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Carter Parker
From Laurens County South Carolina to Coosa County
Alabama If you are a male Parker we urge you to join the
Parker DNA project. |
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Carter Parker drew land in 1827 in Coweta County, Ga. |
Coweta County was created in
1826. It was formed from Creek Indian Lands received in a
treaty with the Federal government at Indian Springs, GA in Feb,
1825. The county seat is Newnan. |
The first known white settler to arrive in our
area was
John Duncan in 1754 he settled along a creek in the
northeastern section of the county, not far from the
present
City of
Clinton. The General Assembly passed
an act on March 12,
1785, whereby 6 counties were to be established out of the old
Ninety-Six District. Laurens
County was one of those counties. Laurens County derived its name from a patriot, warrior, and statesman, --the Honorable Henry Laurens of Charleston. Scotch-Irish immigrants out of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia became the predominate settlers of the county.
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| Carter Parker & wife are on 1840 Census report Coosa County Alabama | ||||
| 1850 Census report Coosa Co.,
Al. shows Carter with Charity and their younger children,
married children are shown with their wives and children. Brother John Carter and wife Mahalia Dial Parker with younger children also appear on the census. |
| CSA records show Carter and Martin Parker supporting the effort in Talladega, Al. military training facility |
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| After the census of 1860 and before 1863 Mary Ann Castleberry dies. | |
| Martin Parker marries Nancy Booth Posey February 16, 1863 in Coosa County, Alabama | |
| 1863-65 Carter Parker and Martin Parker serve the CSA at the Talladega Camp of instruction, Talladega Alabama |
| 1870 Talladega Census records show Martin, Nancy and blended family, Posey children are shown as Parker |
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| Nancy Booth Posey Parker dies, no children are born of this marriage. |
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| Martin Parker moves to Lafayette Co. Ms. and marries Charlotte Hensley March 06, 1872 and they start a new family. |
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| Andrew Jackson Parker marries Pearlie Virginia Eubanks August 09, 1895 in Sardis, Ms. |
Born of this marriage: Lelia, Jerry, General and George |
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| Andrew and
Pearlie are on the 1910 Marshall Co., Ms. census with their
children. Martin Parker shown on 1910 census Marshall County Ms. as head of household, daughter and grandson living in home with him. |
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Martin Parker dies in
Pine Valley, Yalobusha County Mississippi Feb. 29, 1913. |
Martin Parker dies and is buried at
Tabernacle Church Cemetery where he was the pastor.
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| Lelia Augusta Parker marries Prentis Pitts in Sardis, Ms. May 10, 1913. They divorce Memphis, Tn. about 1920 |
Born of this marriage: Margaret Pitts, Horace Pitts, Catherine Pitts, Dorothy Pitts |
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| Leila Parker Pitts marries Lemuel Albert Whatley, Memphis, Tn. July 7, 1924 |
Born of this marriage: Annie Whatley, Alma Whatley, Marjorie Whatley, Pauline Whatley |
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| Pearl V. Eubanks Parker dies in Ms. August 13, 1917 | Pearlie was the daughter of Isaac Martin Eubanks and Matilda (thought to be Parrott). Her last name is not certain yet. She is shown on the 1870 census report with her husband Isaac living in the household with Isaac's brother, Joseph and her first born son Joseph. | |
| Andrew Jackson Parker dies June 19, 1929 Memphis, Tn. | Jackson was what everyone called him. Jackson fell while taking a walk and broke his hip. He was hospitalized and once he was bedridden with the hip other complications set in. He died at the Shelby County Hospital in Shelby County, Tn. and buried at Forest Hill in Memphis, Tn. He was beloved by all who knew him or so I am told. Margie | |
| Lemuel Whatley, husband of Leila Parker Pitts Whatley dies in Memphis, Tn. Oct. 1831 | Lem born in Whatley, Clarke County, Al. worked for the ICC railroad. He traveled to Memphis, Tn. where he met Lelia. The first of their children Annie was born in Memphis and then the family moved to Desoto Missouri. He continued his work for ICC until his death. He fell ill in Desoto, hospitalized in St. Louis then transferred to Memphis where he died. | |
| Lelia Augusta Parker Pitts Whatley marries for the 3rd and last time to Robert McClain. They remain married until her death 15 July 1957 | Lelia was a midwife, well known in the section called Fort Pickering, Tennessee. At one time the Fort was outside Memphis on a bluff until the city of Memphis took the town in but continued to be called Ft. Pickering. She moved back to Water Valley for a while but did not remain. She was living in a little community called Kerrville, Tennessee when she had a stroke, was hospitalized and died. |
03/25/2007
