Jesse Parker
Huntsville, Walker County, Texas
Marker Inscription
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.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Jesse Parker, already a veteran of the War of 1812, moved to Mexican Texas in 1822 among the earliest Anglo colonists. He represented the Sabine District at the 1832 Convention at San Felipe de Austin—one of the gatherings that pushed Texas toward independence—and later farmed his land grant in what became Walker County while serving as a deputy land commissioner. Buried on his own property in 1849, he was reinterred here more than a century later.
Why it matters
Colonists like Parker bridged the young United States and the Texas frontier, carrying American military service and civic experience into the movement that would make Texas a republic and then a state.
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