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• List of Our PARKERs in INDIANA
• Timeline of Our PARKERS in INDIANA
• PARKERs in INDIANA History Books
• BOOK: Past and present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Volume 1 [S372]
• BOOK: Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana. Historical and Biographical [S373]
• Tippecanoe County Jurors ,1862-1869 @ INGenWeb
• BOOK: A Standard history of White County, Indiana [ToDo]
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List of Our PARKERs in INDIANA
Timeline of Our PARKERS in INDIANA (Under Construction)
[editorial comment]
[NV - Needs Verification]
Currently, the history of our PARKERs in INDIANA is a migration of the children of James PARKER b. 1759 and Rebecca
WOLFE PARKER b. 1762. Most relocated from Hampshire County, (WEST) VIRGINIA, although several paused in OHIO and
several quickly returned home to Hampshire County.
• "In 1810, Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa encouraged other tribes to resist European settlement
into the territory. Tensions rose and William Henry Harrison was authorized to launch a preemptive expedition against
Tecumseh's Confederacy resulting in a US victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. Tecumseh was killed in
1813 during the Battle of Thames. After his death, armed resistance to United States control ended in the region. Most Native
Americans in the state were later removed through negotiations to purchase their lands in the 1820s and 1830s...The early
nineteenth century saw much immigration to Indiana. The largest immigrant group to settle in Indiana were Germans, though
there were also substantial numbers of immigrants from Ireland and England as well as Americans who were ethnically English
from regions such as New York, New England and Pennsylvania...INDIANA was admitted to the United States as the 19th
state on December 11, 1816. (Wikipedia)
• [Absalom PARKER b. 1782]
(• 1820 Margaret PARKER LONG b. 1785 (eldest daughter of James PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER),
died at age 35 on 16 May 1820 in Hampshire County, (WEST) VIRGINIA [NV]. Her daughter Rebecca
Catherine LONG b. 1818 moved to INDIANA in 1835.)
• “Wea Township. [Tippecanoe County]… In the following autumn [1823] came Thornton Parker... (seventh child of James
PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER)" (BOOK: Past and present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Volume 1, DeHART,
1909, [S372])
"The National Road reached Indianapolis in 1829, connecting Indiana to the Eastern United States... In 1832, construction
began on the Wabash and Erie Canal, a project connecting the waterways of the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. [However]
Railroads soon made the canal system obsolete." (Wikipedia)
• About 1829 - James PARKER b. 1798 (son of James PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER) and Jane REES PARKER
and family relocated to Tippecanoe Co (became White Co.), INDIANA before Nov 1829, when their second child Rebecca
Ellen was born.
• In the 1830 Census for Tippecanoe County, INDIANA, which became White County, three sons of James PARKER and
Rebecca WOLFE PARKER were enumerated -- Thornton b. 1793, Benjamin b. 1796, and James b. 1798. Their families were
with them.
• Thornton PARKER and Elizabeth SHEETZ PARKER relocated with three children; five were born in INDIANA. [NV]
• Benjamin PARKER and Eliza Jane LONG PARKER may have had children in Hampshire County and may have had children
in INDIANA, but none of them lived to be documented (as of yet); their first documented child was Martha Rebecca, born in
Hampshire County.
(• About 1830 George PARKER b. 1787 (fourth child of James PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER) and
family relocated to MISSOURI.)
• However, Benjamin PARKER and family return to Hampshire Co, (WEST) VIRGINIA shortly after the 1830 census and
before the birth of his daughter Martha Rebecca in May 1831.
