New Releases by Larry KING

Research on James Keith Sr. indicates that he " ... was born in North England about 1720 and brought to Virginia as an infant by relatives or a guardian. ... records further show he first settled in what is now the Frederick/Shenandoah counties area of Virginia at a place called Noride and married as [sic] Miss Norid; or similar spelling. ... Several contemporary genealogists and descendants believed James Keith, Sr. could have been brought to Virginia by another James Keith who was his father."--P. 1. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama, Kansas, Washington, Michigan, Deleware, Maryland, Nevada, Mississippi, Colorado, California, Oregon, Ohio and elsewhere.

Smith King was born in Virginia in 1825. Early in life he was living in the Loafers Rest Community of Wythe and Carroll Counties, Virginia, so he could have been born there. He married Nancy Alley, daughter of David and Sarah Alley, in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1848. They had five children. He served in the Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army, during the Civil War and died while a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, 12 August 1864. Descendants lived in Virginia and elsewhere.