Historical Marker
Stockton P. Donley
Historical marker location:
Clarendon, Texas
( Northeast corner of courthouse square, Clarendon)
Marker installed: 1963
County named for Texas Confederate Stockton P. Donley 1821 - 1871 Came to Texas from Kentucky 1846. Dist. Attorney 1853. Enlisted private 7th Tex. Infantry 1861, made Lieutenant. Captured with regiment after bitter fight at Seige Fort Donelson Tenn. 1862. Prisoner war 9 months Camp Douglas Ill. When exchanged health so broken assigned post duty. Elected to State Supreme Court 1866. Because of Confederate service was removed 1867 by U.S. military order. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy Erected by the State of Texas 1963.