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- Biography of Jonathan King, p. 7 states that Samuel King had one brother, Joseph and a sister, Elizabeth who "also emigrated from Ireland with him." Thus Samuel King was possibly born in Ireland but might have been born in Virginia according to JET
Samuel King served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Virginia--JET Also in Pennsylvania? -- LKL
Samuel King was grantee on a deed October 27, 1799 in Rutherford County, N.C.--JET
Pp. 87-88: 27 Oct 1779, John Kirkconnel of Beaufort Co., N.C. to Samuel King of Rutherford Co. , for [Pounds Sterling] 65 proc. money...land on both sides S fork Broad River, 200 A. granted to sd. Kirkconnel by deed from Andrew Neel, 28 Mar. 1778, and to sd. Neel by patton [sic] 2 Mar 1775... Jno Kirkconell (Seal), Wit: Wm. Gilbert, William Mills.
Place of death was Buncombe County but the part that later became Henderson Co.--JET
Samuel and Elizabeth were buried in the King Cemetery, Finley Cove, Henderson Co. N.C..
Samuel King farmed land in Bedford Co. Va. on which Matthew and Elizabeth Davenport lived. Samuel King married Elizabeth after Matthew Davenport's death. Elizabeth had two sons by Matthew Davenport born prior to 1768. named John and Glover. Son John was married to Rebecca Taylor. believed to have been the daughter of Caleb and Sarah T., presumed parents of Jeremiah Taylor (1774-1848) -- JET
Samuel King either adopted John Davenport or at least became like a father to him, as evidenced by John Davenport's language in giving power of atty to Samuel King. See the document transcribed in the notes on John Davenport. -- LKL
There are many conflicting sources for his date of birth; HERITAGE OF RUTHERFORD CO. says 1748, but his gravestone shows 1746. 1748 would be consistent with his stated age at death in 1828 of 80 years---JET
"The Heritage of Rutherford County North Carolina." Vol. 1, 1984
"Samuel King, Revolutionary soldier, continental line from Virginia and North Carolina, was also with Continental Troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Samuel lived in Virginia; Rutherford County North Carolina tax rolls 1782-85 and U.S. Census 1790: 5 males, 2 females; Buncombe County NC U.S. Census 1800. He purchased Oct 1779, 200 acres land including all houses, orchards and the improvements on both sides of South Fork of Broad River, Rutherford Co. NC. He purchased from the state of North Carolina, Rutherford County, Nov. 1790 on West Side of French Broad River, 300 acres of land, Henderson County now. Samuel and family purchased lands in Buncombe Co. NC on French Broad River and Mud Creek, the area of Flat Rock, NC now, west to French Broad River area.
"Samuel King was born in Ireland or Virginia (1748), buried in King Cemetery, Tombstone (1746-1828) Finley Cove Road, Hendersonville, Henderson County NC. He married in Virginia 1769 to Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood Davenport (1749-1825), buried in King Cemetery with Samuel King, (widow of Matthew Davenport of Virginia. They had sons Glover and John Davenport). Samuel and Elizabeth lived in Bedford County, Virginia; Rutherford County NC; and Buncombe County North Carolina. They had five children, four sons, one daughter all born in Virginia...."
"A Brief Biographical Sketch of Johathan King of North Carolina," by Caleb King, his 10th son
" Jonathan King, the subject of this sketch, was of Irish descent. His father, Samuel King, emigrated to America about the year of 1770, and settled in Virginia, where he married Elizabeth Underwood Davenport, a widow of excellent family and good standing, and the mother of two children, Elizabeth [Glover] and John.
"Four sons were the result of this marriage, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, and Benjamin. When these were small boys, Samuel King, with his family, removed to the western part of North Carolina, and settled on the French Broad or Mills River, in Buncombe County where he spent the remaining years of his life, dying at quite an old age....
"Samuel King, Sr., the father of Jonathan King, Sr., had one brother, Joseph and one sister, Elizabeth, who also emigrated from Ireland to Virginia with him; the sister having married a man by the name of Magoffin, and one of her sons moved to Kentucky. One of the descendants of that son was the last Governor Magoffin of that state..." Omega Scott Smith
The following was on the same page as, but apart from, the biography of Jonathan King by Caleb King:
"Samuel King, Sr. was a true and loyal patriot having served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Captain Peter Bryan Bruin's Company, 11th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Colonial Daniel Morgan and Lt. Colonel Febiger. He enlisted December 9, 1776 for the war and his name last appears on the Company Muster Roll for September, 1777, dated October 4, 1777, with remark 'Prisoner.' An inquiry directed to old records division, The Adjutant General of the Army will bring an authenticated record of the above. National number 141844."
