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Unknown Parker
1795 - 1880

Unknown Parker was born about 1795 somewhere in North Carolina and died about 1880 somewhere in Georgia. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 85 years old.

Census	1/1/1830	GA (Hancock County)	35 yrs old
Name: John Parker - three Males - (Under 5), one Males - (5 - 9), one Males - (10 thru 14), one Males - (50 thru 59), one Females -( 10 thru 14), one Females - (15 thru 19)
Census	1/1/1840	GA (Baker County)	45 yrs old
page 10, line 7 - John Parker: one male (under 5), three males (5-9), one male (10-14), one male (20-29) and one female (20-29) Possibly Mary Elizabeth's parents
Census	11/26/1850	Distict 7 FL (Gadsden County)	55 yrs old
family # 418 - Lyttlebury Parker (age 47), Mary Parker (45), William Parker (23), Richard Parker (21), Nancy Parker (15), Mary Parker (11), Willis Parker (10), Lyttlebury Parker (8) & Eliza Parker (4). All were born in GA, eccept Lyttlebury Jr. and Eliza. Lyttlebury is a farmer, his home is valued at $1000. Possibly Mary Elizabeth's relative

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Unknown Parker's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Unknown, his family, and friends. For example, Unknown is 3 years old when Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida,

Age	Date	Event
6	1801	Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed.
7	1802	Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River.
8	1803	Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811.
12	1807	December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed.
13	1808	Pulaski County created.
14	1809	Twiggs County formed.
16	1811	Madison County created.
16	1811	Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks".
17	1812	Emanual County formed.
17	1812	The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks".
18	1813	During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War).
22	1817	First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area.
24	1819	Rabun County formed.
25	1820	December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed.
26	1821	May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed.
27	1822	December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed.
28	1823	December 8 - Decatur County formed.
29	1824	December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed.
30	1825	Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed.
31	1826	January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826.
32	1827	December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot.
35	1830	Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed.
36	1831	Sumter County is formed.
37	1832	December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed.
38	1833	Walker County is formed.
41	1836	Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War. February - Battle of Hitchity. March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday. July - Battle of Brushy Creek. July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp. July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek.
42	1837	Mcon and Dade Counties are formed.
43	1838	Chattooga County formed
52	1847	Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
55	1850	Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
56	1851	Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
57	1852	Taylor County formed.
58	1853	Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
59	1854	Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
61	1856	Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
62	1857	Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
63	1858	Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
75	1870	Douglas, McDuffie, Rockdale, and Dodge Counties formed.
80	1875	Oconee County formed.

Age	Date	Event
4	1799	The Rosetta Stone was discovered
5	1800	The first battery was invented by Volta
12	1807	The first steamboat was invented by Fulton
19	1814	The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
35	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
44	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
49	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
58	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
61	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
64	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
70	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
74	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
82	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
84	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.

Age	Date	Event
5	1800	NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC
16	1811	NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians.
17	1812	NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured.
33	1828	Gold is discovered in Georgia.
39	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
66	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
67	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.

Age	Date	Event
35	1830	The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states.

Age	Date	Event
3	1798	Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida,
8	1803	Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans.
9	1804	The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL.
10	1805	Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a �horse path� through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier.
11	1806	Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread.
16	1811	By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians.
25	1820	The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
35	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
40	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
42	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
45	1840	Oregon Trail is established
47	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
60	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
65	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
67	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
68	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
70	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
73	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
80	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
81	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded

Age	Date	Event
1	1796	Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais
2	1797	Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa
38	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico

The Children of Unknown Parker

John Parker
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1820 and died somewhere in Florida about 1900. He was about 80 years old.

A possible brother of Mary Elizabeth Parker ...

Mary Elizabeth Parker
Born in Gadsden County, Georgia on July 12, 1826 and died in Blountstown, Florida on March 2, 1891. She was 64 years old.

Although her birth date is listed as 7/12/1836 on her grave stone. The census reports she is about eight to ten years older. She states in most of the census she was born in GA, she also states that h...

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