The Parker Families of Southeast Mississippi
The Parker family of North Carolina is important to this research because Louisa Lewis and Cynthia Matilda Lewis married two sons from this family. And, their sister Polly Lewis married Addison Parker who reportedly was at least a second cousin. Thus, William Parker and Jacob B. Parker and Addison Parker are listed in the 1855 Jasper Co MS probate for Walden Lewis.
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, Jacob Parker, and Addison Parker are all closely related--37/37 matches--and are members of Parker family group #28.
Parker Surname yDNA Project <https://www.familytreedna.com/public/parker?iframe=yresults> 2 March 2024.
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
Here we meet the Parkers
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 North Carolina. Potential progenitors were enumerated in the 1816 Mississippi Territorial Census.
1816 Mississippi Territorial Census: Parker Families | ||
Clarke Co | Wayne Co | Greene Co |
Amos, Jesse, John, William, William L. |
Jacob, John, John, Jonathan, Sherwood | William |
x. Purported Ancestor: Thomas Parker b. 1754 in North Carolina
1. P240 Jacob Parker
"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 North Carolina. From the birth records of Jacob's children, we learn that Jacob migrated from North Carolina to Georgia by 1802. 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; as he had migrated to what would become Wilcox Co AL. Did Jacob return to Mississippi? Reportedly, he 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.
Further Research: In 1819, Covington Co. was formed out of a large portion of 1817 Wayne Co, MS & as a consequence, Jacob Parker was shown on the Covington County tax roll of 1819. Wilcox, AL was formed out of Monroe County, AL. & it is believed that when Jacob Parker left Covington, MS, he first located in the area designated as Monroe, AL and was recorded on that 1820 census which was later destroyed or lost. Jacob’s daughter, Elizabeth Parker McDaniel, submitted their family records to LDS in 1890, some 65 years after Jacob’s death. She and her younger brother were born in Wilcox, Al and Elizabeth incorrectly assumed & recorded that all her siblings were born in Wilcox, Al. Apparently, Elizabeth’s mother , Lucretia Bradley, was born in SC & Elizabeth therefore assumed that her Father Jacob was also born in SC. Jacob’s first two children were born 1804 & 1808 in Georgia and the evidence suggests that Jacob met & married Lucretia in abt 1803—possibly in Montgomery County, Ga. Evidence now supports the supposition that Jacob was born 1778 in Duplin, NC , migrated to Georgia about 1802, from Georgia to Wayne, MS in 1810 & moved from MS in 1819-1820 to Monroe/Wilcox, AL. Jacob’s probable brother, Asa Parker, shown on the 1820 census of Jefferson, GA, also migrated from Georgia to the Monroe/Wilcox area of AL. in about 1822-24. The Monroe, Al obit for Asa Parker, Jr shows he was a resident of Monroe, AL in 1820. Asa, Jr would have been age 16-17 at the time which indicates he possibly joined his Uncle Jacob Parker who moved from MS to Monroe/Wilcox, AL in 1820. Records of Duplin, NC show that Asa Parker, Sr b 1775 & his sibling, Jacob Parker b 1778 were orphans in Duplin, NC and possibly the sons of Thomas Parker, Jr who died in 1788. Jacob Parker, Family Search <https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRN4-HCL> 5 October 2023. |
Born 10/3/1778 Duplin Co NC
Migrated by 1802 to Montgomery Co GA
1802 Montgomery Co GA Land Record
Georgia Colonial and Headright Plat Index
(1735-1866) vol VV p. 31 #46574: In 1802 Jacob Parker was issued a headright grant for 75 acres of land in Montgomery Co GA on Rocky Creek. |
Married c. 1803 in Montgomery Co GA to Lucretia Bradley b. 8/2/1784 in South Carolina
1805 Montgomery Co GA Census: Jacob Parker
1806 Montgomery Co GA Tax List: Jacob Parker
Migrated by 1810 to Wayne Co, Mississippi Territory
1810 Wayne Co, Mississippi Territorial Census: Jacob Parker
1811Old St. Stephens Land office records Jacob Parker of Wayne, MS lands in 7 5W 9/23/1811
1812 Wayne Co, MS Ter Tax List: Jacob Parker
1813 Wayne Co, MS Ter Tax List: Jacob Parker
1814 Wayne Co, MS Ter Tax List: Jacob Parker
1816 Wayne Co, Mississippi Territorial Census: Jacob Parker
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
1819 Covington Co MS Tax Roll: Jacob Parker 1 Poll
Migrated 1819 to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated by 1824 to Wayne Co MS
Jacob died 6/6/1824 Wayne Co MS
Lucretia migrated by 1830 to Hinds Co MS
1830 Hinds Co MS Census: Lucretia Parker
1834 Lucretia Parker sells land in Hinds Co MS
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: Lucretia Parker residing w/ son John
Lucretia died 8/4/1852 Jasper Co MS
2/1853 Jasper Co MS Probate
Lucretia Parker Probate
Jasper Co MS Court Probate Record (1851-1856) Book B, p 205:
2/1853. In the matter of the Estate of Lucretia Parker deceased for
sale of land.
