Black plaque № 15354

Canadian, TX, United States

Hemphill County. Formed form Young and Bexar territories. Created, August 21, 1876. Organized, July 5, 1886. Named in honor of John Hemphill, 1809-1862. First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Texas. Adjutant General of the Somervell Expedition. Member of the first State Constitutio

nal Convention. Member of the United States Congress. Canadian, the county seat. (1936) #2433

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