Gray, Peter W.

(Front) Star and Wreath County Named for Texas Confederate 1819-1876 Virginia-born, came to Texas 1838. Aided 1839 removal Texas Shawness. Officer in Milam Guards, Texas Republic. Political, cultural leader in Houston, Republic, State, and Confederacy: he was district attorney, judge, Justice Texas Supreme Court, Legislator in Texas and C.S.A. Delegate to Texas Secession Convention that raised troops to seize U.S. forts, provided for Texas frontier defense, and ratified C.S.A. Constitution. (Back) Gray in 1864 became Treasury Agent for the "amputated" C.S.A. Sector West of the Mississippi River. There, in effect, he was Treasury Secretary for a land in chaos. Smuggled currency was scarce. Often it was hijacked. No western press could be found to print notes. Couriers and Pony Express were Gray's "wireless" to the Confederate capital. Ammunition, arms, medicines, factory goods vital to the war effort had to be imported for Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, as well as for Texas. Blockade-runners exported cotton via Havana to Europe. Cattle and cotton went to market in Mexico, as Gray served the gallant Confederacy. A Memorial to Texans Who Served the Confederacy. Erected by the State of Texas 1963

Gray, Peter W. is a historical marker in Pampa, Gray County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 18 historical markers documented in Gray County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 30 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 35.5370, -100.9639 near Pampa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gray County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gray County 50th Year Anniversary, Combs-Worley Building, and Pampa City Hall.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5179003997. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.