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KING, Benajah, son of Benjamin, was b. ca 1788 Northampton Co.,N. C., d. Fayette Co., Ga. 1827. Richmond Co., Ga. deed10/14/1805 between Mark Wilks of Richmond Co. to Benajah King ofRichmond Co., recorded in Morgan Co. concerning 202 1/2 acres inBaldwin Co., Ga. Benajah was Justice of Peace in Morgan Co. 278thDist. in 1813. Benajah m. Sarah, b. 1788 N. C. who d. 1850-1863in Fayette Co., Ga. Deed dtd 10/14/180), Morgan Co., Ga. Deed BkA, p. 28-9, between Mary Wilks of Richmond Co. to Benajah King ofRichmond Co., land in 4th Dist. of Baldwin Co. Deed, Morgan Co.Deed Bk D, p. 356-7, 3/9/1815, Richard Burkes of Richmond Co. toBenajah King of Morgan Co., 202-1/2 acres, Land Lot 299, inMorgan Co. The LWT of Madison King names parents, specifying thattheir graves be taken care of, tombstones erected with dates atCounty Line Church in Fayette Co. Issue: George Clinton; Madisonb. 1820 Ga. m. Elizabeth Longino ca 1851; Elizabeth b. 1827 Ga.Fayette Co., Ga. Gdns, Vol. A, p. 11, Tandy D. King and CharlesCollins, secs. on bond for gdnship of Tandy D. King of person andproperty of George Clinton King and Elizabeth King, orphans ofBenajah King, 3/5/1827.
KING, Benjamin was b. 1768 in Va., listed on 1850 Fayette Co.,Ga. Census. Also listed on 1800 Northampton Co., N. C. Census.Issue: (1) Benajah. (2) Thomas W. b. 1787 Northampton Co.., N. C.,listed 1830 Henry Co. and 1840 Fayette Co., Ga. Census, m.Sinthia, b. 1787 in N. C. (listed 1850 Fayette Co. Census withher son, Thomas, b. 1822 N. C.) (3) Tandy Dix b. 1794tlorthalnpton Co., No C., listed 1830-1870 Fayette Co., Ga. Censusm. Rachel Phillips, b. 1796, dau. of Zachariah Phillips who d.Coweta Co., Ga. 1832 and his wife, Mary. Tandy was Pvt. inWilliam Patrick's Co., 29th Reg., Morgan Co. 1814. He attendedFayette Co. Convention in 1833 and was Senator from Fayette 1835-1836, and Justice of Inferior Court 1836-1841. (4) Henry S. b.1801 Northampton Co., N. C., formerly of tlorgan Co., m. 12/1817Sarah Zachary, Morgan Co., Ga. Jasper Co., Ga. deed dtd 8/8/1818,Edmund Bland to Benjamin King 202 1/2 acres, Lot 177 in 13thDist. of Jasper Co. Wit: James Phillips.
KING, William Henry "b. Oct. 8, 1817; came to Cass county in 1838 from South Carolina with his wife, Clarky Carolina Holland, b. 1822. Theysettled at Pine Log and lived there until their deaths. He died April 22, 1888. ...."History ofBartow Co. (Cass by Josephine Cunyus.
KNIGHTON, Samuel Ewing, son of Samuel M. (b. 1786 S. C.) was b.10/11/1825 d. 12/28/1901 Randolph Co., Ga. m. 10/30/1851Clementine Lewis, dau. of William Lewis and Ascenith Stevenson,b. 1/24/1836 Stewart Co., Ga. d. 7/30/1914 Randolph Co., Ga.Issue of Samuel: Georgia b. 3/20/1866 Randolph Co., Ga. d.12/20/1958 Lumpkin, Ga. m. 5/30/1897 Samuel Jackson Robinson, sonof Samuel (b. 17117 d. 10/1&6& Favette Co., Ga.) and Marv A. wasb. 5/31/1863 Ga. d. 5/5/1905 Fayette Co., Ga. Ref: Mrs. Annie R.Perkins, Lumpkin, Ga. (1912)