CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA

KING FAMILY

Deeds

Note: Sackville King has been ignored because he was a merchant in Lynchburg and has no apparent connection to the other farming families.

Bk-Pg

Date

Grantor

Grantee

Acres

Location

James King

VA Campbell

DB 02.352

17 Oct 1788

Matthew Allegree and James Carver

William Moorman

704

ss of Seneca Cr.

500£. Part of 3230 acres patented to James Murray, late of Prince George County, deceased on 31 October, 1765, bounded by MICAJAH DAVIS. Witnesses: affirmation of Micajah Davis, James King and Andrew Moorman, (being of the people called Quakers). Recorded 2 April, 1789. T.L.C. Genealogy, Campbell County, Virginia Deeds 1782-1784, page 54.

VA Campbell

DB 18.377

15 Feb 1832

Mitchell N. Wells and His Wife Sally M. Wells

James King of Pittsylvania County

100

Seneca Cr.

$300. Bounded by Gardner, Martin Dabney and Lewis. Witnesses: William J. Harvey, Thomas Johns and Blassingame H. Johnson. Recorded 12 March, 1832.

VA Campbell

DB 19.087

28 Jan 1833

James King and His Wife Mary King of Pittsylvania County

Samuel Dews

100

Seneca Cr.

 $200. Bounded by Thomas Fox, Dews, Martin, Dabney, and Dunnevant. Witnesses: Jesse Burton and Thomas Fox. Recorded 11 February, 1833.

VA Campbell

DB 23.212

1 Dec 1837

Isaac Miller as Power of Attorney for John Miller and his wife Sally Miller (formerly Sally Brown), James King and his wife Polly King (formerly Polly Brown), John Brown, Jr. and Phyllis his wife and Lucy Pitts (formerly Lucy Brown), legatees of the estate of John Brown, deceased

Robert Walthall

116

Buck Br.

$80. Four-fifths (4/5) Part. Adjacent Philip Payne, Samuel Dew, Leroy Dawson and said Robert Walthall. Conveyed by Edmund Storer to John Brown, deceased. Witnesses: William J. Harvey, Isham Hall and Edmund Brown. Recorded 14 September, 1840. Note: This is a fantastic deed to prove the children and spouses of John Brown. The 4/5 part indicates that John Brown had five surviving children (or deceased with living descendants). [The fifth part would have belonged to the children of Jesse Edds.]

Martin King (Of Bedford County)

VA Campbell

DB 04.207

28 Jul 1796

Archibald King, Joseph King, John King and Elizabeth King

Caleb Tate of Campbell County

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Power of attorney to sue for and recover their interest in a slave Sarah which was willed by James Gilliam , deceased of Cumberland County to the children of Martin King, deceased. The slave had been sold by Martin King to Robert Clark, now of Kentucky. Any share of Joseph King, John King and Elizabeth King recovered shall be applied to the debt pending in Court of Bedford County against Gilliam King in the name of James Callaway & Co. for the benefit of John Murchie surviving partner; and any share of Archibald King recovered shall be applied to a debt from Archibald King due to Caleb Tate & Co. Witnesses: William Edenfield, John Bullock, Thomas Moorman and F. Cabell. Recorded 10 July, 1797. Note: What a wonderful document!

William King (of Bedford County)

VA Campbell

DB 05.081

12 Apr 1800

George Rust and his wife Elizabeth Rust

William King of Bedford County

200

waters of Beaver Cr.

150£. Near the courthouse. Conveyed to said Rust by John Callaway. Witnesses: none. Recorded 14 April, 1800.

VA Campbell

DB 18.396

17 Oct 1831

William King

His Son Charles W. King

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$1. Unspecified acres and three slaves reserving the use for himself and his wife Mary King. Witnesses: none. Recorded 18 October, 1831. Description: Plantation.

Henry Brown, Jr. - Lynchburg

VA Campbell

DB 16.305

7 Jan 1828

Calvin Tate, Administrator of Edmund Tate and his wife Lucy Tate

Henry Brown, Jr. of City of Lynchburg

16

Ivy Cr.

$96. Part of a larger tract deeded by Edmund Tate and his wife Lucy Tate to William Morgan on 31 October, 1812, the 16 acres being deeded by mistake and being sold with the consent of William Morgan. Bounded by Oglesby, Whittington and Irvine. Witnesses: none. Recorded 10 June, 1828.

Compiled by David Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075, davidhr@hushmail.com