Generation Three

3.  William M. KING (644);[1] born May 22, 1839 in Pulaski Co., VA;[2] married Eva C. Shufflebarger (645), daughter of Elias Shufflebarger Jr. (661) and Nancy Carper (662), circa 1865; died of an apparent heart attack in 1915 in Belsprings[3] and was buried in Thornsprings Cemetery, Pulaski Co., VA.[4]

     He was also known as William "Billy" King.

     He began military service on June 25, 1861 in Newbern, Pulaski Co., VA.. A Civil War Veteran, Billy enlisted in the 50th VA INF at Newbern, VA as 4th Sargeant in Co. I.  In 1860, he was a farm laborer, age 21, in Pulaski Co., VA. [5]

     He was wounded in action in the left arm at the battle of Fisher's Hill on Sep. 22, 1864 "where (he was) nobly performing his duties as officer and soldier."  His arm was amputated close to the shoulder blade.  William King was 5' 7" with a fair complexion, brown hair and gray eyes in 1864.  He was absent from his unit on Jan. 14, 1865. [6]

     William King was living in Pulaski Co., VA, age 48 on Apr. 28, 1888 and was still in Pulaski County on Aug. 12, 1907.[7] He ended military service on September 22, 1864 at Fisher's Hill in the Shenandoah Valley.[8] He was a Constable and then later was the tax collector for at least 7 years in Pulaski Co., VA.[9]

From Pulaski County: Virginia and Virginians:

WILLIAM M. KING-One of the ten children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mullin) King, whose record has just been given, is serving as constable in Pulaski  county.

     He was born May 22, 1839, in Pulaski county, and here his wedded life began. His wife is Eva C., daughter of Elias and Nancy (Carper) Shufflebarger, and his children are two daughters: Sarah J., born October 4, 1865; Elizabeth C., August 24, 1867.

     William M. King enlisted in Company I, Fiftieth Virginia Infantry in 1862, at Newbern, went from there to Wytheville, then to Giles county, where he saw his first fighting, then to Uniontown, Salt Sulphur Springs, Charleston on the Kanawha river, and then joined the army in Eastern Virginia.  There the regiment took part in the battle of Fredericksburg, then went over into Maryland, and fought in the memorable engagement of Gettysburg, then fell back and recrossed into Virginia, taking part in the battle of Fishers Hill, in which Mr. King lost an arm. He was furloughed home, where he was still recuperating from his injury when the army disbanded.

     He was elected constable in 1866, and has been the efficient incumbent of the office ever since, and has been for the last seven years tax collector, also. Newbern, Pulaski county, Virginia, is his address (1880 at Pulaski, VA.[10])

(Obituary)

WILLIAM KING DROPS DEAD

     William King, a well known County man and Confederate Veteran, dropped dead yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock near Belsprings. He was returning from Charleston, W. Va., where he had visited his daughters Mrs. William Sutton and Mrs. David Smith, and was walking between the stations of the Virginian railroad and the Norfolk and Western to come to Pulaski Co., when he dropped dead. The announcement of his death came as a great surprise and shock to his relatives and friends.

     The deceased was a gallant Confederate soldier having been a member of the 51st Virginia Regiment, Co. I. In the battle at Cedar Run he lost his left arm.

     He was one of the faithful members of the Pulaski County Camp of  Confederate Veterans.

     For some years, he had been acting as one of the deputy collectors for the county treasurer. He was a native of the county and spent the 76 years of his life here.  He was a familiar figure and had a genial smile for all he came in contact with. His death removes another of the old guards whose ranks are so rapidly thinning. He lost his wife during the past several months, and is survived by several children.

     Burial will be by the side of wife at Thornsprings, though the hour is not announced.

     Eva C. SHUFFLEBARGER (645)[11]^,[12] was born in 1843 in Pulaski Co., VA.[13] She died in 1915 in the family home on Peak Creek in Newbern, Pulaski Co., VA.[14]

(Obituary)

 MRS. WILLIAM KING; Mrs. Eva King, wife of Mr. William King, a well known Confederate soldier of the county, died Sunday at the family home on Peak Creek, near Newbern.  The deceased had been in declining health for some time as a result of the infirmities of age.

     She is survived by her husband, and two daughters, Mrs. David Smith and Mrs. William Sutton, both of the county. Mrs. Chester King is a sister. Before her marriage she was Miss Eva C. Shufflebarger, and she was a native of this county, having been born about 75 years ago.

     In her death the community in which she lived loses a most excellent woman. The funeral services will be conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at Thornspring, where the interment will take place. The family have the sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement after 1915.[15] She was buried after 1915 in Thornsprings Cemetery.[16]

     Children of William M. King (644) and Eva C. Shufflebarger (645) all born in Pulaski Co., VA, were as follows:

         13.        i.    Sarah Jane (625), born October 4, 1865; married William Kirby Sutton (624).  For more on this family see the Sutton section.

         14.        ii.    Elizabeth C. (646);[17] married David Smith (647); born August 24, 1867.[18]

         15.      iii.    (Not Named) (4417);[19] born March 28, 1869;[20]^,[21] died March 28, 1869 in Pulaski Co., VA.[22]^,[23]

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