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Silas Parker (b. 1804, d. 19 May 1836)
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SILAS PARKER & LUCY DUTY had a son JOHN and daughter CYNTHIAANN who were captured and raised by the Indians.
Many members of the Parker family were killed by the Comanche Indians and several were kidnapped by them, the most famous being their daughterCYNTHIA ANN.She was reared by them and after she was married, she had a family of two boys and one girl.The Parkers kidnapped her back, along with her little girl, but Cynthia had come to love the Indians and their way of life.Her little girl soon died and Cynthia Ann grieved herself into an early grave.After peace finally came, her son came for her remains and took her back to Oklahoma to be buried among the people she came to love.She was brought back by funds granted by the United States Government in 1910.The rest of the money was used to erect a monument in her memory.The Parker descendants, both Red and White, can be proud of their Parker ancestors.[fistofsouth72.ged.FTW]
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From The Handbook of Texas:
PARKER, SILAS M. (1802-1836). Silas M. Parker, one of the founders of Fort Parker,qv son of John and Sarah (White) Parker, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Franklin or Elbert County, around 1802. With his parents and siblings he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1803 and to Illinois Territory in 1815. There he married Lucinda Duty on August 31, 1824, in what was then Clark County. While in Illinois, he served in the Black Hawk War in 1832 under Capt. Thomas B. Ross. He moved to Texas in the fall of 1833 and registered his family at Tenoxtitlán on January 29, 1834, for admission to Robertson's colony.qv After a dispute as to authority for settlement, he registered again on May 22, 1834, for admission to the Austin and Williams colony. His league granted on April 1, 1835, lay three miles north of the site of present Groesbeck in Limestone County and was described as being on the Sterling Fork of the Navasota River. He and his brother James W. Parkerqv built Fort Parker on this league in the spring of 1835. He was elected on May 17, 1835, as a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Viesca. On October 17, 1835, he was named by the General Councilqv as superintendent of a group of twenty-five rangers directed to guard the frontiers between the Brazos and Trinity rivers. Parker was killed during the attack on Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. Two of his children, Cynthia Ann and John Parker,qv were kidnapped during the attack. His other two children, Orlena and Silas, Jr., survived the attack and lived to raise families in East Texas. Several survivors of the Fort Parker attack returned to the fort some days after the attack and buried Silas Parker and other inhabitants who had died during the attack.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Malcolm D. McLean, comp. and ed., Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas (19 vols., Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1974-93). James W. Parker, Narrative of the Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Escapes, and Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker (Louisville, Kentucky: Morning Courier Office, 1844.; rpt., Palestine, Texas, 1926).
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From The Handbook of Texas:
PARKER, SILAS M. (1802-1836). Silas M. Parker, one of the founders of Fort Parker,qv son of John and Sarah (White) Parker, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Franklin or Elbert County, around 1802. With his parents and siblings he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1803 and to Illinois Territory in 1815. There he married Lucinda Duty on August 31, 1824, in what was then Clark County. While in Illinois, he served in the Black Hawk War in 1832 under Capt. Thomas B. Ross. He moved to Texas in the fall of 1833 and registered his family at Tenoxtitlán on January 29, 1834, for admission to Robertson's colony.qv After a dispute as to authority for settlement, he registered again on May 22, 1834, for admission to the Austin and Williams colony. His league granted on April 1, 1835, lay three miles north of the site of present Groesbeck in Limestone County and was described as being on the Sterling Fork of the Navasota River. He and his brother James W. Parkerqv built Fort Parker on this league in the spring of 1835. He was elected on May 17, 1835, as a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Viesca. On October 17, 1835, he was named by the General Councilqv as superintendent of a group of twenty-five rangers directed to guard the frontiers between the Brazos and Trinity rivers. Parker was killed during the attack on Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. Two of his children, Cynthia Ann and John Parker,qv were kidnapped during the attack. His other two children, Orlena and Silas, Jr., survived the attack and lived to raise families in East Texas. Several survivors of the Fort Parker attack returned to the fort some days after the attack and buried Silas Parker and other inhabitants who had died during the attack.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Malcolm D. McLean, comp. and ed., Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas (19 vols., Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1974-93). James W. Parker, Narrative of the Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Escapes, and Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker (Louisville, Kentucky: Morning Courier Office, 1844.; rpt., Palestine, Texas, 1926).
Jack K. Selden, Jr.[parker march 2005.FBC.FTW]
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SILAS PARKER & LUCY DUTY had a son JOHN and daughter CYNTHIAANN who were captured and raised by the Indians.
