Isaac Parker
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Isaac Duke Parker (1793 - 1883)

Isaac Duke Parker
Born in Elbert, Georgia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 13 Aug 1816 in Robertson, Tennessee, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1 Sep 1870 in Limestone Co TXmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 90 in Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United Statesmap
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Isaac Parker was a Texan.

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Biography

  • Isacc Parker

Birth: Apr. 7, 1793 Elbert County, Georgia, USA Death: Apr. 14, 1883 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA

Son of Elder John Parker and Sara (Sallie) White Parker.

Isaac served as Sergeant in Captain Heeley's Company of Tennessee Militia, he enlisted in Huntsville, Alabama.

He help build Fort Parker near present town of Groesbeck, Texas.

He was was at the battle of San Jacinto.

Isaac served as member of the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th Congresses representing Houston County, also served as member of the Senate in the Eighth and Ninth congresses. He also was a member of the Convention of 1845.

He was a senator in the first four terms of the Texas Legislature and in the 1855-1856 served in the House, representing Ellis and Tarrant Counties. He introduced the bill creating the county which bears his name.

Parker County was named after Isaac Parker.

Isaac moved from his place of birth in Georgia to Charlotte County in Virginia when he married Lucy Cheatham. He then moved on to Illinois in 1817 and to Texas in 1833.

Parker fought in the Texas revolution as a member of the Elisha Clapp's company.

Spouses: Lucy W. Cheatham (1794-1861) daughter of William Cheatham m. 1816 Robertson Co., Tennessee. 2. Virginia Sims m. 1 September 1870. Known children: By first wife: Joseph Cheatham b. 7 October 1817 d. 1825; Isaac Duke b. 1 January 1825 unmarried; William E. b 14 November 1828; Lucy Ann b. 23 June 1830 m. S. C. Haile. By second wife: Rebecca b. 2 November 1871 m Mr Rawlins; Florence Susan b. 12 July 1873 d. 1879; Sallie Virginia b. 25 May 1875 m. J. B. Sikes in 1898. Residences:

Family links: Parents: John Parker (1758 - 1836) Sarah White Parker (1759 - 1824)

Spouse: Virginia Hill Simms Parker (1842 - 1904)*

Children: Isaac Duke Parker (1821 - 1902)* William Eldridge Parker (1825 - 1858)* Virginia Ann Parker (1828 - 1891)* Lucy Ann Parker Haile (1830 - 1875)* Rebecca Parker Boone Rawlins (1871 - 1956)* Florence Susan Parker (1873 - 1879)* Sallie Virginia Parker Sikes (1875 - 1922)* Adam Parker (1877 - 1908)*

Siblings: Daniel Parker (1781 - 1844)* John Parker (1783 - 1832)* Mary Jane Parker Kendrick (1785 - 1846)* Benjamin F.W. Parker (1788 - 1836)* Phebe Parker Hassell (1790 - 1852)* Isacc Parker (1793 - 1883) Phoebe Parker Anglin (1796 - 1863)* James William Parker (1797 - 1864)* Nathaniel Parker (1799 - 1855)* Silas Mercer Parker (1804 - 1836)* Susannah Parker Starr (1807 - 1875)*

  • Calculated relationship

Note: Information submitted by the Houston County Historical Commission, Crockett

Burial: Turner Graveyard Weatherford, Parker County, Texas, USA


PARKER, ISAAC (1793-1883). Isaac Parker, legislator, son of John and Sarah (White) Parker, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Elbert or Franklin County, on April 7, 1793. With his parents and siblings, he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1803. He moved to Robertson County, Tennessee, where he married Lucy W. Cheatham of Charlotte County, Virginia, on August 13, 1816. Shortly thereafter they moved to Crawford County, Illinois, to join other family members there. He was sheriff of Clark County in 1819-20, later justice of the peace in Crawford County, and county treasurer in Coles County, whence he departed for Texas in late 1833. He settled at Mustang Prairie, Houston County, in 1834 and on October 5, 1835, began a race across the southern United States to spread the alarm of the coming war with Mexico and to call for volunteers to come to Texas. In the fall of 1836 he served during the Texas Revolution as a member of Elisha Clapp's company of rangers. Parker represented Houston County in the House of the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh congresses (1838-40 and 1841-43) and was a senator for the District of Houston, Nacogdoches, and Rusk in the Eighth and Ninth congresses (1843-45). He was a member of the Convention of 1845. He was a senator in the first four terms of the Texas legislature (1846-53) and represented Ellis and Tarrant counties in the House in 1855-56, at which time he introduced the bill to establish Parker County. In 1845 he made repeated efforts to secure the release of his niece and nephew, Cynthia Ann Parker and John Parker, who had been captured by Indians at Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. He identified Cynthia Ann at Camp Cooper in January 1861, after her recapture on December 18, 1860, by Lawrence Sullivan Ross. Parker took her to his home at Birdville and later to Austin, where he succeeded in having bills passed granting her a pension and a league of land. Four children were born to Parker and his first wife; she died on August 29, 1867. He married Virginia Hill Sims on September 1, 1870, in Limestone County, and they had four children. Isaac Parker died on April 14, 1883, near Weatherford, Texas, and was buried in Turner Cemetery, six miles southeast of Weatherford. (Source)

Isaac Parker's middle name was Duke, according to: Netherlands, Genealogie Online Trees Index, 1000-2015

Isaac Parker's niece was Cynthia Ann Parker (daughter of his brother Silas.) Cynthia was the mother of Quanah Parker, the great Comanche warrior and chief.

Legacy

  • Parker County, Texas is named in his honor.

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Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of The Ties That Bind.ged on 12 July 2010.
  • This person was created through the import of Parker 9.ged on 23 January 2011.
  • This person was created on 18 March 2011 through the import of knox17032011.ged.
  • Created by: Jo Ann Pipkin Londot

Record added: Apr 11, 2005





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Parker-39871 and Parker-340 appear to represent the same person because: Parker-340 is missing any facts to prove he is a different person. Duplicate
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Parker-19439 and Parker-340 appear to represent the same person because:

Exact dates. - Parents to be merged as well


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