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William Riley King, Jr.

Male 1828 - Aft 1900  (~ 73 years)


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  1. 1.  William Riley King, Jr. was born Jul 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of William Riley King and Ellender Keller); died Aft 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 140, 237, 238.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    William married Matilda "Tildy" Ogle Abt 1845, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Matilda (daughter of Isaac "Shucky" Ogle and Susannah Bohanon) was born May 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 10 Sep 1891, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Sarah King was born 1847, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Nancy Ann King was born 1849, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1940; was buried Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.
    3. Isaac King was born 10 Feb 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 15 Jun 1937, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 16 Jun 1937, Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Susan A. King was born 10 Feb 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 May 1922, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    5. Mary Malinda King was born 14 Mar 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 30 Jan 1933; was buried Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. William Riley King, III was born 22 Feb 1853, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jun 1939, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. Nathaniel Wyley King was born 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1891; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    8. King was born Abt 1859; died See Notes.
    9. Lucinda King was born 22 May 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 26 Sep 1934, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    10. Matilda King was born 1863, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died Abt 1891.
    11. Samuel King was born Jun 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1932.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Riley King was born 1803, South Carolina (son of Nathaniel King and Elizabeth Runyan); died Aft 1880.

    Notes:

    Listed in the 1830 through 1880 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192, 230, 237.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    William married Ellender Keller 22 May 1824, , Blount County, Tennessee. Ellender was born 1808, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ellender Keller was born 1808, Virginia.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 192, 230, 237.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Children:
    1. Lavina Ann King was born 22 Apr 1825, Tennessee; died 22 Feb 1915, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    2. Lucinda Ann King was born 5 Jan 1826, Tennessee; died 24 May 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. William Riley King, Jr. was born Jul 1828, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Aft 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Banner Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. Nathaniel Wiley "Black Nat" King was born 28 May 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Mar 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Huskey Grove Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Nathaniel King was born Abt 1775, South Carolina (son of William King and Lettice Bland); died 18 Nov 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Nov 1843, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 70

    Notes:

    Nathaniel may be been born in Virginia as some sources list him (Dee Lansford).

    In 1804 Nathaniel King and his family migrated to Tennessee from South Carolina. Nathaniel King with his wife, two sons and one daughter stayed for a few years in McMinn County, Tennessee. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census there. The children settled in the Middle Creek and Wears Cove areas of Sevier County, Tennessee. They were listed in the 1830 Federal Census there.

    Nathaniel King has an entry for 100 acres of land on the waters of Middle Creek in the Sevier County, Tennessee. This could, however, be his son Nathanial as he was married that year. Further evidence suggesting such is that the land bordered his son William's property and was witnessed by his two sons.

    In surveyor's Book No. 1 dated in 1834 is the following:

    "State of Tennessee) "By virtue of Entry No. 1000 dated 7 day of March 1834
    Sevier County )

    "I have surveyed for Nathaniel King one hundred acres of land in said county lying joining the lands of Philip Roberts Sen

    "Beginning on a Poplar near a corner to said Roberts land, running then with Middle Creek S 68 E 60 Poles to a stake, N 59 E 94 Poles to a white Oak near the water fall a corner to an Entry in the name of William King, then with the same N 8 47 Poles to a white oak a corner to same, the with V[acant] L[ands] N 43 94 Poles to a Black Oak, S 70 W 102 Poles to a Black Oak and Pine on a Ridge, S 5 W 83 Poles to a stake & mulberry on or near the line of George Fox, S 38 E 25 Poles to the Beginning.

    "Surveyed 19' day of May 1838

    Wm. King )
    & ) C. C. John Mullendore, Cty Surveyor"
    Geo. King)

    Nathaniel King and his wife Elizabeth Runyan were listed in the 1840 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 35.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 229.
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.

    Nathaniel married Elizabeth Runyan Abt 1794, Greenville, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born 1779, South Carolina; died 6 Aug 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Elizabeth Runyan was born 1779, South Carolina; died 6 Aug 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 71

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee Census, there is an Elizabeth King age seventy one living with her son Wyly King age forty nine, and wife Margaret Adair King age forty nine. From the information gathered so far, Elizabeth would have been born about 1779, married about 1795 or early 1796, at age sixteen or seventeen. Her first child, daughter Lavina King was born about 1796, her second child son, Wyley King was born in February of 1798. Elizabeth would have been age thirty nine when her last child, son Andrew Jackson King was born. Elizabeth was about age seventy three when she died in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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    Reference:
    Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
    Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
    "Clabo Family Tree", Gardner Clabo, p 35.
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 229.

    Children:
    1. King was born Abt 1796, , South Carolina.
    2. Lavina King was born 1798, South Carolina; died 1870/1880, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Wyley King was born Feb 1800, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 11 May 1859, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    4. 2. William Riley King was born 1803, South Carolina; died Aft 1880.
    5. George Washington King was born 10 Apr 1806, Tennessee; died 19 Dec 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    6. Nathaniel King, Jr. was born 1808, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Bef 1900, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Cartertown Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    7. King was born Abt 1810, , Tennessee.
    8. Elizabeth Catherine King was born 1812, , Sevier County, Tennessee.
    9. Nancy Ann King was born 1815, Tennessee; died 27 Nov 1877, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 1877, Brickey Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee.
    10. Andrew Jackson King was born 1818, Tennessee; died 15 Mar 1891.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William King was born 22 Feb 1745, Stafford County, Virginia (son of William Valentine King and Elizabeth Edwards); died 1832, Henderson County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: JMPQ-2D

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 229.
    "The King genealogy and its branches...", Harvey Briggs King, 1897.

    William married Lettice Bland Abt 1765, Stafford County, Virginia. Lettice (daughter of Richard Bland and Letitia Scarlet) was born Abt 1749; died Abt 1829, Nelson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Lettice Bland was born Abt 1749 (daughter of Richard Bland and Letitia Scarlet); died Abt 1829, Nelson County, Kentucky.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: JMPQ-3K

    Notes:

    Probably of Stafford County, Virginia.

    Dee Lansford lists given name as Levina. Given name may also be Letitia.

    Children:
    1. Henry King was born Abt 1765, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
    2. Elijah King
    3. Elizabeth King
    4. Nancy Ann King
    5. George Rogers King was born 21 Jul 1769; died 24 Nov 1850.
    6. 4. Nathaniel King was born Abt 1775, South Carolina; died 18 Nov 1843, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Nov 1843, Mattox Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.