Stockton P. Donley

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

Stockton P. Donley is a historical marker in Clarendon, Donley County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Donley County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 15 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 34.9375, -100.8900 near Clarendon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Donley County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Clarendon Motor Company Building, First United Methodist Church of Clarendon, and Church of St. John Baptist.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5129005127. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.