Sampson County, NC - William Rufus King Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bud King - bud5082@earthlink.net These nine pictures were taken by Randolph McPhail King during a recent trip to Alabama (August 2012). The pictures are as follows; (1) A youthful picture of William Rufus DeVane King, probably about the time of his relocation to the Territory of Alabama; (2) A handwritten note originally done by William R. King which was attached to a copy of his Will; (3) Two maps both of which indicate the location of the original plantation of King's Bend once the property of William R. King; (4) A photograph of a drawing which depicts the appearance of the plantation home of William Rufus King about 1849; (5) A photograph of a Silver Service Set on display at the Museum located in the Department of Archives & History of Alabama which was once used by William R. King to entertain his guests on special occasions; (6) A picture which shows a historical marker which depicts some of the major accomplishments of William Rufus King; the marker is located very near to his final resting place in Live Oak Cemetery of Selma (AL); (7) A picture of the entrance to the Mausoleum of the Honorable William R. King, Vice President Elect of the United States in 1852; (8) Another view of the final resting place of William Rufus DeVane King located in the Live Oak Cemetery of Selma, AL; (9) A picture of the drive in Live Oak Cemetery on which the Mausoleum of William Rufus King is located. # Note: William Rufus King was first interred at the King Cemetery located on his plantation of King's Bend. His remains were relocated in April of 1882 to the Town of Selma, Alabama which he helped to found and which he named. This was done without the permission of those surviving family members who still lived in the Dallas County (AL) area. It is said that the remains of William Rufus King were actually re-interred underneath the granite mausoleum in order to deter the further traveling of his remains.