John Parker (Continental Congress)

John Parker (June 24, 1759 – April 20, 1832[1]) was an American planter of the Hayes Plantation[2] and lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a delegate for South Carolina to the Congress of the Confederation from 1786 to 1788.

For other people named John Parker, see John Parker (disambiguation).
Monument to John Parker

Biography

John Parker was born to Colonel Gabriel Parker II and Mary Faith "Faithey" Wilkerson. John and his brothers, District Attorney Thomas Parker and Captain Matthew Gabriel Parker III, received the Bar in South Carolina 1784 and became prominent and well-known Attorney's for the state of South Carolina. In 1786 he married Susannah Middleton (January 1760 – August 20, 1834), daughter of Henry Middleton and sister of Arthur Middleton. Their children included Emma Angeline, who married Lt. Col. James Lynah, and had a daughter Emma Middleton Tillou, whose daughter also called Emma Middleton Tillou married Carl von Schirach.

He was educated in Charleston and England, and graduated from the Middle Temple, London. He had returned to South Carolina by 1778, and briefly served in the Charleston militia.[3] He settled on his rice plantation, and engaged in planting. He was admitted to the bar in 1785 and practiced in Charleston. He served in the Congress of the Confederation from 1786 to 1788.[1] He was appointed by George Washington as U.S. District Attorney; and in 1812 U.S. Judge for an interim by President James Madison.

John Parker was buried on the Hayes Estate, later known as the Ingleside Estate, in St. James' Parish, Goose Creek, near Charleston. In 1952 his monument was moved to cemetery at St. James Church, Goose Creek, for preservation.

References
  1. United States Congress. "John Parker (id: P000063)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. "Hayes Plantation - North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina SC". south-carolina-plantations.com. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. The Papers of George Washington: September 1789-January 1790. University Press of Virginia. 1987. ISBN 978-0-8139-1103-8. Retrieved 15 June 2023.


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