Walter Terry Saxon (April 23, 1836 - December 23, 1924) was a state legislator in the U.S. state of Florida. His father was a prominent plantation owner. He served in the Confederate Army, and was a Ku Klux Klan organizer. He represented Hernando County in the Florida Legislature in 1867. [1] He moved to Texas.
Saxon was born in Autauga County, Alabama. He studied at Alabama Military Institute, and then worked as a surveyor and settled in Brooksville, Florida. [1] He surveyed in The Everglades before the American Civil War and for the Iron Mountain Railroad after it. [1]
He organized the Hernando Guards during the American Civil War and captained its Company C. [1] He served in the 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment. [2]
Saxon moved to Texas in 1873. He co-founded the Hamilton Herald. [3] He edited a Hamilton County newspaper and served as county surveyor in Hamilton County. He was survived by a son and daughter. [4]
His brother Benjamin Saxon served as sheriff of Hernando County and died after delivering 1876 election results to Tallahassee. [1]