| First white person born in Parker County - |
B.F. Reynolds born June 11,1854 near the Tarrant County Line |
| First Birth in Weatherford, TX - |
R.J. Norton born March 18, 1858 |
| First known Grave |
Maggie Lee, an orphan who came to Parker Co. with Rev. Pleasant
Tackett and his family was bitten by a rattlesnake and died
the next day. October 1858 |
| First Mayor of Weatherford |
John W. Curtis |
| First Aldermen of Weatherford |
Joshua Baker, J. W. Kearby, D.O. Norton and B. L. Richey. |
| First Recorder on Weatherford city council |
J.P. Layne |
| First Treasurer on Weatherford City Council |
Joseph Tucker |
| First Weatherford City Council Meeting |
March 13, 1858 |
| First Constable |
P.H. Hall |
| First Sheriff |
Joshua Barker |
| First Judge |
Robert Scott Porter (1795-1877) |
| First signer of the Petition to form Parker County |
Daniel Waggoner |
| First County Election |
Held March 2, 1856, with approximately 400 settlers voting |
| First Church |
Goshen
Methodist Church. founded by Reverend Tackett and family
and others. |
| First legal Execution |
Joe Williams was hanged in the spring of 1869 for killing
a peddler. |
| First Medical Board |
The Commissioners Court of 1874 appointed a board of medical
examiners for Parker County. The following were named to the
board: Drs. P.G. LaGrand, W.C. Milliken, J.R. Mackenzie and
J.B. Blanton. |
| First Motorized Mail Carrier |
Irl Lowry was the
son of George W. Lowry and Armilda Lewis Lowry and was born
in 1890. He took the postal exam at age 17 and received
the highest grade at that time. He bought a Ford Model
T to deliver the mail. It was the 1st mail delivery by
motorized vehicle. I do not know the date he bought the
car but did have it when he married in 1914. He later
transferred to working as a mail clerk for the railroad. |
