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).
