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• Not Our PARKERs
• Mysteries
Latest update: Thursday, 09 October, 2014
Learn more about our PARKERs in the Family Tree Database .
If you identify other PARKERs in Chickasaw County, MISSISSIPPI
during the first half of the 1800's,
please let us know.
MISSISSIPPI History Research
- History of Mississippi: Wikipedia
- Mississippi History Timeline:
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Mississippi History Now: Mississippi Historical Society
- Welcome to Mississippi, the Magnolia State:
FamilySearch.org
- Interactive Map of Mississippi County Formation History
MapofUS.org
- USGenWeb MISSISSIPPI Digital Map Library
- Chickasaw County [MISSISSIPPI] Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
and @ RootsWeb
Distance to Our PARKERs from Chickasaw County,
MISSISSIPPI
(Approx. twenty miles a day for a horse and wagon; How fast could they
? TENNESSEE PARKERs in "East" TENNESSEE - TBD
• ARKANSAS PARKERs in Sevier County - approx. 400 miles = 20 days
• ALABAMA PARKERs in Cherokee County - approx .250 miles = 13 days
Our PARKERs in MISSISSIPPI
PARKER Family DNA Project, Family Group 41
To date John Burns PARKER and his family are the only PARKERs
of our FG41 who lived in Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI -- and surrounds
• in the early part of the 1800s.
• b 27 Mar 1809, East TENNESSEE
• bef 1832, TN, married Mariah CHITWOOD • NEEDS VERIFICATION
• 7 Oct 1832, TN - Pleasant Sylvester born TENNESSEE
• 16 Apr 1834, TN - James R. born TENNESSEE
• bc 1837 TN - William born TENNESSEE
• 6 Jan 1836, relocated to Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• bc 1840 - David born
• 9 Sep 1844, MS - Seaborn Ellis born in MISSISSIPPI
• bc 1845, MS - Christopher Columbus born
• 1846 Real EstateTransaction, Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• 1847 Real EstateTransaction, Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• 11 Jan 1848, MS - Jackson Scott born
• May 1850, MS - Sarah Cassandra born
• 1850 Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• 13 Jul 1856, MS - Harmonious Napoleon born
• bc 1856, MS - Nancy M. born
• 1860, 1870 , Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• d 9 Nov 1887, Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
Timeline of PARKERs in MISSISSIPPI
[editorial comment]i
[• at end of name indicates need verification.]
• From 1798 through 1820
... the population in the territory rose dramatically, from less than 9,000 to
more than 222,000, with the vast majority enslaved African Americans.
Migration came in two fairly distinct waves - a steady movement until the
outbreak of the War of 1812, and a flood after it was ended, from 1815
through 1819. Wikipedia
• 1817
- US Statehood for MISSISSIPPI
• 1830
- By the 1830s Mississippi was a leading cotton producer... Wikipedia
• 1832 - Chickasaw Cession
- The United States government entered into negotiations with the
Chickasaw Nation in the early 1830s. The government wanted the tribe to
cede lands in an area encompassing present-day Alcorn, Benton,
Chickasaw, Calhoun, Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lee, Lafayette, Marshall,
Monroe, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, and
Union counties, as well as portions of Coahoma, Quitman, Tallahatchie,
Webster, and Yalobusha counties in Mississippi. Negotiations concluded
with the signing of the Treaty of Pontotoc Creek in October of 1832. The
treaty called for the aforementioned lands to be sold and the proceeds
given to the Chickasaw Nation. The treaty was renegotiated in May of 1834
to include Chickasaws with significant white ancestry, and thereafter the
land was opened up for sale. Mississippi Dept of Archives and History;
Chickasaw People and Their Historic Homeland: TNGenWeb
• 06 Jan 1836
- John B PARKER and family relocated to Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI.
• Feb 1836
- Chickasaw County was created 9 February 1836 from the Chickasaw
Cession; FamilySearch.org
• 1836
- John Parker - The Early Settlers From The 1836 Assessment Returns
[Tax Records] of Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Chickasaw County Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. @ RootsWeb @
• 1837
- John Parker - 1837 Tax List Of Chickasaw County [MISSISSIPPI]
Chickasaw County Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. @ RootsWeb @
• 1840 Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
Home in 1840: Chickasaw, Mississippi
X James H Parker, Line 9 [Ancestry.com page 7 of 24]
[See Not Our PARKERs below.]
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
[Elijah bc 1837, Elisha bc 1840]
• Free Males - 15 thru 19: 1 [Unknown, abt 1821 - 1825]
• Free Males - 20 thru 29: 1 [James H. bc 1811]
• Free Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [Mary B. bc 1820]
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 2
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7
- John Parker, Line 1 [Ancestry.com page 21 of 24]
• Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
[William b. 1837, David 1840]
• Free Males - 5 thru 9: 2 [
Pleasant Sylvester b. 1832, James R. b. 1834]
• Free Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [John Burns, b. 1809]
• Free Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [wife Mariah CHITWOOD, b. 1813]
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
Home in 1840: Pontotoc, Mississippi [Founded 1836, Wikipedia]
? John H Parker, Line 4 {Ancestry.com page 25 of 32]
• 1843
? On 28 November Thomas PARKER [Unknown] purchased
eleven (11) tracts of land in Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI.
• US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
General Land Office (GLO) Records, Patent Image available
[See Mysteries below.]
• 9 Sep 1844
- Seaborn Ellis PARKER, fifth child of John B. PARKER and Mirah
CHITWOOD PARKER and their first child born in MISSISSIPPI.
• 30 July 1846
- John B. PARKER purchased land in Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI.
• US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
General Land Office (GLO) Records; Ancestry.com Transcript
Patent Image available
Names On Document: PARKER, JOHN B
State: Mississippi
Issue Date: 7/30/1846
County: Chickasaw
Twp - Rng: 015S - 001E, Aliquots, NE¼; Sec. #: 22
Document Nr:
19771
Total Acres: 159.94
Land Office: Pontotoc
• 1847
- John B. PARKER purchased land in Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI.
• US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
General Land Office (GLO) Records
Patent Image available
Names On Document: PARKER, JOHN B, MCNEIL, JOHN
State: Mississippi
Issue Date: 5/17/1847
County: Chickasaw
Twp - Rng: 015S - 001E, Aliquots: SW¼, Sec. #: 14
Document Nr: 20561
Total Acres: 160.45
Land Office: Pontotoc
• 1849
John B PARKER and Moriah PARKER [sold land] to Banen B Butler
Deed, 10 February 1849, Mississippi, Chickasaw Deed Records, Deed
Book N, Page 417
PARKER: Grawrock - Parker Genealogy [534]
• 1850 Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
Home in 1850: Eastern Division, Chickasaw, Mississippi
? Theodore PARKER in Nathaniel G PARKS, Family 278 [[Unknown]
• Nathaniel G Parks 33, bc 1817 Pennsylvania
• Dolly Parks 33, bc 1817 Kentucky
• Theodore Parker 13, bc 1837 Georgia
? Elizabeth PARKER in Geo T HARRIS, Family 440 [Unknown]
• Geo T Harris 42, bc 1808, Tennessee
• Martha Harris 44
• Robt C Harris 14
• Elizabeth Harris 12
• Wilkinson Harris 9
• Elizabeth Parker 46, bc 1804, Tennessee
? Joseph PARKER in MA PHILLIPS, Family 617 [[Unknown]
• M A Phillips 28, bc 1822 Georgia
• Nancy W Phillips 23
• S H Anderson 28
• Joseph Parker 19, bc 1831 South Carolina
• J R Brazil 23
? Nancy PARKER, Family 650 [Unknown]
• Nancy Parker 37, bc 1813, UNKNOWN
• William Parker 12 bc 1838, Tennessee
• David Parker 10 bc 181840, Mississippi
• Nancy Parker 4 bc 1846, Mississippi
? Susan PARKER, Family 656 [Unknown]
• Susan Parker 46, bc 1804, South Carolina
• Eliza Parker 16, bc 18034 South Carolina
• Theodore Parker 14, bc 1836, South Carolina
• Glasengin [Georgian, Female], Parker, 13 bc 1837, South Carolina
- John B. PARKER, Family 713
• John Parker, 44 [abt 1806], Tennessee, Farmer, RE Value 400
• Mariah Parker, 38 [abt 1812], Tennessee
• Pleasant T Parker, 19 [abt 1831], Tennessee
• James Parker, 17 [abt 1833], Tennessee
• William Parker, 13 [abt 1837], Tennessee
• David Parker, 10 [abt 1840], Tennessee
• Cetron Parker, 8 [abt 1842], Mississippi
• Christopher Parker, 5 [abt 1845], Mississippi
• Jackson Parker, 3 [abt 1847], Mississippi
• Salina Crista, 28 [abt 1822], Tennessee
• Sarah Crista, 5 [abt 1845], Mississippi
• Hiram Crista, 3 [abt 1847], Mississippi
Home in 1850: Western Division, Chickasaw, Mississippi
X James H PARKER, Family 266 [See Not Our PARKERs below.]