• About 1831, Isabel Adams PARKER b. 1804 (youngest child of James PARKER [Benjamin, George] and Rebecca WOLFE
PARKER), her husband John S. SHEETZ b.c. 1809 (brother of Thornton PARKER's wife Elizabeth SHEETZ) and their family
moved to Benton County, INDIANA. According to Adina DYER [S362] , "John Sheetz was a Judge in Benton County, IN for
many years, but in his later years came to Tippecanoe County." However, the book "History of Benton County, Indiana" by
Barce and Jones; Chapter 18, "The Sheetz Family" indicates the family may have moved to INDIANA a few years later. "On
December 31, 1835, Robert King Sheetz, the eldest son [of Frederick Sheetz], entered the N. E. of the S. W. section 1-24-7 [of
Benton Co, INDIANA] and either the same year or the next his two brothers, Frederick Jr. and John S. came to
Indiana." (Posted at WVHAMPSH-L Archives @ RootsWeb @ Ancestry.com by Adina DYER, S362)
• (In 1833, Absalom PARKER b. 1782 (eldest son of James PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER), died
[NC]. Where? )
• In addition Jonathan PARKER b. 1785 (third child of James PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER) died in
1833 [NC]. Where?
• 1835 - Jonathan JOHNSON b. 1772 moved his family to White Co, INDIANA in 1835; his son Okey Simeon JOHNSON b.
1811 and Rebecca Catherine LONG b. 1818, daughter of Margaret PARKER, moved with Jonathan or shortly thereafter.
• Between 1836 and 1840 James and Jane (REES) PARKER returned to Hampshire County.
• Thornton PARKER died 26 Nov 1837 at age 43, "Thornton Parker had a will in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It is said that he
died on the his trip back to Indiana after a visit to his family in Hampshire Co" .) (WVHAMPSH-L Archives @
RootsWeb@Ancestry.com, Adina DYER)
• (James PARKER Sr. b. 1759 died on 13 April 1838 in Hampshire Co, (WEST) VIRGINIA.)
• (His son Benjamin PARKER b. 1796 died a few days later on 23 April 1838 [NC])
PARKERs in INDIANA History Books
• BOOK: Past and present of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Volume 1 [S372]
Edited by General Richard Patten DeHart, Judge Tippecanoe Circuit Court (1832 - 1918)
Publisher: B. F. Bowen & Company, Indiana, 1909
[editorial comment]
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page 180
"Wea Township. [Tippecanoe County]
Wea township is directly south of Fairfield township, north of both Randolph and Lauramae townships and between Sheffield
and Union townships… Its surface consists largely of rich prairie lands known as 'White Plains.' … As early as 1822, possibly a
year earlier, the first settlers came to this township for the purposes of making themselves a home. These pioneers were Levi
Thornton and Samuel Black. Until the following springtime [1823] they were the only settlers within the township as now
described. That season they were joined by Judge Wiley, John I. Davidson, Judge Provault, William Burke, Stephen Kennedy,
Samuel Gwinn and William Jones. In the following autumn [1823] came Thornton Parker and Joseph and George Broderick,
with their widowed mother… In 1825 came others…
page 225
Soldiers of the War of 1812
The following soldiers of the War of 1812 - 14 are interred in the cemeteries at Lafayette: David W. Parker, Thomas Rogers…
All but two or three of the above are resting within the enclosures of Greenbush Cemetery.
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[end]
• BOOK: Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana. Historical and Biographical [S373]
Author and Publisher: F.A. Battey & Co., Chicago, 1883
Archive.org; GoogleBooks; "A Standard History of White County Indiana" @ INGenWeb; eBooksread.com
[editorial comment]
[quote]
page 17-18
History of White County
White County had a political existence before its organization, of which nothing is known to the citizens. All the territory now
comprising the county, besides much more north and west, was attached to the county of Carroll by legislative enactment, at
the time the latter was created. On the 11th of May, 1831, the Commissioners of Carroll County ordered that all the territory
attached to the county, or a part of the county, west of the Tippecanoe River should thereafter be Prairie Township; and an
election was ordered held on the first Monday of the following August [1831] for the election of one Justice of the Peace, the
vote to be polled at the house of Jesse Watson, who was appointed Inspector. At this election the following men voted: J. L.
Watson, Jesse Johnson, Samuel Smelcer, Michael Ault, Jeremiah Bisher, W. H. McCulloch, Aaron Cox, Royal Hazleton, Ed.
