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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Nathan King

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    • Great-grandfather of Martin Luther King Jr. — 4th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 8 
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    • ABT Jan 1829 
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    • Georgia 
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    • ABT 1862 
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    • Children:

      • Elizabeth "Lizzie" King

      James Albert King (Ahnentafel No:4 )

      Sarah King

      Caroline King

      Charles King

      Luther King

      Terrill King

      Savannah King

      Robert Lee King

    • Notes: 

    • Nathan King's surname is also seen as Brannum and Branham.

      Jacob Brannam is probably the father of Nathan King (aka Brannum) as the two of them are living next door to one another at Eatonton, Putnam County, Georgia, in 1870.

      Although Nathan King's connection to Martin Luther King Jr. has appeared in various publications and on the internet in recent years, it appears that Michael Meggison was the first to bring to light the fact that Nathan King and Nathan Brannum/Branham were one and the same when he shared this information with William Reitwiesner who posted it on his website wargs.com sometime around 2007.

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  • Sources for Nathan King

    • 1 Federal Census, GA, Putnam County, 1880, E.D. 310, p. 40, Image 18 of 19.
    • 2 Federal Census, GA, Putnam County, 1870, Eatonton, p. 222, Image 71 of 139.
    • 3 Federal Census, GA, Jones County, 1900, Pope, E.D. 57, Sheet 8B, Image 16 of 24.
    • 4 Federal Census, GA, Jones County, 1910, Tranquilla, E.D. 80, Sheet 4B, Image 8 of 17.
    • 6 Butler, Jonathan deBurca, "We had a dream ... he's one of us", 18 JAN 2013, Irish Examiner, https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/we-had-a-dream-hes-one-of-us-219916.html, (accessed 03/17/2018).
    • 7 King, Naomi Ruth Barber, A. D. and M. L. King: Two Brothers Who Dared to Dream, Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse LLC (2014), family tree in back part of book.
    • 8 Smolenyak, Megan, "Martin Luther King Day Could Have Been Michael Luther Branham Day", 06 DEC 2017, Huffpost, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/martin-luther-king-name_b_2499576.html, (accessed 03/17/2018).