Facsimile Five Dollars 1862 Confederate Currency State of Texas Treasury Warrant

Description

(L) Full-length portrait of George Washington as president with ceremonial sword and arm outstretched.
(L) Full-length portrait of George Washington as president with ceremonial sword and arm outstretched.
Notes
This
facsimile
was based on
note that was issued in Austin by the State of Texas. These warrants replaced the treasury warrants issued between June 1861 and March 1862 for military and civil purposes and were issued until about November 1, 1862. Quantities issued are unknown. The note is printed on blue paper. A vignette of George Washington holding a sword with one hand and with the other hand outstretched comprises the left border of the note. The word ''Five'' is printed above the vignette, and the phrase ''Receivable for State Dues.'' is printed beneath. The phrase ''Treasury Warrant.'' is printed in the upper-center of the note; the Roman numeral ''V'' is printed in the upper-right corner. With the exception of the vignette, the background of the note is an ornate green overprint. The abbreviation ''No.'' appears towards the upper-left corner; the number ''112693'' is handwritten adjacent to it. The word ''Appropriation'' is printed in the upper-right corner; the number ''82 Q'' is handwritten adjacent to it. The month and day are handwritten towards the bottom-left corner of the note; the year, 1862, is printed. The word ''Registered:'' is printed along the left border; the name ''H Winkel'' is written beneath it in blue ink. The note has two hole punches across the bottom edge. The warrant is payable to T. T. Teel or bearer for military service. The note is signed on the recto by Clement Reed Johns, Comptroller. It is countersigned on the verso by Cyrus Halbert Randolph. Johns, a Tennessee native, was a soldier, a representative in the Fifth Texas Congress, state comptroller, and operator of C. R. Johns & Company, a banking and land agency company (TSHA). Randolph (1817-1889) was a member of the Snively expedition, an attorney (although he seldom practiced), Houston County chief justice from 1844-1845, sheriff in 1847, a representative for Houston County in the Fifth and Sixth legislatures, and the state treasurer from 1858-1865 (TSHA). Winkel was a military clerk in the Comptroller's office from 1862-1864 (Texas Almanacs, 1862-1864). Trevanion Theodore Teel, a Pennsylvania native, was a Confederate soldier and a lawyer (TSHA). He was a captain then later a major in the Light Company B, First Artillery, (known as Teel's Battery) during the Civil War and a successful criminal attorney thereafter (Ibid.) CR: TW-11A.