We learn that the appointments for county officers of Austin county are as follows: C. B. Oney, Chief Justice; N. Cloyd, Sheriff; J. R. Montgomery, District Clerk; Mr. Matthews, present incumbent, County Clerk; B. B. Lee, Assessor and Collector; John Bell, County Treasurer; F. J. Cook, Notary Public; W. S. Wright, Justice of the Peace.
(The officers were not elected but rather appointed by the governor.)
"Austin county officers", The Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, (Houston, TX), Monday, September 4, 1865, p. 2, col. 2.