Sorry that was Silas Wilson not a KING. And I know nothing about him either. Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <KING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 5:02 PM Subject: RE: [KING] King Roll call and collateral lines are Wilson and Kearny > Janean, > Please tell me more about this Silas King. I have a Silas King that married > a Silence Buck. She was the daughter of Isaac Buck and Sarah Hayward and > she was born 1778. I don't have any other information On Silas King's > family, but it sure sounds like maybe he could be the uncle that fought at > Brandywine? > Karen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janean Ray [mailto:JRay38@neo.rr.com] > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:20 PM > To: KING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KING] King Roll call and collateral lines are Wilson and Kearny > > I am looking for Phillip King and Mary Kearny m. 19 Aug. 1766. They are the > parents of Jane King b. 1768 d. 10 Dec. 1843 White Co. IL m. 26 March 1790 > to William R. Wilson b. 29 Jun. 1765 d. 17 Dec. 1794.....The Chinn Book has > several pages on which William WILSON and his family are mentioned, but the > author appears to not know his origin. The earliest document she has for him > is dated 20 Jun. 1795, Martinsburg, W.Va. Court Records [Berkeley County]: > "A[dministration?] of the estate of William WILSON Jr. [sic] dec'd granted > to Jane WILSON his widow and James KERNEY, they having complied with the > law. (James KERNEY was a br[other] of m[other] of Jane KING WILSON. Her > f[ather] Philip KING mar. Aug. 19, 1766 Mary KERNEY.) > > Looking for the Kings in and around the areas from Chester PA down through > Berkeley Co. Jefferson Co. Washington Co. Loudoun Co. ...... the lines of > counties through there. Once believed Chester Co. PA but am finding more > and more in Martinsburg Berkeley Co. at least for him. I believe his > family may be from Chester Co. PA > > Also seek Margaret King b. 27 May 1771 probably Union Co. PA to same > parents. She d. 2 Nov. 1854 White Co. IL m. 7 Feb. 1801 to Jacob Wilson b. > 16 Jun 1774 Chester Co. PA d. 18 Apr. 1843 White Co. IL. Jacob and William > should be brothers. > > Notes on Margaret > > Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, IL: historical and > biographical, Chicago F.A. Battey & Co. 1884 > Bio of John M. Wilson who became the first official of Richland Co. when he > was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court in 1841. He was born in Prince > William Co. Va. near Bull Run in 1811. His father Jacob, of Scots0Irish > descent, was born in PA. His grandfather Wilson fought in the Rev'n, was > wounded at Paoli and captured. His Uncle Silas fought at Brandywine. His > father Jacob was at Harper's Ferry in 1798? and served at the White House in > the WAr of 1812 under Col. William Washington. His mother was Margaret King, > whose mother was a Kearney, related to Gen. Phil Kearney > > Notes on Jacob > > Jacob was at Harper's Ferry in 1798 and served at the White House in the War > of 1812 under Col. William Washington. Jacob's father fought in the REv'n > war and was wounded at Paoli and captured. There should be a brother of > Jacob named Silas that fought at Brandywine. > > In 1811 Jacob and Margaret were living in Prince Wn Co. Va near Bull Run as > that is where son John M. Wilson was born. In 1824 they moved from PWC to > Jefferson Co. va. (W.Va.) and in October 1828 they moved to Illinois > reaching White Co. in December of the same year, where they passed the > winter at the home of a cousin Justice William Wilson who married Mary > Davidson. > > White Co. Probate Journal Vol. B. 1822-1844 page 165 has the following: > William K. Wilson > Administrator: William H. Davidson > 9 Nov. 1836 > Settle Distribution: Jacob & Margaret Wilson $50.78; Heirs of Eliza Boyd, > Dec'd, John M. Wilson, James L. Wilson, Oliver H.P. Wilson, R. Adaline > Wilson, Mary Shelby, Jane Wilson $25.35. > > Jacob's daughter Mary m. William B. Shelby > > Thanks Janean > > > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/k/king.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/k/king.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm >