Member of the Tennessee House, 4th General Assembly, 1801-03; representing Greene County; no party affiliation indicated. Born c. 1768 in County Donegal, Ireland; son of Robert and Nancy (Aiken) Park. Came to America in his youth; was living in Greene County as early as 1793. Bought land at Rogersville, Hawkins county, in 1806; sold it in 1826, and removed to Nashville, Davidson County. Never married. Justice of the peace in Greene County; sheriff of Hawkins county, 1802-05. Died in Nashville on March 20, 1834; place of burial not stated.

Sources: Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, III, 87-89; Nashville Banner and Nashville Daily Advertiser, March 22, 1834; Goodspeed, History of Hawkins County, 880; Greene County Court Minutes, 1802-04, pp. 107, 113; 1807-09, p. 86; Hawkins County Court Minutes, 1810-21, pp. 456, 488; Greene County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1783-1796, pp. 285, 450.

Transcribed by Mildred Collins from published biographies of Tennessee Legislators, compiled and printed by the TN State Library & Archives.