Capt. Elijah Parker

Elijah PARKER - b. 1768, Granville Co., NC; d. Mar. 1853, Bedford Co., TN; bur. Parker Cemetery, Raus, Bedford Co., TN. Son of Jonathan PARKER and Ann COPELAND. His will was written May 12, 1832, one year after the death of his wife and mother of his children, and was probated in Apr. 1853, with son Daniel as administrator. It is surmised that the will was written in anticipation of Elijah's re-marriage since it includes the statement that it was his "desire to do Justice to all my several sons and daughters." Elijah was named in both his brother Cader's and father's wills, and was administrator of the estate of his son-in-law Richard NEELY. Elijah moved to Bedford Co., TN in 1807, and was a Justice, a Trustee of Dixon Academy, and a Commissioner of School Land. A letter dated Nov. 15, 1808 from brother-in-law Charles HARRIS was addressed to "Mr. Elijah Parker, Bedford County, Tompsons Creek, Tennessee." Elijah belonged to the Flat Creek Baptist Church, and built a log home on a hill overlooking Thompson's Creek on the Parker Farm, eight miles from Tullahema on the road to Shelbyville, in Bedford Co., TN. Elijah is listed on the 1812 tax returns, being number 85 on the return of Capt. Richard NEELY. He became the assignee of military land grants totaling 140 acres on Thompsons Creek, with his interest being recorded Jan. 1, 1816 [Book F, pages 215 to 219]. Elijah's grave, located on the Parker Farm, has a memorial marker [photo] inscribed with words taken from his commission in the North Carolina Militia. Richard Dobbs SPAIGHT (1758-1802), signer of Elijah's commission, was also a signer of the U. S. Constitution on Sep. 17, 1787. Elijah was administrator of his son Charles' estate, which was settled in Oct. 1850. Elijah married first Feb 3, 1789, Granville Co., NC, with Jonathan BADGETT, bondsman, and Henry POTTER, witness (Bond No. 2588). Married second, probably in or shortly after May 1832, Rosannah (BARRINGER) COVEY (b. Mar. 28, 1785, Montgomery Co., VA; d. Dec. 7, 1875, New Herman, Bedford Co., TN; bur. there on Parker Farm), daughter of Adam BARRINGER and Catherine STROEVER, and widow of General Joseph COVEY. Rosannah and Elijah PARKER had no children.

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PARKER Captain Elijah Parker 1768-1853 State of North Carolina To Elijah Parker Greeting We reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, valor, conduct and abilities, do, by these presents, constitute and appoint you Captain in the Duch District. Witness Richard Dobbs Spaight, Esquire, our Captain-General and Commander in Chief, under his hand and seal which he has caused to be hereto affixed, at New Bern on the 10th day of Dec. A.D. 1793, and in the 15th year of our Independence. Richard Dobbs Spaight Parker Cemetery, Raus, Bedford Co., TN 1768-1853 Parker Cemetery, Bedford, TN

http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/acts21.htm contains information on Elijah Parker as follows: Elijah Parker, 1815, Serial 43, Chapter 187.1, entitled "Bedford County - Salem, Rogersville and Winchester Turnpike Company."

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Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2013; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Record for Elijah Parker http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TNEarlyTaxList&h=3548...

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2012; Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

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Record for Elijah Parker

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: FindaGrave.com;

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Record for Priscilla Chappell http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26126420&ref=...

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Family Data Collection - BIRTHS Name: West, Edmund, comp.Online publication: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - BIRTHS (Online publication -Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)

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Family Data Collection - Births birth date: 1768 birth place: Granville, NC, USA

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2012; Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

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Record for Elijah Parker

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2012;

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Record for Rosanah Parker

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: FindaGrave.com;

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Record for Priscilla Chappell http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26126420&ref=...

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2012;

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Record for Rosanah Parker

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: FindaGrave.com;

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Record for Priscilla Chappell http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26126420&ref=...

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North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 Name: Ancestry.com; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2007; North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004 ( Ancestry.comOperations Inc, 2007.Original data - Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059) from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Lib).

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1830 United States Federal Census Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2010; 1830 United States Federal Census (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau)

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1830 United States Federal Census residence date: 1830 residence place: Bedford, Tennessee,UnitedStates

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Family Data Collection - BIRTHS Name: West, Edmund, comp.Online publication: The GenerationsNetwork, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - BIRTHS (Online publication -Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)

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Family Data Collection - Births birth date: 1768 birth place: Granville, NC, USA

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2012; Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

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Record for Elijah Parker

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North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2013; <p>Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn.</p>

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Record for Elijah Parker http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TNNCLandRecordc&h=168...

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Family Data Collection - Deaths Name: Edmund West, comp.: Online publication: The Generations Network, Inc.; Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Deaths (Online publication -Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)

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Family Data Collection - Deaths death date: Mar 1853 death place: Raus, Bedford, Tennessee

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Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2013; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Record for Elijah Parker http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=TNEarlyTaxList&h=3548...

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: FindaGrave.com;

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Record for Priscilla Chappell http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=26126420&ref=...

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U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah; Date: 2012;

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Record for Rosanah Parker