Bibb-Chattooga-Crawford County GaArchives Biographies.....Parker, Simon 1790 - 1850 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dana Norris dananorr@yahoo.com December 8, 2005, 11:21 am Author: John Andrew Davis My mother's paternal Grandfather was Simon Parker, who came from Virginia where he married Elizabeth (Betsey) Moseley, and where some of his children were born, among them my grandfather, John Brantley Parker. From Virginia they went to North Carolina and stayed until after the great drought of 1815 or 1816 and came to Georgia in 1818 or 1819 and stopped in Jefferson County, Georgia. In a year or so, he then came to Monroe County, Georgia, near what is now called Blackstone's Bridge. In 1822, he bought what is now called the old Parker Home on Tobesofkee Creek, warrior district, Bibb County, Georgia, now owned by his som, Simon Samuel Alonzo Parker. This home has been continuously in possession of the Parkers since 1822. Coming to Georgia with Simon Parker were several brothers, and a sister or two I think. The brothers were: William Parker, a methodist preacher, who lived and died in Jefferson County, Georgia. Kinchen Parker, who came to Monroe County, Georgia with him, but who afterwards went to Twiggs County, Georiga, or to Wilikinson County, Georgia. Knight Parker, and one who went to Screven County, Georgia and another who went to North Georgia. THere was also a step-brother Henry Christopher. THe children of Simon and Elizabeth Mosely Parker were: Hohn Brantley Parker and Jackson Parker of Bibb County, Georgia. Eliza Parker Worsham, Chattooga County, Georgia. Sallie Parker Brown, Bibb County, Georgia Caroline Parker Dennis, Bibb County, Georgia. Artee Parker Hafer, Houston County, Georgia Emeline Parker Brown, Bibb County, Georgia Elizabeth Parker Hoy Crawford County Georgia a little daughter, who died early. Late in life, long after his Mosely wife died, Simon Parker married Rachel Danielly Chambless, the widow of Henry Chambless, my paternal great- grandfather. Simon Parker was one of the founders of the Baptist Church at Mt Paran, in Crawford County, Georgia in 1825. Later, he was ordained a deacon there, and still later was made an Elder (preacher) in this Church serving this congregation and others a long time. I am convinced that all the parkers in Georgia, who came here previous to 1830 are descendents of some of these people. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/bibb/bios/parker861gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb