William Beck Ochiltree
{{Short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William Beck Ochiltree
| image = William Beck Ochiltree.jpg
| office = Deputy from Texas
to the Provisional Congress
of the Confederate States
| term_start = February 4, 1861
| term_end = February 17, 1862
| predecessor = New constituency
| successor = Constituency abolished
| birth_date = {{birth date|1811|10|18}}
| birth_place = Fayetteville, North Carolina
| death_date = {{death date and age|1867|12|27|1811|10|18}}
| death_place = Jefferson, Texas
| resting_place = Oakwood Cemetery,
Jefferson, Texas
}}
William Beck Ochiltree (October 18, 1811 – December 27, 1867), was a settler, judge, and legislator in Texas. In 1963, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 967, honoring Colonel Ochiltree, was placed at the courthouse in Perryton.{{cite web|title=Colonel William B. Ochiltree - Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas|url=http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5357000967|work=Recorded Texas Historic Landmark|publisher=William Nienke, Sam Morrow|access-date=19 February 2011}}
Biography
He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina; his 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 his practice. During the years of the Republic of Texas, he was a judge of the Fifth Judicial District, secretary of the treasury in 1844, adjutant general in 1845, and delegate to the Convention of 1845.
After the annexation of Texas by the United States, he was a representative in the Sixth Texas 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.
Poor health forced him to resign that post in 1863. He subsequently lived at Jefferson until his death.
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External links
- {{Handbook of Texas|id=foc02|name=William Beck Ochiltree}}
- Read [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-5827:347 William B. Ochiltree's entry] in the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/permalink/meta-pth-5827 Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas] hosted by the [http://texashistory.unt.edu/ Portal to Texas History].
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