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About Isaac Duke Parker, Sr.
Isaac Parker, son of Elder John Parker and Sarah "Sallie" White, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Elbert or Franklin County, on Apr. 7, 1793. With his family, he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1803. He moved to Robertson County, Tennessee, where he married LUCY W. CHEATHAM of Charlotte County, Virginia, on Aug. 13, 1816. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Crawford County, Illinois, to join other family members there. He was sheriff of Clark County in 1819-1820, later justice of the peace in Crawford County, and county treasurer in Coles County, whence he departed for Texas in late 1833. He settled at Mustang Prairie, Houston County, in 1834 and on Oct. 5, 1835, began a race across the southern United States to spread the alarm of the coming war with Mexico, and to call for volunteers to come to Texas.
In the fall of 1836, he served during the Texas Revolution as a member of Elisha Clapp's company of rangers. Parker represented Houston County in the House of the Third, Fourth, Sixth, and Seventh congresses (1838-40 and 1841-43) and was a senator for the District of Houston, Nacogdoches, and Rusk in the Eigth and Ninth congresses (1843-1845). He was a member of the Convention of 1845 and a signer of the 1845 Texas Constitution. He was a senator in the first four terms of the Texas legislature (1846-53) and represented Ellis and Tarrant counties in the House in 1855-56, at which time he introduced the bill to establish Parker County. In 1845, he made repeated efforts to secure the release of his niece and nephew, Cynthia Ann Parker and John Parker, who had been captured by Indians at Fort Parker on May 19, 1836.
He identified Cynthia Ann at Camp Cooper in January 1861, after her recapture at Birdville and later to Austin, where he succeeded in having bills passed granting her a pension and a league of land.
Four children were born to Parker and his first wife; she died on Aug. 29, 1867. He married VIRGINIA HILL SIMS on September 1, 1870, in Limestone County, and they had four children. Isaac Parker died on Apr. 14, 1883 near Weatherford, Texas and was buried in Turner Cemetery, six miles southeast of Weatherford.
Children by Lucy: Isaac Duke Parker (1821-1902), William Eldridge Parker (1825-1858), Virginia A. Parker (1828-1891), and Lucy Ann Parker Haile (1830-1875).
Children by Virginia: Rebecca Parker Boone Rawlins (1871-1956), Sallie (1875), and Adam (1879)..
- 1850 census: Isaac Parker (56, GA), and wife Lucey N. (54, VA); in Houston, Texas w dau.?. Virginia A. Johnson (21, b Ill) and dau. Nancey F. (0, b Houston).
- 1880 census: Isaac Parker (87, b GA) and wife Virginia (40, b Tenn); in Parker Co., Texas w ch. Rebecca (9, b Tx), Sallie (5, b Tx) and Adam (1, b Tx). Also there is Palestine Sims (28, b Tenn)..
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txtarran/military/parker_isaac_du...
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txhousto/biographies/Parker_Isaac...
- http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpa22
- http://www.logcabinvillage.org/tour-parker.html
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at the location of his home in Parker County, a Texas State Historical marker has been erected. It reads: "To The Memory Of ISAAC PARKER "Pioneer, soldier, and law maker. Born April 7, 1793 in Elbert County, Georgia. Came to Texas in 1833. Served in Elisha Clapp's Company in 1836. Member of Congress of the Republic of Texas 1839 - 1845; of the Constitutional Convention in 1845. State Senator. Died April 14, 1883, in Parker County."
Son of Elder John Parker and Sara (Sallie) White Parker.
Isaac served as Sargeant in Captain Heeley's Company of Tennessee Militia, he enlisted in Huntsville, Alabama.
He help build Fort Parker near present town of Groesbeck, Texas.
He was was at the battle of San Jacinto.
Isaac served as member of the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th Congresses representing Houston County, also served as member of the Senate in the Eighth and Ninth congresses. He also was a member of the Convention of 1845.
He was a senator in the first four terms of the Texas Legislature and in the 1855-1856 served in the House, representing Ellis and Tarrant Counties. He introduced the bill creating the county which bears his name.
Parker County was named after Isaac Parker.
Isaac moved from his place of birth in Georgia to Charlotte County in Virginia when he married Lucy Cheatham. He then moved on to Illinois in 1817 and to Texas in 1833.
Parker fought in the Texas revolution as a member of the Elisha Clapp's company.
Spouses: Lucy W. Cheatham (1794-1861) daughter of William Cheatham m. 1816 Robertson Co., Tennessee. 2. Virginia Sims m. 1 September 1870.
Known children: By first wife: Joseph Cheatham b. 7 October 1817 d. 1825; Isaac Duke b. 1 January 1825 unmarried; William E. b 14 November 1828; Lucy Ann b. 23 June 1830 m. S. C. Haile. By second wife: Rebecca b. 2 November 1871 m Mr Rawlins; Florence Susan b. 12 July 1873 d. 1879; Sallie Virginia b. 25 May 1875 m. J. B. Sikes in 1898.
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Isaac Duke Parker, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1793 |
April 7, 1793
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Elbert County, Georgia, United States
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| 1816 |
April 26, 1816
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Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1821 |
October 23, 1821
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Illinois, United States
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| 1825 |
January 1, 1825
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Illinois, United States
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| 1828 |
November 14, 1828
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Coles County, IL, United States
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| 1830 |
June 23, 1830
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Coles County, IL, United States
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| 1871 |
November 2, 1871
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Limestone Co., Texas, United States
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| 1875 |
May 25, 1875
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Clearfork, Parker County, Texas, United States
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