Austin Augustus King (1802 - 1870)

Born 21 Sep 1802 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 22 Apr 1870 at age 67 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Preceded by 9th Governor John Cummins Edwards

Austin Augustus King 10th Governor of Missouri 1848–1853

Succeeded by 11th Governor Sterling Price

Biography

Austin King is Notable.

Austin was born in 1802 in Tennessee to Walter King and Nancy Goad Sevier. He was the grandson of John Sevier who became the first governor of Tennessee.

He married Nancy Roberts in 1828 in Gibson County, Tennessee.^[1] They were the parents of Walter, Frances, William, Austin, Melvina, Edward, Thomas and Henry. After Nancy's death, he married Martha Woodson. They had two girls, Nannie and Mary.

He became a lawyer; was a Colonel in the Black Hawk Indian War. He served as judge at a hearing in Ray County, Missouri that accused Morman leader, Joseph Smith and some of his followers with treason, murder and other crimes. His career eventually led to his being elected as the 10th Governor of the State of Missouri in 1848.

He died in 1870 in St. Louis courtroom and is buried at Richmond Cemetery in Ray County, Missouri.

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4N1-3Y3 : 16 March 2020), Austin A King and Nancy Roberts, 12 May 1828; citing Gibson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,002,623.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZW-LD3 : 4 April 2020), Austin A King, Cole county, Cole, Missouri, United States; citing family 141, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Austin A King Male 48 Tennessee

Nancy H King Female 41 Virginia

Walter King Male 21 Tennessee

William A King Male 18 Missouri

Melvina King Female 15 Missouri

Edward L King Male 13 Missouri

Thomas B King Male 11 Missouri

Austin A King Male 8 Missouri

Allen P Richardson Male 27 Kentucky

Francis A Richardson Female 19 Tennessee

John C Richardson Male 1 Missouri

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZM-FLW : 11 November 2020), A A King, 1860. Richmond, Ray, Missouri.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 12064

• Austin Augustus King on Wikipedia
• Biography on Sec. of State of Missouri website, son of "Walter and Nancy Sevier King, daughter of John Sevier, first governor of Tennessee."
• Son's. "Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6TT-CTB : 13 February 2020), Austin A. King in entry for Thomas Benton King, 12 Apr 1838 Richmond, Missouri-16 Dec 1931 Erath, Texas. Parents Austin A. King and Nancy Roberts.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LH56-4NQ