Wyley King

1798 - 1859  (61 years)

• Name	Wyley King  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Birth	17 Feb 1798	Sevier County, Tennessee, United States   [1, 5, 6, 15, 16]
  Christening	17 Feb 1798	Sevier County, Tennessee, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	May 1859	Mattox Cemetery, Wears Cove, Wears Valley, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States   [1, 5, 7, 13]
  Death	11 May 1859	Little Greenbrier Cove, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States   [1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13]
  Baptized (LDS)	27 Aug 1992  [1, 8]
  Endowed (LDS)	02 Oct 1992  [1, 8]
  Person ID	I33705	The Kingealogy
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	NATHANIEL M. KING, Sr.,   b. 1770, Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States d. 18 Nov 1843, Wears Valley, Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, United States (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	MARGARET ELIZABETH RUNYON,   b. 19 Aug 1779, South Carolina, United States d. 6 Aug 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	1794	Greenville, South Carolina, United States   [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 17, 18]
  Sealed P (LDS)	19 May 1995  [1, 8]
  Family ID	F23832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Adair,   b. 4 Dec 1802, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 3 Jun 1886, Little Green Briar, Wears Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1824	Sevier County, Tennessee, United States   [1, 7, 9, 13, 19]
  Sealed S (LDS)	27 Nov 1992  [1, 8]
  Notes	Married before 1825 is the date listed by Brian Engel. Sources: Alice Foster Blevins, Descendants of Nathaniel King, (November 27th, 2001), "Electronic." Brian Engel Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 13, Ed. 1, (Release date: August 14, 1997), "CD-ROM," Tree #2435. Carolyn S. Murray, The Carolyn Murray Family Home Page, (December 14, 2000), "Electronic." Dennis W. King.Ftw, (5386 S SALIDA CT, AURORA CO, USA 80015). King.Ged, (Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001), "Electronic," Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001. Williamson.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 26, 2002.
  Children	+   1. Mary Ann King,   b. 08 Jun 1825, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 04 Nov 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 72 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] +   2. Nathaniel Louis Wilson King,   b. 1 Jul 1827, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 1876, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 48 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Charles Wesley King, Sr.,   b. 12 Aug 1829, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. Between 1875 - 1921, Missouri, United States (Age 91 years) +   4. John Nicton King,   b. May 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. Between 01 Jan 1901 and 30 Jan 1925, Prob. Whitley County, Kentucky, United States (Age 69 years) +   5. Nancy E. King,   b. 05 Jul 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 11 Jan 1892, North Salem Township, Linn, Missouri, United States (Age 58 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]     6. _____ King,   b. 1 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 1 Jan 1835, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   7. Wiley Valentine King,   b. 14 Feb 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 3 Dec 1862, Louisville Genral Hospital, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States (Age 24 years) +   8. James Sylvester King,   b. 14 Feb 1838, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 29 Mar 1865, Adams General Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States (Age 27 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] +   9. Mary Elizabeth King,   b. 12 Apr 1840, Wears Valley, Sevierville, Sevier, Tennessee, United States d. 10 Jul 1897, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 57 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural] + 10. Sarah Malinda Ann King,   b. 13 Apr 1842, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 4 Jan 1914, Linn County, Missouri, United States (Age 71 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 11. Margaret Jane King,   b. 18 Jul 1846, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States d. 15 Jan 1909, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F1169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1798 - Sevier County, Tennessee, United States Christening - 17 Feb 1798 - Sevier County, Tennessee, United States Marriage - 12 Apr 1824 - Sevier County, Tennessee, United States Burial - May 1859 - Mattox Cemetery, Wears Cove, Wears Valley, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Wiley King may have been born in February 1793 in South Carolina, if so this makes him the first child of Nathaniel King and Elizabeth Runyan King. February 1793 and Feburary 1800 (Carol Jane Sankus King & Caroly Murray), South Carloina is alternate birth information for Wiley, also known as Wyley. Birth: February 1793 in South Carolina is the information listed by Brian Engel and the Smoky Mountain Historical Society. Sandra Staverman and Sam Williamson has the information as February 1800 in South Carolina. Nathan and Lizzie moved to Tennessee about 1804. Wiley married Margaret Adair, the daughter of William Adair and Margaret Ferguson Adair, probably in Sevier County and probably about 1825. (Almost all Sevier County records, including marriage records, before 1856 were destroyed by a courthouse fire in March 1856.) Wi;ey and Margaret had a family that consisted of ten children who married and produced at least 73 grandchildren, at least of whom 18 were grandsons who carring the King name. Wyley was listed in the 1840 through 1850 Federal Census(s) of Sevier County, Tennessee. Although the state of Tennessee seceded from the Union in 1861, East Tennessee was an area of very strong pro-union sentiment, and this was evident in the involvement of the sons and sons-in-law of Wiley and Margaret Adair King. They had ten children - five sons and five daughters. Of their five sons, four served in the Union Forces during the Civil War, and two died while serving. Of their five daughters, three had spouses who died while serving with the Union forces during the War. Including subsequent remarriages of their daughters, Wiley and Margaret Adair King had seven sons-in-law, of whom six served int he Union military forces. In total, Wiley and Margaret Adair King had twelve sons and sons-in-law. Ten served with the Union forces during the War. Five of those men - half of those who served - died while in the military. Wiley King and his family are reasonably well-known because in 1853 he purchased land at Little Greenbrier Cove, Sevier County, in what is now the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He build a log home on this land, which was almost completed by the time of his death in 1859. The log cabin is now known as the Walker Sisters Cabin and after Wiley's death, went through much, including a law suit between members of the family over the disposition of the land and the land being intigrated into the park. The home is still standing today. His youngest daughter and her family subsequently acquired the home, and five of their unmarried daughters (Wiley's granddaughters) remained in that home until the last one died in 1964. March 11, 1859 is the alternate date of death for Wyley, some alternate sources of death was lost in a merge, but is commonly seen. Brian Engel and the Smoky Mountain Historical Society have it listed as such. Sources: 1840 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee. 1850 Census, Sevier County, Tennessee, Wyly King age forty nine. Alice Foster Blevins, Descendants of Nathaniel King, (November 27th, 2001), "Electronic." American Society for Genealogy and Family History, Wiley King and Margaret Adair of Little Greenbrier Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. Bird1.Ftw, "Electronic," Date of Import: Mar 10, 2000. Brian Engel Carol Jane Sankus King, The King Family, (1999, First Edition). Carolyn S. Murray, The Carolyn Murray Family Home Page, (December 14, 2000), "Electronic." Dee Lansford GEDCOM, 24 September 1995. Dennis W. King.Ftw, (5386 S SALIDA CT, AURORA CO, USA 80015). Genealogy.com, LLC, World Family Tree Vol. 56, Ed. 1, (Release date: April 2000), "CD-ROM," Tree #1357. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies', Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 663. Ina Walker King, Walker-King and Connecting Families - Who's Who. 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. Sandra Staverman 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 34. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 230, 232. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "Electronic." Williamson.FTW, Date of Import: Jan 26, 2002.

