Male

May 3, 1765

February 15, 1844

Windsor, CT

Darien, GA
St. Simon's Island, GA

Katherine Barrington King (April 14, 1792)

Roswell King, born May 3, 1765, was the son of Timonthy and Sarah Fitch King of Windsor, Connecticut. In 1782 Roswell enlisted in the Army at the age of 17. In 1789, after the end of the Revolutionary War he relocated to Darien, Georgia. In Georgia he became a successful businessman and not only ran a construciton business, but also became a landowner and was a commission broker for rice, cotton, and lumber. Roswell also served as Justice of the Peace. On April 14, 1792 he married Katherine Barrington King of Savilla Bluff, Georgia, and the couple began their family of ten children. From 1794 until 1795 he served in the Georgia House of Representatives. Owning plantations himself, he became the manager of Major Pierce Butler's plantations in 1802, but resigned by 1820. That year he became the ...director of the Bank of Darien. By 1830 he had begun developing land in northern Georgia, where he built dams and mills. In 1836 he founded the town of Roswell, and three years later set up the Roswell Manufacturing Company, which was the largest mill in northern Georgia. Roswell King continued to show an interest in the development of his land over the next handful of years, and on Febuary 15, 1844 he passed away while living with his widowed daughter Eliza King Hand.
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Military; Business; Political Office; Real Estate; Agriculture

State House of Representatives (GA) 1794-1795

Justice of the Peace (Darien, GA)