Republic of Texas Martin Parmer

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sheriff s department patch parmer county, texas named in honor of martin parmer.


in 1839, republic of texas president mirabeau b. lamar appointed martin parmer chief justice of jasper county, texas. parmer died in jasper county, texas on texas independence day march 2, 1850. body re-interred in texas state cemetery in 1936 @ time of texas centennial. buried thirty feet away grave of stephen f. austin had vigorously opposed parmer s attempt declare texas independent of mexico during fredonian rebellion.


in 1874, tom parmer published biographical booklet adventures of father, martin parmer, on missouri frontier titled fifty-five years ago in wilderness or old ringtail panther of missouri. martin parmer appeared major character in joseph alexander altsheler s texan historical fiction series: texan star, story of great fight liberty (1912); texan scouts, story of alamo , goliad (1913); , texan triumph, romance of san jacinto campaign (1913). in 1966, martin parmer appeared character in giles a. lutz s book hardy breed historical fiction fredonian rebellion.


the texas legislature established parmer county, texas in 1876. parmer county named in honor of martin parmer eccentric texan of olden time, , 1 of signers of declaration of texas independence. in january 1882, capitol syndicate agreed build texas state capitol in return 3,000,000 acres of land in west texas. parmer county lay entirely within lands granted chicago syndicate huge xit ranch.







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