1. Mary Chambers and Thomas H. Chambers her husband, 4. Beedy Grayson and Lee Grayson her husband, 5. Sarah Davis and Thomas Davis her husband, 10. Elizabeth McDonald and Henry McDonald [McDaniel] her husband,
6. Levi B. Parker, 8. Jacob Parker [who married Cynthia Matilda Lewis], 9.
Thomas Parker, 11. John Parker,
3. the heirs of James D. Parker deceased, 7. and the heirs of Axey Hargrove Parker, deceased who was the wife of James A. Hargrove
be cited to be and appear before this court on the third Monday of
May next, uniting then and there to answer said petition and to show
cause if any can why the lands, teniments and hereditaments described in
said petition should not be sold; and that said petitioners cause said
citation to be published in the Whig Intelligence, a newspaper printed
and published in the town of Paulding Jasper County Mississippi for the
space of six weeks successively citing these said heirs and all persons
interested in said lands to be and appear at the time and term aforesaid
to show cause as aforesaid. |
It is evident that after Lucretia's death the family broke up with most of the Parker children migrating west from Mississippi:
3. James Drake, husband of Martha Thigpin, was deceased in Jasper Co MS.
4. Biddy and Lee Grayson remained in Jasper Co MS.
9. Thomas Samuel and Amy Gant settled in Clarke Co MS.
10. Elizabeth and Henry McDaniel settled in Newton Co MS. As a widow, Elizabeth would migrate before 1888 to the Utah Territory.Some of the children migrated to Rapides Parish LA:
6. Levi Bradley and Sina Mitchell migrated by 1860 to Rapides Parish LA.
7. Axey Lori was deceased in Jones Co MS. Husband James Hargrove remarried and migrated by 1860 to Rapides Parish LA.
11. John B and Easter Pennington migrated by 1860 to Rapides Parish LA.And, some went to disparate counties in Texas:
5. Sarah and Thomas Davis migrated by 1860 to Hunt Co TX.
11. John B and Easter also migrated by 1867 to Robertson Co TX..My research centers on the Lewis girls and their relations who migrated to Trinity Co TX:
1. Polly and Thomas Chambers migrated by 1860.
2. William and Louisa Lewis are cited migrating in 1856.
8. Jacob B and Cynthia Matilda Lewis are cited migrating in 1856.Conclusions:
-Inheritances from the Parker family were settled by 2/1853 with Lucretia's probate.
-Not long thereafter, inheritances from the Lewis family were settled with Walden's 1/1855 probate.
-With whatever monies gained from these inheritances, each family had the opportunity to strike out for a new life.
-William, husband of Louisa, brought the lawsuit per his duties as Administrator. It appears that theses actions were the catalyst which propelled the Parker/ Lewis/ Chambers cousinage toward their migration to Texas.
