"Chief of Churrah" Thomas Parker

Per Forest Hazel, Historian,recorded as "Chief of Churrah" during the Colonial Wars when at Tabb Creek living near Col Eaton, adjacent to his property Thomas Parker was born in 1688 in Cheepoake Creek, West of Dismal Swamp, Va, Land Grant of 1450 Acres, moved to Tabb Creek . His parents were Chief Richard Parker, of Cranny Creek and Elizabeth (Gibson ) Parker. He was a Regulator of Licensed Trade at Trader's Path, Edgecombe, NC . Thomas married Lucy Parker. primary source Thomas partnered Winifred (Lewis) Parker, Old Cheraw. She is on gift deed work with son Josiah, but no marriage record and there is an Adopted Parent choses in this data base for this profile due ther e being no known children of this profiled person; however, we know that the land of the Pee Dee grant was next in the trustee ship of "son" in a community held deed with Moses Floyd and CHoctaw Bill selling the land and the community leaving with Jackson Passport to help with War of 1812. He died after 1790 in Re-granted lands passed on by, deed to John Parker via, Moses Floyd's original lands, and was buried in Brown Drive, Red Hill, Horry County, SC, 29526, United States.

Chief Thomas Parker/ Old Cheraw was born in 1688 in Cheepoake Creek, West of Dismal Swamp, Va, Land Grant of 1450 Acres, moved to Tabb Creek . His parents were Chief Richard Parker, of Cranny Creek and Elizabeth (Gibson ) Parker / Old Cheraw. He was a Regulator of Licenced Trade at Trader's Path, Edgecombe, NC .

Children of Richard Parker Thomas -  b. about 1645, possibly in Nansemond Co., VA; d. after 1704, VA. See the T. Parker narrative. Richard - b. about 1653/4, probably in Nansemond Co., VA; d. after 1714, Nansemond Co., VA. Francis - d. Parker's Creek, Nansemond Co., VA. Resided in that portion of Nansemond Co., VA which later became part of NC. Granted land in the 1681 transfer of the land of Richard PARKER to his sons. On Apr. 16, 1683, twenty acres in Upper Parrish of Nansemond Co., VA near Hood's Neck was granted to Francis PARKER, being previously granted "to his father, Richard Parker." In the 1704 Quit Rent Roll of Nansemond Co., VA, he is listed as having paid tax on 170 acres. Son of Francis PARKER: Francis, Jr. (on 1704 Quit Rent Roll). http://www.smlawsonkinnexions.com/smlawson/parkerr.htm

Thomas married Elizabeth Smith, Cheraw. Together they had the following children: Richard Parker; Elizabeth (Parker) Hunter-King /Old Cheraw.

Thomas married Lucy (Vick) Parker/ Old Cheraw By Marriage. Thomas married Winifred (Lewis) Parker/Old Cheraw, of Waggamaw River, SC. No children are on any primary source. The continuous leadership legacy passed to brother John Parker He died after 1790 in Re-granted lands passed on by, deed to John Parker via, Moses Floyd's original lands of the previous owner Moses Floyd , and than Thomas Parker, the "Chief of Churrah" was buried in Brown Swamp, Horry County, SC.

In 1752, a Thomas Parker was granted land on Tabb's Creek adjoining lands of William Eaton and William Chavis, another individual who seems to have been of partial Indian ancestry. There are still Parkers of Indian descent living in that area near the town of Kittrell.

https://archive.org/stream/historyofoldcher00gregrich#page/n5/mode/1up

Date of Birth Time Line: Had to be at least born by 1680 due to marriages on record

Thomas Parker’s land in Gates Co went to his Saponi Parker kin, Samuel Parker and descendants still live there to this day; also from Stephen Parker. The Chief of the Catawba went north and the Chief of the "Churrah" went to the Gates/Granville Co area of Eaton and onto the the specific area of the John Parker re-reservation grant on the Little PeDee in SC before removint in 1810 to Mississippi Territory after the fail of the Kingston Co Court Petiton for more fair treatment for FPOC. The Samuel and Stephen Parker descendants still have Saponi named Parkers of Gates Co to this day. Thomas Parker "Chief of Churrah" was born about c.1705 in the Coropeake Churrah Lands and d. 1792 in what became Horry Co in Honey Swamp. His mother was listed as a tithable and his sister,a tithable on the same tax roll as he in 1790 in Gates county [http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/gates/cen_1790_headsoffamilies.html] where he flipped his fee simple land of many acres granted to him by Gov Johnston to relocate in Horry Co, where he received 1540 acres as a grant for native reserve to restore the earlier removal in 1710 to Urashaw.Creek on the Meherrin before most being hauled to a small pox camp in Charleston, 1724. Then the were drafted for two wars and before this PeDee grant came through. But the nephews and nieces keeping the name Old Cheraw had to move West to IT.
A. Thomas Parker’s and in Gates Co went to his Saponi Parker descendants, Samuel Parker per the report by Forest Hazel, who also reported that the Chief of the Catawba went north and the Chief of the Charraw went to the Gates/Granville Co area of Eaton, with known Saponi. B. n Horry Co. Historical Society website which lists the information: “The Nottoway and Ginkaskin of Virginia were all counted as "free colored" in 1830, even the ones still living on what was left of their reservation lands. The Meherrin, Chowan, and Saponi descendants of North Carolina were all listed as "Mulattos" or, simply, "colored," after moving off their reservations and adopting European names and lifestyles. In some cases this was a deliberate effort on the part of non-Indians to forestall any effort to reclaim land; in other cases it was simply a matter of the Indian people no longer seeming like "real" Indians in the eyes of their neighbors after losing so much of traditional culture.” ~~~~Forest Hazel, Historia-

