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Descendants of Joseph Parks

Generation No. 2


2. WILLIAM3 PARKS (JOSEPH2, JOHN1)2 was born 11 Sep 1777 in PA?3,4, and died 22 Oct 1852 in Bradley Co., TN5. He married (1) CHARITY JOHNSTON 20 Jan 1794 in Greene Co., TN. He married (2) MARY MCCOLLUM6,7 28 Aug 1798 in Greene Co., TN Francis Hughes-William Armstrong, sec.8, daughter of THOMAS MCCOLLUM and MARY VENEMAN. She was born 03 Sep 1777 in MD9,10, and died 16 Apr 185611.

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ILLIAM PARKS:
Burial: Hayes Shed & Michigan Ave. Cemetery, Bradley Co., TN12

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ARY MCCOLLUM:
Burial: Hayes Shed & Michigan Ave. Cemetery, Bradley Co., TN12
     
Child of W
ILLIAM PARKS and CHARITY JOHNSTON is:
10. i.   JACOB4 PARKS, b. Bet. 1794 - 1810, NC; d. Bef. 24 Jul 1858, Monroe Co., TN.
     
Children of WILLIAM PARKS and MARY MCCOLLUM are:
11. ii.   JAMES4 PARKS, b. Abt. 1800, TN.
12. iii.   MARY PARKS, b. Abt. 1803; d. Aft. 1855.
13. iv.   RUTH PARKS, b. Abt. 1806, TN; d. Aft. 1880.
14. v.   CINTHA PARKS, b. Abt. 1810, TN.
  vi.   JOSEPH PARKS, b. Abt. 1810; d. Abt. 1849; m. MARGARET FAIN, 06 Dec 1830, Roane Co., TN Surety: Robert D. Blackstone13,14; b. Abt. 1810.
15. vii.   JEMIMAH PARKS, b. Abt. 1814, TN.
16. viii.   ANDREW J. PARKS, b. Bet. 1815 - 1818, TN; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880.
  ix.   LABAN PARKS, b. Abt. 1817.
17. x.   CLEMENTINE PARKS, b. 18 May 1818; d. 05 Dec 1862.


3. MARY3 PARKS (JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born 12 Jun 1779 in NC15, and died 31 Dec 1847 in Jackson Co., AL. She married SAMUEL FRAZIER, JR. 22 Jan 1798 in Greene Co., TN Bond: Adonijah Morgan16, son of SAMUEL FRAZIER and REBECCA JULIAN. He was born 1770 in NC17, and died 03 Dec 1826 in Jackson Co., AL18.

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AMUEL FRAZIER, JR.:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Jackson Co., AL
     
Children of M
ARY PARKS and SAMUEL FRAZIER are:
  i.   REBECCA4 FRAZIER19, b. 17 Nov 179919.
18. ii.   JOSEPH PARKS FRAZIER, b. 04 Feb 1801, TN; d. 12 Nov 1857, Jackson Co., AL.
  iii.   ABNER FRAZIER19, b. 02 Jan 180319.
  iv.   JULIAN FRAZIER19, b. 27 Apr 180419.
  v.   RUTH FRAZIER19, b. 28 Oct 180619; m. WILLIAM KIRBY19.
  vi.   SAMUEL WILEY FRAZIER19, b. 11 Mar 180819.
  vii.   ROBERT FRAZIER, REV.19, b. 18 Nov 180919; m. ISABELLA MCCARRY?19.
  viii.   ALBERT G. FRAZIER19, b. 08 Aug 181119; m. CLARY? HUNT19, 184019.
  ix.   BARBARY FRAZIER19, b. 29 Jul 181319; m. JAMES HOLLAND19, 17 Jan 184919.
  x.   ANN GRAY? FRAZIER19, b. 03 Jun 181619; m. (1) RICHARD SANDFORD19, 15 Jan 183619; m. (2) IRA BROWN19, 05 May 186619; m. (3) ROBERT J. STOCKTON19, 15 Jan 187119.
  xi.   MARY FRAZIER19, b. 27 Aug 181820; d. 03 Dec 1845, Jackson Co., AL; m. WILLIAM DONATON?; b. 21.
  More About MARY FRAZIER:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Jackson Co., AL

  xii.   NAOMI FRAZIER21, b. 08 Mar 182321; m. SAMUEL W. KIRBY21, Dec 184421.


4. ROBERT3 PARKS (JOSEPH2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1780 in VA22, and died Aft. 1850 in Roane or Rhea Co., TN22. He married NANCY EASLEY 22 May 1803 in Grainger Co., TN- Robert Yancey & Miller W. Easley, Sur.23. She was born 06 May 178324, and died 19 Dec 184724.

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ANCY EASLEY:
Burial: Bean Cemetery, Rhea Co., TN24
     
Children of R
OBERT PARKS and NANCY EASLEY are:
  i.   MARIAH4 PARKS25, b. Abt. 1804; m. (1) MANTION HOWARD26, 20 Jan 1824, Rhea Co., TN F. David, J.P.27; b. Unknown; d. Bef. 06 Nov 182628; m. (2) THOMAS JEFFERSON UNDERWOOD, 12 Aug 1835, Roane Co., TN Geo. W. Gaines, Sur.29; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
  Notes for MANTION HOWARD:
Mantion and Mariah Howard had at least two children, according to County Court Minute Docket, Rhea County, Tennessee, 1823-1828.

