Rachel Plummer was a member of the Parker clan that settled on the frontier of the "Comancheria" in Texas in the 1830s. She was captured at Parker's Fort¹ by a Native American raiding party, mostly Comanche, on May 19, 1836 at the age of seventeen during what has come to be called the "Fort Parker massacre" near present-day Groesbeck, Texas. Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Events and Trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony Croquet invented in Ireland Railroad construction begins in earnest in the United States Egba refugees fleeing the Yoruba civil wars found the city of Abeokuta in south-west Nigeria... An Aani (Atsina) named Assiniboin Boy. ... October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... The Fort Parker massacre was an event in 1836 in which members of the pioneer Parker family were killed in a raid by Native Americans. ... Groesbeck is a city located in Limestone County, Texas. ...

Rachel was born March 22, 1819 in Illinois to James W. Parker and Martha (Patsey) Duty. She married L.T.M. Plummer, and gave birth to the first child born at the Parker's fort, James Pratt Plummer, on January 6, 1835. On the day of the Comanche raid, the 16-month-old was captured along with his mother, who was three months pregnant, but they were soon separated, never to see one another again. Six months later, she gave birth to her second child, but the Comanche killed the infant when six weeks old. Rachel was in captivity for 21 months before she was finally ransomed and reunited with her husband, afterward publishing an account of her ordeal. She died March 19, 1839. Young James Pratt Plummer was eventually ransomed in late 1842. 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• [1] - Texas Day by Day: February 19, 1838

References

• Frontier Blood: the Saga of the Parker Family, by Jo Ella Powell Exley
• The Handbook of Texas Online

Footnotes

• 1. Parker's Fort is used rather than Fort Parker to distinguish it as a non-military fortification.