke Co | Wayne Co | Greene Co |
| Amos, Jesse, John, William, William L. | Jacob, John, John, Jonathan, Sherwood | William |
1. The Jacob Parker Line
"The oldest ancestor of P240 is Jacob PARKER, born 1778 in South Carolina, died in 1824 in Alabama or Mississippi. He married Lucretia BRADLEY before 1804. She was born in South Carolina in 1784, and died in Jasper County Mississippi in 1852."
The Jacob Parker family originated in South Carolina. From the birth records of Jacob's children, we learn that Jacob migrated from South Carolina to Georgia by 1805. Jacob next appears in the 1816 Wayne Co, Mississippi Territorial Census. The Walden Lewis family lived in Morgan Co GA. Did the Parker family encounter the Lewis family in Georgia or along the Three-Chopped Way en route to Mississippi?
Jacob Parker is not found in the 1820 Census. However, he could have been a member of the John Parker family of Wayne Co MS. And, Jacob Parker died 6/6/1824 in Wayne Co MS. But, Lucretia continued to husband the family in Jacob's place until her death in 1852 in Jasper Co MS.
Born 10/3/1778 in South Carolina
Married before 1804 in South Carolina to Lucretia Bradley b. 8/2/1784 in South Carolina
Migrated by 1805 to Georgia
Migrated by 1816 to Wayne Co, Mississippi Territory
1816 Wayne Co, Mississippi Territorial Census: Jacob Parker
Jacob died 6/6/1824 Wayne Co MS
Lucretia migrated by 1830 to Hinds Co MS
1830 Hinds Co MS Census: Lucretia Parker
Migrated 1835 to Jasper Co MS
1836 Jasper Co MS Tax Roll: Lucretia Parker
1840 Jasper Co MS Census: Lucretia Parker
1850 Jasper Co MS Census: Lucinda Parker residing w/ son John
Lucinda died 8/4/1852 Jasper Co MS
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Jasper
Co., MS Court Probate Record 1851-1856 Book B p 205--dated 1853 MS Dept.
of Archives and History |
"P289. . . descends from William PARKER, born 1807 in Georgia, and died in 1873 in Trinity County Texas. William married Louisa LEWIS."
William Parker is believed to be a son of Jacob Parker. William is important to this research; as he married a daughter of Walden Lewis. Circumstantial evidence of the relationship to Jacob Parker is found in the 1850 Jasper Co MS census where William named a daughter after Lucretia and a son after Jacob.
Born 1808 in Georgia
Migrated by 1816 w/ family to Mississippi Territory
1816 Greene Co MS Territorial Census: William Parker
Married 1835 in Jasper Co MS to Louisa Lewis b. 1813 Morgan Co GA
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#28 1850
Jasper Co., MS 33a 33: 47 50 Parker – William 42 GA; Louisa 37 GA; Lucretia 14 MS; Elizabeth 12; William 10; Jacob 8; Benjamin Franklin 3, Polly 1 |
1840 Jasper Co MS Census: William Parker (40-50)/Louisa Parker (30-40)
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ========================================================= 47 50 Parker William 42 M Farmer Georgia Louisa 37 F Georgia Lucretia 14 F Miss Elizabeth 12 F Miss William 10 M Miss Jacob 8 M Miss Benjamin Franklin 3 M Miss Polly 1 F Miss |
1/1855 Named in Walden Lewis probate
Migrated 1856 to Trinity Co TX
1860 Trinity Co TX Census
1860 Federal Census: Trinity County, Texas HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ====================================================== 282 282 Parker William 53 M Farmer Georgia Louisa 45 F Miss Lucretia 24 F Miss Elizabeth 22 F Miss William 19 M Miss Jacob 18 M Miss Benjamin 14 M Miss Polly 11 F Miss Ellen 9 F Miss John B. 7 M Miss Amanda A. 2 F Texas |
1870 Trinity Co TX Census
1870 Federal Census: Trinity County, Texas HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ====================================================== 282 282 Parker William 63 M Farmer Georgia Louisa 57 F Miss Benjamin 22 M Miss Ellen 16 F Miss John 14 M Miss Amanda 11 F Texas |
William died after 8/1873 Trinity Co TX
Jacob B is believed to be the son of Jacob. And, Jacob B is also important to this research; as he married a daughter of Walden Lewis.
