Judge Abner Lipscomb
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
--- front side --- Born in South Carolina February 10, 1789 Died Dec. 8, 1856 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 --- back side --- Member of Legislature, Ala., 1818 Associate Justice, Supreme Court, Ala. 1820 - 1835 Secretary of State, Republic of Texas, 1841 District Attorney, 1844 - 1845 Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1846 - 1856 Lipscomb County, Texas was named in his honor
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Abner Lipscomb brought a distinguished legal career from Alabama — where he sat on its supreme court — to the Republic of Texas, serving as its secretary of state in 1841 and later as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court until his death in 1856. A Texas Panhandle county bears his name.
Why it matters
His career links the jurisprudence of the older South to the building of Texas's own courts and government.
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