War of 1812 Records

Service Record & Personal Description

Born in Essex County, Virginia, 1796; died in Franklin County, Kentucky February 22, 1878. Enlisted in Army at age 16.
Personal Description: Height: 5 foot, 9 inches; Complexion / Eyes: Blue eyes; Hair: Dark brown; Occupation: Farmer.
Volunteered December 10, 1813 at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia for 3 months; served at New Point Comfort; discharged at Norfolk, Virginia, March 1, 1814. Served in Captain R. Tankersley's Company.
Drafted June 16, 1814 at Louisa County, Virginia to February 20, 1815 at Camp Carter, Virginia. Served under Captain William Jackson and Col. William Gray's 7th regiment. (Note: Here he substituted for Anthony Waddy. Robert Parker, a brother, was the original substitute, but he became ill and Warren served in his stead). He was in the Battle of Round Hill Church, Matacoss Ridge, and Kinsale.

Claim for Bounty Land (1850)

State of Kentucky, County of Franklin: On this 11th day of November 1850 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the said County and State aforesaid, Warren Parker, age 56 years, a resident of Franklin County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Warren Parker, who was a private in Capt. [blank] drafted Militia in the War with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812. That he was drafted at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia in 1814 for the term of six months and was honorably discharged at Mathews Courthouse, Virginia, as will appear on the muster rolls of said Company. He makes this statement for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which he may be entitled under the Act of September 18, 1850.
Signed: Warren Parker

Bounty Land Declaration (1852)

State of Kentucky, County of Franklin: On the 9th of September 1852, personally appeared before me, Warren Parker, who stated that he served in the Virginia Militia in the Company commanded by Capt. John Sizer, also in Capt. Reuben Tankersley's Company under Col. Sharp or Col. Green. He enlisted at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, December 10, 1813 and was discharged at Norfolk, Virginia on March 1, 1814. He further states that he served in a Regiment of Virginia Militia for 6 months in a Company commanded by Capt. William Jackson, as a substitute for Robert Parker. That he enlisted and served in the fall and winter of 1814 and 1815; discharged about January 1. He joined the Company at Camp Carter about 12 miles from Richmond, Virginia and served the time at that place and was honorably discharged as he states he was in all his terms of service.
Signed: Warren Parker

Declaration for Pension (1871)

Pension Office, Washington, D.C. – July 21, 1871
Warren Parker, age 75, a resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, states that he volunteered in Reuben Tankersley's Company at Caroline County, Virginia and was honorably discharged at Norfolk, Virginia. That he served in the above county six months, was drafted from the same county and state in 1813. Went to New Point Comfort and served his full time, six months. Capt. John Sizor was his Captain. After his return he volunteered in a Horse Company under Captain Dan Thomas Pitts from Essex County; was out two to three months; was at the battle with the enemy at Matacoss Bridge, Round Hill Church and at Kinsale; was discharged. Was a substitute in Capt. William Jackson's Company at Camp Carter, 12 miles below Richmond, Virginia. While there, peace was made. He has drawn a land warrant of 160 acres of land.
Signed: Warren Parker

Widow's Pension Claim & Approval (1878)

Claim for Pension (Widow): On the 21st day of November 1878, appeared Frances Careen H. Green, about 50, a resident of Franklin County, Kentucky, widow of Warren Parker, who served in the Company of Capt. Reuben Tankersley's Virginia Militia, War of 1812. He enlisted in Virginia, served over 60 days as private, terminated by honorable discharge. Warren Parker, in Franklin County, Kentucky, married on the 21st day of June 1849 by Frank Hodges, Baptist Minister of the Gospel, Careen Frances H. Green, who further states that her said husband married Sally Garrett in Virginia, and she died in Kentucky, Franklin County on January 7, 1849.
Signed: Careen Frances H. Parker | Witness: James H. Emerson, Eugene P. Moore

Acceptance & Details: Soldier Warren Parker died February 22, 1878 in Franklin County, Kentucky. Widow Careen Frances Hubbard Green (Parker) address in 1878: Elmville, Kentucky. She died June 9, 1882. Claimant admitted December 5, 1878 to pension, $8 a month from March 9, 1878. Approved December 13, 1878. Identity and marriage corroborated by Thomas and Betty Parker Hukill, Wyatt Parker, G. W. Hall, Napoleon B. Mefford, and Andrew Hostler.

Biographical & Burial Information

Warren Parker was a minister of a Christian Church holding the pastorate of Old Oakland Church at Elmville, also at Union Ridge Church and others in Franklin and adjacent counties.
The Warren Parker Family Graveyard is located on a hilltop overlooking Cedar Pike, Franklin County, Kentucky on the farm owned in 1954 by Rachel Bledsoe Newton Grugin, great-granddaughter of Warren Parker, and her husband, Paschel Grugin. The farm is opposite Cedar Grove Baptist Church between Stamping Ground and Elmville. Here Warren Parker was buried between his two wives: Sally Garrett Parker and Frances F. H. G. Parker. He was said to have been buried with his Bible open to John 3:16 and his Flag, both beloved symbols of his faithful service to God and Country.