• James H Parker 39, bc 1811, Tennessee
• Mary B Parker 30 bc 1820, Tennessee
• Elijah Parker 13 bc 1837, Tennessee
• Elisha S Parker 10 bc 1840, Mississippi
• Mary E Parker 8 bc 1842, Mississippi
• Lucy J Parker 6 bc 1844, Mississippi
• James F Parker 4 bc 1846, Mississippi
• Joel D Parker 1 bc 1849, Mississippi
Home in 1850: Pontotoc, Mississippi
- Benjamin PARKER, bc 1814 SC, Family 1036 [Ancestry.com]
- John H PARKER, bc 1811 KY, Family 1558 [Ancestry.com]
- Abel PARKER, bc 1820, NC, Family 1231 [Ancestry.com]
NOTE: Leonidas Parker, 17, bc 1833 AL
- Elijah PARKER, bc 1824 MS, Family 1646, [Ancestry.com]
• 1852
- Calhoun County was organized in 1852 by the Mississippi Legislature
with land from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties.
• 1853
- John B PARKER bought land from Washington P. IVY in township 13 on
10 NOV 1853, Mississippi, Chickasaw Deed Records, Deed Book WW,
page 485
PARKER: Grawrock - Parker Genealogy [534]
• 1860 Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
Home in 1860: Division 1, Chickasaw, Mississippi
Post Office: Buena Vista
? L J PAKER in Will BUCHANAN, Family 283[ Unknown]
• Will Buchanan 23
• L J Parker 21, bc 1839, AL
? L T Parker, Family 332 [Unknown]
• L T Parker 26, bc 1834 AL
• Ann L Parker 23
• Sarah Parker 1
- John B PARKER, Family 484
• John Parker, 50 [abt 1810], Tennessee, Farmer,
RE Value 3200, Personal Value 1000
• Maria Parker, 46 [abt 1814], Tennessee
• Ellis Parker, 16 [abt 1844], Mississippi
• Christopher Parker, 14 [abt 1846], Mississippi
• Jackson Parker, 12 [abt 1848], Mississippi
• Sarah Parker, 10 [abt 1850], Mississippi
• Napoleon Parker, 8 [abt 1852], Mississippi
• Nancy Parker, 4 [abt 1856], Mississippi
- Pleasane [Pleasant Sylvester] PARKER, son of John B. PARKER,
Family 485
• Pleasant Parker, 28 [abt 1832], Tennessee Farmer,
RE Value 2000, Personal Value 500
• Martha Parker, 28 [abt 1832], South Carolina
• John Parker, 2 [abt 1858], Mississippi
• Frank Chitwood, 17 [abt 1843], Alabama, Laborer on Farm
- James PARKER, son of John B PARKER, Family 486
• James Parker, 26 [abt 1834], Tennessee, Laborer on Farm
[enumeration unclear]
? Joel A. PARKER, Family 491, [Unknown, see 1870 Census below.]
[Boone Family Tree @ Ancestry.com]
GenForum@Genealogy.com: Dumas Family Genealogy Forum
• Joel A Parker 29, bc 1831, SC
• Mary Parker 25
• Alson Parker 9 [Alson Edgar Seborn Dumas]
• Osborn Parker 6
• Agnes Parker 4
• Sophia Parker 2
• Eliza Parker 1
Home in 1860: Division 1, Chickasaw, Mississippi
Post Office: Egypt Station
? Richard Parker, Family 171 [Unknown]
[Enumerated as Montgomety PARKER in 1870 Census below.]
[See Mysteries below.]
• Richard Parker 26, bc 1834, TN
• W A Parker 16
Home in 1860: Division 2, Chickasaw, Mississippi
Post Office: Houston Station
? Asa Parker with F. G. Wood Family [[Unknown]
• Asa Parker 23 bc 1835, TN
• Leona Parker 17 bc 1843, TN
• 1860 Census Calhoun Co, MISSISSIPPI
- Calhoun County was organized in 1852 by the Mississippi Legislature
with land from Chickasaw, Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties.
