How and why did our Southern Parker move where they did????
I have always been a history buff and now that I have been working on my own family history.History has becomevery personalfor me. I have found out so much and hope to find out a lot more.
One of the question I have asked myself over the years is “Why did the people move where they did and why they did it at that time?”Lately Kelly Parks asked about the Natchez Trace.
What I found as I looked to find the answers to her and my question was one man Andrew Jackson, who later became President. I will give a short version of what I found here.
Andrew Jackson was a prisoner of war during the America Rev. War. He was ordered by a British Officer to shine his boots (I think as I am doing this from memory) anyway Andrew refused and he carried two scars from this incidentfor the rest of his life,one physical and the other mental. The British Officer cut his face, thus Andrew Jackson had a deep hatred on the British for the rest of his life but this also make him a great American Patriot (it also had a dark side “The Trail of Tears”). This love of his country lead him to fight against the British in the War of 1812.
He also was able to not only lead men but earn their respect. The young men were eager to fight the British because they had heard there father and grandfather talk about the Rev. War.
After the war war over and the men started back home from New Orleans (my G-G-Grandfather Richard Parker of Bedford Co., TN was one on them) they traveled back throughMS, AL and to TN and other went to their home states. On the way back home they had to be a happy bunch of men and they formed lasting friendship with each other.
They saw all the “new” land and many of them I am sure could not get that out of there minds after they got home.
Back then people wrote many many letters to each other and when they would meet each other they would ask about the people that they knew. I am sure that a lot of Andrew “men” did the same thing when they heard that the “new” land was open to be settle, My Parker line was in Greene Co., AL in the early 1820's then to MS after 1832-33 Indian treaty.
The main transportation route was the rivers and Indian trails like the Natchez Trace.
Once they got to their new homes the the letter writing begin and soon we had people leaving to join them. They came from many different places and many were kin to each other already and the rest became kin as they got married.
Of course there are many other reasons also and there were some who didn't like the new home and they returned to the places where they came from.
Wayne N. Parker
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kelly parks 5/08/13
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wayne parker 5/09/13
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Aaron PARKER Amite Co MS 1816, RAYBURN 1816 Amite Co MS
Steven Kratz 10/23/13
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Aaron PARKER, amite co MS 1816,
Steven Kratz 10/23/13
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