Gladston Jackson of Flat Rock, NC has spearheaded a drive to restore the King Family Cemetery; he writes:
"The local King Family has struggled for the past 12 -- 15 years to gain access to their old family cemetery off Finley Cove Road. This Cemetery is the resting place of Samuel King St. (1748-1828). and his wife Elizabeth Underwood Davenport King (1739-1828).
"In 1775, North Carolina was the fourth largest British Colony. Samuel King served in the American revolution at Camp Valley Forge with George Washington's Army in 1776. He was taken prisoner by the British in 1777 and returned to Camp Valley Forge in 1778. Samuel King settled here around 1780-1782. The tax list of 1780 in Rutherford County and the census of 1782, the same area, then Buncombe County, then Henderson County, established 1838, all show Samuel King here. Samuel King and 11 other Revolutionary War Soldiers are listed by name on a large marker in front of the old Henderson County courthouse, placed by DAR McDowell Chapter Dec. 10, 1943. They won our Independence and Freedom.
"Also resting in the Samuel King cemetery is his son, Reverend Benjamin King, Sr., (1777-1841), and his wife Rebecca Shipman King (1777-1845), with some 40--50 others.
"Reverend Benjamin King Sr. served as pastor in some of the first Baptist Churches in what is now Henderson County NC:
French Broad River Baptist Church 1812 and 1815
Cathy's Creek Baptist Church 1813 and 1841 (now Transylvania Co.)
Mud Creek Baptist Church 1822 and 1841
Mt Moriah Edneyville Baptist church 1839-1841
"On October 8th, 1844 at a meeting called for the purpose the following elders led in the
constitution of the First Baptist Church, Hendersonville, NC: Thomas Strady, Jehu Chasteen, Merritt Rickman, William Hayes, Jonathan King (1800-1883) and Joseph Evans (1790-1869). It is interesting to note that seven of the fourteen charter members were from Benjamin King's Family....
"These brave men whose names were mentioned on the monument and their families should never be forgotten. They fought the British, the Indians, the frigid cold weather, and starvation, and established their homesteads here 50 years before the formation of what is now Henderson County, in 1838...."
Heritage of Henderson Co., NC
"Samuel King, Senior, 1746-1828, was born in Virginia. He was an overseer on a plantation in Bedford County, Virginia, owned by Elizabeth Underwood Davenport. She had two sons, John Davenport, 1764-1864, and Glover Davenport. In 1768 after the death of her husband, Matthew Davenport, she married Samuel.
"Samuel and Elizabeth's five children were born in Virginia...[She lists all children, their spouses, children, occupations, burial sites, etc. see under the entries for each child.]
"Samuel fought in the Revolution, volunteering 9 December 1776, and serving as a private in Captain Peter Bruin's Company, Eleventh Virginia Regiment of the Continental Troops commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan. The muster roll of this company on 14 October 1777 lists Samuel as a prisoner, but apparently he escaped. He re-enlisted on 17 February 1778, appearing 21 May 1778 on a list of the recruits of Captain Thomas Lucas of an Independent Company formerly attached to Colonel Malchom's Regiment, which was part of brigadier General Thomas Conway's Brigade at Camp Valley Forge. Samuel's entire amount of subsistence and bounty at the time of his return to Camp Valley Forge was twenty dollars.
"After the Revolutionary War, Samuel migrated to North Carolina. A deed recorded in Rutherford County and the tax list of 1782 shows [sic] he purchased two hundred acres of land from John Kuydendall on the South Fork of Broad River. Samuel received a land grant from the state of North Carolina for the sum of ten pounds for every one hundred acres. This land was located on the west side in the Mills River section of Henderson County. It was here that Samuel spent the last years of his life. It is estimated that he had close to one hundred descendants at the time of his death in 1828.
"Samuel Senior is buried in the King Cemetery, Finley Cove, Henderson County. The Daughters of the American Revolution erected a stone in his memory in the Mud Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Henderson County, where his son Benjamin once served as pastor." -- Stella Mace
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Taylor Family Genealogy
1748 - 1828 (~ 82 years)