Welborne: Just got this.... King, John R wrote: > > Good-day cousins, > > I find the multiplicity of William Kings fascinating, and frustrating. > Every generation of my clan has at least one. > > To start with my William (Henry?) King (1)he is reputed to come from NC, > he was married to one Tamar Wallace, daughter of Luke Wallace and Hannah > Oldacres Wallace. William and Tamar settled in Mason County, Wva, on the > Ohio River in 1819. There they had 5 children, Louisa, Sarah, Winston > Banner, Preston, and William Henry. > > There are several families that were closely aligned with our Kings, and > on adjoining farms. Wallace, Wallis, Woods, Lockhart, Withers, Lanier, > Oldacres, Day/Deigh, and Sanders/Saunders. All of these families > inter-married, and some of the Kings, Wallis's, and Withers went on > together to the opening of the Oklahoma teritory, and into Texas. Many > of these associated lines can still be found in Mason County > > But my brick wall is William(1), family tradition says that he came from > North Carolina, but I have as yet not been able to find his tracks. I > believe that he and Tamar were married before first settling on the > Kanawha, at Red House in 1815. Tamar's, Oldacre line was amongst the > first settlers of what became Charleston, West Virginia. William was > supposed to have fought in the War of 1812. > > I hope that some of these names may be familier to some of You. We have > at least 3 William Henrys that I have found so far amongst my other > Williams. > > William (1), Winston Banner (2), David Samuel (3), David Augusta (4), > William Earl (5), John Richard > > Regards John Richard King > johnking@pasdex.com.au > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB - http://www.usgenweb.org/