William King

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth
Marriage			to Mary Ann unknown
Death	after Nov. 1788
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

              Generation 7     Generation 8                Generation 9
 
                                                       +-- Unknown King
                                                       |   (????-????)             
                          +-- William King ------------+
                          |   (????-????)              |
              John King --+                            +-- unknown
              (1760-1820) |                                (????-????)
                          +-- Mary Ann Unknown
                              (????-????)

Children

(children John & Elizabeth possibly with Mary Ann unknown; Archibald & William possibly step-children?)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John King	M			Elizabeth Unknown (McCormick)	Direct Line
Elizabeth (King?)	F			Unknown McCorkle
	F			Archibald Crockett
	F			William McCullah

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Will of William King, Mecklenburg Co., NC Will Book D, pgs. 137-38. Signed 12 Nov. 1788. Names 4 children as Archibald Crocket, John King, Elizabeth McCorkle, & William (McCullah?); wife Mary Ann; sons John King and Archibald Crocket as executors; witnesses Eli Crocket, Julius Elliott, Henry (Downs). The date of signing this will appears to be 1722 or 1728 or 1788; however it is written in "Mecklenburg Co". which was formed in 1762, so we assume 1788 to be correct. Annotated copy submitted by Murphy Whisnant who notes: This is the earliest document of our King line in Mecklenburg County NC after Mecklenburg was formed in 1762 from Anson County.	Will Transcription
2	Mecklenburg County Land Warrants 1765-1768 by Philbeck, NCR 429.3756 Charlotte Public Library "Old Mecklenburg County" Land Grant, Mecklenburg Co. NC, 24 Oct 1765, #406. On 24 Oct 1765 William King,acquired 600 acres. On waters of Waxaw Creek, joining & between Archbd. Crockets, Robt. Kings, Robd. Caldwells and Repentance Tonsends Lines. Submitted by Murphy Whisnant.
3	Research of Murphy & Robbie King Whisnant, correspondence & interviews of Murphy Whisnant by E. W. Williams, 1990-ongoing.
4	Abstracts of Land Patents, Colony of North Carolina, Volume One, Margaret M. Hofmann , Roanoke News Company, Weldon, NC, (Library of Congress catalog 82-84112 : Abstracted from Patent Book 2: abstract #220 (page 42), William King, 6 April 1753, 257 acres in Anson County on east side of the Catawba River. abstract #661 (pg 109) William King 20 February 1754, 355 acres in Anson County joining Samuel McLeavenney. abstract # 886 (pg 140) William King 3 October 1755, 200 acres in Anson County on the N. side of the Catawba River, joining sd. King and Archibald Crockett Abstracted from Patent Book 13: abstract #4355 (pg 425) William King 21 December 1763, 300 acres in Mecklenburg County on E. waters of Clarks Branch of Twelve Mile Creek about 2 miles below William Givens Abstracted from Patent Book 15: abstract 5546 (pg 304): Thomas Patton 21 October 1758, 200 acres in Anson County on the E. side of the Catawba River on Mileston (?) Draught (which is)a south branch of Twelve Mile Creek near Wm. King Jr., including the rocks on James McCorkle's path, joining the knowl between two branches. (Also abstracted #6664 (pg 256)) Note: Mecklenburg County was formed from the western part of Anson County in 1762.

Source Notes

• No census found; it is probable that William King died before 1790.
• Even though the will of Wm. King names Archibald Crockett and Wm. McCullah as "sons", it is believed they were sons-in-law. Note on the 600 acre land grant that one of the neighboring properties belongs to the Archibald Crockett family.
• The land grant property on Waxaw Creek, also called 12-Mile Creek, lies in what is now Union County, which was included in the old original Mecklenburg County.