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Descendants of David King
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Generation No. 1
1. DAVID1 KING was born Abt. 1765 in Ireland. He married ANNA.
Notes for DAVID KING:
Anna King, (b: 1765; d: 5/16/1844), consort of David King is also buried in St.
Theresa's Cemetery. David and Anne King are the parents of Francis A. King and Peter
King. We have not found a David King in the 1840 or 1850 Censuses for surrounding
Kentucky and Indiana counties.
Notes for ANNA:
Buried in St. Theresa Catholic Church's Cemetery on Route # 144, near Rhodelia, Meade
County, and KY. St. Theresa Church was first built as a log church in 1818. The second
log church was built in 1831. The current brick church was built in 1856. This church is
the church where Anna's funeral mass was likely conducted.
Children of DAVID KING and ANNA are:
2. i. FRANCIS A.2 KING, b. 1786, Ireland; d. 1863, Meade, Co., KY.
3. ii. PETER KING, b. 1788, Ireland; d. April 27, 1864.
Generation No. 2
2. FRANCIS A.2 KING (DAVID1) was born 1786 in Ireland, and died 1863 in Meade, Co., KY.
He married BRIDGET.
Notes for FRANCIS A. KING:
Francis, his wife Bridget and their son Mathew immigrated to the United States from
Ireland sometime between 1820 when Mathew was born and September 1821 when their son
Patrick was born in Indiana.
For over 30 years, Francis and his wife Bridget owned a farm in District 45, Health
Township. Harrison Co., IN appearing in the Census' of 1830, 1840 and 1850 (page 451)
at that location. Francis and Bridget may have come to Meade County in retirement from
their Health Township, Harrison County farm.
Francis and Bridget were buried in St. Theresa Catholic Church's Cemetery on Route #
144, near Rhodelia, Meade County, and KY. St. Theresa Church was first built as a log
church in 1818. The second log church was built in 1831. The current brick church was
built in 1856.
Children of FRANCIS KING and BRIDGET are:
i. MATHEW3 KING, b. 1820, Ireland.
4. ii. PATRICK KING, b. September 20, 1821, Health Twp, Harrison Co., IN; d. December 27,
1855, King's Landing, KY.
5. iii. FRANCIS A. KING, b. 1824, IN.
iv. PETER KING, b. 1828, VA.
v. BRIDGET KING, b. 1829, IN.
vi. JACOB KING, b. 1834, IN.
vii. ANN E. KING, b. 1839, IN.
3. PETER2 KING (DAVID1) was born 1788 in Ireland, and died April 27, 1864. He married
(1) ELIZABETH. He married (2) ELIZABETH PAYNE January 01, 1820.
Notes for PETER KING:
Listed in the 1850 (page 185), 1840, and 1830 (page 272) of the Census of Meade Co., KY.
He and his wife appear on page 24 of the Hardin Co. 1820 Census (prior to establishment of
Meade Co. on December 17th 1823). He owned 5 slaves. Listed in the 1860 Census of
Garnettsville District of Meade Co., KY as a farmer with $5,500 in real estate and $11,940
in personal property. He also appears in the 1830 and 1840 Censuses.
Child of PETER KING and ELIZABETH is:
i. RICHARD3 KING, b. 1842.
Children of PETER KING and ELIZABETH PAYNE are:
ii. LEWIS3 KING, b. 1824.
iii. FRANCIS KING, b. 1831.
iv. THOMAS KING, b. 1832.
6. v. WILLIAM KING, b. 1836, KY.
vi. LAURA KING, b. 1839.
vii. RICHARD KING, b. 1841.
viii. SANIA A. KING, b. 1841.
ix. PATRICK KING, b. 1844.
Generation No. 3
4. PATRICK3 KING (FRANCIS A.2, DAVID1) was born September 20, 1821 in Health Twp,
Harrison Co., IN, and died December 27, 1855 in King's Landing, KY. He married MARY
HARDESTY October 22, 1850, daughter of JAMES HARDESTY and ALLEY LIVERS.
