King Tom was the Temne ruler of the land where the Province of Freedom, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

 was first located.

He was described by John C. Lettsome

John C. Lettsome

Dr. John Coakley Lettsome was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. He was born into one of the early Quaker settlements in the territory, and grew up to be an abolitionist...

 as "a very fine fellow, so far as dress goes, for he generally has variegated bright colours; his hat is immenesely large, and the whole flap covered with gold lace, of which he is very proud. His palace is, however equal to a hut."

Lettsome also stated that he was at one time father-in-law of Henry Smeathman

Henry Smeathman

Henry Smeathman was an English naturalist.In 1771 John Fothergill along with two other members of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks and Marmaduke Tunstall, sponsored Smeathman to spend four years in and around the Sierra Leone penininsula studying its natural history. According to John C...

.