Details for John Hemphill
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5211002788
Data
| Marker Number | 2788 |
| Atlas Number | 5211002788 |
| Marker Title | John Hemphill |
| Index Entry | Hemphill, John |
| Address | |
| City | Canadian |
| County | Hemphill |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 375250 |
| UTM Northing | 3975482 |
| Subject Codes | Civil War; national/federal official; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | at Courthouse, Main & 5th Street, Canadian |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | large, red granite |
| Marker Text | (1803 - 1862) Star and Wreath. On the eve of secession, U.S. Senator Hemphill set forth to Senate January 1861 Texas' right to secede and again became a sovereign nation. Elected delegate provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama which drafted the new nation's constitution, mobilized manpower, set up financial structure, elected political leaders. Died in Richmond, Virginia, Confederate capital. A memorial to Texans who served the Confederacy erected by the State of Texas 1963. |