CLAUDE H. MQORE, T*urkey, N. C.
This information concerning James M. King’s
life was sent to me by my cousin, Kiss Jean
nette Moore King/ of Murfreeesboro, Tennessee,
uho has made a careful study of the great
grandfather's ,life. This is.only an abstract of
her manuscript*
Colonel James Moore King was the son of
Henry King and Jeannette Moore King, and the
maternal grandson of James Moore and Ann
Thomson Moore. Me was born on November
18, 1792, near Clinton, Sampson County, North
Carolina. His father, Henry King, was born in
North Carolina, on September 30, 1758, and died
near Clinton, about 1796. Tfis mother, Jeannette
Moore, was born :in Turkey Township, Sampson
County, on January 18, 1771. -James M. King
had only one brother, Henry King, two years
younger than he, who died with pneumonia at
the Battle of NewOrleans on January 5, .18,15.
In the year 1807, Jeannette Moore King, >with
her two sons, some Negro slaves, cattle, horses,
and household /luggage, went to Rutherford
County, Tennessee, and settled on her estate,
six miles W«st of Murfreesbolro. James wd
Henry King attended a school, north mf Mur
ireesDoro, uuigiu uy a mi. ruacK..
The Adjutant General’s Office of the United
States War Department gives the following
facts: "James M. King served in ,the War of
1812 as a corporal of Captain Jones’ .company,
First Regiment of Mounted Tennessee Gunmen,
from September 28, 1814, to May 2, 1915.
Henry King served in the same organization as a
private until his death. James and Henry King
were with General Andrew Jackson in the
Florida Campaign, and at the Battle of Horse
shoe Bend. James M. King was in the Semi
nole War, 18*18, with General Jackson.
‘ In the later years of the 1820’s, James M.
King was elected Colonel of Militia which he
disciplined to efficiency in a marked degree in
military regulations. He declined announcing
himself for the brigadier-generalship, but recom
mended his adjutant, W. H. Smith.”
In 1811, Mrs. Jeannette Moore King married
Captain Isaac Butler, who first married Maria
Overton, a daughter of Thomas Quinton. Jean
nette Moore lying, Butler had a daughter, Jane,
who married her, first cousin, Walter O. Moore,
the son of James Moore and Jane Overton
Moore, of Sampson County, N. C. Walter O.
Moore had two children, Jane Wordson and
Major James B. Moore.
On the 29th of November, 1821, James Moore
King, was married to Martha Batey, the daugh
ter of Captain William Batey and Ann B. Batey.
To this marriage the following children were
born, namely:
1. Henry A. Jackson King was born in 1823
and died in 1839. ^
2. Julia Anne King (born in 1825 and died
in 1932), married her cousin, Charles W. Moore,
the son of Ezekial Moore and Mary King Moore,
of Sampson County, N. C. They had the fol
lowing children: James, Pattie, Thomas, Hardy,
Caroline, William, iBertha, and Charles W.
Moore.
3. William Rufus King Was born in 1826 and
died in 1846.
4. Helen Jane King was born in 1829 and
died in 1887. She married Captain John Lytle,
a distinguished Confederate soldier.
5. Washington L. King was born in 1830 and
died in 1833.
6. Janies Moore King. No information
7. Charles Hays King was born in '1830 and
died in 1910. He had the following children:
George Wood King, planter near Murfreesboro,
Tennessee; Dr. Janies Moore King, who died m
1926, was a distinguished physician. and a spe
cialist in clinical dermatalogy, at Nashville,
Tennessee; Dr. Joseph E. J. King, of New ior
City, is one of the most successful surgeons m
die United States in brain and spinal cord sur
gery; Pattie B. King, is a teacher, and Jeannette
Moore King, who graduated from Columbia
University, is now teaching in Nashville, Tennes
see. There are several other children, but t en
names are unknown at present. # ,
8. Sarah Elizabeth King (born in lo3/ a
died in 1906) married Lieutenant S.
and had one child, Samuel H. After Lieutenant
Ransom’s death, she married Colonel Thomas D,
Mosely. " .
9. Thomas Moore King. N° information
given.
.10. Marion HeKalb King. No information
given.
.11. John Hicks King. No .information
given. ,
12. William .Henry King married and ha
<two daughters and a son. -He moved to Harling
i mo ^'eXaS> *n and died on "December 15,
In 1831, Colonel James Moore King erected
a large brick mansion of sixteen rooms on his
plantation near Murfreesboro, .called ‘'Rural
Rest. At ‘Rural Rest” in the course of time
there was a great variety of assembling and
gatherings together, and, in each, Colonel King’s
hospitality and kindness were commensurate
With the occasion, and purpose of the assembly.
It was a place of social and unrestrained liberty
and enjoyment, with plain, unfeigned, whole
. hear ted friendship, courtesy, and ‘hospitality.
.Colonel King greeted and entertained all his
.guests ... in a practicable, .democratic spirit and
manner. The aged had the most careful and best
attention and .consideration; the young children
■Were .generally kindly, cheerfully, and sweetly re
ceived, and caressed and petted; the young folk
were met cheerfully and in social merriment;
and, all ages welcomed and greeted with .pleasure
.and cordial salutation, and with the free-hearted
hospitality which .was always characteristic of
Colonel King’s home.”
When the .War Between the States broke out,
three of Colonel King’s sons enlisted in the Con
federate Army. Before leaving for the army,
Colonel King said to them, “My sons, you are
soldiers. A . soldier is not his own man and can
not do as he pleases. He is under discipline and
army .rgeulations; you must obey orders and
discharge your duty honorably and faithfully;
you .will face danger and hardships at all tim6s;
the battle will call you, face it with the determi- *
nation to do your duty as a good and honorable
soldier; and, remember, if you are killed in bat
tle, you will not die of sickness at home. Never
shirk your duty and make it 'harder on others
for double duty. A soldier must obey orders;
military laws are rigid.”
During the last half of the war, Colonel King,
at the age of about seventy-one, joined the Con
federate Army and wjas away from home for
two and one-half years. During the war, the
"Federal Army confiscated Colonel King’s prop
erty which exceeded $200,000 (two hundred
thousand dollars). The Federals seized 20,000
bushels of corn, 35,000 pounds of pork, 6,000
pounds of meat from the smokehouse, 100 head
of cattle, between 60 and 70 head of horses and
mules, and the Government freed il 50 Negro
slaves.
In March, 1877, Colonel King was taken sick
and on April 5th he died, and was buried in the
family cemetery.
Turkey, N. C. * CLAUDE LI. MOORE.
An Ideal School
In . an ideal school all aims and effects center
on the child. The ideal school exists for him.
He is a dynamic, purpose organism who seeks
expression. He is guided in a kindly helpful and
understanding, yet firm manner to the end that
he may become a happy, free and independent
thinker, a growing, versatile, social human be
ing.
His teachers aim at attitudes of optimism, in
dependence, social responsibility, unselfishness,
perseverance, critical evaluation, open-minded
ness, honesty, co-operation and enthusiasm. With
these attitudes his educational achievement in
cludes information and facts which are our
precious heritage, an heritage born out of the
successes and disappointments of the past.
In the school approaching per iecuon ,empna
sis in on the positive side instead of the nagative.
The freedom of the child is paramount. Just as
his physical energy requires that he have an out
let and drive with minimum restraint so must
his thinking be allowed full play. Freedom and
enriched experience through an active program
which respects his interests and his need for crea
tive achievement exercsie to the limit the orig
inality and ingenuity of a well-trained teaching
staff. . ,
The staff from the head-executive to the young
est teacher is composed of specialists in,their va
rious fields who are also well grounded m edu
cation psychology, history of education, and
sociology, teachers who are themselves, vigorous,
intelligent, open-minded individuals.
These teachers realize that .example is greater
than precept, that authoritative commands m Jhe
class room likewise beget autocratic habits of
thinking on the part of rthe,children.
