William Beck Ochiltree (October 18, 1811 – December 27, 1867), was a settler, judge, and legislator in Texas.
In 1963, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 967, honoring Colonel Ochiltree, was placed at the courthouse in Perryton.
[1] He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina; his family lived for a time in Florida and after 1820 in Alabama, where Ochiltree began practicing law.
During the years of the Republic of Texas, he was a judge of the Fifth Judicial District, secretary of the treasury in 1844, adjutant general in 1845, and delegate to the Convention of 1845.
He was elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States but resigned after a short time to return to Texas and raise a regiment.