Delia (Linsey) King (1875 - 1924)

Born Jul 1875 in Henry, Georgia, United States

Wife of James Albert King — married 20 Aug 1895 in Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 27 May 1924 at age 48 in Henry, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Dealy (Linsey) King is a part of US Black heritage.

Not much is known about Delia's parents Jim Long and Jane Linsey. The only information about Jim and Jane is what can be gathered from census records.^[1]

Origins

Delia was born in 1875 in Henry County, Georgia.^[2] Her parents were sharecroppers.^[2] Delia's father had been a slave who was used to breed children with several women in addition to Delia's mother, Jane.^[2]

Family

Delia was twenty years old when she married thirty-one-year old James Albert King on 20 August 1895 in Stockbridge, Henry County, Georgia.^[3] The couple worked throughout Henry and Clayton Counties in Georgia, moving from place to place as sharecroppers for the first few years. In 1900, the couple settled in Stockbridge, Henry County, where they raised nine children.^[2]

Delia's husband struggled with alcoholism and was often abusive. Despite this, and the ever-present poverty and racism, Delia worked hard to provide for the children. She worked in the fields during the season and went into white people's homes to do ironing during the winters.^[2]

Nine children:^[4][5]

1. Woodie b ca 1897
2. Michael b ca 1898
3. Lenora "Lurena" b ca 1902
4. Cleo b ca 1905
5. Lucile b ca 1906
6. James Jr. b ca 1908
7. Rubie b ca 1909
8. Henry b ca 1914
9. Jae L. b ca 1915

Note: In the 1920 Federal Census, eight children, seven living, were reported (see below).

Floyd Chapel Baptist Church

Delia was a faithful member of her church. She found great strength and solace in her faith and reared her children to have the same. They followed in her footsteps with a foundation in spirituality. Delia's husband was not religious, but he didn't stop her and the children from attending.^[2]

Michael, (later called Martin Luther King Sr.), was the second child and the first son. He became a Baptist minister and remembers attending many church meetings and functions with his mother.^[2]

Death and Legacy

Delia passed away on 27 May, 1924 at the age of forty-eight.^[2]

Census

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Sources

1. ↑ From the Roots of a Tree: The Genealogy of Martin Luther King, Jr
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} "King, Delia Linsey (1875-1924)" Published by the Martin Luther King Research and Education Institute, Web accessed may 26, 2014
3. ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950, index and images, FamilySearch (accessed 26 May 2014), Jim King and Delia Lindsey, 20 Aug 1895; citing Henry, Georgia, United States; FHL microfilm 175294.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} US Census 1910 Georgia, Henry County, Stockbridge, ED 76, sheet 21B, line 63
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} US Census 1920 Georgia, Henry County, Stockbridge, ED 102, sheet 13A, line 43, continued on sheet 13B

See also:

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G4-Q52 : 14 July 2016), Delia Linsey in household of Jane Linsey, District 611, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 190C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0152; FHL microfilm 1,254,152.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N7-TFT : accessed 11 January 2018), Delia King in household of Jim King, Militia Districts 1189, 1406, Adamson, Ellenwood, Clayton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10, sheet 20B, family 366, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,188.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2X-7M4 : accessed 11 January 2018), Delia King in household of James King Sr., Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 21B, family 290, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 198; FHL microfilm 1,374,211.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ6H-LBS : accessed 11 January 2018), Dealey King in household of Jim King, Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia, United States; citing ED 102, sheet 13A, line 44, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 263; FHL microfilm 1,820,263.
• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFP-Z56 : 4 December 2018), Dealia King, 1924.