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In 1865 there developed a conflict that came to be called the King-Carlisle feud. There are two stories of the origin of this feud, but the dispute festered between the friends and families of A.J. King and Robert
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A. J. King, under-sheriff of this county, who has been a bitter secessionist, who said to me that he owed no allegiance to the United States
Government; that Jeff Davis was the only constitutional government we had, and that he remained here because he could do more harm to the enemies of that
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That we will cheerfully support the nominees for State and County officers at the next general election, and that we will use all honorable means to defeat our opponents, under whatever name they may assume, more especially those who style themselves
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of the Union Army in San
Francisco, complaining of anti-Union sentiment in Southern California. The letter said such sentiment "permeates society here among both the high and the low," and reported that:
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attacked A.J. King, and friends separated the men, with King suffering "a gash over the heart and a wound in his right hand." The next day, King's brothers, Frank and
Houston, had a
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and others. The unit operated against the Indian raiders and bandits who plagued
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King was married on
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Government by staying here than going there; brought down on the
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to have him arrested as one of the many dangerous secessionists living in our midst, and to-day he was taken to
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the practice to be unlawful. In 1855 he issued a ruling that Governor
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King was released and remained in office as undersheriff until 1865.
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was a lawman, lawyer, legislator and judge in 19th Century
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987:People from Union County, Georgia
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534:"The Mission Question,"
489:"Some Early Tragedies,"
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218:Benjamin Ignatius Hayes
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866:A. Stephens
504:"Married,"
126:A. J. King,
113:Samuel King
941:Categories
911:Delgadillo
821:Stephenson
632:edited by
436:References
384:Beauregard
336:Beauregard
302:Southerner
261:vigilantes
115:Martha Mee
18:A. J. King
916:Trutanich
891:Arnebergh
836:McFarland
796:McPherson
395:Camp Drum
359:San Pedro
248:in 1853.
181:Rio Hondo
179:(now the
110:Parent(s)
886:Chesebro
826:McKinley
790:Larrabee
760:Reynolds
426:shootout
391:Carleton
326:Carleton
231:Pio Pico
202:Vocation
169:El Monte
158:Santa Fe
136:Personal
102:Children
871:Burnell
851:Mathews
811:Godfrey
792:(elect)
775:Chapman
770:Newmark
745:Granger
740:Hartman
561:website
388:Colonel
196:the bar
150:saddler
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52:c. 1833
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881:Warner
856:Hewitt
816:Hazard
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801:Howard
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345:, the
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94:Spouse
80:, U.S.
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765:Lader
755:Lader
735:Brent
725:Brent
715:Hayes
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846:Haas
841:Dunn
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