Margaret King

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1825	NC
Marriage 1	22 Oct. 1856		I. Drake Groff
Marriage 2	before 1860		John Readling
Death		Mecklenburg Co., NC
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5                 Generation 6                 Generation 7
 
                                            +-- John King
                                            |   (????-????)             
                +-- George Washington King--+
                |   (d.>1847)               |
Margaret King --+                           +-- Elizabeth Unknown (McCormick)
 (1825/30-????) |                                (????-????)
                +-- Mary "Polly" Hipp
                      (????-????)

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Children

(son with I. Drake Groff)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Jacob Groff	M

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Mecklenburg Co, NC	[1][2][3][4][5]

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1830 United States Federal Census, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Nat. Archives Roll 122 Pg 338; Ancestry.com pg. 53. Geo. W. King age 30-40; 1 male age 20-30; 2 females under age 5; 1 female age 30-40. This indicates that one daughter did not survive to the time of his will, 1847. The male age 20-30 is possibly George's brother Arguile, since Arguile does not seem to appear in the 1830 census, whereas his brother Colin C. King does.
2	1840 United States Federal Census, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Nat. Archives Roll 365 Pg 302; Ancestry.com pg. 87. George W. King age 40-50 yrs; children: 1 male under 5 yrs; 1 male 5-10 yrs; 1 female 10-15 yrs. Note: If Margaret was 15 in 1840, birth year would be 1825. She was 21 by March of 1847; see will of George W. King.
3	1850 United States Federal Census, Hopewell Division, Mecklenburg Co. NC, pg 7. Date of census 1st & 2nd Aug. 1850 Household of I. Drake Groff, 37, laborer, $165 real estate value; Martha Groff, 33; Mary Lancaster 15, in school; Lawson Myrick 18, laborer. All born in NC. [Margaret King was 2nd wife of I. Drake Groff, after 1850 apparently.]
4	1860 United States Federal Census, Western District, Mecklenburg Co. NC, pg 104. Date of census 2 Aug 1860. John W. Readling, age 42, farmer, value of real estate $1500, value personal estate $700; Margaret, age 33; Jacob Groff age 7; Sarah E. Killough, age 30, laborer. All born in NC.
5	1870 United States Federal Census, Long Creek Twp., Mecklenburg Co. NC. pg. 4. Date of census 22 Aug. 1870. Margaret Readling, age 47, value of real estate $500, value personal estate $200; Jas. R. Smothers, 18, works on farm, value personal estate $40; Sarah G. Smothers, 30, at home. All born in NC.
6	Will of George W. King from Mecklenburg Co., NC Will Book I, p. 102 (Signed 21 Mar. 1847). Names 3 children: Margaret, William Julius, & John. Gold mining interest left to "William Julius, my 2nd child". Appoints brother Colin C. King as guardian of "my two youngest sons" (ie. they are minors). Balance of property divided among "my three children". Executors Collin C. King & Stephen Wilson. Witnesses John W. Neel & Cynthia A. King. Note: If Margaret was at least age 21 in 1847, her birth year would have been 1826 or earlier.	(Full transcription)
7	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.

Source notes

• John W. Readling appears in the 1850 census in Cabarrus County, NC living with his parents. This suggests that Margaret married again after I. Drake Groff died. John W. Readling then died before 1970, leaving Margaret a widow for a second time. Jacob Groff appears in the 1880 census for Wayne County NC living with a wife and two sets of children but no mother.