View source for John King

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!  || Date || Location || Notes || Sources
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| '''Marriage''' || 26 Apr 1797 || || to [[Elizabeth Smith (McCormick)]] || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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= Ancestry chart segment =

  ''Generation 6''                 ''Generation 7''                 ''Generation 8''
  
                                                        +-- [[William King]]
                                                        |   (????-????)             
                           +-- [[John King]] ---------------+
                           |   (????-????)              |
  [[George Washington King]] --+                            +-- Mary Ann [unknown]
  (d.>1847)                |                                (????-????)
                           +-- [[Elizabeth Smith (McCormick)]]
                               (????-????)

=Children=
(all children with [[Elizabeth Smith (McCormick)]])
{| class="wikitable" 
! Name || Gender || Date of Birth || Birthplace || Spouse || Notes || Sources
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| [[Colin C. King]]          || M || ~1800 || ||  Synthia D. Hipp  || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| [[George Washington King|George Washington King]]  || M ||        || NC || [[Mary "Polly" Hipp]] || Direct line || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|  [[Argyle King]]           || M || ~1806 || || Mary [unknown] || || <sup class="reference"></sup>
|}

= Sources =
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! Ref. Num. !! Description !! Image of original

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!'''1'''
| '''[[Source:_1790_United_States_Federal_Census|1790 United States Federal Census]]''', Mecklenburg Co., NC, pg. 37 (from Ancestry.com pg. 19).  Household of John King has 4 males (2 younger than 16 yrs, 2 older), 4 females (ages unspecified).
|[[Image:1790 census nc mecklenburg pg 37.jpg|50px|left]]
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!'''2'''
| '''[[Source:_1800_United_States_Federal_Census|1800 United States Federal Census]]''', Salsbury Twp., Mecklenburg Co. NC. (from Ancestry.com pg. 1).  Household of John King: 3 males under age 10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 26-55; 1 female 26-44; 2 blacks.
|[[Image:1800 census nc mecklenburg salisbury pg 1.jpg|50px|left]]
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!'''3'''
| '''[[Source:_1810_United_States_Federal_Census|1810 United States Federal Census]]''', Mecklenburg Co., NC. (from Ancestry.com pg.3)<br>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.
|[[Image:1810 census nc mecklenburg pg 3.jpg|50px|left]]
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!'''4'''
| '''[[Source:_1840_United_States_Federal_Census|1840 United States Federal Census]]''', Mecklenburg Co. NC, pg 89, undated.  Household of John King with 1 male  aged 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 50-60, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, 3 females 20-30, and 1 female 50-60.
|[[Image:1840 census nc mecklenburg pg 89.jpg|50px|left]]

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! '''4''' 
| '''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; William J. King is 2nd child. Appoints brother Colin C. King as guardian of "my two youngest sons". Balance of property divided among "my three children". Executors Collin C. King & Stephen Wilson. Witnesses John W. Neel & Cynthia A. King
|[[Image:Will of George King.jpg|50 px|center|]]<br>[[Will of George W. King|(Full transcription)]]

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!'''5'''
|'''Quit Claim''' dated 10 Feb. 1826, signed by Arguil King, in which he, for the consideration of $100 paid to him by Colin C. King of Mecklenburg NC, releases claim to interest in the estate of "my half brother David McCormick, deceased which is now in the hands of Wm. M. McCormick".  Mecklenburg Co. NC Deed Book 21, p. 423
|[[Arguil King & Colin C. King Quit Claims, 1826|(Full transcription)]]

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!'''6'''
|'''Quit Claim''' dated 2 March 1826, signed by Collin C. King, in which he sells his own interest and that of Arguil King in the estated of David M. McCormack, dec'd.,  to Abraham Scott for $155. Mecklenburg Co. NC Deed Book 21, p. 423
|[[Arguil King & Colin C. King Quit Claims, 1826|(Full transcription)]]
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!'''7'''
|'''Marriages of Mecklenburg County, NC 1783-1868''', by Brent H. Holcomb, Baltimore, MD; from Ancestry.com.  <br>John King & Eliz. McCormick, 26 April 1797; William Conner, bondsman.
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===Source Notes===
The 1850 census from Cherokee County has not been linked explicitly to our direct-line Kings; a lot of the names matched up so I included it here, even though Cherokee County is quite a ways away from Charlotte.

===Research Notes===
*The 1850 census from Cherokee County has not been linked explicitly to our direct-line Kings; a lot of the names matched up so I included it here, even though Cherokee County is quite a ways away from Charlotte.
{| class="wikitable" 
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! '''R1''' 
| '''[[Source:_1850_United_States_Federal_Census|1850 United States Federal Census]]''', (township not listed), Cherokee Co., NC, page 109, lines 32-42, and page 110, lines 1-9 list several King families living adjacaent to one another.  RELATIONSHIP NOT ESTABLISHED. Name similarities are of interest; location is unexpected.

In the fist house there is a ''John King'', 49, married to an ''Elizabeth King'', 47.  They live with seven children: son ''James M. King'', 27; son ''Degall[?] P. King'', 20; son ''Daniel G.[?] King'', 18; daughter ''Lucinda King'',14; daughter ''Hannah E. King'', 12; son ''Andrew M. King'', 9; and daughter ''[unknown] M. King'', 6.  John, James, Degall, and Daniel are farmers. Everyone was born in NC.  

The next house on the list belongs to ''George W. King'', 26, an his wife ''Mary A. King'', 23.  They live with two children: son ''John V.[?] King'', 3, and son ''Zacariah T.[?] King'', age 3 months. George is a farmer. They were all born in NC. 

The next house on the list belongs to ''William King'', 28, and his wife ''Elizabeth King'', 26.  They live with five children:  son ''George W. King'', 7; son ''John F. King'', 5; son ''James W. King'', 4; daughter ''Susan L. King'', 2; and daughter ''Martha P. King'', age one month.  William is a farmer. Everyone was born in NC except for Elizabeth, who was born in TN. Elizabeth is illiterate.  George and John attended school within the census year. 

This census is dated 1 Jun 1850.
| [[Image:1850 census nc cherokee not stated pg109.jpg|50px|center]]<br>[[Image:1850 census nc cherokee not stated pg110.jpg|50px|center]]

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