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- William King was a native of Tennessee, born in Gatlinburgh, Sevier County, November 18, 1846; his parents, Nathaniel King and Sarah Ogle King, are deceased. He was listed in the Sevier County Federal Census(s) records from 1850 to 1880.
On October 6, 1862, he enlisted from his native place, as a private in Company H, 9th Tennessee Cavlvary, and was an active participant with his command in the battles of Blue Springs, Morristown, Bull's Gap, Greenville, Russelville, and Wautauga, Tennessee. He was furloughed from Knoxville, Tennessee, in the spring of 1865, for thirty days and rejoined his command at Rogersville, Tennessee, in May, of the same year; he was honorably discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee, September 11, 1865. His brother, Isaac, was a soldier in the late war; he also had several uncles and cousins in the service.
Mr. King was united in marriage in Sevier County, Tennessee, Febuary 17, 1867, to Martha Ownby, a native of that county, born Febuary 22, 1852; the union was blessed with nine (ten) children, namely: Sarah E., Louis M., Sophia E., Mary E., Isaac N., William R., John Lay I.,
Martha C. and James H. Mrs. King's father, James Ownby, is yet living, as also her mother, Sophia Evans Ownby (both parents now deceased); her father was a soldier in the late war; her brother, John Ownby, and cousin, Thomas Ownby (Unsure as to what Thomas this refears to), were also in the service.
Mrs. King was a member of the Baptist Church and a daughter of hers was or is as well. Comrade King drew a pension, was a farmer, and his address was in the Brier, Sevier County, Tennessee. Sevier County Heritage lists Williams death as November 06, 1933.
Sources:
1850 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee.
1860 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee.
1870 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee.
1880 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Alice Foster Blevins, Descendants of Nathaniel King, (November 27th, 2001), "Electronic."
Bird1.Ftw, "Electronic," Date of Import: Mar 10, 2000.
Death Certificate, Sopha King age fifty died 1925, parents Wm. King and Pattie Ownby, number #111...
Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995.
Dennis W. King.Ftw, (5386 S SALIDA CT, AURORA CO, USA 80015).
East Tennessee Historical Society, "Tennessee Ancestors, Tri-annual Journal," December 2000: page 165 et seq.
King.Ged, (Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001), "Electronic," Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001.
Nancy Grant.FTW and Correspondence, "Electronic," Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001.
'Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage', 1994, p 244.
'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 18, 88, 91, 252, 254.
'Smoky Mountain Family Album,' Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 95.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "Electronic."
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