majority status. In 1834, he and many of his followers left the United States and migrated to the Texas frontier. Texas was still part of Mexico and the government would allow no organization of Protestant churches in the region. Parker determined to organize a church before he arrived in Texas. The Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church was constituted July 26, 1833, in Illinois. It still exists today, near Elkhart, Texas, though as "Primitive" rather than "Two-Seed." Daniel Parker's name is almost synonymous with "anti-missions", but he was one of the important frontier preachers in Texas, leading in the organization of about nine churches in the eastern part of the state. Death He died December 3, 1844, at the age of 63 and was buried in the Pilgrim Cemetery in Elkhart, Texas; his wife Patsy survived him by less than two years and is buried with him. See also John Parker Fort Parker massacre Serpent Seed References Further reading Crowley, John G. Primitive Baptists of the Wiregrass South: 1815 to the Present. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999. Exley, Jo Ella Powell. Frontier Blood: The Saga of the Parker Family., College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 2001. Lee, O. Max. Daniel Parker's Doctrine of the Two Seeds. Thesis (Th. M.)—Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1962. xi, [98] leaves. Wimberly, Dan D. Daniel Parker: Pioneer Preacher and Political Leader. Dissertation–Texas Tech University. May 1995. (374 pdfs) ——. Frontier Religion: Elder Daniel Parker, His Religious and Political Life. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 2002. Online reading Texas State History Association on Elder Daniel Parker PILGRIM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH (Pilgrim Church, Anderson County, Texas) Savage Frontier, Vol. 1, 1835–1837: Rangers Riflemen & Indian Wars in Texas Memorial to Daniel Parker, by R. M. Newport External links Online Collection of Daniel Parker's major writings available either in PDF or HTML. A Public Address to the Baptist Society, and Friends of Religion in General, on the Principle and Practice of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions for the United States of America by Elder Daniel Parker (1820) 1781 births 1844 deaths American Calvinist and Reformed Christians Baptist missionaries in the United States American Baptist theologians Baptist writers Baptists from Tennessee Baptists from Texas Editors of Christian publications Editors of religious publications Hyper-Calvinism Journalists from Texas Journalists from Virginia People from Anderson County, Texas People from Dickson County, Tennessee People from Culpeper County, Virginia People