1. Mary "Polly" Parker
Born 1803 in Georgia
Migrated by 1810 w/ family to Wayne Co, Mississippi Territory
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Married c. 1824 in Wilcox Co AL to Thomas H Chambers b. 1801 in North Carolina
Migrated by 1829 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
1830 Hinds Co MS Census: Thomas H Chambers
Migrated by 1835 to Jasper Co MS
1840 Jasper Co MS Census: Thomas H Chambers
Migrated before 1850 to Harrison Co MS
1850 Harrison Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH =============================================================== 203 203 Chambers T H 49 M Farmer North Carolina Mary 47 F Georgia A J 24 M Farmer Alabama James 22 M Farmer " John J 21 M Farmer Mississippi William 16 M Farmer " Franklin 9 M " Saphronia 6 F " Columbus 4 M " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
Migrated by 1860 to Trinity Co TX
1860 Trinity Co TX Census: Thomas Chambers
Thomas and Mary died after 7/1860 Trinity Co TX
"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 1810 w/ family to Wayne Co, Mississippi Territory
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
1830 Hinds Co MS Census: Wm G Parker
Married 1/5/1832 in Hinds Co MS to Elizabeth Thomas (no further information)
Migrated by 1835 to Jasper Co MS
Married 1835 in Jasper Co MS to Louisa Lewis b. 1813 Morgan Co GA
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 |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
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 and Louisa died after 8/1873 Trinity Co TX
3. James Drake Parker
Born 1810 Wayne Co, Mississippi Territory
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Married 1837 in Marion Co MS to Martha Thigpin b. 1822 Marion Co MS
Migrated by 1838 to Jasper Co MS
1840 Jasper Co MS Census: James Parker
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ============================================================ 42 42 Parker James D 40 M Farmer Miss Martha 28 F " M[arquis] De Lafayette 12 M " James Franklin 10 M " Jane L 8 F " Andrew Jackson 6 M " Dallas 5 M " William 4 M " Samuel 2 M " James Madison 6/12 M " |
Died 9/19/1851 Jasper Co MS
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
1860 Jasper Co MS: Martha Parker
1870 Jasper Co MS: Martha Parker
1880 Jasper Co MS: Martha Parker
Martha died c. 1884 Jasper Co MS
4. Martha Bridget "Biddy" Parker
Born c. 1812 Wayne Co Mississippi Territory
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Married c. 1827 in Wayne Co MS to Lee Grayson b. 1800 in Kentucky
1830 Mississippi Census: Not found
1840 Jasper Co MS Census: Lee Grayson
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ============================================================= 329 350 Grayson Lee 50 M Farmer Kentucky Biddy 36 F Tennessee Mahala 22 F Mississippi Mary Ann 21 F " Emiline 19 F " Andrew J 17 M " Oliver 14 M " George 12 M " Sarah Anne 11 F " Claiborne 10 M " Lucretia 9 F " William 7 M " Darinda 5 F " Thomas 3 M " Albert G 2 M " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
1860 Jasper Co MS: Lee Grayson
Lee died 1866 Jasper Co MS
Biddy died before 1870 Jasper Co MS
1870 Jasper Co MS Census: George Grayson (s/o Lee & Biddy, Head of Household)
5. Sarah Parker
Born 1814 Wayne Co MS
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Married 1/27/1832 in Hinds Co MS to Thomas Davis b. 1804 in Georgia
1840 Newton Co MS Census: Tho Davis
1850 Newton Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Newton County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ============================================================= Davis Thomas 46 M Farmer Georgia Sarah 36 F Mississippi John 16 M " Thomas 14 M " Bird 12 M " Benjamin 10 M " James 8 M " Jacob 5 M " Micajah 3 M " Catherine 2 mo F " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
Thomas died after 1855 and before 1860 in Mississippi or Texas
Migrated before 1860 to Trinity Co TX
1860 Trinity Co TX Census: John G Davis, Head of Household; Sarah Davis
1870 Hunt Co TX Census: Sarah Davis
Died after 1870 Hunt Co TX
6. Levi Bradley Parker
Born 1815 Wayne Co MS
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Married c. 1842 in Jasper Co MS to Sina Mitchell b. 1824 in Mississippi
1850 Harrison Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Newton County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ============================================================= 264 264 Parker Levi 35 M Mississippi Sini 26 F " Peter 7 M " Prentiss B 5 M " William 3 M " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
