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My Parkers settled in the Flo, Leon County part of Texas. I was actually born on the Parker place in 1945. My grandmother was Lena Ann or Libeann Parker depending on who you speak with. Her father was Andrew Jackson Parker and his father was Anderson P Parker. They came to Texas from the Carolina's. I think they stopped in Mississippi for a while. My grandmother married William Laningham Gressett. They had 4 children to make it to adulthood including my father Emmanuel Gressett. That's a basic outline of the information I have.
Hello, Jeanette -
This evening, I found a report I wrote up some years ago for a Parker family researcher who asked for help. It has decades of material on Sarah Merritt and her Merritt sons, including Richard Garrison Merritt, called "Gar." And it points out what modern YDNA shows about an unnamed Parker father of Gar.
The bit I sent you recently from memory was thoroughly inaccurate. That's what I get for trying to work from recall. You may be interested in this report, however. It is fairly long, too lengthy to post here on PH.
If you will provide an email address, I will send it off to you. Email me at jandpparker@msn.com and we will get it done.
Patricia Ross Parker, researcher for P11 of Family Group #7, Parker Surname YDNA Project.
Hi Jeanette, from what I can gather William Parker was born sometime around 1790. I base this on census information and from a piece in the 4/5/1857 volume of the Southern Christian Advocate that carries a notice of his death listing him a "...a man of faith and piety, who lived out his three score years and ten." I don't take this as a literal indication of 70 years, as it is basically a direct quote from Psalms and could just be completely figurative.
I am aware of other direct descendants of William, some of who I have contatcted. Most seem to agree that his father was a Hardy Parker from either Duplin or Edgecombe county North Carolina. There is absolutely no documentation I have ever seen to support this. As a pragmatist I only rely on cited evidence when researching genealogy, otherwise we'd all end up being related to royalty.
The 1850 Federal Census gives Williams birthplace as Edgecombe, NC. Going thru Census records, land transfers, wills, and court documents from Edgecombe gives up a slew of Parkers but I have not been able to connect the dots. However, the 1820 Federal Census for Jefferson County GA lists the following head of household Parkers: Asa, Hardy, Simon, Stephen, and William. I am reasonably sure that William is the one I'm looking for and I would bet that he is realated to one if not more of the others. In fact, the Hardy Parker mentioned could very well be his father. Interesting note, Asa and Simon were both on page 5, though 10 lines apart. Especially interesting to me is that 10 years later in the 1830 census the only Parker reportedly listed in Jefferson county is William parker, my 3x great grandfather. Where did they all go?
Sorry to be longwinded,
Matt
IN ANSWER TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION, NOPE, I COULDN'T FIND YOUR LINE ON HERE EITHER. PLEASE FORGIVE CAPS. FINGERS RULE THE ROOST AND STIFF IS THEIR WORD OF THE DAY. SORRY. IS YOUR FAMILY FROM GATES? IF SO, MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU. KEEP TRYING. RAY
Hello, Jeanette Howell:
Sometimes my fingers on the keyboard get ahead of my brain, and my posts wander off topic. Maybe that is the case with my post about Gar to which you refer. Here is what I recall about Richard Garrison Parker. His mother was a Sarah Maiden Name Unknown married in very early 1800s I believe to a much older Gabriel Parker(?). The surname Merritt figured in there someway, unclear. They lived in Sampson Co. NC. The husband died thereafter. The widow Sarah continued to appear on the next few censuses with an increasing number of children but no husband. Ca. 1830 or 1833, either 1) she had the son she named Richard Garrison Parker (called "Gar") and moved to Georgia or 2) moved to Georgia where Gar was born. Either way, he was found on later Early Co. Georgia censuses as an adult, married, with children. The mother Sarah also was on mid-century censuses in Georgia with other grown sons. I believe when an old woman, she returned to Sampson Co. or maybe Duplin Co. NC where she lived out her life and was no longer found on censuses. There was land involved in some way. Check out that history for absolute accuracy, as I am telling you all of that from memory. And like I said, I probably can't recall what I had for breakfast. :)
I fear I cannot give you much help on the people you mentioned.
Patricia Ross Parker
what year and what location have you reached as of now? Raymond Parker Fouts.