To add to the discussion on the "King" surname.. Several members of the Walter King family of Kingston (Roane County) Tennessee passed through Jackson in the early years. They were brothers of Martha D. King, first wife of then-Col. (later Major-General) William Arnold. William Arnold was a soldier, lawyer, and one of the first Commissioners for the city of Jackson. Walter King (abt 1764 to 1830) was a socially prominent and wealthy citizen of Kingston in Roane County; in 1795, he had married Nancy "Patsy" Sevier (1779 to abt 1830), the daughter of General and Governor John Sevier of Tennessee, and Sevier's first wife, Sarah Hawkins. William Arnold married Martha D. King, August 17, 1819, R. Richards, M.G. (see also: E.M. Wells, "History of Roane Co., TN", p. 92: Aug-17-1819. William Arnold and Martha D. King, bondmen William Arnold and Rufus F. King). A contemporary Jackson, TN, newspaper item recorded Martha's death, about September 2, 1824: Jackson Gazette, No. 15, Vol. 1, Saturday, Sept. 4, 1824 "Died, on Thursday last, Mrs. MARTHA D. ARNOLD, consort of Col. WM. ARNOLD of this place and daughter of Mr. WALTER KING, of East Tennessee." Many of William Arnold's kinsmen also located in Madison County. From Roane County, Tennessee, Rufus F. King, bondsman for the marriage of William to Martha King, was an early settler there, and would later move to Gibson County: "Knoxville Register," 1825, Vol. 10, #471, 19 August: "Married on Tuesday eve the 2nd inst., in Madison County, Western District, Rufus King, Esq., of Jackson, formerly of Roane Co.,to Miss Nancy Gibson, daughter of the late Col. John H. Gibson of the former county." Also, brother-in-law Austin Augustus King practiced law for a while in Jackson, before moving to Missouri, where he would be elected Governor.