William King was son of Victor and Jane Moffit King. He was born in Tyrone Twp, York Co, now Adams Co, PA. He may have served in the Revolutionary War. It has been told that William gave material to Harriet Beecher Stowe for Uncle Tom's Cabin. He married Nancy Waugh on April 2, 1787 in Tyrone Twp, Adams Co, PA. He moved to Georgetown, Scott Co, KY in 1789, then to Dayton, OH in 1799 because of his views on slavery. It has been said that William lived until Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, then he died a Happy man just short of his 100th birthday. When coming to the Miami Valley with $1.00 in his pocket, he found few houses, so he left his family in a wagon in the new settlement until he could build them a log cabin to live in. He was a member of the Moral Society of Dayton in 1818, and was a Clerk and Elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton, OH, of which he was one of the original members. He would ride horseback 400 miles to go to church. He operated a ferry boat at the West end of 4th Street in Dayton, facilitation movement to and from his farm in what is now Miami City. In January 1819, he became a member of a corporation that operated a toll bridge which crossed the Miami River at Bridge Street until it was washed away in 1852. In 1829, he was moderator of the Dayton Temperance Society.
William King was son of Victor and Jane Moffit King. He was born in Tyrone Twp, York Co, now Adams Co, PA. He may have served in the Revolutionary War. It has been told that William gave material to Harriet Beecher Stowe for Uncle Tom's Cabin. He married Nancy Waugh on April 2, 1787 in Tyrone Twp, Adams Co, PA. He moved to Georgetown, Scott Co, KY in 1789, then to Dayton, OH in 1799 because of his views on slavery. It has been said that William lived until Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, then he died a Happy man just short of his 100th birthday. When coming to the Miami Valley with $1.00 in his pocket, he found few houses, so he left his family in a wagon in the new settlement until he could build them a log cabin to live in. He was a member of the Moral Society of Dayton in 1818, and was a Clerk and Elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton, OH, of which he was one of the original members. He would ride horseback 400 miles to go to church. He operated a ferry boat at the West end of 4th Street in Dayton, facilitation movement to and from his farm in what is now Miami City. In January 1819, he became a member of a corporation that operated a toll bridge which crossed the Miami River at Bridge Street until it was washed away in 1852. In 1829, he was moderator of the Dayton Temperance Society.