Many members of the Parker family were killed by the Comanche Indians and several were kidnapped by them, the most famous being their daughterCYNTHIA ANN.She was reared by them and after she was married, she had a family of two boys and one girl.The Parkers kidnapped her back, along with her little girl, but Cynthia had come to love the Indians and their way of life.Her little girl soon died and Cynthia Ann grieved herself into an early grave.After peace finally came, her son came for her remains and took her back to Oklahoma to be buried among the people she came to love.She was brought back by funds granted by the United States Government in 1910.The rest of the money was used to erect a monument in her memory.The Parker descendants, both Red and White, can be proud of their Parker ancestors.[fistofsouth72.ged.FTW]
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From The Handbook of Texas:
PARKER, SILAS M. (1802-1836). Silas M. Parker, one of the founders of Fort Parker,qv son of John and Sarah (White) Parker, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Franklin or Elbert County, around 1802. With his parents and siblings he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1803 and to Illinois Territory in 1815. There he married Lucinda Duty on August 31, 1824, in what was then Clark County. While in Illinois, he served in the Black Hawk War in 1832 under Capt. Thomas B. Ross. He moved to Texas in the fall of 1833 and registered his family at Tenoxtitlán on January 29, 1834, for admission to Robertson's colony.qv After a dispute as to authority for settlement, he registered again on May 22, 1834, for admission to the Austin and Williams colony. His league granted on April 1, 1835, lay three miles north of the site of present Groesbeck in Limestone County and was described as being on the Sterling Fork of the Navasota River. He and his brother James W. Parkerqv built Fort Parker on this league in the spring of 1835. He was elected on May 17, 1835, as a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Viesca. On October 17, 1835, he was named by the General Councilqv as superintendent of a group of twenty-five rangers directed to guard the frontiers between the Brazos and Trinity rivers. Parker was killed during the attack on Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. Two of his children, Cynthia Ann and John Parker,qv were kidnapped during the attack. His other two children, Orlena and Silas, Jr., survived the attack and lived to raise families in East Texas. Several survivors of the Fort Parker attack returned to the fort some days after the attack and buried Silas Parker and other inhabitants who had died during the attack.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Malcolm D. McLean, comp. and ed., Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas (19 vols., Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1974-93). James W. Parker, Narrative of the Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Escapes, and Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker (Louisville, Kentucky: Morning Courier Office, 1844.; rpt., Palestine, Texas, 1926).
Jack K. Selden, Jr.[parker.FBK.FBK.FTW]
From The Handbook of Texas:
PARKER, SILAS M. (1802-1836). Silas M. Parker, one of the founders of Fort Parker,qv son of John and Sarah (White) Parker, was born in the northeast corner of Georgia, probably in Franklin or Elbert County, around 1802. With his parents and siblings he moved to Dickson County, Tennessee, in the summer of 1803 and to Illinois Territory in 1815. There he married Lucinda Duty on August 31, 1824, in what was then Clark County. While in Illinois, he served in the Black Hawk War in 1832 under Capt. Thomas B. Ross. He moved to Texas in the fall of 1833 and registered his family at Tenoxtitlán on January 29, 1834, for admission to Robertson's colony.qv After a dispute as to authority for settlement, he registered again on May 22, 1834, for admission to the Austin and Williams colony. His league granted on April 1, 1835, lay three miles north of the site of present Groesbeck in Limestone County and was described as being on the Sterling Fork of the Navasota River. He and his brother James W. Parkerqv built Fort Parker on this league in the spring of 1835. He was elected on May 17, 1835, as a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Viesca. On October 17, 1835, he was named by the General Councilqv as superintendent of a group of twenty-five rangers directed to guard the frontiers between the Brazos and Trinity rivers. Parker was killed during the attack on Fort Parker on May 19, 1836. Two of his children, Cynthia Ann and John Parker,qv were kidnapped during the attack. His other two children, Orlena and Silas, Jr., survived the attack and lived to raise families in East Texas. Several survivors of the Fort Parker attack returned to the fort some days after the attack and buried Silas Parker and other inhabitants who had died during the attack.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Malcolm D. McLean, comp. and ed., Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas (19 vols., Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington Press, 1974-93). James W. Parker, Narrative of the Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Escapes, and Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker (Louisville, Kentucky: Morning Courier Office, 1844.; rpt., Palestine, Texas, 1926).
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Copied from: Vahary and Dawson Ancestors (As Our Tree Branches] Ancestry.com
Silas Parker came to Texas with his family in 1833 with a colony consisting ofthe patriarch, John Parker and his sons and daughters with Thier children. Theymade the journey from Cole County, Illinois. They organized the Baptists order, some times called the Two Seed Baptist. Along with the Parker families was the Kellogg's who went along from Coles Co., Illinois to Texas. Samuel Kellogg was killed also at the massacre in Fort Parker. His wife Polly Kellogg lived, shewas born in 1801 in Lexington, Kentucky. Polly Kellogg was the mother of George W. Kellogg who was living in Charleston, Ill. about 1880's.