McCarty, Charles Wright, William Phillips, R. Harrison, Robert A. Barr, William Woods, Ashford Parker — total, 15…
At the March session of the Court of Commissioners of Carroll County, all of Prairie Township (which then included all of the
present White County west of the Tippecanoe River) north of the line dividing Townships 25 and 26 north was constituted
Norway Township, and the elections were ordered held at the Norway mill. A Justice of the Peace was ordered elected the first
Monday in March, 1833, Henry Baum, Inspector. This election was not held until April, 1833. The voters were John Rothrock,
Benj. Reynolds, Joseph Lewis, Jesse Johnson, Sibley Hudson, John Burns, Henry Baum, Daniel Wolf, Jeremiah Bisher, James
Barnes, George Bartley, Robert Rothrock, George Kemp, Ashford Parker, Ira Bacon, George A. Spencer and Thomas
Emerson…
page 19
Union Township [White County, INDIANA]
In September, 1833, Big Creek was divided as follows: All of White County west of Tippecanoe River and north of the line
dividing Townships 26 and 27 north was constituted Union Township, and elections were ordered held at the house of Melchi
Gray. About this time John Barr was made agent to expend the three per cent, fund belonging to White County. No other
changes were made in the county until the organization in 1834…
The Circuit Court. — The first session of the Circuit Court of White County was held at the house of George A. Spencer on the
17th of October, 1834. The President Judge, John R. Porter, not being present, the court was conducted by James Barnes
and Thomas Wilson, Associate Judges. William Sill, father of Milton M. Sill, of Monticello, was present, serving as Clerk, and
John Wilson, as Sheriff. The Grand Jury were Royal Hazleton (Foreman), William Woods, James Johnson, Samuel Gray,
Robert Barr, Aaron Hicks, Daniel Dale, Robert Hanners, John Roberts, John Ferguson, James Parker, Joseph James, Sr.,
Cornelius Sutton, William Kerr and Joseph Thompson. An indictment was returned against Jeremiah Bisher for malicious
mischief, and the court ordered the defendant to enter his recognizance for the next term of court, with security at $50. As the
story goes, Mr. Bisher had tied some object to the tail of one of his neighbor's troublesome horses, and the animal in its fright
had injured itself. This was the only indictment returned. The attorneys "sworn in" at this session of the court were William P.
Bryant, Andrew Ingraham, Aaron Finch and William M. Jenners. The court then adjourned.
The second session was held in the same house, beginning April 17, 1835, with the President Judge, and both Associate
Judges present. The Grand Jury were Benjamin Reynolds (Foreman), Ashford Parker, David Burkies, Elias Louther,
Jonathan Harbolt, William Walters, Rowland Harris, William Phillips, Mathew Terwillager, James Kent, Phillip Davis, Armstrong
Buchanan and Robert Newell. William Sill, Clerk, John Wilson, Sheriff, and George A. Spencer, Bailiff.
page 40
Sheriffs. — Aaron Hicks, 1834; John Wilson, 1834; James Parker, 1836; Daniel M. Tilton appointed 1839, vice Parker,
resigned; James C. Reynolds, 1842; Elisha Warden, 1844; Robert W. Sill, 1848; Michael A. Berkey, 1852; Henry C. Kirk, 1854;
William Wright, 1858; Ma- thew Henderson, 1860; Milton M. Sill, 1864; Mathew Henderson, 1868; W. E. Saunderson, 1870;
Enoch J. Denham, 1874; Irwin Greer, 1874; James Hay, 1878; Joseph W. Stewart, 1882.
page 80-83
Election of November, 1836. — At the Presidential election held at Monticello, November, 1836, the following men voted.
Oliver Hammond, John Brady, Salmon Sherwood, Thomas R. Dawson, G. R. Bartley, William Price, Samuel Shanahan, James
Haight, Melchi Gray, W. M. Kenton, Robert Newell, Isaac N. Parker [?], Zebulon Sheets [?],, Rowland Hughes, John
Roberts, Asa Allen, Philip Davis, James Barnes, Stephen Bunnell, Peter Price, Jacob Miser, Zebulon Dyer, Ashford Parker...
page 89-90
In September, 1836, the County Commissioners issued orders to have a large pond on Main street filled with logs and gravel.
