Dodge County GaArchives Biographies.....Parkerson, Jacob ************************************************ 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: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 December 29, 2004, 5:05 pm Author: MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB The Parkerson Family. The Parkerson family is, perhaps, the third largest family in the county. They are descended from Jacob Parkerson, a Revolutionary soldier, who came to this section about 1830, and settled about seven miles from Eastman in what was then Telfair County. It was Jacob Parkerson who, in 1831, built the first church, known as Parkerson church, which is near Parkerson's Lake on Gum Swamp. Jacob Parkerson was the father of Cordial (or Cordie); Daniel; Sherrod; Hemming; and Edmund. Cordie married Kate Harrell, daughter of Asa Harrell, pioneer, and they were the parents of: John Daniel, who married Viney Livingston; Betsy, who married James R. Giddens; Temptie, who married John R. Giddens, (they were twin brothers); Nancy, who married J. W. Flanders; Mary Ann, who married B. A. Giddens; Billie, who married Jane Owen; Matthew, who married Malvina Wise; W. L., who married Samantha Taylor; Frank, who married Sara Rogers; Isaac N., who married Vienna Peacock. Sherrod, son of Jacob, was the father of: Jim, who married Delola Livingston; John, who married Sallie McCranie; Sara, who married John Smith; Jane, who married Jim Mullis. Edmund, son of Jacob, married Elizabeth Clements, and they were the parents of: Hemming; Sara Jane, who married Needham Rogers; Nancy Ann, who married Martin Taylor; Emma, who married Monroe Peacock; Temptie, who married Ed Cook; one daughter who married Henry Beauchamp; Candie, who married a Johnson; Ida, who married a McCranie. Billie, son of Cordie, married Jane Owens, and their children were: William, who married a Miss Ragan; Jim, who married Sara Taylor; Sallie, who married W. L. Pirkle; Minnie, who married Charlton Lewis; Leila, who married Charlie Dennis; John B., who married Vesta Reid. John D., son of Cordie, married Viney Livingston, and they were the parents of: J. D., who married Sophie Harrell; Harlow; Walter W., who married Minnie Hargrove; Lilla, who married G. R. L. Hendrix; Ike, who married Viola Jones. W. L., son of Cordie, married Samantha Taylor, and they were parents of: William D., who married Gertrude Wade; Willis L., who married Jennie Keen; Dora, who married Will Bond; Dr. Isaac Jefferson, who married Annie Smith; Gus M., who married Carrie E. Reynolds; Pearl, who married G. W. McCranie; Manning, who married Annie Evers. Frank, son of Cordie, married Sara Rogers, and their children were: Cordie; Tom, who married a Miss Sanders; Odie, who married William H. Mullis; Lawton, who married Ethel McElhenney; Harlow, who married Julia Mae White; Dr. Sidney T.; Pete, who married a Miss Blankenship; Mamie Kate, who married Wilbur Wright; Luther; Leslie, who married a Blankenship. Isaac N., son of Cordie, married Vienna Peacock, and their children are: William D., who married Georgia Mae Rivers; Mollie, who married S. J. Rawlins; Carrie, who married S. E. Bowen; John J., who married Lois Embry—he was a soldier in the World War and died while in service; Bessie, who married Elmer Braswell; Erhel, who married Wm. J. Daniel; Bartow; Charlie M., who married Bertie Mae Giddens; Theo M., who married Frances Attoway; Ruby, who married Russell McGregor; Harry; Kermit; Burnis; and Donald. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF DODGE COUNTY COPYRIGHT 1932 By MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB Printed by FOOTE & DAVIES CO., ATLANTA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dodge/bios/gbs652parkerso.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.9 Kb