Amon B. King

Amon Butler King (erroneously Aaron; 1807 – March 27, 1836) was an American military officer. He served in the Texas Revolution, commanding in the Battle of Refugio. He was killed in the Goliad massacre.

Biography King was born in 1807, in Baltimore, the son of John King and Mary Ann (née Butler) King. His father later died, and his mother married Joseph Camp. He was the uncle of natural scientist Alpheus Hyatt. In 1827, he travelled west and worked as a fur trader. On July 27, 2018, the monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The King's Memorial State Park was named for him. An erroneous name, Aaron B. King, was retroactively attached to him due to a Virginia land dispute trial which involved an Aaron B. King, an unrelated individual.