Robert Alphaus King

Ancestor #: A064750

Robert King. Justice of the Peace. Patriotic service during the Revolution. Born 1749 in North Carolina. Died after January 6, 1803 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.

Wife: Mary Morrison (died after 1808; married 1772)

Daughter: Rhoda (born October 5, 1787; died September 17, 1834; married John Baker Prendergast in 1804)

Son: Samuel (born April 19, 1775, Rowan Co., NC; died 1833, Johnson Co., MO; 1st wife Anna Dixon b. 1781 from Sumner Co., TN, married 1795).

Son: William M[orrison] (born July 17, 1777, Rowan Co., NC; died 1814, Sumner Co., TN; married in Tennessee December 8, 1808 to 1st wife Mary Priscilla Hassell b. 1791, Chowan Co. NC d. May 3, 1822, Sumner Co., TN).

Son: Richard (born 1768; died July 14, 1834, Sumner Co., TN; married July 1, 1794 in Sumner Co., TN to 1st wife Rachel Blythe b. 1775 d. August 16, 1815, Sumner Co., TN)

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His service during the Revolutionary War while living in Rowan County, North Carolina is the basis of numerous DAR applications from his descendents.

He married Mary Morrison while in North Carolina; they had at least seven children, many of whom moved from North Carolina to Sumner County, Tennessee and then to Missouri.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 5 2021, 19:44:51 UTC

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