These old timbers will be taken out as sound as ever one of these days. William Sill began selling from a general stock in
1836, as did also Reynolds & Cassel. In November, 1836, Monticello presented about the following appearance: William Sill
and Peter Martin, variety merchants; James Parker, Sheriff…
page 100
Early Newspapers. — The first newspaper published in White County was the Prairie Chieftain, the first issue appearing July 3,
1849, with A. V. Reed and John K. Lovejoy, editors, publishers and proprietors. The office was in the second story of the old
court house, now used as a wagon shop on Main street, by Mr. Switzer. Mr. Lovejoy was connected with the paper a short
time, and then transferred his interest to John Carothers, who remained Mr. Reed's partner until 1854, when the last issue of
the Chieftain appeared. The paper had met with fair patronage from members of all parties, though politically it was
Democratic. As was the custom in those days, the county local affairs were largely disregarded by the Chieftain, whose editors
filled its columns with long windy Congressional or political speeches, messages of the President to Congress, and
miscellaneous articles tastefully constructed. It remained for papers of a later date to condense the State and National news,
and invent and render valuable the "local department." The Chieftain was immediately succeeded by the RegiMer, edited by B.
F. Tilden, and published on the south side of the square by R. J. Parker [?]. This paper, though well conducted for that day,
did not fully satisfy public expectation, owing mainly to the unstable condition of political affairs and not to any fault of the
proprietors.
page 108-9
Early Religious Organizations. — Ministers of the Presbyterian and the Baptist Churches appeared about the same time in
Monticello, and at a very early day. It is stated that Robert Rothrock often said that the first sermon preached in Monticello was
about the time the town was laid out, which would be in the autumn of 1834. A circuit rider named Stalker, a very worthy man,
and a consistent Christian, who preached day and night nearly all the time, traveling around from cabin to cabin, and collecting
at each place what the settlers were disposed to give him, held an open-air meeting about where Mr. Heckendorn's residence
stands, his pulpit being a little mound of earth near a small patch of hazel brush, and his congregation being limited to about a
half-dozen persons. This man visited the county seat after that about once a month until February, 1836, when a small class
was formally organized, a number of members joining by letter and a few by their confession of faith. The following were the
first members: Zebulon Sheets [?] and his wife, mother and son; John Reese and his wife, Elizabeth, and his mother,
Margaret, and his sisters Martha and Elizabeth; Okey S. Johnson [b. 1811] and Rebecca, his wife, [Rebecca LONG
JOHNSON b. 1818, daughter of Margaret PARKER LONG, granddaughter of James PARKER and Rebecca WOLFE PARKER]
and Catharine, his sister; Lewis Dawson; Bethsheba Cowan and her three daughters, Rhoda, Bethsheba and Margaret;
Jonathan Harbolt and wife, Asa Allen and his wife, Mary Ann. Perhaps a few others were among the first members. Others
who joined immediately afterward were Mrs. Parker [?], Maria Wilson and John Wilson. This class met after this quite
regularly at Wilson's cabin, west of town, though often at the houses of other members…
page 164
The second election in the township was held at the house of Elias Cowger, on the first Monday in April, 1837, and the voters
thereat were: Elihu Line, Thomas Nang, Amos Cooper, Iru Bacon, David Berkey, Cornelius Sutton, John S. Stump, James K.
Wilson, Silas Cowger, Joseph Sutton, Thomas Wilson, Thomas Mablen, John McNary, James J. Reiley, John Parker [?],
Samuel Gray, Solomon Gray, Lewis Elston, Melchi Gray, Harvey Sellers, Abel Line and William Wilson.
