- There is confusion as to the name of this person. In a Deed of Gift from Josiah Parker to his children dated 7 May 1846 Josiah listed his children as Littleberry Sander (1814), Darius (after his brother), Samuel(after hisfather), Hilliard, Alfred and Mary Matilda.
The 1850 census for Northampton Co., North Carolina lists this person as Mary J. Parker, born in 1828 in Alabama. When the 1 Nov 1850 census was taken she was living with Josiah Parker and his son Littleberry Sander Parker and family in Northampton, North Carolina.
I believe that the Deed of Gift is a more reliable source document than the Census of 1850 and thus will use the Mary Matilda Parker name in these records.
Jim Hays 27 Apr 2010
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