TENTH GENERATION

652. Jonathan Parker was born about 1711 in Nansamond County, Virginia. He died on Jun 3 1788 in Granville County, North Carolina. He has reference number AUD21522.

653. Ann Copeland was born in 1715 in Nanesmond County, Virginia. She died after 1788 in Granville County, North Carolina. She has reference number AUD14938. Children were:

i. Rachel Parker has reference number AUD16243.
ii. Samuel Parker has reference number AUD15471.
iii. George Parker has reference number AUD15467.
iv. Jemima Parker has reference number AUD15446.
v. Elijah Parker was born in 1739. He has reference number AUD17101. Elijah PARKER - b. 1768, Granville County, North Carolina; d. Mar. 1853, Bedford County, Tennessee; bur. Parker Cemetery, Raus, Bedford County, Tennessee. Son of Jonathan PARKER and Ann COPELAND. His will was probated in Apr. 1853, with son Daniel as administrator. Elijah was named in both his brother's and father's wills. He moved to Bedford County, Tennessee 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 ShelbyvilleIndiana Bedford County, Tennessee. 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 County, North Carolina, with Jonathan BADGETT, bondsman, and Henry POTTER, witness (Bond No. 2588). Married second after May 1831, Rosannah BARRINGER COVEY (b. Mar. 28, 1785, Virginia; d. Dec. 7, 1875); no children.

Mary HARRIS - b. 1770, Granville County, North Carolina; d. May 4, 1831, Bedford County, Tennessee; bur. Parker Cemetery, Raus, Bedford County, Tennessee. Her death date and the birthdates of her children were obtained from the Parker Family Bible in 1936, at Doddieland, the home of her grandson Henry Thompson PARKER. She was buried beside her husband on the Parker Farm, with her grave marked with an uninscribed sandstone tablet, now crumbled. Daughter of Richard HARRIS and Priscilla HOLMES.



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326 vi. Cader Parker.
vii. Elizabeth Parker was born in 1760. She has reference number AUD15603.