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