Jemima Cozart (1819-1877), said to be daughter of William Cozart (ca 1787 • Orange Co., North Carolina-death after 1870, Person Co., North Carolina) and Dicy Carrington, (ca1784-1788 • Orange Co., North Carolina-death ca 1850-1863 • Person Co., North Carolina).

Note that Jemima and her husband Thomas King have their Marriage Bond/Marriage License from Person County, North Carolina. Groom: Thomas King [ca20]; Bride: Jemima Cozart [ca26/27]; Bond date: 06 Jan 1846; Bond #: 000109819; County: Person; Bondsman: Squire Cozart; Witness: Squire Meadows; Record #: 02 016; Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868; Image Num: 001811.

Visit the Memorial of Thomas King (1826-1909) for more details of Jemima Cozart with her husband Tom King and six children. The writer of A History Of A Pioneer Citizen, January 1977, was Thomas King's youngest daughter from his second family of eight children as recorded by Myrtle Belle (King) Marks (1897-1995), written when she was age 79.

1850 CENSUS
Residence 01 Nov 1850 • Ledge of Rock District, Granville Co., North Carolina:
All Born in North Carolina.
Thomas King 25 (b1825), Farmer in Agriculture; Jemima King 28 (b1822); Dicy King 8 (b1842); James King 4 (b1846); Betsy King 1 (b1849).
[Note: Thomas and Jemima did not marry until 1846; if Dicy born about 1842 she is likely NOT a daughter of Thomas. Some researchers give her as a possible niece? or other relationship.]

1860 CENSUS
Residence 14 Jun 1860 • Wisesmill PO, Webster Co., Kentucky
Thomas King 34 (b1826) NC, Farmer; Jemima 41 (b1819), NC, Weaver; James W 14 (b 1846), NC; Betsey A 12 (b1848), NC; Mary T 10 (b1850), KY; Mariah F 7 (b1853), KY; Thos J 4 (b1856), KY; Dicy A Cozort 20 (b1840), NC; John Cozort 1 (b 1859), KY.

1870 CENSUS
Residence 11 Aug 1870 • Post Office: Poolmill & Sebree, District 1, Webster Co., Kentucky
Thomas King 43 (1827, NC) Farmer; Jemimah King 51 (b1819, NC) Keeping House; Thomas King 14 (b 1856, KY) Farmer; Margaret King 7 (b 1863, KY).

JEMIMA (COZART) KING DIED
1870 was Jemima's last census; she was age 57 at her death on 01 May 1877 (tombstone); her youngest child, Texana was age 15.

She is buried in an older part of Mount Lebanon General Baptist Church Cemetery, Webster County, Kentucky. She has a tombstone inscribed: "JEMIMA * Wife of * THOMAS KING * BORN * JUL 22, 1819 * DIED * MAY 1, 1877 [Epitaph unclear]"

Jemima's vital statistics are also inscribed on her husband Thomas King's headstone: "THOMAS KING * BORN SEPT 17, 1836 * DIED JUNE 15, 1909 ~~~ JEMIMA KING * BORN JULY 22, 1819 * DIED MAY 1, 1877 ~~~"

SOURCE:
Mount Lebanon General Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 132 Sebree-Dixon Rd, Webster Co., Kentucky and Find-A-Grave.com virtual cemetery.

THOMAS KING'S 2ND MARRIAGE
Thomas King married secondly 18 Oct 1877 • Webster Co., Kentucky to Mary Louise Shelton. See her memorial for additional details.

They had a family of eight children. The following census are with Tom and Mary with some of their children.

1880 CENSUS
Residence 15 Jun 1880 • Petersburg, Webster Co., Kentucky
Thos. King 54, Farmer, b NC, fa b VA, ma b NC; Mary L. King 19, Keeping House, b KY, fa b NC, ma b KY; Robt. L. King 2; Jeney B. Haley 13.

1900 CENSUS
Residence 28 Jun 1900 • Sebree, Webster Co., Kentucky
Thomas King 73, Farmer; Mary L King 38, 8 kids, 8 living, Married 23 Years (Marriage Year 1877); Robt L King 21; Cleveland King 13; Lillie B King 15; Lula King 11; Rosa King 9; Merta B King 2.

MARY (SHELTON) KING DIED
Death of Mary Louise (Shelton) King (1861–1902) 17 Aug 1902 (tombstone), Webster Co., Kentucky. She has a headstone that is now located next to that of Thomas King at Mount Lebanon General Baptist Church Cemetery, Webster Co., Kentucky.

THOMAS KING outlived both of his wives. In his will of 1903, probated in 1910, he named a guardian for the care of five of his youngest children.

THOMAS KING DIED
Death of Thomas King (1826-1909) 15 Jun 1909 (tombstone) near Dixon, Webster Co., Kentucky. His youngest child Mertie was age 11.