FOURTH GENERATION

William D. King (1798-c1875) and Mary Ann Bryant (1804-1894)

William D. King was born about 1798 in Wilkes County, Georgia, apparently the son of Revolutionary War veteran Richard King and his wife Rachel. William grew up in Wilkes County and on September 21, 1819 he married neighbor Mary Ann Bryant, daughter of Nathan Bryant and Rebecca Little. By 1830, William and Mary Ann had moved to newly-formed Pike County along with her father Nathan, and there they lived for more than two decades, raising at least a dozen children. In 1852 William and Mary Ann King relocated to deep south Georgia in Lowndes County, eventually residing in Berrien County. William died there about 1875, and Mary Ann in 1894. Both are buried in Nashville Cemetery in Berrien County.

Children of William D. King and Mary Ann Bryant

1. Daughter, born c1820
2. Elizabeth King, born c1821; married 1st Hardy H. Holden on December 23, 1838 in Pike Co., 2nd John J. Bagwell on March 23, 1843 in Pike Co.; died after 1892 in Florida.
3. Nathan King, born c1823; married Lucy Clayton; died at Blue Sulfur Springs, Virginia (CSA).
4. Jesse King, born c1825
5. Susan King, born c1827; married William Hood
6. Richard King, born c1828; married Margaret Ross
7. Sarah King, born c1831; married 1st ______ Swann, 2nd Frances Clow in Berrien Co.
8. Martha A. King, born c1833; married Mahlon Mathis; died 1860 in Lowndes Co.
9. Malinda King, born c1835; married William Green
10. Sophronia J. King, born c1836
11. William Sanford King, born c1838; married Sarah Cooper
12. John H. King, born c1839; married Lucy Pounds
13. Mary A. Caroline King, born c1845; married Martin B. Clyatt

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Many thanks to Rhonda King in Georgia and Ed Bryant of Austin, Texas for sharing the results of their own research regarding the King and Bryant families, some of which is incorporated here.

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