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Buried on his "Cherry Point Plantation" at Kings Bay, GA (property is currently owned by the US Govt)"
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Author: Anonymous
The following biography of John King was published anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
John King was born in Bladen County, North Carolina in abt 1740. He was a Revolutionary Soldier, serving as a private in the First Georgia Regiment, Continental troops for about three years.
John King married, Jane Moorhead, daughter of James Moorhead and Sarah (unknown)
John King was one of the first settlers in Camden County,Georgia and became one of the largest land owners in the county. Founded in October of 1791 John King owned "Cherry Point Plantation" at Kings Bay in Camden County,Georgia.John King had moved to Camden County in 1787, from North Carolina. He settled first on the Satilla River in Camden Co.By 1794,he owned a total of 800 acres and had relocated his home to the south of Sandy Run on Frohock Point.He dammed Sandy Run to power a sawmill which was probably a tidal-powered mill.A bridge was built across the tidal creek to John's lands on Cherry Point.He rented a portion of his property on Cherry Point to,Woodford Mabry from 1801-1806,who ran a sawmill.(see Map)
In 1986 Archaeologists from the University of Florida excavated the small home of Woodford Mabry. The results of this excavation,revealed artifacts associated with his occupation as a sawmill operator.The artifacts,included a brass caliper for woodworking, and every day items like eating utensils, plates, tea cups, and platters.
John King's home site was also excavated and studied by archaeologists,who found a kitchen,well,house,and outbuilding. This revealed a reasonably well to do planter, with fine tableware from England, fancy cuff-links and buttons,tools,forks,and utilitarian vessels like milk pans. Also found in,John Kings's House was a Chinese coin,a curiosity to be sure.Nearby John's home site excavations revealed a possible slave cabin and stables.It is believed that since, John King had but a few slaves he gained income from supplying lumber (turpentine and pitch) for ship builders and did not plant cotton.
In 1811 a Scotsman, who visited the area around John King's property, said: "The lands around are very poor, incapable of producing anything but cotton and maize and these to so small an extent that the Planters have employed their Negroes for some years past in cutting down the trees on the banks of the river, which they find more lucrative than in agriculture. In consequence of this provisions are very scarce and some times the people are absolutely starving as they trust entirely for this article to their neighbors. The banks of the St. Marys river produces the finest pitch pine in the world. The unexhaustible forests on each side have been very lucrative of late years and have annually loaded forty or fifty vessels with this material to person who had contracts with the British Government."
John King served as city commissioner for St. Marys from 1792-1794. He was Justice of the inferior court from 1794 to his death in 1803.After his death his son,James (age 27) inherited the "Cherry Point Plantation' and house(see Map) In 1820, James owned eight slaves and a four-wheeled carriage,according to tax records.In 1823, James King established "Woodlawn Plantation" west of current day Kingsland and sold "Cherry Point Plantation" to John Houston McIntosh.
John King left a will dated Aug 1,1803 at Camden County, Georgia The will reads as follows.
"Be it Remembered that I John of the County of Camden State of Georgia planter have this day given and granted for and in consideration of the love and affection which I have unto my beloved son,James King, a certain negro man named Tom, to have and to hold the said negro man Tom to him self his _____ and assigns, fully and of wright. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and seal this 20th day of August, One thousand Eight hundred and one."
And: "Know all whom it may concern that I John King of the County of Camden planter have this day for the love and affection which I bear to my beloved son Thomas King given and granted unto him my said son,Thomas King three certain negroes _____ Peter, Pheb, Nancy, to have and to hold the said negroes Peter,Pheb, and Nancy aforesaid as he cometh of age and until that time the said Negroes Peter, Pheb & Nancy is hereby declared to be under the directions of my beloved wife Jane King, to bring up and educate my son,Thomas King in such manner as the produce of their labour will justify" In witness whereon I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 23rd day of June 1802. John King
When the "Cherry Point Plantation" was sold by John's son James King in 1823,James set aside a 20 foot section for a burying ground.It is believed that this burying ground is the grave locations of,James King's parents,John King and Jane Moorhead King.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 April 2020), memorial page for Pvt John King (1740–7 Mar 1804), Find a Grave Memorial no. 122540492, ; Maintained by John Clay Harris (contributor 47322896) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Buried on his "Cherry Point Plantation" at Kings Bay,Georgia(property is currently owned by the US Government).
Author: Kenneth Scott Collins
John King b. c1740 d. 3/7/1804 CAMDEN COUNTY, GEORGIA
A native of North Carolina, he served as a private and Lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of the Georgia Continental Battalion under Major George Handley. He received 690 acres of bounty land on the Oconee River in old Washington County for his services.
See: (1) Camden's Challenge: A History of Camden County, Georgia, p. 23.
(2) D.A.R. Patriot Index, v.2, p. 1685.
(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 106, 216, 305, 420.
(4) Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, v. 5.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
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