Born 1817 in Mississippi
Married 1844 in Jasper Co MS to Cynthia Matilda Lewis b. 1828 Greene Co MS
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#28 1850 Jasper Co., MS 72a 15: 553 576 Parker– Jacob B. 31 MS; Matilda 22; Amarillus 5; _____ 3; Christian 1 |
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ================================================== 553 576 Parker Jacob B. 31 M Farmer Miss Matilda 22 F Miss Amarillus 5 F Miss Candice 3 F Miss Christian 1 M Miss |
1/1855 Named in Walden Lewis probate
Migrated 1856 to Trinity Co TX
1860 Trinity Co TX Census
1860 Federal Census: Trinity County, Texas HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ===================================================== Parker Jacob B. 42 M Stock Keeper Miss Matilda 32 F Miss Amarilda 13 F Miss Candis 12 F Miss Christian 10 M Miss Mary L. 8 F Miss Walden 6 M Miss Sarah E. 2 F TX |
Jacob died before 1870 Trinity Co TX
1870 Trinity Co TX Census (Jacob Parker Household)
1870 Federal Census: Trinity County, Texas HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ===================================================== 282 282 Parker Matilda 37 F Miss Sallie 11 M TX James 9 F TX |
Matilda was married before 1880 in Trinity Co TX to Harrison Hankins b. 1834 in Mississippi
1880 Trinity Co TX Census
| Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace |
| Harrison HANKINS | Self | M | Male | W | 55 | MS | Farms | --- | --- |
| Matilda HANKINS | Wife | M | Female | W | 49 | MS | Keep House | --- | GA |
| Sarah PARKER | SDau | S | Female | W | 21 | TX | MS | MS |
Matilda died after 1880 Trinity Co TX
II. The Littlebery Abbington Parker Line
The Littleberry Abbington Line may have originated in North Carolina. And at the outset, there doesn't appear to be close relations to the Jacob Parker Line. However given the close proximity to Jacob and the other Parkers of Wayne Co MS, we cannot dismiss the the possibility of a cousinage of Parkers who migrated from disparate locals to the new lands of the Mississippi Territory.
a. Littleberry Abbington Parker
"P290. . . descends from Littleberry Abington PARKER, born 1798 in North Carolina and (probably) Elizabeth "Betsy" BOUNDS, born 1802 in Tennessee or Mississippi. Littleberry migrated into Wayne County, MS by 1816 along with other Parkers, then into Jones and Jasper Counties. He settled in Washington Co., Alabama in the 1850s and 60s, before returning to Jones Co., MS to homestead there and then in Marion County, MS where he died around 1890. His son Martin Parker, born 1835 in Jasper County, MS, is the great grandfather of P290.
Littleberry Abbington is not believed to be a son of Jacob Parker. LB Abbington was born 1798. His place of birth is stated as both North Carolina and Georgia. Were he to be the son of Jacob and Lucretia, Jacob would have been 20, and Lucretia would have been 14; thus making that couple unlikely to be LB Abbington's parents.
Littleberry Abbington is first found in the 1820 Wayne Co MS Census at age 22. He could possibly be the son of John Parker who was living nearby.
