Hi Karen, Noticed nobody replied to this - at least not on list. This appears to be Thomas Kings trial at the old Bailey in 1820 - http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18200628-25-defend289&div=t18200628-25#highlight Might lead to a few clues in England ? ?. Newspaper article in 1840 under the heading "Robbery at Messer William Campbell and Co.", Thomas King is titled "An African" presumably this was the offence that sent him to Port Arthur. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/66016690?searchTerm="Thomas King (an African)"&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc There's page on Ancestry titled 1849 for Thomas King per Countess of Harcourt that said he received a Ticket of Leave in that year?? Appears his wife Kezzia/h had a child with another man, John Carter that was born and died in 1843 - Jane Carter https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35346-87-97?cc=2125029&wc=M7HL-138:387524001,387523702,387540001 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-35345-15239-53?cc=2125029&wc=M7HG-6TG:387524001,387590301,387678901 Doesn't really give you much about him but might lead to something... Cheers, Peter On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Karen via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello, > I am hoping someone can help me with this? I am looking for Thomas King > born about 1800. He was supposedly a black African, came out on the > Countess of Harcourt 28/6/1820, No. 127. > > Married 15/1/1835 to Kezia Allen at Georgetown, Tasmania. He received a > conditional pardon in 1836 but re offended, sent to Port Aurthur. > > He had 3 children with Kezia. Cant find him after that? any suggestions? > > Would like to find out where he was born, if he was African and what > happened to him after 1840? > > Regards, > > Karen S > Hoppers Crossing, > Victoria > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >