John Riley PARKER
Grayson Co.,VA Grant Book
Surry Co.,NC Land Record Abstracts
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Grayson County, VA Grant Book 48, P. 394, from James Monroe to John Parker, 27 Dec 1774 assigned by Daswell Rogers, to William, Susanna, Joseph, John Joshua, Samuel & Arthur, 296 acres, formerly Fincastle County, lying on both sides of Meadow Creek a branch of New River. To children 23 Feb 1802 Surry County, NC Land Records Abstracts: Book B-60, 246 - 24 Oct 1782, N.C. Grant John Parker 200 acres Souths side Yadkin River. Grayson County, VA, 1805-1807, Indentures between children, "Some Migrations From Virginia Into North Carolina, by Virginia Pope Livingston, Vol III, No. 3, pp.186. Also, Deed Book 2, pp. 312, 313.
THIS INFORMATION CAME FROM DORIS TAYLOR OF PENTIETON, B.C. SHE ALSO SAID JOHN MARRIED POLLY PINNION 12 FEB 1821. JOHN'S WILL MENTIONS WIFE POLLY. NAME: Elizabeth or Hannah
Estate File of John Parker (1829) in State Archives, Raleigh, N.C. Guardian for Justin, Lucinda & Munro Sidney (Meeky) was Wiliam Riley Parker. In 1816 lived in Capt. Graves Dist on the Yadkin. Surry County, NC. Birth place from Marion S. Parker, Jr., Greenacres, Washington. Also Doris Taylor letter 9 July 1987 and William R. Parker history said his parents were from Mass. Found on Grayson County Grant Book 48, p. 394. Father, John, was granted 296 acres in Grayson County, formerly Fincastle, 27 Dec 1774 on both sides of Meadow Creek a branch of New River, sealed 23 Feb 1802 after father, John, was deceased.
Found on a land grant issued for 196 acres in Fincastle on both sides of Meadow 27 Dec 1774, to father, John Parker, sealed 23 Feb 1802, father then deceased.
Found on Grayson County Grant Book 48, p. 394. Father, John, was granted 296 acres in Grayson County, formerly Fincastle, 27 Dec 1774 on both sides of Meadow Creek a branch of New River, sealed 23 Feb 1802 after father was deceased.
Found on Grayson County Grant Book 48, p. 394. Father, John, was granted 296 acres in Grayson County, formerly Fincastle, 27 Dec 1774 on both sides of Meadow Creek a branch of New River, sealed 23 Feb 1802 after father was deceased. Farmer on Meadow Creek, then Elkhorn Creek in 1810. Was in Carroll County, VA in 1850.
Found on Grayson County Grant Book 48, p. 394. Father, John, was granted 296 acres in Grayson County, formerly Fincastle, 27 Dec 1774 on both sides of Meadow Creek a branch of New River, sealed 23 Feb 1802 after father was deceased. Received 118 acres on branches of Grassy Creek, Grayson County, 21 Feb 1807, D.B. 2, p. 318. He was found in Alderman's History of First fifty years of Carroll County, VA. He may have stayed in Virginia or North Carolina.
There was a William who married, in Surry Co., N.C. 9 Sep 1796 to Airy. William is found on land grant in Grayson Co. VA, 23 Feb 1802, to his deceased father, John. It was assigned to John, 27 Dec 1774. Received 150 acres on Crooked Creek, Grayson Co, VA from John Hickman for $200. Went to White County,Tennessee, Will, p. 259.
Found on Grayson County Grant Book 48, p. 394. Father, John, was granted 296 acres in Grayson County, formerly Fincastle, 27 Dec 1774 on both sides of Meadow Creek a branch of New River, sealed 23 Feb 1802 after father was deceased. Wifes name obtained from deed in Grayson Co. Deed Book 2, p. 313-314. Moved to Texas. Was in The Settlements History of 1st 50 years of Carrol Co. VA 1765-1815 by Alderman.
He married Elizabeth Fletcher Abt 1767 at of Accomack, Virginia . Elizabeth Fletcher was born at Accomack, Accomack, Virginia 3 Sep 1746 daughter of Henry Fletcher and Leah Corbin .
They were the parents of 14
children:
Henry Parker
born 1767.
John Parker
born Abt 1768.
Susanna Parker
born Abt 1769.
Thomas Parker
born 1770.
Aaron Parker
born 1772.
Joseph Parker
born Abt 1773.
Euphamey Parker
born 1774.
Charles Parker
born 1776.
Elizabeth Parker
born 1779.
Leah Parker
born Abt 1780.
Joshua Parker
born Abt 1781.
Samuel Parker
born Abt 1783.
William Parker
born 1784.
Arthur Parker
born Abt 1785.
John Riley Parker died 20 Nov 1799 at Accomack, Accomack, Virginia .
Elizabeth Fletcher died 26 Sep 1813 .