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William Henderson King (Orange County, North Carolina, and Webster County, Kentucky, farm laborer.)

b. 1842-02-20 d. 1913-03-15

Orange County, North Carolina, and Webster County, Kentucky, farm laborer. North Carolina native. Son of John King and Sarah Madison King. Married to Mary Jane Overby King in Webster County, Kentucky, on October 3, 1861. Father of George King. Student in Orange County, North Carolina, in 1850. Farm laborer in Orange County in 1860. Resident of Webster County, Kentucky, in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, North Carolina, Orange County, District 1, p. 254B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, North Carolina, Orange County, South Side of the NC River, p. 539.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 226A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Webster County Marriages, Film #000568132, p. 138.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #8959.

Citation

King, William Henderson. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215346 (November 12, 2026).

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