page 164
Monon Township [White County, INDIANA]
Settlement. — The first settlement in the township was made in the eastern part, near the confluence of Big and Little Monon
Creeks. According to common report, the first settler in the township was Cornelius Sutton. He was a fur trader and trapper. As
he did not continue to reside in the township very many years, and as he left behind him none of his progeny, nor none who
had come with or preceded him, the exact date of his settlement in the township cannot be ascertained. All that can be learned
concerning that fact is, that he came prior to 1835, at which time Elihu Line and Isaac W. Blake came into the township, the
former in the month of April, and the latter in the month of August. He erected a small log cabin about half a mile south of the
old town site of West Bedford, and there resided until he moved out of the township. The following persons came into the
township during the year 1836: John Cowger, Amos Cooper, Silas Cowger, Thomas Macklen, John McNary, Joseph J. Reiley,
John Parker [?], Harvey Sellers, Lycurgus Cooper and John Kepperling.
page 189
Liberty Township [White County, INDIANA]
… Almost a half century has elapsed since the first appearance of the white man in Liberty Township. As early as 1834-85,
Crystal D. W. Scott began settlement in the township on Section 11, and about the same time came Greenup Scott, and began
an improvement on the same section. These men were among the very first in the township to make improvement… Abram
Sneathen began improvement in the township in 1837, as did also James Hughes and John Parker [?]. Peter Prough and a
man by the name of Gebferlin, were among the first settlers in Liberty Township.
page 190
The following is a list of persons who paid taxes upon land in Liberty Township in 1843: … John Parker [?]…
First Entries of Land. — The names of the persons and the dates of the first entered land in Liberty Township, are as follows:
Crystal D. W. Scott, 13th of August, 1836; William Fisher, 18th August, 1836; Samuel Simmons, same date; George W.
Mclntire, llth November, 1836; Abram Sneathen, 10th October, 1836; John Britton, 27th October, 1835; John Parker [?], 21st
July, 1836
page 192-3
First Elections. — The first election held in Liberty Township was at the house of Crystal D. W. Scott, on the first Monday in
April, 1838, and at it the following men voted: Christopher Vandeventer, Joseph Smith, John McDowell, Greenup Scott,
Benjamin Grant, Andrew Beechum, Jonathan W. Sluyter, Crystal D. W. Scott, James W. Hall, Thomas Hamilton, John Parker
[?] and James Baum. At this election, twelve votes were cast, and James W. Hall received the whole number of votes for
Justice of the Peace; Crystal D. W. Scott, for Inspector of Elections; Jonathan W. Sluyter, for Constable; Joseph Smith and
Thomas Hamilton, for Overseers of the Poor; John Parker [?], for Supervisor; and Andrew Beechum and Greenup Scott, for
Fence Viewers.
At an election held at the same place on the first Monday in August, 1838, men voted as follows: Abrara Sneathen, Andrew
Beechum, Evan Thomas, Christopher Vandeventer, John Parker [?], C. D. W. Scott, William Davison, James W. Hall, Thomas
Hamilton, Elijah Sneathen, Benjamin Grant, V. Sluyter, James G. Brown, Joseph Smith, William Gary
page 233
City of Monticello [White County, INDIANA]
ALFRED R. ORTON, Surveyor of White County, was born in Perry County, Ohio, November 5, 1833… The marriage of Alfred
R. Orton and Miss Addie C. Parker [?], of Bedford, Ind., was solemnized December 27, 1859, and to this union three
children have been born — Ora, Julius and Emma, deceased. The parents are members of the Presbyterian Church of
Monticello.
page 295
Honey Creek Township [White County, INDIANA]
JOSEPH SKEVINGTON was born in Bedford, England, March 8, 1806, and is the youngest of the sixteen children born to
Marcer and Ann (Parker) Skevington [?].
page 579
White Post Township [Pulaski County, INDIANA]
Schools. — The first schoolhouse in the township was built in the spring of 1845, and about three miles due east of
Medarysville. It was commonly known as Phillips' Schoolhouse. The first teacher in this schoolhouse was Solomon W. Parker
[?]. The second schoolhouse was built on the farm of George Stump, Sr. (now owned by Michael N. Stump), about one mile
southwest of Medarysville, in the spring of 1847, and the first teacher therein was Lewis Dawson.
page 563
Indian Creek Township [Pulaski County, INDIANA]
The Pulaski Grist Mill. — The dam across the Tippecanoe River at Pulaski was begun late in the fall of 1853, and completed
early the following year, and a saw mill was immediately built on the long race that had been dug under the supervision of J. H.
