Jonathan Parker (1792 - 1866)

Born 1792 in Surry County, North Carolina, United States

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Died Jul 1866 at about age 74 in Cherokee COunty, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Jonathan Parker was an Appalachian.

Notes for JONATHAN PARKER:

The Parkers were very close friends with the Blythes, Greybeards (Census sheets sometimes reflect Graybeard), Adams, Welches, and Whitakers. After the American Civil War, many Parkers relocated to Delaware and Sequoyah Counties, Cherokee Nation (one of the Five Civilized Tribes and former parent to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation), Oklahoma. History of Cherokee County, North Carolina Gore City Cemetery, Sequoyah County, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma (Parkers interred) Parkers interred at Olympus Cemetery, Grove, Delaware County, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma Captain Willis Parker of Thomas' Legion Corporal William Benson Parker of Thomas' Legion Private William Asbury Parker of Thomas' Legion Cousins, nieces, and nephews interred at Olympus Cemetery, Grove, Delaware County, Oklahoma The Records of Thomas' Legion of Indians and Highlanders Parker Genealogy Their son James may have served in the 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment. For more information about the 6th Cavalry Regiment of North Carolina, see: Western North Carolina Civil War Regiments, aka Mountaineers; Highlanders. Prior to the Civil War, Jonathan and most of his descendants were farmers. Jonathan first settled on Jonathan's Creek in Haywood County (then part of Buncombe County). Family tradition has it that Jonathan's Creek was named for Jonathan Parker. Jonathan moved to Cherokee County in 1829 and acquired a large boundary of land near Marble from the state of North Carolina. Also, this land later had several marble quarries and three talc mines, and the finishing plant of the Columbia Marble County. Jonathan Parker raised his family in Valley Township, Cherokee County, N.C. Source: Cherokee County Heritage.

Birth: BET. 1789 - 1792 in SC Death: AFT. 20 JUL 1866 in Cherokee County, NC Burial: Parker Family Cemetery, Marble, Cherokee County, NC Will: 20 MAY 1866 Cherokee County, NC

SOURCE: Excerpt from OUR HERITAGE by Margaret Walker Freel, the Miller Printing Company, Asheville, NC, 1956, p. 325: PARKER--(Mrs. Rhuell Parker and Pearl Parker). Jonathan Parker m. Nancy Anna Blythe. The family moved from Haywood County, then Buncombe County, to Valley River about 1830. He took grants of land presently owned by the Columbia Marble County. He reared a family of ten children. When the stars fell in 1833, John A. Parker, then a small boy, was in the yard. He called his mother to get up, saying, "All the stars are falling." She told him to go back to bed, that all the stars wouldn't fall. She didn't get up and missed seeing the fearful spectacle.

Jonathan Parker's Last Will and Testament: I, Jonathan Parker being low in health but of sound mind do make this my last Will and Testament. I will my Soul to God who gave it and body to be buried in Christian like manner or at the will of my friends.

Now as to the Estate or property with which it has please God to bestow ? me with in this life.

I do will and bequeath as follows ( Viz. ) First I will to my beloved wife Naonary (sic) Parker my home Plantation containing one hundred & sixty seven acres ( more or less ) and also a Small Tract of Land on the waters of Snowbird Creek containing one hundred acres together with all my live stock such as Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs----and also the Household I Kitchen Furniture together with the Plantation tools--during the lifetime of my said wife Naonary (sic) Parker. And at her Death the remainder of the property which She may have on hand--I wish it to be put up and sold to the highest bidder & the proceeds Equally divided among her children--In witness whereof I the said Jonathan Parker have hereunto set my hand & seal--this Fifth day of October 1860 Jonathan Parker ( Seal ) Mark

Attest E.G. Morvan T. N. Colvard

I do hereby appoint my two sons Willis Parker & John Parker as my Lawful Executors. In witness where of I set my hand and Seal this 20th day of May 1866

Jonathan Parker ( Seal ) Mark

Attest T. N. Colvard E. G. Morvan

State of N. Carolina}Court of pleas and quarters Sessions Cherokee County}July ( unreadable) 1867 There was brought into open Court a paper writing Purporting to be the last Will and Testament of Jonathan Parker desc. & which proven by the Oath of E. G. Morvan one of the subscribing witnesses thereto for the purposes therein contained. D. Weeks Clk. Minute Docket page 82 Recorded Will Book page 5

WILL: In his Cherokee County Will signed 20 May 1866, Jonathan Parker names his wife and two sons: Willis and John Parker; proven in the July 1867 Court. MACON COUNTY

Record of Deeds Probated, 1837-1875: Deed of conveyance of 640-acre tract from several Indians to State, Apr., 1838; deed of conveyance and power of attorney from John Welch (Indian) to Jonathan Blyth and Jonathan Parker, June, 1838; power of attorney from Peggy, Samuel, Williston, and William Jones (Indian) to Dillard Love, Sept., 1841

Notes for Leoma Blythe:

Her half-brother Jackson Blythe served as a (Brevet) 2nd Lieutenant, Co B, in Thomas' Legion of Indians and Highlanders. Thomas' Legion, Loves' Regiment, Company B, Infantry - Cherokee Indian Company

Blythe, Jonathan Birth: ABT. 1772 S.C. Death: 1865 Rabun Co., GA.. Gender: Male Parents: Father: Blythe, William Mother: Osborne, Sarah

ID: I03466 Name: Jonathon Willis Parker Sex: M Birth: 1792 in Surry co., NC/Macon co., GA/SC? Death: JUL 1866 in Cherokee co., NC Will: 20 MAY 1866 Burial: AFT JUL 1866 Jonathan Parker family cemetery, Andrews, Cherokee co., NC Census: 1850 Cherokee co., NC Census: 1860 Cherokee co., NC NATI: Cherokee Reference Number: 3586

Father: William Parker , Sr. b: ABT 1752 in VA? Mother: Martha 'Elizabeth ' Pleasant Anderson? b: ABT 1766 in SC

Marriage 1 Leona 'Omie' Blythe b: 1797 in Cherokee co., NC Married: ABT 1818 in NC Children Has Children Willis S. Parker b: 12 APR 1819 in Cherokee co., NC Has Children John A. 'Jack' Parker b: 1821 in NC Has Children Clarinda E. 'Frances' Parker b: 27 APR 1823 in Cherokee co., NC Has No Children Lucinda Parker b: 1825 Has Children Leona C. 'Oma o Omie' Parker b: 6 APR 1827 Has Children James 'Jim' Parker b: 10 AUG 1832 in Cherokee co., NC Has Children William Asbury 'Doc' Parker b: 22 MAR 1834 in Cherokee co., NC Has No Children Joseph 'Joe' Powell Parker b: 18 APR 1836 Has No Children Mary Ann Parker b: 1838 in Cherokee co., NC Has No Children Elizabeth Ann Parker b: in Cherokee co., NC

Jonathan was born about 1789. Jonathan Parker ... He passed away about 1870.^[4]

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