PARKER, MATTHEW (1801–1862). Matthew Parker, early Sabine County settler and official, was born in Franklin County, Georgia, on May 17, 1801, the son of Sarah (Wiley) and Jesse Parker. He moved to Texas about 1822 and received a league and a labor of land in what is now Sabine County. Parker's name appears on a July 8, 1836, roll of Capt. A. E. Collins's Company of Sabine Volunteers. He received an additional grant of land for this service, as well as several other grants, which conveyed to him land in Shelby, Harrison, and Cherokee counties. He was appointed chief justice of Sabine County by President Sam Houston on December 20, 1836. In 1840 he was elected by the legislature to serve with three other men on a Sabine County land board that was established to verify local land claims. On July 13, 1846, he was elected a county commissioner for Sabine. Parker married Mary Isaacks about 1821 and they had fourteen children. Mary died in 1845, and in 1846 Matthew married Elizabeth Lowe (or Low); they had four children in Cherokee County between 1847 and 1854. The family moved to the area of Nordheim, in DeWitt County, about 1855. Parker died on March 19, 1862, and was buried in the Nordheim Taylor Cemetery, southeast of Nordheim, Dewitt, Texas.
PARKER, MATTHEW (1801–1862). Matthew Parker, early Sabine County settler and official, was born in Franklin County, Georgia, on May 17, 1801, the son of Sarah (Wiley) and Jesse Parker. He moved to Texas about 1822 and received a league and a labor of land in what is now Sabine County. Parker's name appears on a July 8, 1836, roll of Capt. A. E. Collins's Company of Sabine Volunteers. He received an additional grant of land for this service, as well as several other grants, which conveyed to him land in Shelby, Harrison, and Cherokee counties. He was appointed chief justice of Sabine County by President Sam Houston on December 20, 1836. In 1840 he was elected by the legislature to serve with three other men on a Sabine County land board that was established to verify local land claims. On July 13, 1846, he was elected a county commissioner for Sabine. Parker married Mary Isaacks about 1821 and they had fourteen children. Mary died in 1845, and in 1846 Matthew married Elizabeth Lowe (or Low); they had four children in Cherokee County between 1847 and 1854. The family moved to the area of Nordheim, in DeWitt County, about 1855. Parker died on March 19, 1862, and was buried in the Nordheim Taylor Cemetery, southeast of Nordheim, Dewitt, Texas.
Inscription
IN MEMORY
OF
MATTHEW
PARKER
BORN
MAY 17, 1801
DIED
MAR. 19, 1862
Family Members
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Mahala Jane Parker Lindsey
1825–1882
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Perry Parker
1828–1854
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Wiley Jefferson "Jeff" Parker
1832–1907
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Washington Lafayette "Pink" Parker
1832–1917
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Andrew Jackson "Jack" Parker
1835–1866
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Alexander Hamilton Parker
1837–1915
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Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Parker Caddell
1839–1896
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Willis Houston Parker
1841–1911
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Amanda Eunice Parker Ussery
1842–1919
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Mary Samantha "Molly" Parker Brown
1844–1919
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Rebecca Parker
1847–1855
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Susan Parker Middleton
1849–1887
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Isaac Low Parker
1852–1921
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Margaret Ann Parker Talk
1854–1925
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