William T. KING

Birth:

Abt 1820

of Mississippi

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Sources:

Rootsweb.com - nil
New.familysearch.org, Mar 2010
Ancestry World Tree - nil
Public Member Tree, nil
1860 U.S. Census - Yazoo County, Mississippi (negative)
1870 U.S. Census - Yazoo County, Mississippi (negative)

Harriet O'BRIEN

Birth:

Abt 1827

of Mississippi

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Children

Marriage

John Watson KING

Birth:

7 Jan 1858

Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi

Death:

26 Sep 1902

Benton, Yazoo, Mississippi

Mary Beatrice COCKERHAM

Marr:

10 Nov 1881

Yazoo, Mississippi

Notes:

                   NOTE:  Lived in Yazoo County and settled near Benton where John was a farmer.  In 1900 he was elected Constable at Benton and while carrying out his duties related to this position - 26 Sep 1902, he was murdered.  On that day he was blasted in the right side with a shot gun by Go. V. Warren, a Justice of the Peace.  The two men had been quarrelling for some time.  John was burried at the Black Jack Baptist Church near Deasonville, Miss. He was survived by his wife, Mary and 8 children. Information from family records.



His marriage to Mary Beatrice Cockerham 10 Nov 1881 came from the Vital
Records, Yazoo County Mississippi 1845-1900 and also family records.

FCID:6292:420

William T. King - Harriet O'Brien

William T. King was born at of Mississippi Abt 1820.

He married Harriet O'Brien . Harriet O'Brien was born at of Mississippi Abt 1827 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
John Watson King born 7 Jan 1858.