Notes for PATRICK KING:
Patrick was born in Harrison County, Indiana on September 20, 1821, about two years before
the formation of Meade County from parts of Breckinridge and Hardin Counties along the
Ohio River southwest of Louisville, KY on December 23, 1823. Harrison County is on the
north side of the Ohio River across from what is now Meade County.
A John King and a John B. King are both listed as farmers in Hardin County in the 1810
Census (pages 288 and 300, respectively). Perhaps these men were related to Patrick's
father, Francis, who may have followed them to the United States in 1820 or 1821. During
the 1820s Brandenburg became well-known shipping and trading port along the Ohio River.
The town grew around Solomon Brandenburg's tavern established on the Ohio River about
1805 on 3,000 acres he purchased in 1804. By 1825 the town was made the county seat. The
tavern was visited by General James Wilkerson, Aaron Burr, and John James Audubon during
that period.
President Monroe's administration was reelected in1821. The first serious controversy
based on sectional differences occurs this year. It is brought about by the realization
of Southern politicians that the population of the North is increasing at a rate that
assures Northern dominance in the House of Representatives and that control of the Senate
is in equilibrium. The Industrial Revolution is drawing a concentrated population of new
white immigrates. The slaves used to provide labor for the large plantations and farms of
the South are counted in the censuses, however, they are not counted when determining
Congressional seats and therefore do not concurrently provide the political clout of new
white immigrates like those working in the industrial North. The census of 1820 results
clearly show this population trend. Of the total population of 9,638,453, more than 54 per
cent live in the North. The rate of increase nationwide is 33.5 per cent, but the North
has increased b!
y 50 percent. Ohio has increased to 5th place in population followed closely by Kentucky,
which is holding its own in competition with the North for political clout due to an
increase of small farmers and white farm hands in the state. By 1850 the year Patrick was
married the US population has grown to 23,191,786. In the House of Representatives the
influence of slavery has receded significantly that year, of the 234 members, 144
represent free soil and 90 represent states in which slavery is permitted.
Patrick King is listed in the 1850 Census, page 212, Kentucky District, as a single 28
year old Meade Co., KY farmer. A white family by the name of Gorton also lived on
Patrick's farm (i.e., William 32, a farm hand, Rachael 32, Catherine 13, Margaret 10,
Susan 8, James 6, Isaac 3, and Barbara 4/12 ). Radiel Light a 16-year-old, white, female
farm hand was also listed as residing on the property. There was no listing of slaves on
the farm at that time.
Patrick married Mary Hardesty shortly after the 1850 Census on October 22, 1850.
Patrick's farm was at what was called King's Landing in Meade County just seven
miles down river from Brandenburg about one mile east of what is now known as Battle town
and about a third of a mile southeast of what was to be known as Oolite, a company town
established by Robert Bruce McBride in 1904 to support his Oolite limestone quarry located
just down river from King's Landing. McBride was a fugitive from justice in Scotland
and was later extradited to that country and executed for his crime.
The land along the river was hilly with thin soil and high bluffs right up to the river in
most places. King's Landing was one of those stretches of rolling river bottomland
within a few feet of water level with rich soil between the edge of the river and the
hills and bluffs back from the river. While the seasonal floods and high water could
enrich the soil, they could also ruin a spring planting, cut away valuable fields,
endanger livestock and buildings, and the damp air and wet bottoms could cause health
problems.
The local community to move stock and crops and to travel to and from Brandenburg and
Louisville probably used the boat landing. In those days rifle shots and signal fires,
flags and mirrors were often used to signal riverboats that there was passenger and cargo
waiting at landings along the river. Smaller flat boats and occasionally log rafts were
also used to ferry passenger and cargo up and down the river. Patrick probably charged
for the use of his landing. The landing must have also been a crossing point to and from
Harrison County, IN.
