Martin Parmer
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Born in Virginia, June 4, 1778 - Died in Jasper County, March 2, 1850 - A Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Missouri, 1821 - Senator in legislature of Missouri - Second in command in the Fredonian War in Texas, 1826 - Member of the Consultation 1835 - Signed the Declaration of Independence, 1836 - Parmer County, Texas, named in his honor. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in Virginia in 1778, Martin Parmer lived a frontier life that carried him from the Missouri constitutional convention and its legislature down into the turbulent politics of Mexican Texas. He was second in command in the short-lived Fredonian rebellion of 1826, sat in the Consultation of 1835, and in 1836 signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. A Panhandle county was later named in his honor.
Why it matters
Parmer embodies the restless Anglo-American settlers whose westward push into Mexican territory culminated in the Texas Revolution and the reshaping of the continent's map.
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Related people
- · Martin Parmer
Related events
- · Fredonian War
- · Texas Declaration of Independence
- · Consultation of 1835
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