Drill is conducted in a manner to be meaning
ful and interesting to the child. U*m\ag occurs
bv meeting problems as is done in actual
J - t.-i - the self-impQsed- restraint of
me is
POET Af© CRITIC
i. r ;
The Poet, Tumbling thro’ a wood,
Looked on earth and found it good;
Drank of beauty, fed his -soul,
Then breathed it out—no niggard dole.
The radiant, quivering, happy thing
Soon floated far, on gorgeous wing. ■'
; II. -
The Critic, eager, smart, alert,
Looked too on earth—saw .merely dirt. ,
He made dlis morning walk a race
Quickly -to reach his -business place;
But with ’him took -a close-meshed net
To trap such victims as he met.
The Poet’s soul came -in his way
And fell at once—am easy prey.
“These fluttering wings.‘bedazzle - my .sight;
“We’ll pin them down and -curb their flight.
“.Perhaps there’s thought in this little head—•
“To see* we'll vivisect;” he said.
So he went to wfork-in cheerful guise,
And slaughtered the-soul -before our .eyes.
—Henrietta R. Smedes.
Some Mot Anti-Liqupr JJlQU
From the Biblical Recorder
The 1934 ifootball -season exhibited .more drink
ing and more drunkenness^ in .one year.than ever
seen in America. There seems to be amumber
of idiotic football .fans .who purchase liguor and
go to the:games to display "their liquor and their
’lack of sense ;and decency ^Christian Science
Monitor.
New WonderaajQf Science
The world leaps through physical science
achievement into an aweinspiring era, with new
standards of living. The Monitor’s survey,, re
corded in a current series.of articles, shows that
new industries, new methods are-springing*up in
the wake of chemists, engineers, physicists and
inventors. The worker - shouts that- 'these jeop
ardize his job; MarcOriL replies that to discard the
machine would make civilization walk backward.
Dr. Harlow Shapley says. matter dies, that light
may live. He sees a newadeabreaking in-through
the laboratory .window—That it is God who-really
created the world.—-Christian Science Monitor.
There -is considerable waste 'throughout the
country of relief funds. Many people who are
;on the dole take their little money/hasten to the
■ saloon and spend it for liquorV" Others, - taking
the provisions furnished therrt by public charity,
sell them for a small amount of cash and spend
■the cash for liquor. And one of these fellows on
the-dole has the same vote at the :ballot box as
the President of the United States or the man
who pays the taxes.—Christian Sience Monitor.
socially minded children. Co-operative enterprise
takes the place of cruel competition. .
There is a \vhole,hearted -spirit .of ,demqcracy
between the superintendent, teachers, supervis
ing teachers, and principals. The question of
who is in authority is never thought of. Honest
and straightforward exchange of ideas occurs to
the point of even plain-speaking but personali
ties play no part. AH parts of .the household are
recognized as vital factors in the growth of the
children.
The academic and industrial departments are
closely integrated. Properly constructed build
ings, spacious grounds, athletic fields, and equip
ment which is both useful and artistic are aU con
tributing factors to growth of each .pupil to the
end he may become a well-integrated personality,
a positive factor toward the advancement of his
own well-being and to the welfare'of 'his 'fellow
man.' In the ideal school the realization is gen
eral that education is life and those who have the
responsibility for the care 'andrguidance of chil
dren like to remember , occasionally the words of
One Who said, “I am come that they might have
life and they might have it more abundantly.”—
R. ,F. N. in Ohio Chronicle.
JAMES JXOmUm McQVEEN,
iomymtv.
(Continued from- P$ge Six)
.Prison walls vdo no,t a prison .make, the peo
ple of Robeson county would unmake any prison
•walls that , held within .them their liberator, James
JDonahoe McQueen, and not one brick would rest
upon another in their jail or any other jail in
North Carolina that attempted to .bold Donahoe
McQueen forkilliug apyjJrpatan that had .struck
jiim when on .duty presej^ipg taw and -order.
£he judge virtually ;apolpgG^d'‘ihe\p!CJct for
.hia outburst of the jffeyiotlsjday, jia\drejlennied
'much over night that he 3«Hiot jafilgre* 1