The Horry Co Historical Society has a section which posts the Dimery Settlers land grants. The original land grants -- source --[https://rla.unc.edu/dig/html/part6/ref_dk.html] "By 1754, at least one group of 30-40 Saponi had traveled to North Carolina and settled on the lands of William Eaton, where they were enumerated in the Colonial Records of North Carolina (Saunders 1968)."Forest Hazel, Historian

Thomas Parker was also in the Pan NA encampment of Chief Men of the Nottoway once the Cherokee Wars ended.   The small Ketaway contingient of Cheraw Town on the map is different than this group of self termed, Old Cheraw,  who did not stay with the Catawba had as the censused on the map from Cheraw Town near  their leader, Chief John Harris - King of the Cheraw Indians  

This is also a different group than those who self termed as Melungeon. 

http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/melungeon/21242/ Prehistory to 1785 - http://hendersonheritage.com/prehistory-to-1785/ THIS group was the group awarded bounty land over at a specific land, mapped at where the Little PeDee State Park is today, below the area called the Lumbar River, adjoining Rogers's land.  (See Media Section). 

+ THOMAS PARKER b: Abt 1672 d: Abt 1734 *Thomas, Sr. Nansemond (later becoming Chowan Co) NC Grantee(s): not the same as Thomas Parker of Upper Chippoke River This one is Thomas brother to , Francis, and Richard of Bennett's Creek - tithables ( picture proof, in Surry Co records) who come from · Thomas, Sr. Nansemond (later becoming Chowan Co) NC Grantee(s): ', son of Richard Parker d. before 1681. The three sons of Richard Parker dec’d. Description: 1420 acres. Source: Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (v.1 & 2 p.1-719), p. 93 (Reel 7). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Subject - Personal Parker, Francis. Grantee; Parker, Thomas; Parker,' Richard. -- Registration and transfer -- Va -- Nansemond Co. - Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774. LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives. Title grant 23 April 1681. Location: Nansemond County. Grantee(s): http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=93&last=&g_p... Patent System Number 000803937 Virginia State Land Office, Patent Book 7 1679-1689, pages 93-94 [By a series of boundary changes, portions of the described land was successively in Nansemond Co., VA, Chowan Co., NC in 1728, Hertford Co., NC in 1759 and Gates Co., NC in 1779. In terms of a modern map, the land was located on the western edge of the

Great Dismal Swamp, near the present town of Corapeake, Gates Co., NC.] To all people, etc. whereas, etc.... Now know ye that I, the said Sr. Henry Chisheley, Kt., his Majesties Deputy Governor, do give and grant unto Thomas, Richard and Frances Parker, the three sons of Richard Parker, dec'd. one thousand four hundred and twenty acres of land on the marsh adjoining, lying and being in the southern branch of Nansemond,

beginning at a red oak standing on a point to the northward of Cranny Creek mouth and opposite to a small island called Cranny Isle and at Crain's enhancing, thence running down by the main branch side according to the several curvings and windings of the said branch 'till it comes to a great decayed white oak standing a little above the creek's mouth which is called '''Parker's Creek'''; thence south east crossing over the said creek twice and extending three hundred and twenty poles to John Small his own white oak, thence south west one hundred and eighty four poles to a small white oak being the beginning head of the Cross Swamp Patent and runs the due courses of the said Patent First east north east two hundred poles to a small Gum, thence south south east three hundred and twenty poles to a small Ash by a Gum in a great Reedy Pocoson or inland swamp thence west south west two hundred poles to a small Gum thence north north west one hundred and sixty four poles to a marked Gum standing by a branch being in the head line of Hood neck patent thence south west by west one hundred and forty six poles to a white oak standing by and towards the head of Cranny Creek. Thence down by or nigh the said creek side to the mouth thereof and thence as the southern branch runs down to the first mentioned red oak including the said quantity three hundred acres as hereof being formerly granted to William Hatfield by the two patents, the one for two hundred the other for one hundred acres dated the 24th August 1638 and four hundred and sixty acre of the said land formerly granted unto Randall Crews by patent dated the 9th September 1648 all which by deeds and surrendered became the proper right of Richard Parker, Senr., dec'd. and four hundred acres more of the said land was formerly granted to the said Richard Parker, Senr. by patent the 18th March 1662, and one hundred acres more being greatest marsh also formerly granted to Richard Parker and of the now Patentees, by patent dated the 24th. February 1675/6, all which by the said patents and their father's will being now the right and in possession of the said T'''homas, Richard and Francis Parker''' the one hundred sixty acres residue, being over plus lands and march found to be contained within the said bounds and due by me for the transportation of four persons, etc. To have and to hold, etc. To be held, etc., yielding, etc. priviledge dated the 23rd day of April Anno Domini 1681. Ann Crosdell George Dobson William Hendly Thomas Northern.