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Note: Probably born in Sumner County, Tennessee Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171&enc=1> about Richard M King Name: Richard M King Marriage Date: 7 Jun 1844 Marriage County: Johnson Spouse Name: Elizabeth J Stewart (Married by William D. ?, licensed minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church) 1850 United States Federal Census October 9, 1850 Name: Richard M King Age: 33 Estimated birth year: abt 1817 Birth Place: Tennessee Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Post Oak, Johnson, Missouri Elizabeth J. 24, TN Nancy A. 5, MO James H. 4, MO Samuel F. 2, MO Robert T. 2 months, MO Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900 Name: RICHARD H. KING Spouse: MARY J. GIVENS Marriage Date: 4 Jun 1856 County: Johnson State: MO 1860 Census - Johnson County, MO King, R.M. 40, TN Mary J. 38, MO Nancy A. 15, MO James H. 14, MO Saml. F. 12, MO Robt. T. 10, MO Parmilla F. 8, MO In the 1850s he served one term as a member of the County Court, hence he became to be referred to as "Judge" King. He moved his family to Illinois during the Civil War as he had been threatened by "Bushwhackers" for being a Union sympathizer. Missouri was a border state, with bitter animosities between the Northern and Southern sympathizers. One of the threatening "Bushwhackers" was the notorious Bill Stewart, relative of Elizabeth Stewart. Upon Richard's return from Illinois before the end of the war there was another threat from the Bushwhackers, and a group of neighbors, including Richard set out to find them. They road for many hours and found nothing. Upon their return to the Culley home (where the women and children were waiting), the Bushwhackers appeared and hailed them. They called Richard by name and said they were going to kill him. Upon hearing his name, Richard turned to face the posse and was shot in the breast and died instantly. His companions escaped and hid in the wood beyond the Culley house. The bushwhackers came to the house and threatened to kill the women unless they revealed the hiding place of the remaining men. They searched for a while and left without finding them or harming the women.
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