Person:Sarah Rector (8)

SARAH RECTOR lived in Campbell County, Virginia. She later moved to Roane County, Tennessee.

Sarah moved with her parents to Roane County, Tennessee sometime before1810. His grandparents (William and Ann Butler) along with many otherrelatives settled in this area during the early 1800's. Theirexploration led Lewis Rector to follow them with Sarah and the rest ofhis family a few years later.

William M Rector, age 80 years, resident of said County, P.O. Box Bowling Green, declares he is a brother to Sarah Kington and attended her wedding. Witnesses, S. M. Matlock; William M. Kington (Sarah's son) (Source: Warren County, Kentucky Court, April 18, 1879)

John Rector, resident of said County, P.O. Box Green Hill, age 73 years,declares Sarah Kington is his sister and he attended her wedding to John H Kington in Roane County, East Tennessee, near Kingston, in 1827. No witnesses. (Source: Warren County, Kentucky Court, April 26, 1879)

On September 19, 1885, Mr. J. M. Silvey, Wichita, Kansas reports to Chicago Pension Office that Sarah Kington who had lived with him for several years, died at Wichita September 20, 1883.

National Archives, War of 1812 Pension File: RECTOR John H. Kington wf Sarah, #W025401, WC24742 (reference only May 31, 1878, Scott County, Illinois appears Sarah Kington to apply for pension, age 75 years, widowof John H Kington who died January 24, 1863, Roane County, Tennessee.She, Sarah Rector married December 25, 1827, Roane County, Tennessee. Witnesses, James M Silvey (Son-in-law) and Fletcher Patterson.