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 Parker County, C.S.A. Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 45.538 W 097° 47.817
14S E 612691 N 3625206
A memorial to Parker County, its history, and the soldiers sent from there to fight in the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WMGHF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2006
Views: 51
Address: College St. at Courthouse Square
City: Weatherford
Subject Codes: CO; CV;
Year Marker Erected: 1964
Marker Location: Courthouse Square, east side, College Street, Weatherford
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Repairs Completed: Refinish -courthouse square.
Marker Number: 3941
Marker Text:
Part of a colonial grant to S.M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1861 its voters favored secession 535 to 61.
Oliver Loving, a settler, was an official stock raiser, furnishing beef to the Confederacy in the Civil War. He and 18 other men organized a full-time patrol against the frequent, bloody Indian raids. Citizens of adjacent counties took refuge here. In 1864 three local men were charged with treason. One admitted inviting federal General J.G. Blunt to come from the Cherokee nation and give Parker County protection from the Indians.
General John R. Baylor, a local rancher, was an officer in the Arizona-New Mexico campaign to make the Confederacy an ocean-to-ocean nation, and after victories there became Governor of Arizona. He was in the Confederate Congress from 1863 to 1865.
Parker County sent the Confederate Army nine companies. Its Company E, 19th Texas Cavalry, served in Parsons' Brigade--which fought over 20 engagements in three years with considerable distinction. (1964)
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