Confederate Soldier William C. King

Name in Confederate records: William C. King or W.C. King
Lived: 1832-1862
Relationships: Son of William C. and Prudence King
                     Husband of M.A. (Polly) Leonard
                     Father of Sarah Frances (Fannie) King (wife of Franklin Pierce Huntley)
	             and Mary Prudence King (wife of Jesse M. Huntley)
Unit: Co. I, 53rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (State Troops)
Rank: Private
Enlisted: March 20, 1862, Union County, N.C., volunteer
Died: April 25, 1862 at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, N.C.
          No cause of death or place of burial listed

Records:
Obtained from General Services Administration, National Archives & Records Service,
 Oct. 5, 1960.
 
1. Name appears on a register* of officers and soldiers of the Army of the Confederate
 States who were killed in battle, or who died of wounds or disease.
When received: March 22, 1864
Number of certficate: Co. I.
Confederate Archives, Chapter 10, File No. 9, Page 128
*This register appears to have been compiled in the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office 
from returns furnished by Hospitals and by Regimental and Company Officers.
J. Funk, copyist
 
2.  William C. King, Co. I, 53 Regiment North Carolina Troops, appears on a Roll of Honor* 
of the organization named above.
County: Union
Date of entrance into service: Mar. 20, 1862
Vol or conscript: Vol
Died or discharged, and when: Died April 25, 1862 at Camp Mangum.
*Compiled in the Office of the Adjutant General of the State of North Carolina
 in accordance with resolutions ratified by the General Assembly of that State
 on Decmeber 20, 1862. This card was made from the original record borrowed from the
 Adjutant General of North Carolina.--M.S. 1043147
 J. Jacobson, copyist.

3. Name appears on a register of claims of deceased officers and soldiers from North Carolina,
 which was filed for settlement in the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War 
 Department.
By whom presented: M.A. King, wid.
When filed: April 13, 1863
Where died: Raleigh, N.C.
Confederate Archives, Chapter 10, File No. 23, Page 73.  
W.H. Cullings, copyist