Born 1798 in North Carolina
Migrated by 1816 to Mississippi Territory
1820 Wayne Co MS Census
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1820
Federal Census: Wayne County Mississippi |
1830 Jones Co MS Census
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1830
Federal Census: Jones County Mississippi |
1840 Jasper Co MS Census
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1840
Federal Census: Jasper County Mississippi |
Elizabeth died 1843 Jasper Co MS
Married 12/8/1843 in Clarke Co MS to Mary Servous b. 1825 in Mississippi
1850 Washington Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Washington County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ======================================================== 81 Parker Lewis B 51 M NC Mary 48 (?) F MS Elizabeth 21 F MS Miranda 17 F MS Martin 15 M MS Warren 12 M MS Thomas 7 M MS |
1854 Washington Co AL land patent
| Littleberry
Parker, Sr. held land patent for 320 acres in Sec. 20, T8N, R4W in
Washington Co., AL. Paid for land on 9/16/1854, patented 1860. Littleberry Parker applied for and paid for 40 acres in Sec. 20, T8N, R4W; granted 11/15/1854. |
1860 Washington Co AL Census
1860 Federal Census: Washington County, Alabama HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ===================================================== 260 Parker Little B 62 M Farmer NC Mary 36 F MS Thomas J 16 M MS |
1868 Jones Co MS Land Record
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Co MS Land Record: Littleberry Abington Parker and Mary homesteaded 80 acres in Jones Co., MS, Section 24, Twp 7N, R 12W |
1870 Jones Co MS Census
1870 Federal Census: Jones County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ======================================================== 52 Parker Littleberry A 72 M Farmer NC Mary 45 F MS Robertson Alfred 26 M F Hand AL Ethridge Sarah 26 F MS |
1880 Hancock Co MS Census
1880 Federal Census: Hancock County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Rel Occup. BIRTH ==================================================== 18 18 Parker L B A 82 M Farmer GA Mary 52 F Wife MS Sarah 22 F Dau MS William 11 M Son MS Derotha 8 F G/Dau MS |
1884 Migrated to Marion Co MS
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Marion
Co MS Land Record. 1884, applying for homestead in 1890, 80 acres in Sec. 8, Twp. 2N, R15W |
Littleberry died before 12/1892 Marion Co MS
Mary remarried in 1892 in Marion Co MS to John Gipson b. 1813 in Georgia
Mary died before 8/1894 Marion Co MS
"P272 descends from Addison B. PARKER, born about 1818 in Mississippi. Addison married Mary (Polly) LEWIS, who was born about 1820 in Greene County Mississippi. They descend though Addison's son Little Berry Parker, born abt 1845 in Jasper County, Mississippi and died in 1941 in Franklinton, Louisiana. Current evidence suggests that Addison PARKER is a son of Littleberry Abbington PARKER, born 1798, and that Addison PARKER and Martin PARKER (ancestor of P290) were brothers."
Addison Parker is important to this research; as he too married a daughter of Walden Lewis. Addison is believed to be the son of LB Abbington. Circumstantial evidence comes from the couple naming the first two sons after his father, LB Abbington, and her father, Walden.
Born 1820 Wayne Co MS
1834 Migrated w/ family to Jasper Co MS
Married c. 1843 in Jasper Co MS to Polly Lewis b. 1825 Greene Co MS
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#28 1850 Jasper Co., MS 33a 24: 45 48 Parker – Addison; 30 MS, Mary 25; L.B. Abbington 6; Walden 4; Elizabeth 1; Lucinda DUPREST 10 |
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ===================================================== 45 48 Parker Addison 30 M Farmer Miss Mary 25 F Miss L B Abbington 6 M Miss Walden 4 M Miss Elizabeth 2 F Miss Duprest Lucinda 10 F Miss |
1/1855 Named in Walden Lewis probate
1860 Wayne Co MS Census
1860 Federal Census: Wayne County, Mississippi FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ==================================================== 270 Parker Addison 40 M Miss Polly 34 F " L. B. 14 M " Baldwin (Walden) 12 M " Elizabeth 11 F " May 9 F " |
1860 Washington Co AL Census
1860 Federal Census: Washington County, Alabama FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ================================================ 262 Parker Addison 42 M Farmer Miss Mary 40 F Miss Little B 14 M Miss Walden 12 F Miss Elizabeth 10 F Miss E*ncy 8 F Miss Miranda 4 F Miss Albert G B 2 M Miss |
Addison died before 1880 Jasper Co MS
1880 Jasper Co MS Census
| Name | Relation | Marital Status | Gender | Race | Age | Birthplace | Occupation | Father's Birthplace | Mother's Birthplace |
| Mary PARKER | W | Female | W | 54 | MS | Keeping House | VA | ||
| A G PARKER | Son | Male | W | 20 | MS | Farm Labor | MS | MS | |
| W(alden) L PARKER | W | Male | W | 32 | MS | Farmer | MS | MS | |
| E E PARKER | Dau | Female | W | 5 | MS | MS | MS | ||
| L B PARKER | Male | W | 33 | MS | Farmer | MS | MS | ||
| Caroline Parker | Wife | Female | W | 38 | MS | ||||
| Theodoria PARKER | Female | W | 12 | MS | |||||
| Mary PARKER | Female | W | 8 | MS | |||||
| Addison PARKER | Female | W | 4 | MS | |||||
| Polly PARKER | Female | W | 2 | MS |
Polly died after 1880 Jasper Co MS
