Parker family.

The stories of many early Euro-Americans in Limestone County, including the Anglins and the Parkers, are bound together with the story of Parker's Fort in Limestone County, Texas. The Parker, Anglin, Plummer, and several other extended families came to Texas from Illinois in 1833, and settled north of Groesbeck, Limestone County, in 1835. The small group built a fort for defense in case of Indian attacks, and concentrated on farming. On 1836 May 19 the fort was attacked by an Indian force of several hundred warriors, long understood by eyewitnesses to be Comanche Indians. Several Parker family members were killed and others were captured, but many escaped.

The few who were captured endured the loss of everything they knew. Different captives had different experiences. Eventually all of the captives were released and went back to their family in Texan society, but one girl, Cynthia Ann Parker, remained behind.

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