In a message dated 8/5/98 11:47:08 PM, TomKingCA@aol.com wrote: <<Hi Folks: I have been trying for several years to define just which KING family in NC that my gr-gr grandfather Ephraim KING came from. I have noted from census records that some of his neighbors in Lincoln Co. TN were from ORANGE Co.NC. One was a nearby neighbor named Baxter KING, another was named BARHAM. Some of his neighbors were also from WAKE Co. NC. My ancestor, Ephraim KING, was born about 1785 in NC. He married a lady named Jane HARKINS around 1804, most likely in SC according to oral family history. Their first two children were born in NC. The family moved to Lincoln Co. TN around 1815; since Ephraim made a purchase at an estate sale of a relative named David McCANTS on 1 May that year in Lincoln Co. I have found data indicating that two persons with the name Ephraim KING served in the 1812 War from NC, one from Onslow Co. and another from Herford (sp?) County. There was also an Ephraim KING that served for one month with Col. James Ford's Regiment, Lt. James Hollis' Detachment, south of the OHIO in 1794. But my Ephraim was apparently not old enough to be that Ephraim, unless my birth date calculation, based on Ephraim's published age at death, is incorrect. Ephraim and Jane (Harkins) KING's children were married in Lincoln Co. TN and named: James G. who married Nancy SORRELLS; Andrew Jackson who married Isabella Emmaline MITCHELL; Martha G. who married Jessie NORMAN; Shadrack A. who married Mary D. McADAMS; Susan C. who married John HOLLY; Ephraim Carroll who married Sarah Jane BAGLEY: Eleanor M. who married William SORRELLS; Washington A. who married Theodocia E. BURROW Would appreciate receiving additional data on my KING family line. Will share data with others working on primary or related lines. Tom King, Sr. Tel: 619-451-3833 San Diego, CA. >> Hi Tom, The name of Baxter is much associated with a King family who settled in the Hillsborough area of North Carolina, very near the town of Chapel Hill. I have some data on that family, if you think it is likely that the Baxter that was near your Kings in Tenn, was part of the group. One of my distant cousins, Julia Royster married a Harkins in Alabama. The Roysters were originally from Person County, having settled there from Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The names of Barham and McAdams are also familiar names in the Person/Caswell Counties in NC. Person and Caswell were originally part of Orange County in the 1750/60's. There was also another branch of Kings in the Person County area; I have not researched that particular line; I have King family who were in northern Alamance County, which is just below Caswell and south west of Person. My problem is the name of Ephraim; I cannot find any data in the King lineages that I have collected. Have you found the name of Ephraim King on any of the tax lists for NC during the time he would have been there? He would be listed on that if he were 21 whether or not he had property or not. I believe that you have a pretty safe bet that your Kings did originate in this general area of NC. Best regards, John Fox Winston-Salem, NC