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Joseph Seward King

Birth
Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA
Death
1853 (aged 58–59)
Burial
Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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He was a Baptist minister.
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Joseph Seward King settled on Leatherwood in Henry County, Va.
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Joseph married 1st to Sallie Clanton on 19 Dec. 1811 when he was 17 years old and they were parents of the following children: Martha, Betsy, Susan, and John Seward.
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He married 2nd to Mary Elizabeth Lester in 1835 when he was 41 years old and their children were Jesse, Benjamin S., William, Joseph Bouldin, John Tyler, and Dr. Franklin
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Seven of Joseph's sons served in the Civil War.
Three of them gave their lives for the Confederacy.
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Joseph served several terms in the Virginia Legislature and was a member of the State Senate at the time of his death.
He was a Baptist minister.
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Joseph Seward King settled on Leatherwood in Henry County, Va.
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Joseph married 1st to Sallie Clanton on 19 Dec. 1811 when he was 17 years old and they were parents of the following children: Martha, Betsy, Susan, and John Seward.
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He married 2nd to Mary Elizabeth Lester in 1835 when he was 41 years old and their children were Jesse, Benjamin S., William, Joseph Bouldin, John Tyler, and Dr. Franklin
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Seven of Joseph's sons served in the Civil War.
Three of them gave their lives for the Confederacy.
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Joseph served several terms in the Virginia Legislature and was a member of the State Senate at the time of his death.


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