Home in 1860:
Calhoun, Mississippi
X James H. Parker [See Not Our PARKERs below.]
• James H Parker, 49 bc 1811, Tennessee
• Mary Parker, 41 bc 1819, Tennessee
• Elijah Parker 23, bc 1837, Tennessee
• Elisha Parker 20, 1840, Mississippi
• Lucy Parker, 16 bc 1844, Mississippi
• James Parker, 13 bc 1847, Mississippi
• Joel Parker, 11 bc 1849, Mississippi
• Harvey Parker, 9 bc 1851, Mississippi
• Chaney Parker, 3 bc 1857, Mississippi
• Samiel Parker, 3 bc 1857, Mississippi
• Eveline Parke,r 6/12, bc 1859, Mississippi
• 1861 - 1864 - US Civil War
- MISSISSIPPI in the American Civil War Wikipedia
• 1866
- John B PARKER bought 60 acres for $160 from Sylvester COOPER.
Description is South border of the southwest quarter of Section 16
Township 13 range from east, 29 OCT 1866., Mississippi, Chickasaw Deed
Records, Deed book BB page 424
PARKER: Grawrock - Parker Genealogy [534]
• 1870 Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• Home in 1870: Northern Division Subdivision 1, Chickasaw,
Mississippi
Post Office: Houston
B-Henry Parker, wife Mattie, and son Thomas, Family 199 [Unknown]
Race: Black
• Home in 1870: Northern Division Subdivision 2, Chickasaw,
Mississippi
Post Office: Buena Vista
- James R. PARKER, son of John B. PARKER, Family 432
• J R [James R. PARKER] Darker, 36 [abt 1834], Tennessee,
Farmer, RE Value 600, Personal Value 685
• N C Nancy Carl ABBOTT] Parker, 32 [abt 1838], South Carolina
• Elliott Parker, 10/12 [abt Dec 1869], Mississippi
- Pleasant Sylvester PARKER, son of John B. PARKER, Family 436
• P S Parke [Pleasant Sylvester PARKER, son of John B. PARKER],
37 [abt 1833], Tennessee, Farmer,
Real Estate Value 800, Personal Value 575
• Martha Parker, 37 [abt 1833], South Carolina
• J H Parker, 12 [abt 1858], Mississippi
• Wm D Parker, 2 [abt 1868], Mississippi
• Mary B Ravin, Black, 19 [abt 1851], Mississippi
- John B Parker, Family 442
* John B Parker, 60 [abt 1810], Tennessee, Farmer, RE Value 800,
Personal Value 380
* Mirah Parker, 57 [abt 1813], Kentucky
* Columbus Parker, 24 [abt 1846], Mississippi, Farmer
* Harding Parker, 16 [abt 1854], Mississippi
* Nancy M Parker, 14 [abt 1856], Mississippi
- Jackson Scott PARKER, son of John B. PARKER, Family 443
* Jackson S Parker, 22 [abt 1848], Mississippi, Farmer
* Mary E Parker, 19 [abt 1851], Mississippi
?
* Thomas L Parker, 26 [abt 1844], Mississippi, Farmer
[See Mysteries below.]
- Seaborn Ellis PARKER, son of John B PARKER, Family 444
• S E [Seaborn Ellis] Parker [son of John B PARKER], Mississippi,
[other data enumerated incorrectly]
• South C [South Carolina RAY] Parker, 21 [abt 1849], South Carolina
• Sue Parker 1 [abt 1869], Mississippi
• Home in 1870: Northern Division Subdivision 3, Chickasaw,
Mississippi
Post Office: Okolona
? Joe PARKER, Family 473 [Unknown; See 1860 Census above.]
