Albert Hamilton Latimer (1808 - 1877)

Born 25 May 1808 in Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee

Ancestors

Died 27 Nov 1877 at age 69 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas

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Albert Latimer settled in the Republic of Texas before February 19, 1846.

This profile is part of the Early Red River, Texas One Place Study.

Biography

Albert was born May 25, 1800 in Huntingdon, Tennessee to Jane Hamilton and James L Latimer. By 1831 Albert was admitted to the bar in Tennessee.^[1][2] Albert was married three times with a total of 19 children. He moved to Clarksville, Red River Count Colony in 1833. This area was claimed by the USA as part of Arkansas until the border was settled in 1841.

He served as a private in Capt. William Becknell's company of Red River Volunteers, July 1836.^[3]

Marriages

1831 Latimer married Elritta Smith in Tennessee with 4 children.^[1]

22 Nov 1836 Latimer married Jane “Jenny Allen in Red River County, Texas. The couple had 8 children.^[1]

21 Sep 1857 Latimer married Mary Jane Gattis and the couple had 7 children.^[1]

1836 saw the beginning of Albert’s career in service to the Republic and state of Texas with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Texas Revolution, a Texas legislator, the Texas Supreme Court, and a court justice. ^[1][2]

Latimer attended the Convention 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence March 2, 1836. He was one of 5 members of Red River county.^[1][2] He served in the under Captain Becknell. During the Republic of Texas he was instrumental in the protection of the settlers from American Indian attacks.^[4]

1860 His property was valued as $42,812, thus he was considered wealthy.^[2][1]

1862 Latimer was consideredas pro-Union and did not stay in Texas during the war. Andrew Hamilton appointed him to the 1866 Constitutional Convention, This was following of many state officials in the years of 1867-1869. ^[2] He later supervised internal revenue collection, and the Freedmen’s bureau. ^[2][5]

He was one of the anti-secessionist justices of the Texas Supreme Court, appointed by Andrew J. Hamilton, following the military removal of many state officials in September 1867-69. Gov. E. J. Davis appointed him district judge of the Eighth Judicial District in 1870 and he served there until July 1872. He died in Clarksville, Texas on January 27, 1877. ^[2][1][6]

Burial -Clarksville Cemetery, Section 1, Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, USA ^[7] Find A Grave: Memorial #6988673

Latimer belonged to the DeKalb Masonic Lodge,Texas Veterans organization and the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church.^[1]

Albert Latimer was a Texan.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fla44
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} https://tarltonapps.law.utexas.edu/justices/profile/view/64
3. ↑ Descriptive Muster Roll of Captain Becknell's Company Mustered into service on the 14th of July 1836.
4. ↑ http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/bios/Bio_Directory_Texas_Convs_Congresses_1832-1845.pdf#page=116
5. ↑ http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/bios/Bio_Directory_Texas_Convs_Congresses_1832-1845.pdf#page=116
6. ↑ http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5373
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6988673/albert-hamilton-latimer

• https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fla44
• https://tarltonapps.law.utexas.edu/justices/profile/view/64
• Norvell, James R. The Reconstruction Courts of Texas 1867-1873, 62 The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 141-163 (October, 1958).
• Shelley, George E. The Semicolon Court of Texas, 48 The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 449-468 (April, 1945).
• Kemp, Louis Wiltz. The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence 191 (Salado, Texas: The Anson Jones Press, 1944).
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6988673/albert-hamilton-latimer
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6988673
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Declaration_of_Independence
• http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMDYXE_Five_Signers_of_the_Texas_Declaration_of_Independence_from_Red_River_County
• http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/mobile/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=5373