LATIMER COUNTY. Latimer County, established by a declaration of the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69 and probably named for Albert Hamilton Latimer, included the area of present Franklin County. Latimer County was never organized or legalized by the Texas legislature.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822–1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898).
