|
|
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
A Guide to the Richard David Orton Papers, 1872-1924
Biographical NoteBorn to Sidney Maury Orton and Louisa M. Timberlake in Nacogdoches County, Texas, Richard David Orton (1841-1885) enlisted in the 4th Brigade of the Texas Militia of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Following the war, he was appointed sheriff of Nacogdoches County, where he quelled the Linn Flat Raid in 1871. Orton also founded the Nacogdoches newspaper the Chronicle. Source: Hudson, Linda Sybert. "Orton, Richard David."Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed July 28, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/for06. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsComprising correspondence and financial records, the Richard David Orton Papers, 1872-1924, document Orton’s activities as a sheriff and newspaper editor in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Correspondence concerns the Chronicle as well as social affairs, including instructions on conducting a census, while financial records consist of receipts and account statements. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsThis collection is open for research use. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationRichard David Orton Papers, 1872-1924, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Processing InformationBasic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
Return to the Table of Contents |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||