Monument Marking the Site of Isaac Parker's Home
Date: unknown
Creator: Jon Vandagriff
Description: Isaac Parker (April 7, 1793 – April 14, 1883) is the son of John and Sarah Parker. He served under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Wars. He served in Captain Elisha Clapp's Company in 1836 and in 1841 participated in the Village Creek fight with the Indians in Tarrant County. He helped bury John B. Denton, who was killed in the fight. Isaac was a member of the Texas House from 1838-1841. He introduced the legislation creating Parker County. Senator Jefferson Weatherford introduced the bill in the Senate. Parker moved to Parker County in 1872 and settled on a farm eight miles northeast of Weatherford. He died there on April 14, 1883. The monument says: "Pioneer, soldier, and law maker. Born April 7, 1793 in Elbert County, Georgia. Came to Texas in 1833. Served in Elisha Clapp's Company in 1836. Member of Congress of the Republic of Texas 1839 - 1845; of the Constitutional Convention in 1845. State Senator. Died April 14, 1883, in Parker County."
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28213/
[A.B. Gant Land Locator, 1868]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: A horse-drawn wagon stands near a two-story building. The second floor is the A.B. Gant Land Locator Times Office, and the first floor is a store for Drugs and Medicines. In 1868 it was the biggest land office west of Fort Worth.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38305/
Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford
Date: 2005-08-07
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Parker County Courthouse, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5212/
Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford
Date: 2005-08-07
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, built 1885, architects Dodson & Dudley
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5211/
Street scene in Weatherford
Date: 2005-08-07
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Street scene in Weatherford.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5210/
James Powell Owens
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Portrait of James Powell Owens wearing the uniform of the Texas Frontier Guard about 1887-1888.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27785/
James Allison Owens Family
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: James Allison Owens, his wife Elizabeth Ann Buckner Owens and their family and many relatives. Members are listed on isert. The picture was made at the Owens farm near Riceville, Tenn.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27793/
Susan Doggett Morgan
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Portrait of Susan Doggett Morgan, wife of Oliver Loving. She was great-great-great grandmother of Tom McGifford's wife Martha Tate McGifford.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27798/
Roach Owens and James C. Owens
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Roach Owens, born Jan. 29, 1889 and James C. Owens, born May 29, 1894. The picture was taken in Colorado in 1895. Roach Owens as a child. James Owens as a baby
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27790/
James Allison Owens
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Portrait of James Allison Owens, father of James Powell Owens. He was born in Riceville, Tenn. on Nov. 26, 1866. He was the grandfather of James Couts Owens. He moved to Weatherford in May of 1894. He is buried in Weatherford Cemetery.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27796/