▁Confeder ate ▁government ▁took ▁no ▁action ▁on ▁the ▁appointment ▁and ▁Confeder ate ▁President ▁Jefferson ▁Davis ▁did ▁not ▁officially ▁appoint ▁and ▁nomin ate ▁King ▁to ▁the ▁rank ▁of ▁brig ad ier ▁general . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁King ▁had ▁acted ▁as ▁a ▁general ▁officer , ▁leading ▁brig ades , ▁and ▁briefly ▁Walker ' s ▁division , ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁year , ▁but ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁leg ally ▁promoted ▁to ▁a ▁general ▁officer ' s ▁grade . ▁ ▁After ▁fle eing ▁to ▁Mexico ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁and ▁then ▁operating ▁a ▁sugar ▁plant ation ▁in ▁Central ▁America , ▁King ▁returned ▁to ▁Texas ▁where ▁he ▁pract iced ▁law , ▁was ▁the ▁mayor ▁of ▁Sul ph ur ▁Spr ings , ▁Texas , ▁was ▁a ▁state ▁representative ▁and ▁was ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁of ▁Texas ▁from ▁ 1 8 8 1 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 1 . ▁After ▁he ▁retired ▁as ▁adj ut ant ▁general , ▁he ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁the ▁Mason ic ▁Order . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Wil burn ▁Hill ▁King ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁C ull oden , ▁Georgia ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 3 9 . ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁Alexander ▁and ▁Mary ▁( D oug las ) ▁King . ▁King ▁studied ▁law ▁and ▁medicine ▁at ▁Amer icus , ▁Georgia . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁lawyer , ▁prospect or ▁and ▁business man . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Cass ▁County , ▁Texas ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁business ▁at