Perry County AlArchives Biographies.....King, Porter 1825 - 
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Author: "Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record and Public Men From 1540 to 1872,: by Willis Brewer, published 1872, page 494-495

Porter King is a native and resident of Perry.  His father, Gen. E. D. King, a 
native of Georgia, was a very prominent and wealthy citizen of the county from 
its first settlement till his death in January 1862, serving in several 
honorable positions.  The son is a gradate of the State University, and was 
admitted to the bar in 1849.  Two years later he represented the county in the 
legislature. He continued at the bar till appointed to the bench of the circuit 
court in 1858, and was subsequently elected to that high position, and filled 
it till 1865.  He entered the military service as captain of one of the first 
companies that left Perry, which became part of the Fourth Alabama infantry, in 
which he served a year.  He is now giving his attention to planting.  Judge 
King is stoutly built, and his manner is unpretentious and staid.  He is 
energetic, moral, and practical, and his mind is enriched by literary culture.  
He married a daughter of Hon. John Erwin of Greene.  Capt. Elisha F. King, one 
of the earliest and wealthiest citizens of the county, was his cousin.

Additional Comments:
Per the 1860 Census, Perry County, Porter's wife's name was Callie.  She was 31 
and born in Georgia.  They had children J.(?)H.L, age 5, male, and Porter, age 
2, male, both born in Alabama.  Porter and Callie are living next door to his 
father, E. D. King and his wife, D. D. King.

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