William Solomon Parker Sr. (abt. 1770 - aft. 1840)

Born about 7 Oct 1770 in Haywood, Chatham, North Carolina

Husband of Elizabeth (Smith) Parker — married about 1788 in Union or Spartanburg Co., SC [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1840 after about age 69 in Haywood, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

William Parker Sr. was an Appalachian.

William Parker was born about 1765 in Surry Co. NC. (The 1810 census indicates that he was over age 45.) His father Jonathan Parker died there in 1808 and left a will naming William as son. William most likely named his youngest daughter after his mother Letitia/Leticia and his son Jonathan after his father. ^[1]

On 8 March 1796 William Parker of Spartanburg Co., SC purchased 100 acres on Cedar Shoal Creek of the Enoree River. (Spartanburg Co., SC Deed Book F: 344-345).

He married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of William Smith of Union Co., SC. The young couple is shown on the 1790 census in neighboring Spartanburg Co., SC with one young son. There is a quit claim deed in Union Co. naming the heirs of William Smith that included his daughter Elizabeth "wife of William Parker."

In 1790 William Parker purchased 100 acres on Praters Creek of the Tyger River in Spartanburg Co. SC (Spartanburg Co. SC Deed Bk B: 493:494).

William and Elizabeth Parker were still in Spartanburg Co., SC in 1800. (Wm. Parker household 1800 US. Census, Spartanburg Co., SC, p. 194. 3 males under 10, 1 male 26-45; 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-45.)

On 1 June 1802, William Parker and wife Elizabeth sold the 100 acres they owned on Cedar Shoal Creek. (Spartanburg Co., SC Deed Bk H: 243-245.)

The William Parker family did not reappear on the 1810 Spartanburg Co., SC census; they had moved to the Gloucester community of what is now Transylvania Co., NC, but was then Buncombe Co., NC.

By 1820 that area had become Haywood County, NC. William as "William Sr." is listed on the 1820 and 1830 censuses of Haywood Co.

In 1835 William Sr. and his sons William Jr., Solomon, John and Pleasant were named on a voters list of Haywood Co. ^[2]

Henderson Co., NC was formed in 1838 from Haywood Co. and William was enumerated on the 1840 Henderson Co., NC census . He and his wife were in their seventies and they had a female in her thirties and a young male less than five years of age in their household. They younger female was most likely their unmarried daughter Leticia and her son William J. Parker.

William died before the 1850 census enumeration, but the widowed Elizabeth, with her daughter Leticia "Letta", Leticia's sons William and George are shown on the Haywood Co. census.

It is often reported on the Internet that William married Martha Pleasant Anderson. There is no evidence that this woman existed. It is also reported on the Internet that William and this Martha are buried in the Mack McCall Cemetery in Transylvania Co. This is conjecture. There are no markers there for William or a wife. He probably is buried there, but this is not proven.

Mack McCall Cemetery, Transylvania County, North Carolina [[1]]

Marriage

1. Elizabeth UNKNOWN, North Carolina.

Children:

1. William Parker, Jr. b: 29 JAN 1791 in Henderson Co NC William Parker ^[3]

2. Jonathon Parker b: 1792 in Surry Co NC Jonathan Parker ^[3]

3. Solomon Parker b: 1794 in Haywood Co NC Solomon Parker ^[3]

4. Sarah "Sally" Parker b: 1795 in Surry Co NC ^{[4] [5] [3]}

5. Lavinia Parker b: 1797 in Haywood Co NC ^[3]

5. Daniel Coleman Parker b: 1802 ^[3]

 ? about Lavinia and Daniel being the fifth child

6. John A. Parker b: 1803 in SC John A Parker ^[3]

7. James Parker b: 1805 in Rutherford Co NC ^[3]

8. Mary Jane Parker b: 1806 in Haywood Co NC ^[3]

9. Leticia Parker b: 10 APR 1808 in Henderson Co NC ^[3]

10. Pleasant Parker b: 1810 in Transylvania Co NC ^[3]

Census

• Wm. Parker household, 1790 U.S. Census, Spartanburg District, South Carolina. 1 Male over the age of 16, 1 male undser the age of 16, 1 female.
• Wm. Parker household, 1800 U.S. Census, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, p. 194. 3 males undser 10, 1 male 26-45; 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-45.
• William Parker household, 1810 U. S. Census, Buncombe County, North Carolina, p. 293, 2 males under 10, 2 males 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male over 45; 2 females under 10, 1 female 16-25, 1 female over 45.

• https://www.geni.com/people/William-S-Parker-Sr/6000000000998759027
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NCHAYWOO/2003-12/1071945963
• Ancestry.com records

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NCBLADEN/2002-02/1013305166

• Added by family information on Sept 1, 2016 Donnie Alan Blackstone Gedmatch #M416339 Y Chromosome haplogroups test R-P310

Find A Grave: Memorial #22051784

Sources

1. ↑ Research Notes
2. ↑ Biddix, Charles David, editor, The 1835 Poll Books for the 12th Congressional District for the counties of Burke, Haywood, Yancy, Macon, Rutherford and Buncombe (Asheville, NC: The Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society, Inc. 1988), 35.
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} [Parker Genealogy of Western North Carolina to 1750 A.D.]
4. ↑ Geni.com
5. ↑ Find A Grave, Memorial #17305647.