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- This name for Andrews wife was first obtained by Carol Jane Sancus King. She found the information in a book written by Ina King. When Carol contacted Ina all Ina could remember at that time is that she believed that she found this information on a marriage certificate. The name of the book is Walker-King and Connecting Families - Who's Who.
I do believe this explains the confusion between the names Lucinda and Cynthia, indicating that Andrew had two wives.
Further information goes to support the above stated fact regarding the confusion of the two wives. On the home page of Carolyn Murry there is the following entry for Andrew Jackson:
Andrew Jackson King, born 1818 in Sevier County, Tennessee; died March 15, 1891 in Sevier County, Tennessee; married (1) Lucinda Lawrence Abt. 1838 in Sevier County, Tennessee; married (2) Cynthia Rainwater Abt. 1855.
Documentation on this is somewhat difficult due to the fact that the Sevier County Courthose burned to the ground in 1856.
North Carolina is the place of birth that we believe to be correct but we are listing it as Tennessee as to be in accordance with the Census exerts shown above and in hopes of finding new information in the Family Finder searches. Dee Lansford lists given name as Lucinda and birth as Tennessee.
This woman under varied sources has also appeared as "Lucinda Rainwater(s)" "Cynthia Rainwater(s)" and "Synthia RainWater(s)"
On the 1850 Census she was listed as Synthia King, on the 1860 she is Cynthia, and as Lucinda on the ones of 1870 and 1880.
The following is the information on Lucinda for the 1850 census. The X indicates that she could read and write.
PAGE_NO LINE_NO LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME AGE BIRTH_PLACE
399B 36 KING SYNTHIA 27 TENNESSEE
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
36 208 208 KING SYNTHIA 27 F TENNESSEE X
One of the biggest roadblocks we had in the past in our family search is that of Lucinda Rainwater. Please see the marriage notes for both of Andrews wives and the personal notes for his other wife.
Cynthia was 3/4 blooded Cherokee Indian.
- The following article about Viola Clabo Henry that mentions Cynthia Rainwater as Viola's being her great-grandmother, and wife of Andrew Jackson King, She mentions that Cynthia was either a half-Indian or a full-blooded Indian.
Remembrances of the Past, Smokey Mountain Historical Society Journal, Page 31 Vol. XXVI 2000 Special Publication #1, Viola Clabo Henry
I was born June 23, 1903, in a big log house on Caney Creek, in Sevier County, TN., daughter of James N. and Ann Rauhuff Clabo. Grandparents were: John and Mary Jane King Clabo and W.A. and Sarah Atchley Rauhuff.
My great-grandfather, Benjamin Atchley started Atchelyâ??s Funeral Home in Sevierville. Other ancestors included: Rainwaters, Dixons, Adairs. The Clabos settled here in the early 1800â??s. There were five living children in our family.
We moved to the Bear Wallow, also in Sevier County, where some of my happiest childhood days were spent. We used to go to church, at Beech Grove Primitive Baptist, on Caney Creek, on Sundays. Weâ??d go visiting on Sunday afternoon. Preacher Giles Adams was the pastor then. We dearly loved him. Dad helped cut timber to build the first church building. He served as a Deacon in the church. My son, Shirley Henry, is the pastor there now. I have been a member there for 80 years.
Christmas time is another good memory. We used to get clothes for Christmas and one small gift. One dinner I remember was chicken and dumplings, dried apple stack cake and gingerbread.
One of my biggest worries as a child was not wanting my parents to get gray-headed. I just didnâ??t want them to have gray hair! Mother died young, so hers wasnâ??t gray and Dad died at age 86 and his still wasnâ??t gray. Mine is dark brown like his. I guess itâ??s our Indian heritage. My great-grandmother, Cynthia Rainwater King, wife of Andrew Jackson King, was either a half-Indian or a full-blooded Indian; Iâ??m not sure which. Iâ??m proud to be part Indian. They were the first Americans.
I married at age 17, to Simeon Henry. Giles Adams married us. We had six sons, two daughters. Four of our sons are deceased. We have 30 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren. Two sons served in World War II.