1860 Rapides Parish LA Census: Levi B Parker
Died after 1860 Rapides Parish LA
7. Axey Lori Parker
Born 2/4/1816 Wayne Co MS
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Married 12/17/1834 in Hinds Co MS to James Allen Hargrove b. 1810 in Mississippi
1840 Clarke Co MS Census: James A Hargrove
Axie Lori died before 1850 Jones Co MS
c. 1846 in Jones Co MS James married Martha Carroll b. 1824 Jones Co MS
1850 Jones Co MS Census: James Hargrove
1850 Federal Census: Jones County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ================================================ 199 199 Hargrove James A 36 M Farmer Miss Martha 27 F " Hardy 12 M " Allen 8 M " Luna 7 F " Theodore 6 M " James 3 M " Cooper Elender 62 F " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
Migrated c. 1856 to Rapides Parish LA
1860 Rapides Parish LA Census: James Hargrove
James died c. 1868 Rapides Parish LA
Born 11/17/1817 Wayne Co MS
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Migrated by 1840 to Rankin Co MS
1840 Rankin Co MS Census: J B Parker
Married 1844 in Jasper Co MS to Cynthia Matilda Lewis b. 1828 Greene Co MS
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 |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
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 Hannah 6 F 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 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
9. Thomas Samuel Parker
1819 Covington Co split from Lawrence & Wayne counties MS
Born 6/4/1819 Covington Co MS
Migrated 1819 w/ family to Monroe Co AL
1819 Wilcox Co split from Monroe Co AL
1820 Wilcox Co AL Census Missing
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Married before 1842 in Clarke Co MS to Amy Emily Gant b. 9/1818 in Georgia
1840 Clarke Co MS Census: Thomas Parker
1850 Clarke Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Clarke County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ==================================================== 12 12 Parker Thomas S 31 M Bar Keep Miss Ann 31 F Geo Thomas J T 7 M Miss James 5 M " John J 3 M " Margaret 5/12 F " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
1860 Clarke Co MS Census: T S Parker
Thomas died 10/21/1868 Clarke Co MS
10. Elizabeth Parker
Born 3/22/1821 Wilcox Co AL
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Married c. 1840 in Clarke Co MS to Henry McDonald b. 1813 in Tennessee
1840 Newton Co MS Census: Henry McDaniel
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH =========================================================== 225 246 McDonald Henry 35 M Farmer Tennessee Elizabeth 24 F Alabama |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
1860 Newton Co MS Census: Elizabeth McDaniel
1870 Newton Co MS Census: Elizabeth McDaniel
Henry died after 1870 Newton Co MS
1880 Newton Co MS Census: Elizabeth McDaniel (listed as mother of nephew Henry McDaniel)
Migrated before 1888 to Utah Territory
10/1888 Centerville UT: Baptized Mormon
Died after 1900 Salt Lake UT
11. John B Parker
Born 9/10/1823 Wilcox Co AL
Migrated before 1824 w/ family to Wayne Co MS
Migrated by 1830 w/ family to Hinds Co MS
Married c. 1845 in Jasper Co MS to Easter Pennington b. 4/ 1825 in Mississippi
1850 Jasper Co MS Census
1850 Federal Census: Jasper County, Mississippi HN FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ======================================================= 15 16 Parker Lucinda 64 F Georgia John B 27 M Farmer " Easter 20 F Mississippi Pansuda 4 F " Permina 2 F " Elizabeth 4/12 F " Cresy 4/12 F " |
2/1853 Named in Lucretia Parker probate
Migrated by 1860 to Rapides Parish LA
1860 Rapides Parish LA Census: John B Parker
Migrated by 1867 to Robertson Co TX
Died 1867 Robertson Co TX
II. Cousin Littleberry Abbington Parker
The Littleberry Abbington Line originated in North Carolina. There isn't a proven relationship to the Jacob Parker line. Given LBA's close proximity to Jacob and the other Parkers of Wayne Co MS, reasonable conjecture led to the belief that there was a family connection. Now yDNA research shows that William Parker, Jacob Parker, and Addison Parker are all closely related--37/37 matches. Thus, it is apparent that there was a cousinage of Parkers who migrated from North Carolina to the new lands of the Mississippi Territory.
