Key Facts

Snapshot:	housewife
Parents:	234Jacob Duckett mother uncertain
Born:	6 January 1839 Paulding County, Georgia
Last known record:	28 May 1903 Floyd County, Georgia
Buried:	unknown

Alleged photograph: As of this writing (in spring 2021), several member trees on MyHeritage.com include a photo purported to be of 117Mary. Alex Phinazee's tree, for example, includes the photo. (Sorry, I can't provide a more direct link; MyHeritage.com is an opportunistic, garbage site that locks content—even content added by its own members for the purpose of sharing with others—behind a paywall). The images, which more or less seem to have been copied from one another, are invariably small and low-quality. So far as I've seen, no one cites a proper source for the photo or explains its provenance. If you understand the risks, but still want to see the photo anyway, click here to see a copy.

117Mary C. Duckett was born in the mid- to late-1830's (Estimates vary somewhat.) in South Carolina.1-3 Her father is 234Jacob Duckett.1 Her mother may be 234Jacob's wife Sarah Phillips, but sadly I haven't found enough evidence to say so with certainty.

The 1850 census shows 117Mary with her family in Cass County (now known as Bartow County), Georgia.1

1850: 117Mary's family in Cass County, Georgia. Full page.1

117Mary married 118John W. T. Parlier on 26 July 1857 in Paulding County, Georgia.4 For more information about their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

118John mentions 117Mary passingly in a pension application dated 28 May 1903 in Floyd County, Georgia.5 This is the last record I've found of 117Mary.

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Division 12, Cass County, Georgia. Pages 120B and 121A, dwelling 298, family 298, Jacob Duckett household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 63. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DBB3-15B?i=41&cc=1401638&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYJ-YDX>, accessed 25 April 2021.

2: 1880 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Floyd County, Georgia. Enumeration district 69, page 30, dwelling 274, family 274, John W. P. Parlier household. NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 146. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB6-SHQ5?i=29&cc=1417683&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM8LY-8RL>, accessed 28 April 2021.

3: 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 919, Floyd County, Georgia. Enumeration district 116, sheet 13A, dwelling 249, family 262, John W. T. Parlier household. NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 196. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-661W-D84?i=24&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM3NL-M4L>, accessed 28 April 2021.

4: Paulding County, Georgia. Marriage book 1, page 187, marriage of John W. T. Parlier and Mary Duckett, dated 26 July 1857. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZF-5TZ?i=137&cc=1927197&cat=275102>, accessed 28 April 2021.

5: Georgia Archives RG 58-1-1, Confederate pension application for J. W. J. Parlier, page 2. Georgia Archives Virtual Vault, <https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/TestApps/id/242762/rec/1>, accessed 29 April 2021.