C.M. King

Crocket McDonald King

Full Name: Crocket McDonald King
Date of birth: January 15, 1841
Date of death: December 4, 1897

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 63 Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891 21st (1) (2)   Democrat Leon Junction / Coryell   Coryell, Hamilton

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Terms of Service top

House District 63
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 13, 1891
Legislatures: 21st (1) (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Leon Junction / Coryell
Counties in district: Coryell, Hamilton

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • 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. p. 46 pp. 20-21

Photographs

  • Photograph. C.M. King, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

21st R.S. - 1889
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