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Henry "Sterling" PARKER 1756 – 1861 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1756/7

Birth Location: Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia, USA?

Death Date: 14 Feb 1861

Death Location: Franklin County, Virginia, USA

Father: John PARKER

Mother: Rebecca DIZMANG

Spouse(s): Elizabeth DOUGHTY\DAUGHTERTY

Children(s): Lucy PARKER

According to available records, Henry "Sterling" PARKER was born in 1756 in Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia, USA?, the child of John PARKER and Rebecca DIZMANG. Following those early years, Henry "Sterling" PARKER married Elizabeth Ann "Bettie" DOUGHTY\DAUGHTERTY, and their family grew to include Lucy PARKER. In the later years of life, Henry "Sterling" PARKER died in 1861 in Franklin County, Virginia, USA.

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Parents

John PARKER
1734 – 1771
Birth Location: Virginia, USA?
JP
Rebecca DIZMANG
1735 – 1820
Birth Location: Virginia, USA?
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth DOUGHTY\DAUGHTERTY
1757 – 1850
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
ED

Children(s)

Lucy PARKER
1797 – 1874
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
LP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1756/7
    Event Place: Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia, USA?
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911, Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: South Western District, Franklin, Virginia; Roll: M653_1346; Page: 129; F, Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1810
    Event Place: Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Meherrin, Brunswick, Virginia; Roll: 66; Page: 760; Image: Vam252_66-0748; FHL Roll: 0181426

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Franklin County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Page: 159; NARA Roll: M33_136; Image: 177

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: Franklin County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 192; Page: 86; Family History Library Film: 0029671

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1840
    Event Place: Franklin County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Roll: 559; Page: 307; Family History Library Film: 0029686

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Franklin, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: South Western District, Franklin, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: South Western District, Franklin, Virginia; Roll: M653_1346; Page: 129; F

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 14 Feb 1861
    Event Place: Franklin County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911, Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
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