William Henry King

b 18 Jan 1832, , Sevier, Tennessee
d 09 Oct 1912, , Sevier, Tennessee
bur Wear's Valley, Sevier, Tennessee		William King
	Nathaniel King
	\| b 1775
George Washington King	d 18 Nov 1843
\|b 10 Apr 1806	\|
\|d 19 Dec 1857	Elizabeth Runyan
\|	b 1779
William Henry King	d 06 Aug 1852
\|Martha Jane Headrick
\|m 16 Jan 1851
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|
Rebecca Slaughter
b 19 Mar 1806	\|
d 15 Apr 1882

Children

1	<	Elizabeth Jane King
2	<	James Thomas King
3	<	Rebecca Ann King
4	<	George Washington King
5	<	Mary Manerva King
6	<	Martha Louisa King
7	<	Nancy Caroline King
8	<	Daniel Jackson King
9	<	Sarah Ellen King
10		King
11	<	John Wiley King
12	<	Hettie Texas King
13	<	Hulda Ida King

Notes

William Henry served three years in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a Corpl., in Company E. (some sources say B.) 2nd Tennessee Calvary. He served from 1862 to 1865. Two of William Henry's brothers, Bennett and Geroge were also in the Union Army. His brother Wiley was in the Confederate Army.

William and his family were members of the Missionary Baptist Church. The family lived all their lives on the same home place in Wears Valley, seventeen miles from the county seat of Sevierville. William served as Justice of the Peace for ten years.

Buried in Mattox Cemetery.

Source: 'Clabo Family Tree', Gardner Clabo, p 27. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 245. 'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 51. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 663. Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

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