Fort Parker

Built 1834 for protection from Indians. Named for leaders who bought first Predestinarian Baptist church body to Texas: Elder Daniel Parker; his father, Elder John; brothers Jas. W., Benjamin, Silas, John. Also here were Kellogg, Frost, Nixon, Duty and Plummer families on May 18, 1836, raiding Comanches killed Benjamin, John and Silas Parker, Samuel and Robert Frost and others; captured Elizabeth Kellogg, Rachel Plummer and son James, and Sila's children, John and Cynthia Ann in captivity, Cynthia Ann married Chief Peta Nacona; her son, Quanah, was last Comanche Chief. With her baby, Prairie Flower, in 1860 she was captured by Texas Rangers. She, the baby and Quanah are buried at Fort Sill.

Fort Parker is a historical marker in Groesbeck, Limestone County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 67 historical markers documented in Limestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 187 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.5641, -96.5476 near Groesbeck. The nearest cataloged historic site is Kelly, Mrs. C. D. (ZADA Jane Sanders Kelly, 1881-1968) (historical marker), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fort Parker Memorial Park, Bates, Seth H., and Groesbeck Independent School District.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5293002001. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.