19. ii.   MARY "POLLY" PARKS, b. 1804; d. Unknown, Cumberland Co., TN.
20. iii.   MARGARET "PEGGY" PARKS, b. 1805; d. Bef. 1870.
  iv.   REBECCA PARKS30, b. Abt. 1810, TN31; d. Unknown; m. (1) GEORGE GORDON32, 29 Dec 1839, Roane Co., TN H.S. Purris, Sur., mar. by Wm. Montgomery, J.P.33; b. Abt. 1767, Delaware34; d. Bet. 1850 - 1852; m. (2) JAMES PORTER35, 23 Mar 1852, Roane Co., TN35.
  Notes for GEORGE GORDON:
http://www.roanetnheritage.com/research/historical%20articles/mcelwee/12.htm

About Our Ancestors
by W.E. McELWEE
From: The Rockwood Times, Thursday, 11 May 1922, Vol. 42, No. 19.

The LOVE families came from Virginia. One of the families settled in the vicinity of Johnson City. Of
the other family there were four girls. Polly, married George GORDON, Ann married James
CRAVENS, Francis married James EVANS, Lucy married John EVANS, and Nancy married Thomas
FALLS. After coming to Tennessee, George GORDON, who married Polly built and ran Bright Hope
furnace in Green county before coming to Roane county. He first located on Cane Creek near the
Knox county line but afterwards settled on White's creek. In 1820 he and Mathew P. ENGLISH got a
permit for condemnation of lands upon which to build a furnace at the mouth of Camp creek, just
above where the C.S. railroad bridge is now located, but the furnace was not erected for some two
or three years afterwards. A brotherinlaw James CRAVENS, who married Ann LOVE had moved to
Selma, Alabama, where he and his wife died in 1819 leaving two children, Robert, who was born in
Rockingham Va., in 1805, and a daughter. GORDON and his wife had no children to raise. After the
girl grew up she married Jacob O. SHELLEY who lived at Kingston. They moved to Taledega, Ala.,
and were the parents of Col. J.T. SHELLEY of the 5th, regt., U.S.A. in 1861-5. Jacob SHELLY was a
captain in the war with Mexico and his son, James was in his company. Robert CRAVENS while living
with his uncle GORDON assisted in the building the Gordon and English furnace and afterwards
became an iron maker himself. GORDON's wife having died he married Rebecca PARKS, a sister of
Mrs. Alex MONTGOMERY and Mrs. Ned MARTIN. After GORDON's death his widow married a Mr.
PORTER of Sparta Tenn. He was a hotel keeper and a relative of Gov. PORTER of Nashville. Robert
CRAVENS, having married Miss Catherine RODDY, now began business on his own responsibility and
in 1841 or 2, built the "Eagle Furnace" on White's creek. Afterwards he organized a company at
Chattanooga and built a furnace on the bank of the river and against the bluff just above the Market
street bridge. He built a home on the point of Lookout mountain. The place is still known as the
CRAVENS place. By his first wife he had five children. After her death he married a Miss
CUNNINGHAM, a daughter of an old-time Methodist minister in Monroe county whose escape from
an Indian massacre when a child, is recorded in Ramseys Annals of Tennessee. A brother, Rev.
W.G.E. CUNNINGHAM was for many years missionary to China. CRAVENs first wife, Catherine
RODDY, was a daughter of Jesse RODDY who was the ancestor of the RODDY families in Rhea and
Roane counties. Her mother was Jane McHAFFEE or MaHAPHY, her father was a soldier in the
command of Gen. Thomas O. SUMPTER in the war of the Revolution. He was captured by the British
and Tories and was shot five times, after which his property was destroyed. The little girl Jane was
sent to an aunt to be raised. After she was grown she came to East Tennessee to visit some relatives
where she made the acquaintance of Jesse RODDY and married him. Jesse RODDY was a colateral
ancestor of Gen. RODDY of Alabama. Mrs. RODDY was related to the MaHAPHY families of South
Carolina, one of whom came to Tennessee and lived for a time at Eagle furnace. One of his sons
came to Rockwood in 1868 and as a contractor, built twenty of the first houses erected for the
laborers at that furnace. James EVANS, who married Ann LOVE, located on the North side of Clinch
river above the junction with Emory at the place still known as the old EVANS place. Some of his
descendants still reside in Roane county. One of the LOVEs, it may have been a brother, settled on
the Knoxville and Nashville road about four miles above Kingston. The place is still known as the
LOVE place. During the war between the states one of the daughters of this family became quite
noted as a blockade runner and mail carrier across the line. She was an ardent Unionist while her
brother's were supporters of the southern cause. Thomas and Nancy FALLS were the parents of the
bald headed preacher that had appointments in the old log schoolhouse at Post Oak Springs
heretofore described.


21. v.   FRANCES PARKS, b. 12 Dec 1813, TN; d. 05 Oct 1901.
22. vi.   RUTH PARKS, b. Abt. 1816; d. Aft. 1880.
23. vii.   ELIZA PARKS, b. Abt. 1818, TN.
  viii.   JOSEPH PARKS36,37, b. Abt. 182238; d. 23 Nov 1864, Greeneville, Greene Co., TN39,40; m. SARAH JANE FRAZIER41, 22 Jun 1852, Rhea Co., TN W. H. Bell, MG42; b. 10 Jan 1817, Knox Co., TN43; d. 25 Dec 1897, Rhea Co., TN44.
  Notes for JOSEPH PARKS:
http://www.tnfraziers.com/samuel.html

Children of Beriah Frazier and Barbara Gibbs are:
28 i. Sarah Jane4 Frazier, b. Jan. 10, 1817 in Knox Co., TN; d. 1886 in Rhea Co., TN. She m. (1) Jacob Harvey Love Nov. 27, 1837. She m. (2) Joseph E. Parks June 22, 1852; b. 1820; d. Bef. 1865.

More Abt. Joseph E. Parks: Military service: Bet. 1861 - 1864, Wagon Master 3rd TN Co. I C.S.A.



24. ix.   MILLER E. PARKS, b. Abt. 1827; d. Aug 1873.


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