[Boone Family Tree @ Ancestry.com]
• Joe Parker 40 [abt 1830], Mississippi
• Mary Parker 30
• O Parker 16
• Agnes Parker 14
• Sallie Parker 12
• L Parker 10
• Alice Parker 9
• Emma Parker 7
• Katie Parker 2
• R Parker 1
? S D PARKER, Family 573 [Unknown]
S D Parker 32 [abt 1838], Mississippi
J L Parker 23
J W Weldon 18
J G Weldon 13
L Weldon 9
• Home in 1870: Township 14, Chickasaw, Mississippi
Post Office: Buena Vista
B-Spencer Parker living with Tilmon Stevens and family Family 333
[Unknown]
Race: Black
B-Martha Parker and six children, Family 597 [Unknown]
Martha Parker, 30 [abt 1840], Tennessee
Race: Black
• Home in 1870: Township 14, Chickasaw, Mississippi
Post Office: Egypt Station
? Montgomery Parker, Family 520 [Unknown]
[Enumerated as Richard Parker in 1860 Census above.]
[See Mysteries below.]
• Montgomery Parker, 37 [abt 1833], Tennessee, Farmer
[next census page]
• Mary A Parker, 26 [abt 1844], Georgia
• William Parker, 10 [abt 1860], Mississippi, Farm Laborer
• Lada Parker, 7 [abt 1863], Mississippi
• Henry Parker, 4 [abt 1866], Mississippi
• Bettie Parker, 1 [abt 1869], Mississippi
B-Garnet Parker, wife Caroline and daughter Jane, Family 603 [Unknown]
Race: Black
• Home in 1870: Township 15, Chickasaw, Mississippi
Post Office: Palo Alto
? William J PARKER, Family 317 [Unknown]
[William John PARKER White Family Tree @ Ancestry.com]
• William J Parker 29 [abt 1841], Alabama
• Elizabeth Parker 28
• Mar L Parker 2
• Mary F Daniel 35
[1880 Chickasaw, Mississippi Census, Ancestry.com]
• 1871
- Clay County was formed on May 12, 1871 during Mississippi's
Reconstruction Period from parts of Chickasaw, Lowndes, Oktibbeha and
Monroe counties. FamilySearch.org
• 23 Aug 1873
- Mariah CHITWOOD PARKER wife of John B. PARKER, died and was
buried Gibbs Cemetery, Macedonia, Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
• 1874
- Webster County was established on April 6, 1874, under the name of
Sumner County, and was organized from parts of Chickasaw, Choctaw,
Montgomery, and Oktibbeha Counties. FamilySearch.org
• 1880 Census Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI
Home in 1860: Neals Stone, Chickasaw, Mississippi
- John Parker, Family # 234
• John Parker, Head, Widower, 70 [abt 1810], Tennessee,
Father Virginia, Mother Virginia, Farmer, Can not read or write
• Harmony Parker, Son, Single, 24 [abt 1856], Mississippi,
Working Farm
• 1880
- John B PARKER sold to Clifford M SAVAGE one tract of land.
Description southwest quarter of section 27 in township 13 of range 4 east
of the Meridian. 7 JUN 1880, Mississippi, Chickasaw Deed Records, Deed
book PP page 533
PARKER: Grawrock - Parker Genealogy [534]
• 1881
- [John B PARKER] bought land in Chickasaw Mississippi 17 DEC 1881,
Mississippi, Chickasaw Deed Records, Deed book TT Page 442
PARKER: Grawrock - Parker Genealogy [534]
• 09 Nov 1887
- John B PARKER died and was buried Gibbs Cemetery, Macedonia,
Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI.
NOT Our PARKERs
• FG7 James H PARKER and family (above, 1840, 1850, 1860 Census)
* PARKER Family DNA Project, Family Group 7
• FG28 Lewis Berry "Little Berry" Abbington PARKER b 1798 NC d 1880 -
Hancock Co, MS
• eldest son Addison B. PARKER, bc 1818 MS
• Littleberry Parker Family Tree @ Ancestry.com
* PARKER Family DNA Project, Family Group 28
Mysteries
• Murder of Harmonious PARKER, 1853
• Thomas L PARKER
On 28 November 1843, Thomas PARKER [Unknown] purchased eleven
(11) tracts of land in Chickasaw Co, MISSISSIPPI.
US Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) General
However, Thomas PARKER was not enumerated in Chickasaw County
during the 1840, 1850, 1860, or 1870 census, nor are there any other
records, to date, of his residence in Chickasaw County during the 1800s.
• Thomas L Parker, 26 [abt 1844], MISSISSIPPI
During the 1870 Census enumeration Thomas L. PARKER was living with
Jackson Scott PARKER, son of John B. PARKER, Family 443.
• Montgomery Dickson PARKER, b 1834, TENNESSEE
(Enumerated as Richard in 1860 Census.]