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From: "Carley Wiggins" <>
Subject: Re: [SCMARION-L] King family of Robeson County, NC and Dillon County, SC--Samuel A. West?
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:18:44 -0500
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Sam_West




submitted by Helen Lane Wiggins
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donnelly" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 8:20 AM
Subject: [SCMARION-L] King family of Robeson County, NC and Dillon County,
SC--Samuel A. West?


> Hi,
> Could anyone tell me how to get in touch with Mr. Samuel A. West whom
> Andi recommends I contact in the email below? He researches genealogy
> in the Robeson County, NC area and often at the Lumberton Library. I
> thought someone might know if he has an email address or might know his
> phone number. I am most grateful to Andi for mentioning this.
> Thanks,
> Sharlotte
>
>
> Dear Donnelly:
>
> I kept reading over your email, and it come to me that when I was in
> Lumberton, NC last year I met a gentleman in the Library who was able to
>
> help me with my Kinlaw ancestors. Well to make a long story short this
> gentleman, a Mr. Samuel A. West met me in the Library, and has a book
> which
> is able 8 or 9 inches thick which I am surre will help you. Mr. West is
> a
> very highly respected researcher in that area of the state of NC. His
> prices are a little on the steep side, but I have found that he is well
> worth it.
>
> This book (which he has privately compiled)is all in his hand writing
> and
> has references to most family connections in Robeson County. When I
> paid
> Mr. West to check his book (he calls it his Data Control Book)on my
> Kinlaws,
> I learned information on two of my back generations that I did not know.
>
> While looking through the book (the only section I was concerned with
> was
> the "Ki" section) I remember seeing the Edward and Margaret King that
> you
> spoke of in your email. They were listed there because their last name
> started with "Ki". Well, I took notice simply because one of my
> ancestors
> was a Edward Kinlaw, and I thought it was Kinlaw, but then found that it
> was
> King. Well to make a long story short when I looked closer, I remember
> that
> the names of the mother and father of both Edward King as well as his
> wife
> Margaret King were listed record that he had referenced. When I come to
>
> realize that this Edward was not my Edward Kinlaw and that he was Edward
>
> King so then I went on to the other entrys. I am sorry but I do not
> recall
> what names of their parents, but I do specifically recall that their
> parents
> names were listed in Mr. West's Data Control Book. I don't know if he
> has
> done it yet but Mr. West said that he was starting to put this
> information
> in his computer.
>
> I don't know what he charges now, but last year he was charging $100 to
> run
> a search in his book. If we found anything he allowed us to write down
> his
> sources from his book and get copys ourselves, but if we wanted him to
> get a
> copy for us it was $15 a sheet for the copys. When I met him I told him
> I
> thought that it was a bit too steep, but then he said to take it or
> leave it
> that this was references that has took him more than 25 years to
> collect.
> He said that if someone would hire him to do the resarch that they would
> pay
> much more. He was nice enough but appeared to be some what firm in his
> offer. Well to make a long story short I paid him for mine on the
> Kinlaws
> and he did come up with several references that linked me up to the
> early
> Kinlaw generations.
>
> I don't have his address or phone number but I am sure if you call the
> Library in Lumberton, that they can give it to you. He is very well
> known
> by the folks at the Library and Courthouse there.
>
> I hope you success in your ancestor hunting.
>
> Andi
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Donnelly" <>
> >To:
> >Subject: [NCROBESO-L] King family of Dillon County, SC Date: Fri, 3 Jan
>
> >2003 10:27:34 -0500
> >
> >Wow, Sandy,
> >Thanks so much! I know that William Edward King's wife Margret J.
> >(maiden name unknown) did die before him while some of their children
> >were young, but I do not have a date. Are you related to the William
> E.
> >King who married Catherine C. Carter? My William Edward ("Eddie") King
> >was a farmer and carpenter who was born in March 1850 in North
> Carolina.
> >Do you know when and where that marriage of William E. King and
> >Catherine C. Carter took place? In the 1880 census William Edward King
> >and Margret J. are shown living in Thompson's Township in Robeson
> >County, NC. In the 1900 census they are in the Hillsborough Township
> of
> >then Marion County/now Dillon County, SC. The children-at least the
> >ones I know about-of William Edward King and Margret J. are: Dannie
> King
> >(a daughter born about 1873), Mattie E. King (a daughter born about
> >1874), Loula L. King (a daughter born about 1877), Mary King (a
> daughter
> >born about 1880), Laurence King (a son born in March 1883), Lonzo
> >("Lonnie") King (a son born March 4, 1885), Nettie Donnie King (a
> >daughter born May 29, 1892), Ernest B. King (a son born in February
> >1894), and at least two other children including maybe a daughter named
> >Pauline King. Nettie Donnie King Neely Riley was my paternal
> >grandmother. She married Joseph Bowden Neely, Sr. of Bayboro, Horry
> >County, SC, and they moved to Savannah, GA. Her brother Lonzo
> >("Lonnie") King first married Lizzie Huggins of Dillon County, SC, and
> >their children included Rembert Lonzo King and Pauline King. He next
> >married Mary Margaret Chappell of Hoke County, NC, and they had one
> >daughter, Helen Chappell King Greene. I would appreciate any other
> >information on the Kings of Dillon County, SC.
> >Thanks so much,
> >Sharlotte
> >
> >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/o/n/Sharlotte--N-Donnelly
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [mailto:]
> >Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:47 AM
> >To:
> >Subject: King family
> >
> >Hello Charlotte.
> >I have seen your postings in reference to your King family. I have a
> >King line also. I have tried to connect mine to yours, without much
> >success.
> >I did see on another posting however a marriage application for William
> >E. King to be married to Catherine C. Carter. Possibly a second
> marriage
> >for your William (?).
> >My line is :
> >Stephen King (abt 1810) in NC
> > wife was Mary " Polly"
> >son Alexander 1845-1916 m Orpha Scott (my line)
> >other sons John I., Mckibben, Caroline, Mary Jane and Stephen
> >
> >There are numerous King families in the Dillon/ Marion county area,
> even
> >now. I grew up in Lake View.
> >
> >If you have any connections you want me to help you look into (not sure
> >if you live in this area) just let me know. I will try to help you.
> >Sandy P. Spivey
> >
> >
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>
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