Charles Miles King (1814 - abt. 1886)

Born 5 Apr 1814 in Montgomery Co., Maryland USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 2 Feb 1886 at about age 71 in Kings Valley, Montgomery Co., Maryland, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

• Charles M. King ^[1]
• Charles Miles King ^[2]

1814 Birth and Parents

He was born 05 Apr 1814 in Kings Valley, Montgomery Co, MD . ^{[3][1] [2]}

Charles Miles King was the son of john Duckett King and grandson of Edward King ^[2]

Charles Miles King (1814-1886) was the son of John Duckett King. ^[4]

He was born April 5, 1814, probably in the Clarksburg District of MOntgomery County, Maryland. ^[5].

Marriage

Charles Miles married Harriet Brewer ^[1][2], daughter of Vincent Brewer and Catherine Lewis. Harriet was born 28 Dec 1830 in Maryland, and died 07 Sep 1877 ^[2] He married Harriet Brewer (1830-1877). ^[4]

Charles Miles King (1814--1886) married Harriet Brewer (1830-1877). ^[6]

On December 8, 1848 in Frederick, Maryland he married Harriet Brewer, daughter of Vincnet Brewer (1803) ands Catherine Lewis (1806). ^[5]

Kingstead Farm

He was a farmer. ^[7]

Charles M. King farmed at King's Valley. ^[6]

In his lifetime, a community known as King's Valley grew around the Kingstead Farm. By 1878, the community included a store, a school, a blacksmith shop, a mill and a whiskey distillery, and, by 1900, featured its own instrumental band. King family members were prominent in each of these endeavors. ^[4]

The farm included an orchard and a garden. The 240 acres were described as 1/5 woodland, 1/5 swamp, and 3/5 tillable. ^[4]

1850 Census

On 18 Oct 1850 he lived in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Maryland. ^{[7] [1]}

1860 Census

On 3 Sep 1860, he lived in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Maryland ^{[3] [1]}

1860 Slave Schedule

In the 1860 US Slave Schedule, Horace is listed as enslaving the following people:^[8]

1867 Enslaved Person Accounting

According to the Montgomery County Slave Statistics, on May 1st 1867 Charles M. King listed the following people he had formerly enslaved:^[9]

• Hannah Mason, female, age 65
• Samuel Mason, male, age 45

Names by whom former ownership proven:

• Charles M. King
• Joshua Purdum
• Horace Warfield

1870 Census

On 20 June 1870 he lived in Clarksburg, Montgomery County, Maryland. ^[10][1]

1886 Death

He died 21 Feb 1886 ^{[1] [2]}

Like his parents, Charles and Harriet were both buried in the family cemetery at Kingstead. ^[4]

Charles Miles King and his wife Harriet were buried at Kingstead Farm's cemetery. ^[6][5]

Estate

A bond for the administrtion of the estate of Charles M. King was filed March 3, 1886, signed by Luther N. King as Administrator, with four other King family members joining in the Bond. ^[5]

An evaluation of the real estate of Charles Miles King, deceased, gives an idea of the way the family lived: the list includes:

• one 2-stpory dwelling house
• one barn newly repaired
• two corn houes
• three tobacco houses
• one meat house
• one dairy
• one old log dwelling house,m with stable (both in bad condition);
• one orchard;
• a garden.

The property is said to contain about 240 acres, of which one fifth is woodland, one fifth is swamp, and three-fifths is tillable. ^[5]

Children

1. Luther Newton King, b. King's Valley 1850, d. 1940
2. John Brewer King, b. King's Valley 1853
3. Frances King, b. King's Valley 1856
4. Crittenden M. King. b. King's Valley 31 Aug 1857, d. 13 Jan 1918
5. William Edward King, b. King's Valley 9 Apr 1860, d. 27 Jun 1936
6. Charles King, b. King's Valley 1862
7. Harriet King, b. King's Valley 1864
8. Thomas King, b. King's Valley 1868
9. Elias Vinson King, b. King's Valley 28 Aug 1869.

Charles was born in 1835. He is the son of John King and Jemima Miles.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Mollie King Family Research.FTW, Jul 22, 2002 Research collection of Jack Day
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Baker Family by Kevin Baker, FTW, 16 Nov 2008. Research collection of Jack Day
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1860 Census.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Maryland Historical Trust [https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Montgomery/M;%2011-10.pdf Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties Form; Inventory No. M:11-10] Accessed July 22 2017. jhd
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} William Neal Hurley, Jr. Our Maryland Heritage Book Five: The King Families. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1997. page 267-268
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Gloria King Winter. King Family History Clarksburg Historical Society, Clarksburg, Maryland. Accessed 7 September 2022 jhd
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 1850 Census
8. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860"
   citing Page: 6; Line: 6; FHL microfilm: 000803485; Record number: 226804;
   FamilySearch Record: WKLL-CPZM (accessed 6 September 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GB9V-97V5 Image number 00058
   Charles M King in Clarksburg, Montgomery, Maryland, United States.
9. ↑ Montgomery County Slave Statistics, 1867-1868, Volume 812, Page 2, Maryland Archives, available online: <https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000812/html/am812--2.html>
10. ↑ 1870 Census