Parmenas Briscoe (January 23, 1784 - November 29, 1850) was an American planter and longtime state legislator in Mississippi.
[3] His family lived in Madison County, Kentucky, but Parmenas moved to Mississippi at the turn of the 19th century.
[3] He served as a captain[4] in the Creek War and in July 1812 was the general in the Mississippi State Militia.
[2][4] In 1850 Briscoe decided to temporarily move to California for the purpose of making money.
[3] Briscoe died at sea on the way home on November 29, 1850, on the steamer Montezuma near Acapulco, Mexico.