Jesse Parker

Parker's road to Texas ran through Louisiana. The Handbook of Texas has him probably born in North Carolina about 1776, in Georgia by about 1798, and in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, from 1809. In 1812 he volunteered for ninety days in the Thirteenth Louisiana Regiment. His first wife, Sarah, died in the spring of 1828, and in January 1829 he married Elizabeth Barker. He moved his family to Texas in 1822 and farmed a Spanish land grant near Huntsville in Vehlein's colony, and his last public office was land commissioner for Montgomery County in 1837.

What the plaque says

Jesse Parker In 1822 Jesse Parker moved to the Mexican state of Texas. A veteran of the War of 1812, he represented the Sabine District at the Convention of 1832 in San Felipe de Austin. Three years later he received a land grant in the Washington municipality, now Walker County. A farmer, Parker also served as the Deputy Land Commissioner for Montgomery County. He died in 1849 and was buried on his land. In 1979 he was reinterred here.

Where it stands

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