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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the James Moore King Memoirs, circa 1925-1932, #3604-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Photocopies made from typescript loaned by Patti B. King of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., November 1962.

Location of Originals

Location of original manuscript unknown.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.
• King family.
• King, James Moore, 1792-1877.
• King, Jeanette Moore.
• King, William Henry, 1847-1932.
• Murfreesboro (Tenn.)--History--19th century.
• Murfreesboro (Tenn.)--Social life and customs.
• Plantations--Tennessee--Rutherford County.
• Rural Rest (Rutherford County, Tenn.)
• Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818.
• Tennessee--Biography.
• Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• Tennessee--Social life and customs.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• United States--History--War of 1812.

James Moore King (1792-1877), native of Sampson County, N.C., moved with his widowed mother and his brother from North Carolina in 1807 to near Murfreesboro, Tenn. At age 20, he enlisted in Coffee's Regiment of Dragoons for the War of 1812, was at the battle of New Orleans, and also fought in the Seminole War in 1818. His mother, Jeannette King married Isaac Butler, a widower of Tennessee.

King married Matha Batey in 1821 and they had 13 children, one of whom was Wililam Henry King (1847-1932). James Moore King was a strong Unionist until the outbreak of the Civil War in Tennessee, at which time he and his sons joined the Confederate forces.

The collection includes a photocopy of a typescript memoir, written circa 1925-1932, by William Henry King of his own life but chiefly of his father, James Moore King. Much of the memoir concerns the Civil War, especially civilian life around Murfreesboro, Tenn., and army service. Also present are additional notes and writings by William H. King compiled by Jeanette Moore King.