When Parnesia Collett was born in 1844 in Georgia, her father, John, was 31, and her mother, Virginia, was 24. She married William F. Mason in 1870; they had five children.[1] She had five brothers and four sisters.[2]
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 31, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: M432_69; Page: 157A; Image: 320
Year: 1860; Census Place: Grassy Knob, Pickens, Georgia; Roll: M653_133; Page: 975; Family History Library Film: 803133
Year: 1880; Census Place: High Tower, Forsyth, Georgia; Roll: 147; Family History Film: 1254147; Page: 386A; Enumeration District: 074; Image: 0053
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Parnesia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Parnesia: