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Richard PARKER
1723 - 1799 (76 years)-
Name Richard PARKER Birth 1723 Virginia 
Gender Male _UID 296E9B14BC90406990F7DDD2246289E262E4 Death 1799 Washingon County, Kentucky Person ID I2301 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 12 Jan 2023
Father John PARKER, b. 1700, Massachusetts d. Abt Oct 1760, Hampshire County, Virginia (Age 60 years) Mother Catherine PEARSON, b. 4 Sep 1707, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America d. 1751 (Age 43 years) Family ID F1124 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Grizzell NALLE d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F13801 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Richard Parker born abt. 1723 most likely in Virginia; died Feb. 1799 Washington County, KY.; married Grissel Nalle prior to August 16, 1763 Culpepper County, VA. (date of deed in Culpeper County, VA. from Richard Parker and Grissel his wife) (Grissel (Grezzell) is the Welch word for Grace) [18] The 1782 Culpeper Co. VA tax record lists Richard Parker (in Kentucky), so Richard Parker migrated by/before 1782 to Kentucky. Richard Parker on 21 May 1788 received a 93 1/2 acre land grant on Beech Fork at the mouth of Cartrights Creek in Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky)..[25] Also see National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. At a meeting of the Nelson County Court, Oct 10, 1788, Richard Parker was security for the goods and Chattels of Abraham Lincoln, grandfather to the President. A petition to establish a 'Warehouse and Inspection Point for Produce' on the land of Richard Parker at the mouth of Cartwright's Creek, Nelson County, Kentucky on Oct. 24, 1789 by Richard Parker.[24] Richard Parker on 18 March 1790 received a 660 acre land grant on Parkers Run a south branch of Cartrights Creek in Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky). (area near Fredericktown, Washington County, Kentucky). DAR Ancestor # A203385.
On the 15 Aug 1755 Richard Parker and Grissel his wife sold 91 acres of land in Culpeper Co. VA. to Richard Shipp. [Culpeper Co., VA DB. E, p. 12] (FamilySearch) This land indenture was not recorded until 15 Aug 1763 due to frontier troubles caused by the French & Indian War 1754-63 but it shows that Richard Parker and his wife Grissel had owned land in Culpeper Co. VA. about the time of the above Frederick Co., VA. law suit. This deed is followed in sequence on page 15 by a 1765 land indenture between John Nalle and Elizabeth (Parker) his wife selling land in Culpeper Co. VA. to Benjamin Rowe.
7 Feb 1785 - Richard Parker granted 200 acres beginning on the north side of the Beech Fork waters of Salt River about 100 pooles above the mouth of Sunfish Run. (Library of Virginia)
August 26th, 1785 Washington County Court [Excerpts from 'Kentucky Ancestral Homes Washington County' 1886
- Richard Parker born abt. 1723 most likely in Virginia; died Feb. 1799 Washington County, KY.; married Grissel Nalle prior to August 16, 1763 Culpepper County, VA. (date of deed in Culpeper County, VA. from Richard Parker and Grissel his wife) (Grissel (Grezzell) is the Welch word for Grace) [18] The 1782 Culpeper Co. VA tax record lists Richard Parker (in Kentucky), so Richard Parker migrated by/before 1782 to Kentucky. Richard Parker on 21 May 1788 received a 93 1/2 acre land grant on Beech Fork at the mouth of Cartrights Creek in Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky)..[25] Also see National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. At a meeting of the Nelson County Court, Oct 10, 1788, Richard Parker was security for the goods and Chattels of Abraham Lincoln, grandfather to the President. A petition to establish a 'Warehouse and Inspection Point for Produce' on the land of Richard Parker at the mouth of Cartwright's Creek, Nelson County, Kentucky on Oct. 24, 1789 by Richard Parker.[24] Richard Parker on 18 March 1790 received a 660 acre land grant on Parkers Run a south branch of Cartrights Creek in Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky). (area near Fredericktown, Washington County, Kentucky). DAR Ancestor # A203385.