James Pryor Parker (1806 - 1880)

Born 20 Dec 1806 in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Died 1880 at about age 73 in Anderson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1806 to John Parker and Elizabeth Carrell. He passed away about 1880 and is buried in the Bakers Forge Memorial Cemetery in Demory, Campbell County, Tennessee ^[1]

James was three years old when his family moved from North Carolina in 1810.

In 1827, James and his father-in-law Elias Harrison were granted 100 acres on the south side of the Powell River, and the family is listed in the 1830 census in Claiborne County, Tennessee, and so are his parents and brothers Luke, John, and James along with their families, and their sister Jane, still in their parents' household.

In the 1850 and 1860 census, James and his family are found in Campbell County, Tennessee.

1870 finds James and his wife; their son John and his family; and James's and Celeta's youngest son Layfayette with his wife and baby, in Anderson County, Tennessee.

Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 ^[2]

• Grantee: James Parker
• Number of Acres: 100
• Survey Date: 28 Nov 1844
• County: Opp Whitley
• Watercourse: Clear Fk
• Book Number: 4

Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Campbell, Tennessee^[3]

• James Parker 43/m, farmer, $400, NC
• Celiety Parker 42/f, TN
• John P Parker 15/m, TN, school
• Elizabeth Parker 14/f, TN
• James P Parker 12/m, TN, school
• Benjamin F Parker 10/m, TN, school
• William Parker 8/m, TN, school
• George W Parker 6/m, TN
• Martha Parker 4/f, TN
• Layfayette Parker 1/m, TN
• Eleanor Day Parker 65/f, Unk

Year: 1860; Census Place: District 8, Campbell, Tennessee^[4]

• James Parker 53/m, Baptist minister, $3000 $1050, NC
• Celeety Parker 53/f, TN
• George Parker 16/m, farm laborer, TN, school
• Martha Parker 13/f, TN, school
• Lafayett Parker 10/m, TN, school
• William Parker 18/m, inmate, TN, md within the yr
• Mary Ann Parker 17/f, TN, md within the yr

Year: 1870; Census Place: District 8, Anderson, Tennessee ^[5]

• James Parker 63/m, farmer, $600 $600, NC
• Sealeta Parker 62/f, keeping house, TN

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current[1]
2. ↑ Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924;Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925.
3. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 17, Campbell, Tennessee; Roll: M432_872; Page: 311A; Image: 74; Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. [2]
4. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: District 8, Campbell, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1240; Page: 469; Family History Library Film: 805240;Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.[3]
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD8X-TRM : 12 April 2016), James Parker, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 17, family 127, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,012.

• List of the names and dates of birth of the Jane Parker Bull and her brothers recorded in the Bull Family Bible, a copy of which is in Sherry Jordan’s possession.

• Memoir of Chrisman Harrison Parker, son of James Pryor Parker, transcribed by Elsie M. Parker Frasier, which transcription was posted on Richard Manning's Rootsweb database: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rmannin03&id=I3954]

• United States Census of 1830, Claiborne County, Tennessee.