Politics Research Notes

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That George B. Medlin, Col. Edwards, John Stephens, Betsil, - Brooks and Henry Patrick, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to select two eligible places for the county seat of said county, neither of which shall be more than five miles from the centre thereof, which places shall be submitted to public election, at such time and places as may be directed by law; and the place receiving the majority of the legal votes cast at said election, shall be the county seat of said county, and shall be known and called by the name of Gilmer; and the said commissioners are hereby empowered to purchase land, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in quantity, and to receive by donation, any amount for said county, for the purpose of erecting public buildings and defraying other necessary expenses.

"The county was organized that fall when District Judge 0. M. Roberts, the future governor, held court at the home of William H. Hart in December, 1846. Elias Bishop served as the district clerk, Gillington C. Patillo, sheriff, and Hart as county clerk."

Reflections of Upshur County, Texas
by Mary Laschinger Kirby

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