We lived on Mill Creek, now Conner Heights, when we first married. We moved here, Lower Middle Creek Road, sixty-five years ago. We rented the place first and later bought it. It isnâ??t the same house, but it is the same location.
My husband died in 1974. My daughter and granddaughters live with me now. I used to grow a big garden every year, but I made my last one when I was 80. I pieced my last quilt that year.
My Mother, Ann Rauhuff Clabo, died at age 38, during childbirth. Her twin sons, born stillbirth, were buried with her at Beech Grove Cemetery. Dad married Mariah Houser MeCarter, a widow with two daughters, in 1923. With Dadâ??s and Motherâ??s five living children, Mariahâ??s two daughters and five more children born to the family, we had a big family. There are six of us still living. Our families still get together every year for the â??Clabo Reunionâ?.
Iâ??ve seen a lot of changes in Sevier County. It used to be just farms and farmhouses. Now itâ??s covered with hotels and motels. There were just two stores. I donâ??t know hQW many there are now.
I am now 96 years old. Iâ??m in pretty good shape for the shape Iâ??m in.
â??I canâ??t see well. I donâ??t hear good. I have dentures and my appetite is poor. My hair, thank goodness itâ??s not gray, but itâ??s getting thin. I walk with a walker, and now my family has me in the â??electric chairâ??! I canâ??t get up and down without this lift chair.â?
Note from the interviewer: As she told her story, she had a twinkle in her eyes and a grin on her face. She has a great sense of humor and a very vivid memory. She remembers dates and people and places as if the events happened yesterday. We made a video of her as she talked. Something we will treasure. I am very blessed to be her sister, Ruby Clabo Hall
PERSONAL DATA:
Resides in: Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, TN
Birth date: June 23, 1903
Father-James Newton Clabo
Mother-Ann Rauhuff Clabo
Brothers-Charlie, Orville, Half-brother-Claude Clabo
Sisters-Ethel (Henry), Edith (Henry), Half-,
sister: Ruth (Shields), Martha (Franklin), Ruby
(Hall), Step-sisters Jane McCarter (Ogle) and
Josie McCarter (Brewer)
Assistance by: Ruby (Clabo) Hall
History is simply not what happened, but the way what happened is remembered.
- Sources:
Bible: Information from an old Family Bible, Char King Scott, Correspondence, (1998), "Electronic." Do not ask, I do not have a copy of it and can not get it.
Book: Carol Jane Sankus King, The King Family, (1999, First Edition).
Book: 'Clabo Family Tree', Gardner Clabo, p 121.
Book: Ina Walker King, Walker-King and Connecting Families - Who's Who.
Book: 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 142, 230, 263.
Census: 1850 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee, KING, SYNTHIA, 27, F, TENNESSEE, X.
Census:1860 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee, Cynthia.
Census:1870 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee, Lucinda.
Census:1880 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee, Lucinda.
Correspondence: Dennis W. King.Ftw, (5386 S SALIDA CT, AURORA CO, USA 80015).
Document: Marriage Certificate.
Gedcom: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 8, Ed. 1, (Release date: January 12, 1997), "CD-ROM," Tree #0642.
Gedcom: Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 13, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 14, 1997), "CD-ROM," Tree #2435.
Gedcom: Genealogy.com, LLC, World Family Tree Vol. 56, Ed. 1, (Release date: April 2000), "CD-ROM," Tree #1357.
Gedcom: Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
Gedcom: King.Ged, (Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001), "Electronic."
Journal: Remembrances of the Past, Smokey Mountain Historical Society Journal, Page 31 Vol. XXVI 2000 Special Publication #1, Viola Clabo Henry
Pedigree Charts: Ronald Stuart Sapp and Kellie Sue Sapp King, "Pedigree Charts - Sapp and King Family History," August 28th 1988.
Web: Carolyn S. Murray, The Carolyn Murray Family Home Page, (December 14, 2000), "Electronic."
Web: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "Electronic."
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Nathaniel Jackson King, I, b. 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States 
