Confederate Monument at Ochiltree County Courthouse

Ochiltree County, Texas, was named for Colonel William B. Ochiltree, an officer in the Confederate army. This monument is in front of the Ochiltree County Courthouse in Perryton. The Inscription reads:

COUNTY NAMED FOR CONFEDERATE OFFICER

COLONEL WILLIAM B. OCHILTREE 1811 - 1867

SECRETARY TREASURER 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.

MEMORIAL TO TEXANS

WHO SERVED THE CONFEDERACY

ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, 1963

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