In another post, I was looking for information on Jefferson Davis Parker...but I'm not turning my attention to who I believe was his father...a Phillip Washington Parker, who was supposedly born in TN in the early 1800's. JD Parker's wife Artiliss Martha Lanier Parker stated that JD's father was Phillip, who came from TN. He settled with his wife in Lawrence County, Arkansas near Black Rock. Phillip trained soldiers in Hoxie, AR for the Civil War...and Phillip was killed in the war and didn't get to see the birth of his child Jefferson Davis Parker...my great grandfather.
Artiliss mentioned that JD had a brother named Phillip and a brother named Isaac, along with a sister named Mary.
If anyone has any information on Phillip Washington Parker from TN who is supposed to be Jefferson Davis Parker's father, that would help.
Btw...we've pretty much proven that this Jefferson Davis Parker, who is the father of George Truman Parker, is NOT the Jefferson Davis Parker who is the son of John M. Parker and Clara Fortune Barton Parker.
Thank you.
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I do not have any information on P315 because he is not part of FG#7 BUT from the information posted on the DNA Project page it looks like he was from Jefferson Davis son.
Wayne
Once question for you, though...as a way of confirmation...
On the P315 descendant of Phillip Washington Parker...do you know if that person is a direct descendant or not of either Jefferson Davis Parker or one of his sons? If P315 is a descendant of one of Phillip Washington Parker's other sons...then that means I still need to do more searching to 100% tie JDP with PWP since I've yet to find to find the two linked together other than through stories told through memory. I do believe most of the paper trail DOES point to PWP being JDP's father...but as I believe you've intimated, it's best to find definitive proof before writing it down in your family tree. :-)
Thank you.
You are welcome.
Good morning, you just made my day, I ENJOY seeing post like your this because it lets all of Parker researchers who are like my myself trying to help other find their roots know that we are making a difference.
I know you will soon be finding a lot of great information about your family.
Please keep on sharing what you are finding.
Wayne
THAT'S the closest I've been to tying my JDP to Phillip and Rhoda because of the Crawford surname. NOW...if I can 100% tie Rhoda to JM Crawford...that would almost cinch it (when added with everything else.)
Thanks again for the spark. I truly have a new insight into all of this...and now I'm excited to really grow this tree!
So...are you saying there is a direct descendant of Jefferson Davis Parker (through one of JD's sons) that has taken the DNA test (P135)? If so, that would pretty much prove that the Jefferson Davis Parker buried in Glazier Peau Cemetery in Hot Springs Village, AR is Phillip Washington Parker's son...right?
Btw...my mother actually told me last night that in the information Nellie Saulmon Parker got from JDP's wife Artiliss was that Phillip died of heat exhaustion while training soldiers in Hoxie (I thought before that she had said he died in the war...but actually died training for the war). So...what you listed is correct...as far as what Artiliss said. Now...I don't know if that information you listed is from others that received that information from my grandmother...or if it's an 1800's source...but either way, it's good to see it to help confirm.
As for the Crawford connection...that's great sleuthing! Everything I had seen on Rhoda was listed as McCrawford...so I never thought about CRAWFORD. I just checked that and voila! Found the actual marriage license with Phillip Parker and Rhoda CRAWFORD...and found some probate info that's either a will or something similar between her and James Richey...the man who married her daughter and helped raised the orphans. It's dated Oct 0f 1865...the year she died. I'll leave a link at the end of this message...but warning...it's the longest link I've ever seen...so sorry for taking up so much space.
On the 1900 census, I notice JM Crawford is 10 years older than "Davis"...who is obviously Jefferson Davis Parker (my great grandfather) because of his son Columbus (as shown being born in 1889...like JD's son)...and the fact it says he's Widowed, which JD was widowed from Effie at that time. Also...states "Davis' dad and mom were from TN...which would be correct on Phillip and Rhoda. (just wish I could find one bit of evidence of an actual Jefferson Davis Parker listed with who we believe to be his brothers, sisters or mother under the name JDP...instead of that one mention of Samuel).
Anyway...JM could maybe be one of Rhoda's nephews? Too young to be her brother (37 years difference). My mother had mentioned that Jefferson Davis Parker had supposedly come to Garland County (around Hot Springs) when he was in his teens. So...if he was 8 in the 1870 census...he would have gone to Garland County from Lawrence County sometime between 1875-1882...the years when JM would have been between 23-29. So...what if JM was Rhoda's nephew, lived in Arkansas and new JDP pretty well...and decided to take him under his wing as a teenager and brought him to Garland County?
Also found a record that may be JM Crawford remarrying in 1919. I also see where a JM Crawford died on Dec 12, 1920 in Garland County...so that could possibly be him. Also found a John M Crawford at 19 in 1870...living in Yell County, Arkansas...and his father William M. Crawford was born in Tennessee...so that could possibly be Rhoda's brother. She was born in 1815...and it appears this William was born around 1821.
Anyway...I could go on...but I don't want to bore you. Thanks so much for your help. You've truly opened my eyes to truly digging deep and finding a trail to follow.
http://interactive.ancestry.com/8638/007117352_00617?pid=747371&...
http://web.utk.edu/~corn/parkerdna/
Wayne
PARKER Family Group 26
P192 and P229 match on 27 of 27 markers available for comparson. P192 descends from John T. PARKER, born 1807 in Tennessee, and died in 1878 in Lawrence County Alabama. He married Mary C. "Polly" Neely, who was born 1807 and died in 1893. P229 descends from Hezekiah V. PARKER, born 1810 in Bledsoe County Tennessee, and died in 1852 in Benton County Missouri. Hezekiah married Mary Ann SMITH.
P315 was added to this group in July 2011. He descends from Phillip Washington PARKER who was born in Tennessee and died in Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas during military training. Phillips wife was pregnant when he died and their child, born 1863, was named Jefferson Davis PARKER.
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