Another sourcetells Silas Parker's life, "Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas" 19vols. held at Arlington, University of Texas at Arlington Press 1974-1993. Also the book titled "Narrative of the Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Escapes, and Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker" reprint from Palestine, Texas 1926. The sources say Silas was born sometime in 1802 in the northeast corner of Georgia,most likely in Franklin or Elbert County. His parents and him moved to DicksonCounty, Tennessee in the summer of 1803. Later in 1815 the family moved to IllinoisTerritory. There Silas married Lucinda Duty in what was then Clark County, Ill. While in Illinois Silas served in the Black Hawk War in 1832 under Capt.Thomas B. Ross. Silas then moved to Texas in the fall of 1833. There he founded along with other Parker family members Fort Parker in Limestone County, Texas. Silas and James Parker built the fort in spring of 1835. Silas was elected onMay 17, 1835 as a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Viesca. OnOct. 17, 1835 he was named the General Council as superintendent of a group of25 rangers directed to guard the frontiers between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. Silas was killed during the attack on Fort Parker on May 19 of 1836,two of his children were kidnapped by the Comanches Cynthia Ann and John Parker. Othertwo children lived and later raised families in East Texas[leola.FBC.FTW]
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Copied from: Vahary and Dawson Ancestors (As Our Tree Branches] Ancestry.com
Silas Parker came to Texas with his family in 1833 with a colony consisting ofthe patriarch, John Parker and his sons and daughters with Thier children. Theymade the journey from Cole County, Illinois. They organized the Baptists order, some times called the Two Seed Baptist. Along with the Parker families was the Kellogg's who went along from Coles Co., Illinois to Texas. Samuel Kellogg was killed also at the massacre in Fort Parker. His wife Polly Kellogg lived, shewas born in 1801 in Lexington, Kentucky. Polly Kellogg was the mother of George W. Kellogg who was living in Charleston, Ill. about 1880's.
Another sourcetells Silas Parker's life, "Papers Concerning Robertson's Colony in Texas" 19vols. held at Arlington, University of Texas at Arlington Press 1974-1993. Also the book titled "Narrative of the Perilous Adventures, Miraculous Escapes, and Sufferings of Rev. James W. Parker" reprint from Palestine, Texas 1926. The sources say Silas was born sometime in 1802 in the northeast corner of Georgia,most likely in Franklin or Elbert County. His parents and him moved to DicksonCounty, Tennessee in the summer of 1803. Later in 1815 the family moved to IllinoisTerritory. There Silas married Lucinda Duty in what was then Clark County, Ill. While in Illinois Silas served in the Black Hawk War in 1832 under Capt.Thomas B. Ross. Silas then moved to Texas in the fall of 1833. There he founded along with other Parker family members Fort Parker in Limestone County, Texas. Silas and James Parker built the fort in spring of 1835. Silas was elected onMay 17, 1835 as a member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for Viesca. OnOct. 17, 1835 he was named the General Council as superintendent of a group of25 rangers directed to guard the frontiers between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. Silas was killed during the attack on Fort Parker on May 19 of 1836,two of his children were kidnapped by the Comanches Cynthia Ann and John Parker. Othertwo children lived and later raised families in East Texas
More About Silas Parker:
Ancestral File Number: VBL1-G0.5980, 5981, 5982
Date born 2: Duck River, Elbert County, GA.5983, 5984, 5985, 5986, 5987, 5988
Date born 3: 05 May 1804, Bedford County, Tennessee.5989, 5990, 5991, 5992
Date born 4: 05 May 1804, Duck River, Elbert, Georgia, USA.5993, 5994, 5995
Burial 1: Groesbeck (Fort Parker Memorial Cemetery), Limestone, Texas, USA.5996, 5997, 5998
Burial 2: 1836, Mass Grave at Fort Parker Memorial Cemetery, Limestone County, Txas.5999, 6000, 6001, 6002
Burial 3: May 1836, Near Fort Parker, Limestone, Texas.6003, 6004, 6005, 6006, 6007, 6008
Died 2: 19 May 1836, Fort Parker, Limestone County, Republic of Texas.6009, 6010, 6011, 6012
Died 3: 19 May 1836, Fort Parker, Limestone, Texas, USA.6013, 6014, 6015
Died 4: 19 May 1836, Fort Parker, Limestone, Tx.6016, 6017, 6018, 6019, 6020, 6021
Occupation: Farmer, Pioneer.6022, 6023, 6024, 6025
Record Change 1: 11 Aug 20036026, 6027, 6028
Record Change 2: 06 Aug 20046029, 6030, 6031, 6032
Record Change 3: 28 Apr 20056033, 6034, 6035, 6036, 6037, 6038
Religion: Baptist.6039, 6040, 6041, 6042