Family Group of
Jonathan Parker b ca 1790 NC d Jul 1886 Cherokee CO, NC buried Jonathan Parker Family Cemetery, Valley River, Cherokee CO, NC
occupation - farmer
will in Cherokee CO, NC written 5 Oct 1860
son of William Solomon Parker, Sr. (Link to Eugene Hampton's research on Parkers)

m ca 1818 TO
Leona "Onie" or "Ona" Blythe b ca 1797 Greenville Dist., SC d ca 1891- 92 Valley River, Cherokee CO, NC
dau of Jonathan & Annie (Barnes or Shoop) Blythe* of Valley River, Cherokee CO, NC

issue:
1(M) Willis S. Parker b 12 Apr 1819 Haywood CO, NC d 18 Mar 1905 buried Willis Parker Family Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1842 TO
Adeline Amelia Vannoy b 18 Mar 1827 Wilkes CO, NC d 20 Aug 1897 buried Willis Parker Family Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC

2(M) John A. "Jack" Parker b 1821 Haywood CO, NC d 24 Apr 1920 (resided in Atlanta, GA in 1906)
m TO
Martha A. Moss b d

3(F) Clarinda E. Parker b 27 Apr 1823 Haywood CO, NC d 29 Mar 1897 buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Towns CO, GA
m ca 1851 TO
David Price Adams, Jr. b 2 Mar 1820 Haywood CO, NC d 4 Jan 1897 buried Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Towns CO, GA (brother to John Henry & Francis Marion Adams listed below)

4(F) Lucinda Parker b 1825 Valley River, NC d 1905 buried Butler Cemetery, Delaware CO, OK
m 25 Sep 1846 Union CO, GA TO (first cousin)
James Cobb Welch b 1824 Valley River, NC d 11 May 1889 buried Butler Cemetery, Delaware CO, OK

5(F) Leoma "Omie" or "Oma" C. Parker b 6 Apr 1830 Valley River, NC d 20 Mar 1882 buried Jonathan Parker Family Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m ca 1851 TO
John Henry "Doc" Adams b 6 Jul 1826 Haywood CO, NC d 5 Aug 1906 buried Jonathan Parker Family Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC (brother to David Price Adams, Jr. listed above and to Francis Marion Adams listed below.)

6(M) James "Jim" Parker b 10 Aug 1832 Valley River, NC d10 Mar 1914 [death certificate says 31 Mar 1915?] Cherokee CO, NC buried Jonathan Parker Family Cemetery, Cherokee CO, NC
m TO
Mary Elizabeth (Allison) Scott b ca 1833 Knoxville, TN d buried Jonathan Parker Family Cemetery

7(M) William Asbury "Doc" Parker b 22 Mar 1836 Valley River, NC d 1 Dec 1913 Grove, OK
m ca 1855 TO
Nancy Kimsey b 22 Mar 1836? Cherokee CO, NC d Jul 1899 Grove, OK

8(M) Joseph "Joe" Powell Parker b 18 Apr 1837 Valley River, NC d 31 Oct 1923 Grove, OK
m (1) TO
Irene Hardin b d
m (2) TO
Susan Moore b d

9(F) Mary Ann Parker b 1838 Valley River, NC d 31 Aug 1889 Chelsea, OK
m ca 1857 TO
Francis Marion Adams b 17 Sep 1832 Haywood CO, NC d 11 Dec 1922 Willow Branch, Chelsea, OK (brother to John Henry & David Price Adams, Jr. listed above)

10(F) Elizabeth Ann Parker b ca 1840 Valley River, NC d 24 Apr 1920 Cherokee CO, NC death certificate
m never

Many, many thanks to cousins and friends William M. and Betty Palmer of Andrews, NC who shared much of this data with me and helped gather even more! Also, many thanks to Larry Dean of San Francisco, CA for help with the various Adams families.

*great-great-great-great-great-grandparents of Sandra Ratledge (See McDonald line for my ancestry.)

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