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richard king had poor Irish parents when born
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month an day not shown He escaped from his apprenticeship
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DONT KNOW TRUE DATE he purchased the 53,000-acre
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richard king married Henrietta M. Chamberlain,
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TRUE DATE STILL DONT KNOW he moved off the Rio Grande to the Nueces rancho in late 1860
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Union forces captured Brownsville in late 1863 and raided the King Ranch, looting and destroying most of it on December 23
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DONT KNOW TRUE MONTH OR DAY (Rip) Ford reclaimed South Texas in 1864
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King went to Mexico at the war's end and returned after securing his pardon from President Andrew Johnson in late 1865.
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richard king died in 14th of april in 1885
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richard wife died
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dont know true day or month but got reburied by his wife