Daniel Parker (January 29, 1781 – December 3, 1844) was an early American leader in the Primitive Baptist denomination in the Southern United States and the founder of numerous churches including Pilgrim Primitive Baptist Church near Elkhart, Texas, the location of the Parker family cemetery.
Prior to moving to Texas, Reverend Daniel Parker served as a state senator in Illinois in 1822. In 1833, after a trip to Texas, he organized the Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church at Lamotte, Illinois, with seven members; the church was later moved to Texas.
Parker was elected to represent Nacogdoches County at the General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas. He was elected a member of the Fourth Congress of Texas in 1839. He was barred from taking his seat, however, because ordained ministers were constitutionally ineligible; President Mirabeau B. Lamar declared the seat vacant on November 18, 1839.
On October 17, 1840, at Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church near Douglas, Texas, Parker led in the organization of the Union Primitive Baptist Association, the second Baptist association organized in Texas. He died at his home in Anderson County on December 3, 1844, and was buried in the Pilgrim Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
THIS GEOCACHE IS IN A CEMETERY - DO NOT ATTEMPT AFTER DARK
At the starting coordinates, you can see the grave markers for Rev. Daniel Parker and some of his family members.
1. Look for the grave marker for the "FIRST PERSON BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY" What is her name?
Laura - N 31° 35.453'
Patsy - N 31° 35.475'
Rachel - N 31° 35.490'
Lucinda - N 31° 35.438'
2. Now find the grave marker for "DICKINSON PARKER" He was born in which state?
TEXAS - W 95° 35.274'
INDIANA - W 95° 35.213'
TENNESSEE - W 95° 35.291'
LOUISIANA - W 95° 35.244'