William
J.
"Will"
King
Born in Perry, Alabama, United States
Son of Wilsey P. King
and Eliza (Wilson) King
Brother of
Frances King, John King, James Alfred King, Mary Jemima (King) Chastain, Robert King and Matilda A. (King) Baty
Husband of
Sarah Louisa (Dunkin) Willard
— married
18 Jul 1867 in Oregon county, Missouri
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Frances (King) Willard, Leonia Alice (King) Beach, Eliza Dee (King) Judd, Ollie R (King) Willard and Nova Missouri (King) Sams
Died
at about age 45
in Oregon, Missouri, United States
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| Created 3 Sep 2020
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Biography
William was born in 1842 in Perry County, Alabama.
1850 McNairy Co., TN Census Report[1]
District 7, taken 4 Sept 1850
dwelling 160, family 160
W P King, 30 yo (b. abt 1820), TN, farmer
Eliza King, 33 yo (b. abt 1817), TN
Frances King, f, 17 yo (b. abt 1833), AL
John King, 11 yo (b. abt 1839), AL
William King, 8 yo (b. abt 1842), AL
James King, 7 yo (b. abt 1843), AL
Mary King, 5 yo (b. abt 1845), IL
Robert King, 3 yo (b. abt 1847), IL
Matilda King, 1 yo (b. abt 1849), TN
NARA Film M432, Roll 888, Page 12B
1860 MO Census, Howell Co., Howell, p12[2]
King, Wilzey P., - 40 AL, Mechanic
. . . . Eliza P. - 43 TN, Domestic
. . . . John A. - 20 AL, Farmer
. . . . William J. - 18 AL
. . . . Alfred - 16 AL
. . . . Robert - 12 IL
. . . . Matilda A. - 11 TN
. . . . Mary - 10 IL
Civil War veteran. (Pvt Co E Freeman's Regt Cav CSA and 1866 MME Co A) Lost an arm in the Civil War.
He married Sarah Louisa "Sallie" Dunkin, July 18, 1867 in Rover, Oregon County, MO.
(She was the young widow of Newell Baty.)
William & Sarah had 5 children.
1870 MO Census - Oregon Co., Oak Grove twp., pg11
King, Wilzey - 50 b AL, Farmer
. . . . W.P. - 53 TN
. . . . Robert - 22 IL, F.L.(Farm Laborer)
1880 Oregon Co, Mo, Highland twp #18:
King, Wm - 30 Ala
. . . . Sarah - 33 Mo, par b Tn/Mo
. . . . Frances - 12 Mo, par b Al/Mo
. . . . Leonia - 10
. . . . Eliza - 7
. . . . Olla A. - 1
William died in 1887, age 45, Oregon County, Missouri
Buried Jolliff Cemetery, near Rover, Oregon County, Missouri[3]
Find A Grave: Memorial #15507070
After William died Sarah married Mart Willard in 1892, but did not stay with him.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," McNairy, McNairy Co., TN, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDG-GHC : Thu Mar 07 03:11:06 UTC 2024), Entry for William King in Household of W P King, 1850.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", Howell, Howell Co., MO, FamilySearch. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ3-DGH : Fri Mar 08 22:30:49 UTC 2024), Entry for William J King in Household of Wilzey P King, 1860.
- ↑ Tombstones:
Will King 1824-1887
Sarah King 1848-1924
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 September 2020), memorial page for William J “Will” King (1842–1887), Find a Grave Memorial no. 15507070, citing Jolliff Cemetery, Rover, Oregon County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Jean ღ (contributor 46544960) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Jennie (Godwin) Johnson 
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Lawrence Godwin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T624845 [compare], FTDNA kit #136231
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Ginger Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T450568 [compare], Ancestry member GingerSmith327
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