Hello Tom and all, My Lincoln County + ancestors married into the King family. GG Aunt Susan R. Foster (1846-1896) m. James H King 1 Feb 1866 (Wayne) TN GGGG Aunt Susannah Broadaway ((ca 1785-?) m. Jacob King 3C1R Henrietta Foster (1904-1969) m. 5 May 1923 (Clay) AR Claud King (1900-1985) 4C Marcella King dau of above Any connections? Larry Foster Solvang, CA On Jul 16, 2006, at 10:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: > For Donald E King and Philip Nichols > > Hi Don and Phil: > > My earliest fully documented KING ancestor was Ephraim KING of Lincoln > Co. > TN. There were several lines of early (1700-1800's) KING families in > the US > that used Ephraim as a given name. I think I checked out about 10 > different > lines of KING's for a connection to my line of KING's who apparently > migrated to > TN by way of NC from VA. > > After many years of research on my early great-great grandfather > Ephraim > KING of Lincoln Co. TN, I have not been able to document exactly when > and where > my ancestors migrated to the USA. My best guess is that another > Ephraim KING > of long Island, NY, who was evacuated to the Boston area during the > Rev. > War, may have been my elusive immigrant ancestor to the USA. But, the > use of > Ephraim as a given name was very popular during the 1700-1800's in > the USA; so > who knows the answer to your questions? > > Oral Family history indicates that my KING ancestors migrated to TN > from VA > by way of Wilmington, NC and Lincolnton, NC. But I really don't know > when and > where they migrated in to the USA. > > Most of the genealogical information in my book, From Wagons To > Spaceships, > is about my southern ancestors. However, a few later generations > migrated to > northern and eastern US location. > > Several KING and CLOUD ancestors migrated westward, as did my parents > who > migrated to from AL to TX; then back to TN and AL where both died from > TB. I > migrated from Houston, TX to CA and several other US and international > locations prior to my retirement, then back to CA; and more recently > to AZ and VA > because of family health problems. > > Don, I am sorry I can't answer you question about my early US > ancestors. > > Tom King, Sr. of northern VA. > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >