Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856)

              326 wisconsin historical collections voi.ii pioneer life in wisconsin by daniel m parkinson in compliance with the request of the state historical society for my reminiscences of pioneer life together with my recollec tions of the winnebago and black hawk indian wars i herewith communicate an imperfect and concise sketch for the use of the society i was born in carter county east tennessee august 1st 1790 my parents were natives of shenandoah county in the valley of virginia and my father peter parkinson served under ool daniel morgan in the revolutionary war and on one occasion was wounded and about the close of that contest he removed to east tennessee where he took an active part in all public mat ters pertaining to that pioneer era in tennessee settlement he served under col john tipton as a captain in 1788 in a sort of civil strife then raging among the eiast tennesseans growing out of a conflict of jurisdiction in consequence of the short-lived re public of franklin organized under the leadership of col john sevier it was mainly a war of words though some blood was shed before its termination my father died in carter county in march 1792 after residing a while in white county tennessee i migrated in may 1817 to the southern part of the then territory of illi nois and settled in madison county twenty-five miles east of st louis which town then contained about five thousand inhabitants