PARKER, James W.
| Birth Name | PARKER, James W. [1] |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | between 66 years, 8 months, 27 days and 68 years, 8 months, 27 days |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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| Birth | 1797-04-04 | Elbert Co., GA |
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| Death | between 1864 and 1865 | Houston Co., TX |
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| Burial | Pilgrim Cemetery, Anderson Co., TX |
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Parents
| Father | PARKER, John |
| Mother | WHITE, Sarah |
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Families
| Married | Wife | DUTY, Martha | ||||||||||||
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| Married | Wife | LACKEY, Lavena E. | ||||||||||||
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Narrative
According to kaylee38 [http://kaylee38.homestead.com/James.html], James and his brother Silas M. Parker came to Texas with their families in 1833. James "claimed to have been one of the party that found Josiah P. Wilbarger in 1833, after he had been scalped and left for dead. James registered at Tenoxtitlán on January 29, 1834, for admission to Robertson's colony and registered on May 22, 1834, for admission to the Austin and Williams colony. He was granted a league of land north of site of present Groesbeck on April 1, 1835."
