Crocket McDonald King
Full Name: Crocket McDonald King
Birth date: January 15, 1841
Death date: December 4, 1897
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- 21st Legislature (1889) - Crocket McDonald King, postoffice Leon Junction, nativity Texas, age 48, farmer, 48 years in Texas, Democrat.
Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
- Crocket M. King, birth date 1/15/1841, death date 12/4/1897, burial in King-Smith Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County.
Find a Grave .
- Mortuary, Gatesville, Texas, Dec. 4, Hon. Crockett M. King, "represented this county in the Legislature," 12/5/1897 edition, p. 3.
Galveston Daily News .
- Biographical sketch of O.T. Tyler, "Father of Coryell County," pp. 20-21, mentions Crockett King and the King headright, which was near the Tyler headright in Coryell County.
"King's Mountain was named for Crockett King, who was among the first white men to establish in the Leon Valley This mountain is near Leon Junction." Chapter X, Coryell County Place Names, p. 46.
History of Coryell County 1936. pp. 20-21
p. 46
- Biographical sketch, Crocket McDonald King, p. 373. Born 1/15/1841 in Burleson County.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
- Confederate States Army, list of engagements in the Army of Tennessee.
Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
- Biographical sketch, Crocket McDonald King, A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 492-494, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
- Rangers under Colonel J.M. Norris; George W. Carter's First Texas Lancers under the Confederacy; Confederate States Army, Captain, Army of Tennessee under Bragg. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 492-494, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .