Parker David Robbins (c. 1834–November 1, 1917) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, among the first Black representatives to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1868–1869, and inventor from Bertie County, North Carolina.
He worked as a carpenter and mechanic and obtained a 102 acre farm in North Carolina before the Civil War.
After the Civil War broke out, he went to Norfolk, Virginia in 1863 and enlisted in the Union Army.
He was assigned to the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment, where he attained the rank of Sergeant-Major.
[1][4] He was a representative to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention in January through March 1868.