CABELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

KING FAMILY

Selected Deeds

James King

VA Cabell DB 08.238

25 Apr

1842

James King

Edward Bybe and His Wife Mary Bybe

 $1 personal property - horse, cattle, sheep, etc. He also conveyed property to Sarah King, with the condition that Edward Bybe pay $100 to Sarah King; $100 to Joanna Blake; and $100 to Lucy Roberts’ children James and John Bell ($50 to each). Deed also mentions James King’s Wife Mary King. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 25 April, 1842.

VA Cabell DB 08.239

25 Apr

1842

James King

Henry Ashworth and His Wife Susan Ashworth

25

Mud River

 $1. Adjacent land Griffin sold to Asher. Deed is subject to J. W. Griffin deeding it to James King. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 25 April, 1842.

VA Cabell DB 08.239

25 Apr

1842

James King

Jesse King

30

Mud River

 $1. Deed is subject to J. W. Griffin deeding it to James King. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 25 April, 1842.

VA Cabell DB 08.240

25 Apr

1842

James King

Edward Bybe

125

Mud River

 $1. Adjacent land sold to Jess King, Barrett, Buffington. Deed is subject to J. W. Griffin deeding it to James King. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 25 April, 1842.

VA Cabell DB 08.450

11 May

1842

John W. Griffin and His Wife Elizabeth Griffin

James King

500

Mud River

 $1,500. Adjacent land George Zirkle purchased of Griffin, Buffington and Barrett. Deed references a contract dated 25 September, 1840 and suit in Chancery Court. Acknowledged before Abra Rice and Isaac Ashworth. Recorded on 27 November, 1843.

VA Cabell DB 08.521

3 Apr

1844

John King

William C. Miller

 

VA Cabell DB 10.178

3 Apr

1850

John King

Christian King Trustee for Irwin Lusher (Mortgage)

 (Deed is a typescript.)

VA Cabell DB 10.280

20 May

1850

Adolphin Newly

Franklin Curry

 Personal property to secure a debt of $175 owed by Adolphin Newly to Jesse King. Witnessed by Nancy Pine and John Ingraim. Recorded on 26 August, 1850.

VA Cabell DB 10.178

20 Sep

1850

Jesse King

Creed Wysong

30

[Mud River]

 And other property to secure a debt of $500 owed by Jesse King to James King. Witnessed by none.

VA Cabell DB 10.494

1 Dec

1851

James King

Hiram Curry, David Porter, Jesse King, Franklin Curry and B.b. Wilkinson, Trustees for a School House to Be Built

1.5

Mud River near Buffalo Creek

 $1. Adjacent Mayberry Curry. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 29 March, 1852.

VA Cabell DB 12.004

8 Sep

1855

James King

Susannah W. Ashworth, Wife of Henry Ashworth and Daughter of James King

Mud River and Buffalo Creek

$1. For her life and then to her living children. Adjacent Hiram Curry, J. S. Wilkinson and B. B. Wilkinson. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 29 November, 1855.

VA Cabell DB 12.109

14 Jun

1856

James King and His Wife Mary King

Benjamin B. Wilkinson

62.5

Buffalo Creek a west branch of Mud River

 $62.50. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 23 June, 1856.

VA Cabell DB 09.126

17 May

1844

John P. Stephens and His Wife Margaret F. Stephens, William Stephens and His Wife Bethema Stephens, John G. Appleberry and His Wife Eliza Appleberry, formerly Eliza Stephens, and Joseph D. Wiley and His Wife Agness Wiley, formerly Agnes Stephens, of Jefferson County, Missouri heirs at law of Thomas Stephens, deceased (who died in 1840 in Pulaski County, Missouri)

John B. King of St. Louis Missouri

Power of attorney to sell lands in Kanawha and other counties in West Virginia. Witnessed by none. Recorded on 24 March, 1846. Note: This John B. King does not appear to be one and the same as John B. King of Madison County, Georgia the son of James King.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com