Miles King
Miles King (November 2, 1747 – June 19, 1814)[1] was an American merchant, mayor, and member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
King was born in 1747. He served on coastal patrols in Virginia during the American Revolution.[2] He was a member of the Virginia house of delegates from Elizabeth City County in 1777–1778 and from 1784–1798.[2] He was a member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention that ratified the federal Constitution in 1788.[2] In 1798 he resigned from the House of Delegates to become clerk of his county's court.[2] He served as mayor of Norfolk for four terms (1804–1805, 1809–1810, 1811–1812, 1813–1814).[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "King Family of Virginia". The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. 16 (2): 105–110. October 1907.
- ^ a b c d "To George Washington from Miles King, 27 April 1797". Archives.gov.
Miles King (1747–1814), a merchant in Hampton, served intermittently on coastal patrols in Virginia during the Revolution. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Elizabeth City County in 1777 and 1778 and served in that body continuously from 1784 until 1798. He also was a member of the Virginia convention that ratified the federal Constitution in 1788. He was not appointed collector of the port of Norfolk, but in 1798 he resigned from the house of delegates to assume the relatively lucrative position of clerk of his county's court. In 1804 and again in 1805 he was elected mayor of Norfolk.
- ^ H. W. Burton (1877). History of Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk Virginian. pp. 228–232 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Note: the registry in Burton lists a Miles King Jr. as mayor in 1811–1812 and 1813–1814 although it is likely an error as it also lists Miles King Jr. dying in 1814 which is the same death year as Miles King. His son, Miles King Jr. (born 1786) served as mayor 1832–1843