Wilburn Hill King

Full Name: Wilburn Hill King
Date of birth: June 10, 1839
Date of death: October 12, 1910

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	14	Jan 11, 1881 - Jul 22, 1881	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins		Hopkins
H	14	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Sulphur Springs / Hopkins		Hopkins

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Seth W. Stewart, in special election 9/17/1881, succeeded Wilburn H. King, resigned 7/22/1881. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.

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House District 14
Jan 11, 1881 - Jul 22, 1881
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
Counties in district: Hopkins

House District 14
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sulphur Springs / Hopkins
Counties in district: Hopkins

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Biographical Sketches

Com. W.H. King, birth date 6/10/1839, death date 10/12/1910, C.S.A., burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Navarro County. Includes portrait, biographical sketch. Find a Grave.
KING, WILBURN HILL (1839-1910). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, Wilburn Hill King, Adjutant-General, pp. 26-28. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature, 1887.
Obituary, "Gen. W.H. King Is Dead: Prominent Confederate, Legislator and Mason Passes Away at Sulphur Springs," The Cumby Rustler, 10/14/1910, p. 1, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.
Resolution, "In Memory to Gen. W.H. King, from Matt Ashcroft Camp, United Confederate Veterans (U.C.V.), The Sulphur Springs Gazette, 10/21/1910, p. 3, crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Obituary Resolution
Biographical sketch, pp. 255-256. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, pp. 234-235. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Portrait and biographical sketches, General Wilburn Hill King, CSA. Navarro County, TXGenWeb Project.

Military Service Notes

Personal reminiscences as well as an account of King's brother about his service to the Confederacy. Autobiography of Wilburn Hill King, 1996.
3rd Missouri State Guard Infantry, Captain. Confederate States Army, Colonel, Company B, 18th Texas Infantry; promoted to Brigadier General, 4/16/1864. Handbook of Texas Online.
Wilburn Hill King, birth date 6/10/1839, death date 12/12/1910 in biographical sketch and 10/12/1910 on headstone. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, King, William [Wilburn] H., pp. 9, 21, 85, Plate No. 16. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Inscription on General W.H. King monument, Sulphur Springs County Courthouse; text of eulogy by Major L.T. Wheeler, pp. 110-112, Autobiography of Wilburn Hill King, 1996.
"The Texas Ranger Service and History of the Rangers, With Observations on Their Value as a Police Protection," by General W.H. King, Volume II, pp. 329-367. A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685 to 1897.
Portrait and discussion of King's service as adjutant general, pp. 223-252. Lone Star Justice: the First Century of the Texas Rangers, 2002.

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. King, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Finance Internal Improvements (Chair) Judiciary No. 1 Revenue and Taxation
16th R.S. - 1879 Assessment and Collection of Taxes Federal Relations Finance Judiciary No. 1 Military Affairs Penal Code, Select Penitentiary Reduction of Expenses in Departments, Select

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