Thomas Murray King (1790 - 1880)

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Contents 1 Biography 1.1 U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments 1.2 U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files 1.3 U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1880 1.4 U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1880 2 Sources

Biography

Thomas Murray "Tom" King was born in 1790 in Washington County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). his father, Kirby King, was 38 and his mother, Uruth Murray, was 37. He married Mary Rebecca "Polly" Cox in 1814 in Washington, Tennessee. They had 23 children in 39 years. Thomas Murray "Tom" King passed away 26 Feb 1880, in Marsh Creek, Whitney (now McCreary) County, Kentucky, at the impressive age of 90, and was buried in the Duncan Cemetery in Strunk.

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I have uploaded scans of two deeds that were among papers left to me by my mother. They are made out in the name of Thomas M. King and William and Thomas M. King. These help verify that Thomas had a brother William. Thomas was my 4th great grandfather [Roderick Patterson,jul 2023]

U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments

Name: Thomas King

Birthyear: abt 1790

Birthplace: Tennessee, United States

Enlistment Age: 22^{[7][8][9][10]}

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files

Name: Thomas King

Gender: Male

Unit: D; E, 1 M.M.B. U.S. Vol. Infantry

Filing Date: 2 Jun 1884

Place Filed: Tennessee and Alabama

Relation to Head: Soldier

Spouse: Mary King

Roll Number: 262^[11][12]

U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1880

Name: Murry T King

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1789

Birth Place: North Carolina [Now Tennessee]

Age: 91

Death Date: Feb 1880

Census Year: 1880

Census Place: Kentucky, USA

Line: 4^{[13][14][15][16]}

U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1880

Name: T Murry King

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marital status: Married

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1789

Birth Place: North Carolina [Now Tennessee]

Age: 91

Death Date: Feb 1880

Cause of Death: Old Age

Census Year: 1880

Census Place: Mirsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky, USA

Enumeration District: 112

Line: 4^[17][18]

^[19] The events of Thomas's life were either witnessed by Heather Stengel or Heather plans to add sources here later.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 November 2022), memorial page for Thomas Murray “Tom” King (1790–26 Feb 1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #48041707, citing Duncan Cemetery, Strunk, McCreary County, Kentucky, USA; maintained by Wayne & Diane (Eversole) King (contributor 47708534), headstone, cemetery and portrait photos.
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ2X-RWK.
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/89563728/person/200015455992/facts.
4. ↑ History and gen. Of the Gurley fam. By Albert Eben. Gurley. Hartford, Ct, 1897. (258p.):237.
5. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
6. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3599&h=3625117&ssrc=pt&tid=89563728&pid=200015455992&usePUB=true.
7. ↑ Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1198&h=1305290&ssrc=pt&tid=76631368&pid=46353536059&usePUB=true
9. ↑ "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-VCKQ : 9 March 2018), Thomas King, 10 Jul 1814; citing p. 170, volume 013, , , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 350,313.
10. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81RN-78V?i=471&cc=1880762
11. ↑ The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 262
12. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4654&h=1795791&ssrc=pt&tid=76631368&pid=46353536059&usePUB=true
13. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-:1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 16; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Kentucky; Page: 829
14. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8756&h=2326832&ssrc=pt&tid=89563728&pid=200015455992&usePUB=true
15. ↑ "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3FK-YD3Z : 17 November 2020), Mary T. King, 1880.
16. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9XF-BGGQ
17. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 20; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Mirsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky; Page: 1
18. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8756&h=2558788&ssrc=pt&tid=89563728&pid=200015455992&usePUB=true
19. ↑ Entered by Heather Stengel, Tuesday, November 19, 2013.

• 1830; Census Place: Whitley, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 42; Page: 285; Family History Library Film: 0007821
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8058&h=1106758&ssrc=pt&tid=89563728&pid=200015455992&usePUB=true
• 1840; Census Place: Whitley, Kentucky; Roll: 126; Page: 205; Family History Library Film: 0007832
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8057&h=1302382&ssrc=pt&tid=89563728&pid=200015455992&usePUB=true
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTP-KTB : 19 May 2020), Thomas M King, Whitley, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 205, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-2B1?i=40&cc=1786457&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHTP-KTB
• 1850; Census Place: District 1, Whitley, Kentucky; Roll: 222; Page: 340b
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8054&h=17555194&ssrc=pt&tid=160854603&pid=352110749507&usePUB=true
• 1870; Census Place: Marsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky; Roll: M593_504; Page: 386B; Family History Library Film: 552003
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7163&h=18936594&ssrc=pt&tid=160854603&pid=352110749507&usePUB=true
• Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 77; Book: 20
• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/127050:2882?indiv=1&ssrc=pt&tid=160854603&pid=352110749507&usePUB=true
• Administrators', Executors' and Guardians' Records, 1858-1968; Author: Tennessee County Court (Benton County); Probate Place: Benton, Tennessee
• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3889962:9176?indiv=1&ssrc=pt&tid=160854603&pid=352110749507&usePUB=true
• Register of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M233, 81 rolls); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780’s-1917, Record Group 94; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1198&h=1305290&ssrc=pt&tid=160854603&pid=352110749507&usePUB=true
• The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 262
• https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4654&h=1795791&ssrc=pt&tid=160854603&pid=352110749507&usePUB=true.