Pecan Point Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence

Of the five, Albert Hamilton Latimer is the one who was never elected. A Tennessee lawyer born in 1800, probably, he reached the Red River near Pecan Point on December 3, 1833, and in 1834 helped found La Grange, later Madras, northeast of Clarksville. In 1836 he went to Washington-on-the-Brazos anyway as one of five regional delegates and signed the Declaration. That summer he served with the Red River Blues on the Lavaca River. He represented Red River County in the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, 1840 to 1842, and died in Clarksville on January 27, 1877.

What the plaque says

Pecan Point Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence Five of the most prominent delegates to the Constitutional Convention of Texas, held March, 1836, hailed from Pecan Point, in this vicinity. Richard Ellis (an attorney and judge) was chosen president of the meeting and later served four terms in the Senate of the Republic. Collin McKinney (a magistrate) helped draft the declaration and served three terms in the house. A. H. Latimer (an attorney) served two terms. Samuel Price Carson (attorney) became Texas' Secretary of State and with Robert Hamilton (financier) was an agent to the United States. (1969)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Museum of Regional History — 15 mi
  Texarkana's oldest museum, in an 1879 brick building on State Line Avenue, with Caddo pottery, one of Scott Joplin's pianos and a research library of city directories and photographs.
• Atlanta State Park — 17 mi
  A shoreline park on Wright Patman Lake, leased from the Army in 1954, where Caddo ancestors farmed the Sulphur River and wagon traces such as the Bobo Ferry trace still cross the woods.

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