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I found this site quite accidently, but realize what a great source of information I’ve come upon. Sort of like a pot of gold here! I’m a newby as far as genalogy is concerned so any information I can come up with is appreciated. I’m trying to find out my great great grandmothers Indian heritage. My mother often thought she was Blackfoot, but was unsure herself. My GG Grandmother’s name was Olive King. She was born supposedly in or near Copper Hill Virginia in 1817 or thereabouts and was married to Leroy Bartlett. I do know she supposedly went to a Quaker School in Pennsylvania. My Mother told me her great grandmother (Olive) had been a slave at one time on a tobacco plantation. My Mom died in 1982 and I have no one else surviving who can fill in the details. I have a picture of Olive taken in 1858, and that is just about the only info I have on her. I’ve gone into the genealogy resourses and found contacts who’ve got a wealth of information on the Bartletts, but Olive seems to be an enigma of sorts. Can anyone shed light on my plight? (that rhymed!) ha ha
God bless this site
Myrna Inglis
Email address: okmyrna@hotmail.com
Welcome Myrna,
I’d be glad to see if we can find her. I’ve got a Bartlett association myself back in 1790s Virginia.
Do you know approximately where Copper Hill is in Virginia ? If not I’ll see if I can find it on a map, no problem.
Bill Childs
Myrna,
Sorry it’s taken so long to get this to you.
I found Olive and Leroy & family on the 1860 & 1870 census and found a family tree by Scott Schaffer listing them married on 3 Oct 1840 in Montgomery., Va, the county from which Floyd Co was formed in 1831.
On both census records, Olive is shown as born abt. 1819, Va.
If the marriage date is correct, she should have been at her parents’ house on the 1840 census, assuming it was taken in the summer like most of them were in the 1800’s.
Olive would have been about 21 yrs old in 1840.
There are four KING households in 1840 Montgomery Co.
1). Henry, 20 to 29. (never found him after 1840)
2). Henry, 20 to 29, born England per 1850 census.
3). James, 40 to 49.****(m’d Peggy Turner Oct 23, 1817)
4). Zachariah, 40 to 49 (m’d Elizabeth Henderliter Dec 27, 1824)
Only James King has a female in his household whose age matches Olive’s. His household contains :
1 male 5 to 9.
1 male 15 to 19.
1 male 40 to 49 (James, b. in the 1790s)
1 female 5 to 9.
3 females 15 to 19.
1 female 20 to 29 (Olive? probably.)
1 female 40 to 49 (Peggy, nee Turner.)
This is the only James King in 1840 Montgomery Co. that I’ve been able to find.
Per “A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733 – 1831”, compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, p.24 :
“James King married Peggy TURNER, dau of Richard Turner. Jacob Howry, surety. Married by John Bell on Oct 23, 1817, Montgomery Co., Va.”.
I looked for but did not find a record for Richard Turner.
I have not found James & family in 1850, nor have I found Leroy and Olive King Bartlett.
There was more than one KING line in S.W.Va.
One was very hopeful. William King came to America in 1767 from Ireland and married Polly TRIGG in 1799, and this is a line which I know is Indian. However, his Will of 1808 makes no mention of any children, leaving everything to his wife and to a brother, who was coincidentally named James. If his children were underage I don’t think they would necessarily have been mentioned in his Will, so maybe he could have had young children when he died.
There are a total of 9 KING households in 1810 and the only one I haven’t found is James, naturally !
The others, and the head of household’s age:
John, Sr., over 45.
John, Jr., 25 to 44.
Polly, 25 to 44.
Anthony, over 45.
Robert, over 45.
William, 25 to 44.
William 3rd, over 45.
Joseph, 25 to 44.
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It’s not much, but I think James and Peggy are her parents.
Bill
Myrna,
Forgot something important about these King people.
On the 1830 census, James King had 2 male F.P.C.s in his household and on the next page, William B. King (20 to 29) has 1 female F.P.C., age 24 to 35, in his household. The F.P.C.s aren’t there in 1820 nor in 1840, unless they were counted as white members of their households.
Bill
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