Walter Terry Saxon

Walter Terry Saxon (April 23, 1836 - December 23, 1924) was a state legislator in the U.S. state of Florida. His father was a prominent plantation owner. He served in the Confederate Army, and was a Ku Klux Klan organizer. He represented Hernando County in the Florida Legislature in 1867.[1] He moved to Texas.

Saxon was born in Autauga County, Alabama. He studied at Alabama Military Institute, and then worked as a surveyor and settled in Brooksville, Florida.[1] He organized the Hernando Guards during the American Civil War and captained its Company C.[1] He served in the 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment.[2] He surveyed in The Everglades before the war and for the Iron Mountain Railroad after it.[1]

Saxon moved to Texas in 1873. He co-founded the Hamilton Herald.[3] He edited a Hamilton County newspaper and served as county surveyor in Hamilton County. He was survived by a son and daughter.[4]

His brother Benjamin Saxon served as sheriff of Hernando County and died after delivering 1876 election results to Tallahassee.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1504&context=tampabayhistory
  2. ^ Comptroller's Office, Florida (1891). "Report of the Comptroller".
  3. ^ Daniell, Lewis E. (1918). "Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive".
  4. ^ "Confederate Veteran: Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics". 1925.