Interim Content
King, Austin Augustus
Biography
21 Sept. 1802–22 Apr. 1870. Attorney, judge, politician, farmer. Born at Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Son of Walter King and Nancy Sevier. Married first Nancy Harris Roberts, 13 May 1828, at Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee. In 1830, moved to Missouri, where he practiced law at Columbia, Boone Co. Served as colonel in Black Hawk War, 1832. Elected to state legislature as Jacksonian Democrat from Boone Co., 1834, 1836. In 1837, removed to Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, where he received appointment as circuit judge in northwestern Missouri by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs. Between 1837 and 1848, served as judge of Missouri’s Fifth Judicial Circuit, consisting of counties of Clinton, Ray, Caldwell, Clay, Daviess, Carroll, and Livingston. In Nov. 1838, presided at preliminary hearing of JS and other Latter-day Saints at Richmond; committed them to jail pending trials to be held Mar. 1839. Governor of Missouri, 1848–1852. Married second Martha Anthony Woodson, 10 Aug. 1858, in Kingston, Caldwell Co. Represented Missouri in U.S. Congress, 1863–1865. Died at St. Louis.
Links
papers
- History Draft [6 August 1838–30 December 1839]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- John Whitmer, History, 1831–circa 1847
- Times and Seasons, 16 May 1842
- Affidavit, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Affidavit, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Affidavit, 7 July 1843–B
- Affidavit, 8 September 1838
- Agreement with Amos Rees and Alexander Doniphan, 28 November 1838
- Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
- Appendix 2: Constitution of the Society of the Daughter of Zion, circa Late June 1838
- Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
- Appendix: Petition to Elias Higbee, circa 16 August 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Attachment, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Attachment, 14 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Bill of Damages, 4 June 1839
- Bond, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Bond, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Brigham Young, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Complaint, 10 August 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Declaration, 13 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Discourse, circa 19 July 1840, as Reported by Martha Jane Knowlton Coray–A
- Docket Entry, 1–circa 6 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal and Judgment, 12 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Dismissal, Order of Publication, and Continuance, 9 July 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Motion, Plea, and Judgment, 10 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Docket Entry, Special Term, 7 January 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Execution, 19 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Execution, 19 November 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- George Pitkin, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Hyrum Smith, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Introduction to Boosinger v. JS et al. and Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al.
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Baldwin et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Arson
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder
- Introduction to State of Missouri v. Worthington et al. for Larceny and State of Missouri v. JS for Receiving Stolen Goods
- John Corrill, A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1839
- John Corrill, “Brief History,” Manuscript, circa 1838–1839
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, March–September 1838
- Journal, September–October 1838
- Letter from Austin A. King, 10 September 1838
- Letter from Daniel Shearer, 5 June 1844
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 16 April 1839
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 20 February 1840–A
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 21 February 1840
- Letter from Elias Higbee, 22 February 1840
- Letter from I. T., before 16 May 1842
- Letter from John Cleminson, between 1 and 15 May 1842
- Letter to Edward Partridge and the Church, circa 22 March 1839
- Letter to Emma Smith, 1 December 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 12 November 1838
- Letter to Emma Smith, 4 November 1838
- Letter to Isaac Galland, 22 March 1839
- Letter to the Church in Caldwell County, Missouri, 16 December 1838
- Letterbook 2
- Lucy Mack Smith, History, 1845
- Lyman Wight, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Memorial to the Missouri Legislature, 24 January 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, 28 November 1843
- Memorial to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, circa 30 October 1839–27 January 1840
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Mittimus, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Order for Special Term, 25 December 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Order of Discharge, 24 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Order, 23 November 1843 [ Extradition of Rockwell for Assault ]
- Orders for Change of Venue, 17 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Orders for Change of Venue, 17 May 1839, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Parley P. Pratt, History of the Late Persecution, 1839
- Parley P. Pratt, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Petition to George O. Tompkins, between 9 and 15 March 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Petition to United States Congress, circa 29 November 1839, Draft
- Petition, 10 January 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Petition, 17 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Petition, 18 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Pleas, circa 13 September 1843 [ JS v. Reynolds and Wilson–A ]
- Recognizance, 7 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Ruling, 29 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840
- Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
- Sidney Rigdon, JS, et al., Petition Draft (“To the Publick”), circa 1838–1839
- Sidney Rigdon, Testimony, 1 July 1843 [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 10 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 11 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 15 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 21 November 1838 [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
- Subpoena, 6 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- Summons, 18 March 1839 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Summons, 6 March 1839 [ JS v. McLellin ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 24 May 1839 [ State of Missouri v. Pratt et al. for Murder ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 8 January 1842 [ Boosinger v. JS et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, 8 January 1842 [ Boosinger v. O. Cowdery et al. ]
- Transcript of Proceedings, Murder, 18 July 1839 [ Extradition of JS et al. for Treason and Other Crimes ]
- Trial Report, 8–26 July 1843, as Published in Nauvoo Neighbor [ Extradition of JS for Treason ]
- Warrant, 10 August 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
- “A History, of the Persecution, of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints in Missouri,” December 1839–October 1840
- “Extract, from the Private Journal of Joseph Smith Jr.,” July 1839
Austin A. King Photograph, Matthew B. Brady, circa 1855–1865. (Courtesy Library of Congress, Washington DC.)
- Gender
- Male