Colonel William B. Ochiltree - Perryton, TX - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

County of memorial: Ochiltree County
Location of memorial: Main St. (US 83), courthouse lawn, Perryton
Marker Erected by: Erected by the State of Texas,
A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy
Date Marker Erected: 1963
Pea Ridge Texas Marker: Sons Of Texas

Memorial marker text:

County Named For Confederate Officer
COLONEL WILLIAM B. OCHILTREE Secretary treasury and last attorney general Republic of Texas. Secession Convention delegate 1861. Influential member Provisional Congress which drafted Confederate Constitution, mobilized manpower, set up financial structure, elected political leaders. Resigned to raise 18th Texas Infantry. Led troops to Arkansas in 1862 when regiment called in campaign to repel Union forces from state.

A Memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy
Erected by the State of Texas 1963

"OCHILTREE, WILLIAM BECK (1811-1867). William Beck Ochiltree, pioneer settler, judge, and legislator, was born on October 18, 1811, at Fayetteville, North Carolina. The family lived for a time in Florida and after 1820 in Alabama, where Ochiltree began practicing law. In 1839 he moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, and continued the practice of law. During the Republic of Texas era he was judge of the Fifth Judicial District, secretary of the treasury in 1844, adjutant general in 1845, and delegate to the Convention of 1845. After annexation he was a representative in the Sixth Legislature in 1855 and delegate to the Secession Convention in 1861. He was elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States but resigned after a short time to return to Texas and raise a regiment. Ill health forced him to resign in 1863. He subsequently lived at Jefferson until his death on December 27, 1867. The community and county of Ochiltree were named in his honor." ~ electricscotland.com

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