Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	82	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th	Democrat	Stockdale / Wilson	Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson
H	82	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Stockdale / Wilson	Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson
H	63	Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 2, 1857	6th		Seguin / Guadalupe	Guadalupe

(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Biographical Sketches

JOHN RHODES KING (1816-1898). "On February 15, 1876, King was elected a county commissioner, and in 1877 Stockdale was laid out as a townsite on land partially belonging to him." Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, John B. King, pp. 34-35. Born 3/24/1816 in Stewart County, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.

Military Service Notes

Description of military service in a newly raised ranger company (1839), Texas Auxiliary, Mexican Invasions of 1842, Mexican War, and Texas Rangers. Served in Confederate States Army under Col. Henry McCullough, commander of the Texas Mounted Riflemen. Handbook of Texas Online.
Served six months in Capt. Matthew Caldwell's company of rangers in 1837; 1st Lieutenant of Capt. French Smith's company at San Antonio, spring 1842; battle on the Salado in fall 1842; three months in Capt. Ben McCulloch's "spie" company, under Gen. Taylor in 1845-1847; on the frontier with Capt. H.E. McCulloch in 1850; six months with Capt. H.E. McCulloch as 1st Lieutenant and as quarter master and commissary of the latter company in 1853. Confederate States Army, commissary in Col. H.E. McCulloch's regiment 1st Texas Mounted Rifles. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.

Other Resources

Mentioned in "Early History of Guadalupe County," p. 430. Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 1900.
Mentioned in Eyewitness Descriptions: the Battle of Salado and Dawson Massacre, 1900.
John R. King, birth date 3/24/1816, death date 5/17/1898, burial in Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Wilson County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in SEGUIN, TEXAS. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in Under the Live Oak Tree: a History of Seguin, 1988.

Photographs

Photograph. John R. King, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. King, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Counties and County Boundaries Judicial Districts Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs
18th R.S. - 1883 Governor's Mansion Indian Affairs Military Affairs Stock and Stockraising
6th R.S. - 1855 Claims and Accounts Indian Affairs Military Affairs Protection of Western Frontier, Select (Co-Chair) Public Lands

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