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Samuel D. King (Ormsby Co, Nev, attorney and agent)

b. 1802? d. 1874-05-10

Ormsby County, Nevada Territory, agent and attorney. Washington, D.C., native. Married to Matilda King. Father of Nicholas King, Margaretta King Haynes, William W. King, Samuel D. King, Mary E. King, and Sarah V. King. Resident in Washington, D.C., in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Washington, D.C., in 1840. Agent in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1850. Attorney in San Francisco, California, in 1860. Recorder in Ormsby County, Nevada Territory, in 1861. Commissioner of deeds for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Nevada in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Sixth Manuscript Census of the United States (1840), Population Schedules, Washington, District of Columbia, p. 67.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Virginia, Alexandria, p. 401B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, California, San Francisco County, District 11, p. 118.

California Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1830-1980), Sacramento, CA, California Department of Public Health, San Francisco County Deaths, p. 162.

KYR-0001-017-0188.

Citation

King, Samuel D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206199 (November 12, 2026).

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