Samuel
King
Born in Abington, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha (Mee) King
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Ann (King) Mayes, Francis Marion King, Andrew Jackson King, Samuel Houston King and Martha Josephine King
Died
at age 48
in El Monte, Los Angeles County, California
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Biography
Family history and his tombstone provide his vital stats and place of birth. Written records start with 1828 Rhea County, Tennessee Tax lists. He married Martha Mee about that time, perhaps in Bradley County. They moved to Georgia during the Gold Rush and he served as Sheriff of Dahlonega for two terms and ran a tannery. He moved his family west first to Helena, Arkansas and then to Santa Fe, New Mexico where he was involved in trading, mining, and transportation of goods. He led a group of settlers to Los Angeles in 1852 and laid out the town of Lexington that later became El Monte. He died in 1855 in a gunfight with Micajah Johnson.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~3.12%
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