A few months after reaching age 34 when Mary was pregnant with Patsey, Patrick died and
was buried in St. Theresa Catholic Church's Cemetery on Route # 144, near Rhodelia,
Meade County, KY. about 7 miles southwest, as the crow flies, from King's Landing. The
trip in a wagon was much longer up the winding trails through the hills from the river
over dirt trails in a cold and damp Christmas season must have been a full day's ride
of physical and emotional pain to a young pregnant mother and her children. St. Theresa
Church was first built as a log church in 1818. The second log church was built in 1831
when Patrick was 10 years old. The current brick church was built in 1856 the year after
Patrick's death. The second log church is where Patrick's funeral mass was likely
conducted during the first week of Christmas 1855. Bridget, Patrick's mother had died
on March 12, 1853 and was buried in St. Theresa's Cemetery almost two years before
Patrick.
The St. Theresa's Cemetery is also the burial site of Francis A. King (born 1786),
Patrick's father who died in 1863 about three years after the death of Mary,
Patrick's widow. Both Patrick and Francis appear in the 1850 Census for Meade County,
Kentucky District, page 212. Francis and Bridget may have come in retirement from their
Health Township, Harrison Co., IN farm.
Anna King, (b: 1765; d: 5/16/1844), consort of David King is also buried in St.
Theresa's Cemetery. David and Anne King are the parents of Francis A. King and Peter
King. We have not found a David King in the 1840 or 1850 Census for surrounding Kentucky
and Indiana counties.
Notes for MARY HARDESTY:
Mary Hardesty is listed in the 1850 Meade Co., KY Census as a single woman living with the
James Hardesty household. Patrick and Mary were married on October 22, 1850 according to
the Kentucky Marriage Index contained on CD#2, Borderland Software, Inc.
Mary King is listed as the head of a household in the 1860 Census on page 167 of the
Brandenburg District. She had four children and personal assets valued at $700. There was
no mention of any real estate property. She also had a 28-year-old slave named Peter King
who was born in Indiana. It is not clear how this male slave came to Mary. However, it was
common in those days that slaves were listed in the Census using the name of their owner.
During this period there was a Peter King, born in Ireland in 1791 and listed in the 1860
Census of Garnettsville District, Meade Co., KY as a farmer with $5,500 in real estate and
$11,940 in personal property. He was also listed in the 1850 (page 185), 1840, and 1830
(page 272) Censuses of Meade Co., KY. He and his wife Elizabeth appear on page 24 of the
Hardin Co. 1820 Census (prior to establishment of Meade Co., on December 17th 1823). He
named one of his children Francis (b. 1831) and another Patrick (b. 1844). It is possible
but not proven that Peter was the younger brother of Francis (b. 1786). He owned 5
slaves.
Mary may have been helped by Kings in the area as she tried to carry on at Kings Landing
for five years as a young widow.
Mary died after that 1860 Census at King's Landing when James Eugene was six and
Patsey was only four. Mary's father, James Hardesty, traveled to King's Landing
with a wagon to pick-up Mary's body for burial in the Hardesty family grave site and
to bring the children back to his home.
Children of PATRICK KING and MARY HARDESTY are:
i. CATHERINE4 KING, b. 1851, King's Landing, Meade Co., KY; m. LANDCASTER.
ii. ANNIE KING, b. 1853, King's Landing, Meade Co., KY.
7. iii. JAMES EUGENE KING, b. June 22, 1854, King's Landing, Meade Co., KY; d. April
08, 1953.
iv. PATSEY KING, b. 1856, King's Landing, Meade Co., KY.
5. FRANCIS A.3 KING (FRANCIS A.2, DAVID1) was born 1824 in IN. He married MARY.
Notes for FRANCIS A. KING:
Listed in the 1850 Census as a Meade Co., KY farmer born in Indiana with $600 in assets.
Children of FRANCIS KING and MARY are:
i. SUSAN4 KING, b. 1847.
ii. JAMES KING, b. 1848.
iii. JOHN KING, b. 1850.