This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pandjparker Surnames: Parker, Morris, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.parker/15998.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello, JParker 5248: I am not related to any of these Parker families. Your father, Dawson Albert Parker and his father Jasper Edward Parker, are two of a long line of well-documented Parker men who lived in Rusk County, Texas. Your great grandfather Edward S. Parker 1825-1904 came from Greene County, Georgia; his father William Parker 1791-1849 died in Greene County, Georgia; his father Richard Parker was born in North Carolina 1767 and raised his family in Greene Co. Georgia. To help you in your research, on his draft registration 1918, your grandfather Jasper Edward Parkr gave his own birthdate as November 25, 1883. He married Archie Ophelia Morris who also came from Rusk County, Texas. His Parker line migrated from Greene County, Georgia ca. 1853 and settled in Rusk County, Texas. Based upon the multi-tribal populations in Georgia and North Carolina prior to that time, a Native American connection (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, others) has been discussed but not confirmed. In Texas, their large Parker family grew, and the generations generally remained in the area. A few descendants moved to other parts of Texas, including your grandmother, Archie Morris Parker who moved to Scurry County Texas to live with adult children after the death of her husband in Rusk Co. Certain living descendants of the Rusk County, Texas Parkers described above have done YDNA testing, but to my knowledge, the results remain private. Those Rusk Co. Parkers have also acknowledged that Bonnie Parker was also a descendant of their family through her father. I believe that, based on public census records and vital records, you will ultimately find that you are related to these Rusk County, Texas Parkers. Perhaps based upon their mutual notoriety, undocumented claims have been often made that Bonnie Parker was related to Quanah and his mother Cynthia Ann Parker. Living descendants of the Comanche tribe in Oklahoma have also done YDNA testing, but their results remain private. Beyond sharing the Parker surname and living in Texas, I know of nothing that indicates a family tie between Quanah and Bonnie Parker. So it appears that there is no available evidence that shows you related to either the family of Elder John Parker or his granddaughter, Cynthia Ann Parker or her Comanche son, Quanah. Further research by others with more extensive Comanche tribal records might give you a different answer, but unlikely. Good luck in your Parker family research. Patricia Ross Parker, researcher P11 of Family Group #7, Parker Surname YDNA Project Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.