Ransom King (aft. 1755 - 1827)

Born after 1755 in Bute County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Husband of Abigail (Tucker) King — married 9 Apr 1816 in Wilson, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 1827 before age 72 in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Marriage

The marriage record recorded, "State of Tennessee, Wilson County } To any regular Minister of the Gospel having the care of souls or any justice of the peace for said County Greeting. By virtue of the full power and authority in me vested I hereby authorise and empower you or either of you to celebrate & perform the rites of matrimony between Ransom King and Addy Rogers and join them together as man and wife in the Holy state of Matrimony he having given bond & Security as the law directs: Given under my hand at office this 8th of April 1816. Jno Allcorn CWC."^[1]

Census

In 1800, in Montgomery County, North County, Ransom King was enumerated as the head of the household. In his household were two free white males under age 10, one free white male, age 10 thru 15, one free white male, age 26 thru 44, three free white females, under age 10, one free white female, age 26 thru 44. The total number of household members under age 16 was six. The total number of household members age over 25 was two. The total number of household members was eight.^[2]

Deeds

On 13 August 1772, Bute County, North Carolina court minutes recorded that a deed from Joseph King to Ransom King (a minor) was proved by the oath of Joseph John Williams a witness thereto and on motion, the same is ordered to be registered.^[3]

Again, on 13 August 1772, Bute County, North Carolina court minutes recorded that a deed of gift from Joseph to Ransom King was proved by the oath of Joseph John William a witness thereto, and on motion, the same is ordered to be recorded.^[3]

Revolutionary War Soldier

Ransom King was a soldier serving in the Revolutionary War for American Independence from England, receiving a pay voucher recorded at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on 14 Oct 1783.^[4]

Migration

Goodspeed's HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, documented the early settlers of Wilson County, and surrounding counties, after 1799. Ransom King was one of those early settlers of Wilson County, on the Cumberland River.^[5] Ransom King had migrated here from Montgomery County, North Carolina, where he was listed in the 1800 census of Montgomery County.^[6][7]

Wilson, Tennessee, Deeds

By 1819 Ransom King had purchased 405 acres from John Dunn on the Cumberland River lying at Spring & mouth of Cedar Creeks on the Cumberland River, Wilson, Tennessee, witnessed by his son Thomas W. King and his son-in-law John Ashford.^[8] This is where Ransom's daughter, Polly "Jinsey" King who married John Ashford was also living for several years, for in July 1819, Ransom King deeded to John Ashford for five pounds fifty acres, where John Ashford now lives, part of the tract that Ransom King bought of John Dunn.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Wilson County, Jan 1816-Dec 1818, Marriage Loose Records, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1169/VRMUSATN1780_077363-00256. (Subscription required.)
2. ↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Montgomery, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 33; Page: 479; Image: 27; Family History Library Film: 337909. Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll), https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7590/4440861_00027/352056. (Subscription required.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com. Bute County, North Carolina: Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Holcomb, Brent H. Bute County, North Carolina: Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767-1779. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49039/FLHG_ButeCntyNCCourtPleas-0074/17503.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PWKG : accessed 9 February 2023), Ransone King, 14 Oct 1783; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
5. ↑ Archive Internet. "History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall counties;" by Goodspeed Publishing Co, 1886. p. 842, 27 / 63 (Image 478 of 1278).[Archive Internet. "History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall counties;" by Goodspeed Publishing Co, 1886. p. 842, 27 / 63 (Image 478 of 1278).Wilson County, Tennessee, ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER; RANSOM KING, others after 1799 "archive.org." Wilson County, Tennessee, ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER; RANSOM KING, others after 1799] "archive.org." Accessed 9 Feb 2023.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR7-18S : accessed 9 February 2023), Ransom King, Montgomery, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 479, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 337,909.
7. ↑ Wilson County Tennessee, Part of the American History and Genealogy Project. First Settlements of Wilson County: Cumberland River, Ransom King. Accessed 9 Feb 2023.
8. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. Wilson, Tennessee, Deeds H-I, 1819-1824. Deed Bk H, p. 192, Image 114 of 526. Wilson, TN, Deed: John Dunn to Ransom King, 405 acres, lying in Spring and Cedar Creeks on the Cumberland River, witnesses Thomas W. King, John Ashford, 30 Aug 1819 FHL Film #427169, FHL Digitized Film #8332664. "Familysearch.org" Accessed 9 Feb 2023.
9. ↑ FamilySearch Digital Collections. Wilson, Tennessee, Deeds H-I, 1819-1824. Deed Bk H, p. 6, Image 19 of 526. Ransom King to John Ashford, 50 acres, at the mouth of Cedar Creek of Cumberland River, 28 July 1819. Witnesses were Thomas W King and John Ashford who both acknowledged the deed in Wilson County Court, in May 1820.