Richard King, Sr.

Birth Date

1797-10-12

Death Date

1879-11-21

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Harrison County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Cynthia Crawford King on December 31, 1818. Father of Richard King, George Ann King, George W. King, Elizabeth King, Catherine King, and Van Buren King. Farmer in Harrison County in 1840. Owned eight enslaved persons in Harrison County in 1840. Farmer in Harrison County in 1850.

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 124.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 123A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, District 2, p. 455.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County,Cynthiana, p. 164A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #6866.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #17948.
Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Harrison County Marriages, 1794-1937, Film #000216892.
"Richard King (1797-1879)," Find A Grave, Memorial #93837169, accessed October 25, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93837169.
KYR-0001-017-0171.

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