Gillespie… This was the most important industrial enterprise ever begun and completed in the township, and one of the most
important ever in the county, and the expense was borne by Ira Brown, John Decker, Jonas and Samuel Good, Daniel Short
and John Stephens, all living in the vicinity except the latter. The total cost of construct- ing the two mills, the race and the
dam, was, in round numbers, $14,000. A Parker reaction wheel [Hydraulic wheel part reaction turbine @ Wikipedia; Zebulon
(and Austin) Parker V. John Stiles. @ The Western Law Journal, Volume 7], and three sets of buhrs, one for corn, were placed
in the grist mill which, in 1856, began running."
page 604-5
Tippecanoe Township [Pulaski County, INDIANA]
The first buildings erected in the village were a house and blacksmith shop built by Barnhart Stotts, The first store started in
the village was by Dale & Parker [?], who kept a stock of dry goods and groceries. The whole amount of capital invested
being about $250. This firm continued in business a short time, and then sold its stock of goods to the firm of Allen, Campbell
& Demoss, which did a more extensive business.
page 608
Cass Township
The first election in Cass Township was held at the house of Andrew E. Moore, on the 1st day of April, 1850, and the poll book
of said election on file in the Clerk's office at the county seat shows that the following-named persons voted on that occasion:
William McCay, Peter Hesser, Richard Noggle, Lewis McCay, Solomon W. Parker [?]., Montgomery Straub, Isaac Noggle,
Silas Philips, James McKinney, Abner McCay, A. Reddick, Henry Long, Peter Nicholas, Christopher McCarty, George Moore
and George Stump. For Justice of the Peace, A. Reddick received 4 votes, and Abner McCay 11 votes; for Supervisor,
Montgomery Straub received 13 votes; for Constable, Solomon W. Parker [?], received 14 votes; and for Fence Viewer,
William McCay received 13 votes.
page 611
The first couple married in the [Cass] township was Solomon W. Parker [?] and Matilda Noggle. The exact date of their
marriage could not be ascertained. The second marriage was probably that of John Shultz and Theresa Long.
page 638-9
Franklin Township
At the State and county election, held at the house of Daniel Freeman, on Tuesday, the 2d day. of October, 1860, there were
thirty-one votes cast by the following persons: H. W. Hornback, Jesse McKee, W. A. Agnew, F. W. Williams, Patrick Rourk,
Samuel Mann, David Jones, Benjamin Cooper, S. Hartteroth, John Shiner, Jesse Cramer, Jacob Ginder, William Cooper,
Conrad Cupp, Joseph Cooper, William 0. Taylor, Jonah Jones, Henry Taylor, Elijah Justice, S. B. Parker [?], F. M. Flaller,
Jacob Kelly, William Keller, Asa H. Freeman, William H. Wait, W. Agnew, J. D, Myres, David E. Myres, J. B. Agnew, Daniel R.
Freeman and Daniel Agnew.
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• Tippecanoe County Jurors 1862-1869 @ INGenWeb
"These lists of jurors and others paid for services were transcribed from the original documents.
1862 October Term - Tippecanoe County Circuit Court
JURORS … Joshua Heath…
1863 April Term - Tippecanoe County Circuit Court
JURORS… Charles Parker…
1863 June Term - Tippecanoe County Common Pleas Court
JURORS Joshua Heath…
1867 August Term - Tippecanoe County Criminal Circuit Court
JURORS… Charles Parker..."
• BOOK ToDo: A Standard history of White County, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of
modern developments in the progress of town and country
William H. Hamelle 1853-1919, ed
Publisher: Chicago ; New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
1915
Parker, Ashford, 60, 91, 427
Parker, David, 239
Parker, David W., 239
Paiker, Henry C, 219
Parker, Isaac, 382
Parker, Isaac N., 238
Parker, J. A., 337
Parkev, James, 69, 91, 201, 293
Parker, John, 203, 263, 265, 266
Parker, Joseph, 219
Parker, Mary A., 331 "
Parker, Richard T., 160
Parker, Robert, 327, 352