Baltimore, MD

Elias Parker was born into slavery in Jefferson County, Virginia likely around 1828.With research supplied by Rosalind G. Bauchum in her book Elias and Lucinda Parker, The Case for a Civil War Widow’s Pension, we know that Elias’ friends and family, in affidavits given in support of Elias’ wife Lucinda’s War Widow Pension Application, cite various birth years for him, ranging from 1827 to 1849¹. The only federal document with his information, the U.S.