  
  

• Sources

  [S220] Gedcom: King.Ged, (Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001). [S41] Gedcom: Bird1.FTW. Date of Import: Mar 10, 2000 [S240] Nancy Grant.FTW and Correspondence. Date of Import: Dec 13, 2001 [S295] Web: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [S343] Genealogy.com, LLC, Broderbund WFT V56, (Name: Release date: April 2000;), Tree #1357. [S300] Carol Jane Sankus King, Book: The King Family, (1999, First Edition). [S294] Carolyn S. Murray, Web: The Carolyn Murray Family Home Page, (December 14, 2000). [S107] Dennis W. King, Gedcom: Dennis W. King.FTW, (Location: 5386 S Salida CT, Aurora CO, USA 80015;). [S110] Alice Foster Blevins, Descendants of Nathaniel King, (Name: November 27th, 2001;). [S316] American Society for Genealogy and Family History, Wiley King and Margaret Adair of Little Greenbrier Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. [S11] Census: 1850 Federal Census, Sevier County, Tennessee, Wyly King age forty nine. [S309] Ina Walker King, Book: Walker-King and Connecting Families - Who's Who. [S323] Gedcom: Winch.FTW. Date of Import: Jan 26, 2002 [S323] Gedcom: Winch.FTW. Date of Import: Feb 2, 2006 [S41] Gedcom: Bird1.FTW. [S240] Nancy Grant.FTW and Correspondence. [S104] Debbie Ferguson, Gedcom: Debbie Ferguson's Geds. [S342] Genealogy.com, LLC, Broderbund WFT V51, (Name: Release date: February 2000;), Tree #1298. [S336] Brøderbund Software, Inc., Broderbund World Family Tree Vol. 13, Ed. 1, (Name: Release date: August 14, 1997;), Tree #2435.