Oran Roberts [Warrant]
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Oran Roberts [Warrant]Description
A design decorates the left border of the note; simple lines decorate the remaining borders. The phrase ''Registered.'' is printed along the left border; the name ''H Winkel'' is written beneath it in red ink. "No 502 $5.00 TREASURY WARRANT. The Treasurer of the State of Texas will pay to M.W. Wheeler or bearer Five Dollars, out of Appropriation 2 Q, under Act approved January 1862 for Civil Service. Comptroller's Office, Austin, January 13, 1862. //C H Randolph// //Clem R Johns// Treasurer. Comptroller." Handwritten on back in red ink: "Paid to OM Roberts as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas during the war. / Not good after the war."Context
This five dollar Texas State Treasury warrant was originally paid to Martin Warwick Wheeler (Texas Senator, 9th Legislature), who signed it over to Oral Milo Roberts (Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court). Warrants issued for civil purposes, such as this example, were countersigned in red.Category
Confederate Department of Texas
Civil War, Building The Lone Star Identity