Wilson Daily Times, 18 February 1944.

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In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 620 Viola Street, public works laborer Peter King, 50; wife Trecy, 35; sons David, 7, and Thomas, 3; and stepdaughter Emma Davis, 13.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 611 Viola Street, Peter King, 80; wife Trecy, 42; daughter Emma Davis, 20; sons David, 17, and Thomas King, 12; and adopted son Robert Smith, 10.

On 17 June 1936, David King, 21, son of Peter King and Treay [sic; no maiden name given], married Adlena Parker, 23, daughter of Silas and Mahala Parker. Charles T. Jones, Missionary Baptist minister performed the ceremony at James Alston on Green Street, Wilson, in the presence of Alston, Mag Parker, and Mary Whitley.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 205 East Street, David King, 27, tobacco factory laborer; wife Addena, 27; and daughter Julia M., 2.

In 1940, William David King registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 4 May 1913 in Wilson; lived at 205 North East Street; was married to Adleana Pearl King; and worked for R.P. Watson Tobacco Company, Wilson.

William D. King died 2 February 1985 in Durham, North Carolina. He was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery.