Argyle King

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Argyle King is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of George Washington King Son of John King

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1802-1810
Marriage			To Mary unknown
Death	after 1880
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 6                 Generation 7
 
               +-- John King
               |   (????-????)             
 Argyle King --+
               |
               +-- Elizabeth Unknown (McCormick)
                     (????-????)
                            

Sources:

Children

(all children with Name Surname

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Fanny King	F	1838		To
George King	M	1840		To either Cynthia unk. or Mary Todd
Thomas King	M	1843		To
Christiana King	F	1844		To
Mary King	F	1846		To

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Mecklenberg Co. NC	by 1840
Steel Creek Twp., Mecklenberg Co. NC	by 1850
Western Division, Mecklenberg Co. NC	by 1860
Paw Creek Twp, Mecklenberg Co. NC	by 1880
Charlotte Twp, Mecklenberg Co. NC	by 1880

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1810 United States Federal Census, Mecklenburg Co., NC. (from Ancestry.com pg.3) Household of Jno. King: 1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-55, 1 female 26-44, 5 blacks.
2	1820 United States Federal Census, Mecklenburg Co. NC, pg 8, undated. Household of Elizabeth King with 3 male aged 16-25 (including 1 male 16-18), and 1 female >45. On the previous line is the family of John W. King: 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10 and 1 female 26-44.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Mecklenburg Co., NC, page 89, undated. Argyle King is head of household containing 1 male age under 5, 1 male age 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 15-20, and 1 female 30-40.
4	1850 United States Federal Census, Steel Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co., NC, page 29. Date of census 17 July 1850. Lines 2-8: Agruyle King age 48, laborer, Mary age 40, children: Thomas age 7, Fanny age 12, Christinna age 6, Mary age 4, George age 10. All born NC.
5	1860 United States Federal Census,Western Division, Mecklenburg Co., NC, pg. 97. Date of census 25 July 1860. Lines 33-39: Colin C. King, age 60, wife Cynthia 58, children William age 19 and Pinkney 7. Others in household: Argyle King age 54, laborer; Martha Wilson 42, laborer & pauper; Sam'l. Hipp age 42 . All born in NC.
6	1870 United States Federal Census, Paw Creek Township, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Page 35, lines 39-40, and Page 36, line 1 lists Julius King, 30, married to Betsy King, 34. Also present is a Giles King, 64. Julius is a farmer. Giles is a daylaborer. Everyone was born in NC. Julius can neither read nor write, Betsy cannot write. This census page is dated 6 Sep 1870. Note: We expect that "Giles" is Argyle King, living with Julius King (son of Argyle's brother George W. King). Julius' wife was Elizabeth Freeman, seen as "Betsy" in this census. The ages roughly correspond to what's expected.
7	1880 United States Federal Census, Charlotte Twp., Mecklenburg Co. NC, Enumeration Dist. 109, pg. 34. Date of census 19&21 June 1880. Line 9: Argile King, age 78, resides at poorhouse, with 26 other listed inmates.
8	1860 United States Federal Census, Western Division, Mecklenburg Co., NC, page 99, lines 9-14 list George W. King, 23, married to Cynthia King, 21. They live with two children: John King, 2; and James King, age 8 months. They also live with a pair of twins, John Bissell and William Bissell, both 22. Everyone is from NC. This census is dated 28 Jul 1860. This George W. King is born about 1837; in the 1850 census George, son of Argyle, is reported born in 1840.
9	1860 United States Federal Census, Mecklenburg Co. Western Division, pg.38. Date of census 23 June 1860. All below born in NC. Record of 3 families in 1 dwelling # 275. Line 28-34 lists family # 293: Mary I./S. Todd, age 55, widow, personal estate $125. John, age 36, laborer; Martha, 16. (Next line is labeled family 294): William age 12; Mary age 9; (Irwin?/Jumin?) Anton age 7 male; Calvin age 5. Line 35, family 295(same house): George King, age 22, laborer; Mary, age 22. It is assumed that Mary, wife of George King, is a Mary Todd, daughter of Mary I./S. Todd. George would be born about 1838. He could be the son of Colin C. King, or of Argyle King, or more distantly realted, if at all.
10	Personal correspondence from Murphy Whisnant, husband of Robbie King Whisnant.
11	NC Troops 1861-1865, by Louis H. Manarin, Vol. V, pg. 53. Company E, 11th Regiment NC Troops: "King, Arguile, Private. Born in Mecklenburg County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Mecklenburg County at age 56, April 19, 1862, for the war. Present of accounted for until discharged on April 1, 1864, by reason of "chronic rheumatism & the natural infirmity of age.""
12	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.

Source notes

• Argyle does not show up as a head-of-household in the 1830 census. He was possibly still living with relatives since his first children are not born until 1838. He would be somewhere around 25-30 in this year

Conjecture

The 1830 census has a family headed by John W. King (3 males <5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 30-40). The male 20-30 could be Argyle living with a relative. This family does not seem to match with the later King families in our line.