x. Purported Ancestor: Hardy Alexander Parker b. 1745 in North Carolina
1. John Parker
Born 1765 Duplin Co NC
Married c. 1785 in North Carolina to an unknown spouse
1790 Duplin Co NC Census: John Parker
Married 4/18/1794 in Duplin Co NC to Lucy Nancy Harper b. 3/17/1773 in North Carolina
1800 Duplin Co NC Census: John Parker
Migrated by 1810 to Wayne Co MS
1810 Mississippi Territory Census: names not available
1816 Wayne Co MS Territorial Census: John Parker
1817 Mississippi Statehood
1820 Wayne Co MS Census: John Parker
1826 Jones formed from Covington & Wayne counties
1830 Jones Co MS Census: John Parker
1/1832 Jones Co MS Land Record
Jones County Mississippi Records, Deed Book 1827-1956: 1/18/1832. Talahalla Creek (vic New Augusta), Jones Co MS. Deed of Coneyance from John Parker, Junr to John Parker Senr. |
Migrated c. 1832 (just a little south) to Perry Co MS
Died 6/13/1838 Perry Co MS
2. 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 Duplin Co NC
Migrated by 1816 to Mississippi Territory
1820 Wayne Co MS Census
1820 Federal Census: Wayne County Mississippi: |
1830 Jones Co MS Census
1830 Federal Census: Jones County Mississippi |
1840 Jasper Co MS Census
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
Migrated by 1850 to Washington Co AL
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, Sr Little B 62 M Farmer NC Mary 36 F MS Thomas J 16 M MS |
Migrated by 1864 to Jones Co MS
1868 Jones Co MS Land Record
Jones
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
Marion
Co MS Land Record. 1884, applying for homestead in 1890, 80 acres in Sec. 8, Twp. 2N, R15W |
Littleberry died 1890 Marion Co MS
Mary was wed in 1892 in Marion Co MS to John Gipson b. 7/1818 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
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 c. 1867 Wayne Co MS
1870 Mississippi and Alabama Censuses: not found
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 |
1900 Jones Co MS Census
1900 Federal Census: Jones County, Mississippi FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ===================================================== 27 Parker Waltin L (Walden) 52 M Farmer MS Synthia 51 F MS Polly 75 F MS Richard 13 M MS Addison B 8 M MS |
1910 Jones Co MS Census
1860 Federal Census: Wayne County, Mississippi FN LAST FIRST AGE Sex Occup. BIRTH ==================================================== 59 Parker Louis W (Walden) 62 M MS Frank F 22 M MS Addison B 14 M MS Polley 89 F MS |
Polly died 11/15/1914 Pearl River Co MS
III. Census Research
Pre 1790
Males | Born After |
# | Females | # | ||
21-60 |
All |
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60+/21- |
1790
Males | Born After |
# | Females | # | ||
18+ |
All |
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17- | 1778 |
1800
Males | Born After |
# | Females | Born After |
# | ||
45+ | 45+ | ||||||
25-44 | 1755 | 25-44 | 1755 | ||||
18-25 | 1775 | 18-25 | 1775 | ||||
10-15 | 1785 | 10-15 | 1785 | ||||
to-10 | 1790 | to-10 | 1790 |
1810
Males | Born After |
# | Females | Born After |
# | ||
45+ | 45+ | ||||||
25-44 | 1765 | 25-44 | 1765 | ||||
16-25 | 1785 | 16-25 | 1785 | ||||
10-15 | 1795 | 10-15 | 1795 | ||||
to-10 | 1800 | to-10 | 1800 |
1816 Mississippi Territorial Census
Males | Born After |
# |
L | Females | Born After | # | L |
21+ | |||||||
21- | 1795 | 1795 |
1820
Males | Born After |
# |
Females | Born After | # | ||
45+ | 45+ | ||||||
25-44 | 1775 | 25-44 | 1775 | ||||
18-25 | 1795 | 16-25 | 1795 | ||||
16-18 | 1802 | ||||||
10-15 | 1805 | 10-15 | 1805 | ||||
to 10 | 1810 | to 10 | 1810 |
1830 Census
Males | Born After | # | Females | Born After | # | ||
100+ | 100+ | ||||||
to 100 | 1730 | to 100 | 1730 | ||||
to 90 | 1740 | to 90 | 1740 | ||||
to 80 | 1750 | to 80 | 1750 | ||||
to 70 | 1760 | to 70 | 1760 | ||||
to 60 | 1770 | to 60 | 1770 | ||||
to 50 | 1780 | to 50 | 1780 | ||||
to 40 | 1790 | to 40 | 1790 | ||||
to 30 | 1800 | to 30 | 1800 | ||||
to 20 | 1810 | to 20 | 1810 | ||||
to 15 | 1815 | to 15 | 1815 | ||||
to 10 | 1820 | to 10 | 1820 | ||||
to 5 | 1825 | to 5 | 1825 |
1840 Census
Males | Born After |
# |
Females | Born After | # | ||
100+ | 100+ | ||||||
to 100 | 1740 | to 100 | 1740 | ||||
to 90 | 1750 | to 90 | 1750 | ||||
to 80 | 1760 | to 80 | 1760 | ||||
to 70 | 1770 | to 70 | 1770 | ||||
to 60 | 1780 | to 60 | 1780 | ||||
to 50 | 1790 | to 50 | 1790 | ||||
to 40 | 1800 | to 40 | 1800 | ||||
to 30 | 1810 | to 30 | 1810 | ||||
to 20 | 1820 | to 20 | 1820 | ||||
to 15 | 1825 | to 15 | 1825 | ||||
to 10 | 1830 | to 10 | 1830 | ||||
to 5 | 1835 | to 5 | 1835 |
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 |