The following article appeared in today's Lexington Chronicle.
The Kings Black Creek
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Bethelm Lutheran Church at Sand Hills, also known as Black Creek Church
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CLAUDETTE HOLLIDAY
cholliday@windstream.net
Sometime back I discovered two interesting places in Baltimore County, Maryland, that possibly have a Lexington County connection. The small towns were Kingville and Reistertown. In my family tree my great, great grandfather John Adam Reister married Rachel E. King. Both were from southern Lexington County and made their home in Edmund. Rachel’s father was Abraham King.
An Abraham King founded Kingsville, but I have not yet documented if Lexington’s Abraham King was a relative of Maryland’s Abraham King. It is a work in progress.
Lexington County’s Abraham King was the son of David King who received a state grant of 1,000 acres in 1815 on the head branches of Lightwood Creek and Hell Hole Creek off the North Edisto River. He received another grant in 1814 on Red Bank Creek off the Congaree River. He lived at Pond Branch and is believed to have been a surveyor.
Abraham King served in the War of 1812 under Captain John Salley of the SC Infantry until the fall of 1814. Abraham was born in 1796. He died at age 58 and is buried at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Black Creek in Lexington County where he received a land grant of 200 acres. He also received a grant of 381 acres on Little Hollow Creek off the Big Saluda River in 1814 and a second grant of 450 acres situated on Camp Branch on Lightwood Creek.
Abraham King was first married to Mary Magdalina Price who died in 1842. He then married Anis Taylor in 1845. Church elders Abraham and Samuel King were given by Adam Smith in 1842 five acres of land at the head of the Little Black Creek for the rebuilding of a church and upkeep of a school located on the tract. This church was Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Abraham King’s children with Mary Price were Samuel, who moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Edwin, Lucinda, Maria, Caroline, and Mary Ann who moved to Georgia. (she left out Eliza)
Abraham’s children with second wife Anis Taylor were Rachel, Leah, Jane and Martha Ann.
This is how the pedigree goes......Grandma Cat......her mom Naomi, her mom Leila Pound, her mom Sara Jane Miller, her mom, Eliza King, her mom Mary Magdelina Price that married Abraham King.
cholliday@windstream.net
Sometime back I discovered two interesting places in Baltimore County, Maryland, that possibly have a Lexington County connection. The small towns were Kingville and Reistertown. In my family tree my great, great grandfather John Adam Reister married Rachel E. King. Both were from southern Lexington County and made their home in Edmund. Rachel’s father was Abraham King.
An Abraham King founded Kingsville, but I have not yet documented if Lexington’s Abraham King was a relative of Maryland’s Abraham King. It is a work in progress.
Lexington County’s Abraham King was the son of David King who received a state grant of 1,000 acres in 1815 on the head branches of Lightwood Creek and Hell Hole Creek off the North Edisto River. He received another grant in 1814 on Red Bank Creek off the Congaree River. He lived at Pond Branch and is believed to have been a surveyor.
Abraham King served in the War of 1812 under Captain John Salley of the SC Infantry until the fall of 1814. Abraham was born in 1796. He died at age 58 and is buried at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Black Creek in Lexington County where he received a land grant of 200 acres. He also received a grant of 381 acres on Little Hollow Creek off the Big Saluda River in 1814 and a second grant of 450 acres situated on Camp Branch on Lightwood Creek.
Abraham King was first married to Mary Magdalina Price who died in 1842. He then married Anis Taylor in 1845. Church elders Abraham and Samuel King were given by Adam Smith in 1842 five acres of land at the head of the Little Black Creek for the rebuilding of a church and upkeep of a school located on the tract. This church was Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Abraham King’s children with Mary Price were Samuel, who moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Edwin, Lucinda, Maria, Caroline, and Mary Ann who moved to Georgia. (she left out Eliza)
Abraham’s children with second wife Anis Taylor were Rachel, Leah, Jane and Martha Ann.
This is how the pedigree goes......Grandma Cat......her mom Naomi, her mom Leila Pound, her mom Sara Jane Miller, her mom, Eliza King, her mom Mary Magdelina Price that married Abraham King.
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