Born in South Carolina February 10, 1789 · Died Dec. 8, 1856
Reverse Member of Legislature, Ala., 1818 · Associate Justice, Supreme Court, Ala. 1820 - 1835 · Secretary of State, Republic of Texas, 1841 · District Attorney, 1844 - 1845 · . . . — — Map (db m240956) HM
The Texas Legislature created Lipscomb County in 1876, naming it for early Texas Statesman Abner Lipscomb. Approximately ten years later, J.W. Arthur settled in this vicinity and built a wood and sod structure that he used as a general store and . . . — — Map (db m129604) HM
Established in 1886 and organized the following year with Lipscomb as county seat, Lipscomb County was named for Abner S. Lipscomb, an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court in the 1840s-1850s. A one-story wood frame building served as the . . . — — Map (db m93592) HM
Early homesteaders in Lipscomb County were Russians of German descent. These included Jacob M. and Amalia Koch, who were members of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, established by the German Russian settlers in 1914. By 1916, the Koch family . . . — — Map (db m93614) HM
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