{"id":3114,"date":"2016-10-30T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T01:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=3114"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:22:00","slug":"notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/","title":{"rendered":"Notaries in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#Notaries_in_the_Republic_of_Texas_1836-1846\" >Notaries in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#Presidents_of_Texas\" >Presidents of Texas<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#Republic_of_Texas_Constitution\" >Republic of Texas Constitution<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#Republic_of_Texas_Notary_Laws\" >Republic of Texas Notary Laws<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#State_of_Texas_Notary_Laws\" >State of Texas Notary Laws<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#Some_Republic_of_Texas_Notaries\" >Some Republic of Texas Notaries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/notaries-in-the-republic-of-texas-1836-1846\/#Judge_Roy_Bean\" >Judge Roy Bean<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notaries_in_the_Republic_of_Texas_1836-1846\"><\/span>Notaries in the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alamo-San-Antonio-TX.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3118\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alamo-San-Antonio-TX.jpg\" alt=\"Alamo San Antonio TX\" width=\"340\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Texas Declaration of Independence<\/strong> from Mexico, modeled after the one written by Thomas Jefferson, creating the <strong>Republic of Texas<\/strong>, was enacted at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, <strong>1836<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four days later, the thirteen-day siege of the <strong>Alamo<\/strong> ended as Mexican forces under <strong>General Santa Anna<\/strong> defeated the 183 Texians defending the small mission at the Alamo (in present-day San Antonio). <strong>Remember the Alamo!<\/strong> became the battle cry of the <strong>Texas Revolution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An army of 800 Texians, led by <strong>General Sam Houston<\/strong>, defeated General Santa Anna&#8217;s force of 1600 men, at <strong>San Jacinto<\/strong> (near present-day Houston) on April 22, 1836, and the war with Mexico was over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Republic of Texas was located between the United States and Mexico, and included all of present-day Texas, and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.\u00a0Several sites served as the capital: Velasco (now Freeport), Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Columbia, Houston and <strong>Austin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Republic had a <strong>navy<\/strong> and established foreign diplomatic relations with the United States, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Yucatan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Presidents_of_Texas\"><\/span>Presidents of Texas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-Republic-of-Texas-1836.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3121\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-Republic-of-Texas-1836.jpg\" alt=\"map Republic of Texas 1836\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a>An interim President, <strong>David G. Burnet<\/strong>, served from March 16, 1836 until October 22. Following September elections, the constitution was ratified, and <strong>Sam Houston<\/strong> became the first elected President, from October 22, 1836 to December 10, 1838, with Vice-President Mirabeau B. Lamar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second President was <strong>Mirabeau B. Lamar<\/strong>, from December 10, 1838 to December 13, 1841, with Vice President David G. Burnet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sam Houston<\/strong> also served as the third President, from December 13, 1841 to December 9, 1844. \u00a0The fourth President was <strong>Anson Jones<\/strong>, from December 9, 1844 to February 19, 1846, when the <strong>State of Texas<\/strong> entered the Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 29, 1845, the United States Congress voted to admit the State of Texas to the Union, ending the Republic of Texas. In 1852, in exchange for the assumption of its huge debts, Texas ceded its territory in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Wyoming to the United States.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Republic_of_Texas_Constitution\"><\/span>Republic of Texas Constitution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Republic of Texas Constitution<\/strong> borrowed language from the U.S. Constitution, and several southern states, and formed a <strong>unitary republic<\/strong> (single state), rather than a <strong>federal republic<\/strong> (federation of states).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Presidential terms were set to three years, modeled after the Mexican Constitution.\u00a0Important provisions adapted from Spanish-Mexican law were community property, homestead exemptions and protections, and debtor relief. The predominantly Anglo-American settlers called for the <strong>common law of England<\/strong> as early as practicable and it was used in deciding all criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Republic-of-Texas-Great-Seal-1836.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3122\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Republic-of-Texas-Great-Seal-1836.jpg\" alt=\"Republic of Texas Great Seal 1836\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Every person chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit shall take an <strong>oath<\/strong> to support the constitution of the republic, and an <strong>oath of office<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>great seal<\/strong> of the Republic of Texas, adopted December 10, 1836, and modified on January 25, 1839, was kept by the President, and used by him officially on all grants and commissions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president used his <strong>private seal<\/strong>, until the great seal of the republic was provided. The current seal of the State of Texas, was based on the seal of the Republic of Texas.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Republic_of_Texas_Notary_Laws\"><\/span>Republic of Texas Notary Laws<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appointment of Notaries Public<\/strong>, November 16, 1837.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There shall be a Notary Public for each of the ports of entry of this Republic, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold his office for <strong>two years<\/strong>, unless sooner removed by the President, and shall receive the same fees as are now allowed by law to the several Chief Justices for the performance of notarial acts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The several Notaries Public shall have a <strong>seal of office<\/strong>, and all certificates or other acts by them performed, shall be signed by the said Notaries, and the seal of the office thereunto affixed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>President Authorized to Appoint Notaries Public<\/strong>, May 15, 1838.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There shall be appointed for the county where the Seat of Government is or shall be located, two Notaries Public in addition to the Chief Justice of said county; and also one additional Notary in each county of the Republic; which appointments shall be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>[Note: The Texas Congress formed 23 counties, whose boundaries generally coincided with the existing municipalities. The original counties, all in east Texas, were Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazoria, Colorado, Goliad, Gonzales, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Milam, Nacogdoches, Red River, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, San Patricio, Shelby, Victoria, Washington. West Texas was occupied by Apache, Comanche and Kiowa Indian tribes.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notary Seal Design<\/strong>, January 10, 1845.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It shall be the duty of Notaries Public, to have a seal of office, with the words <strong>Notary Public<\/strong> and the name of the <strong>County<\/strong> around the margin, with a <strong>star with five ponts<\/strong> in the centre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notary Seal Required<\/strong><br \/>\nNo notarial act shall be valid, unless the seal of office of such Notary be appended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appointing a Notary Successor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the office of Notary Public shall become <strong>vacant<\/strong>, from death, resignation, or otherwise, the President shall specify in the nomination and commission, the name of the person whose vacancy is to be filled by such appointment; and the <strong>successor<\/strong> shall be entitled to all the records, books, papers and seal of his <strong>predecessor<\/strong>; but he shall be required, to pay to the person authorized to receive the same, the reasonable value of such notarial seal.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"State_of_Texas_Notary_Laws\"><\/span>State of Texas Notary Laws<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once Texas became a state, notaries were appointed to <strong>four-year<\/strong> terms by the <strong>Governor<\/strong>, with up to <strong>six notaries per county<\/strong>. Each notary took an oath of office, endorsed on a $2,000 <strong>bond<\/strong>, filed with the <strong>County Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vacating notaries deposited their records and seals with the County Court clerk, who delivered them to the notary&#8217;s successor. The <strong>notary seal<\/strong> was <strong>engraved<\/strong> in the center with a <strong>star of five points<\/strong>, and the words <strong>Notary Public<\/strong>, <strong>County<\/strong> of ____ , <strong>Texas<\/strong>, around the margin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notaries had authority to take an <strong>acknowledgment<\/strong> or <strong>proof<\/strong>, to administer an <strong>oath<\/strong>, to make a <strong>declaration<\/strong> or\u00a0<strong>protest<\/strong>, and to take a <strong>deposition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_Republic_of_Texas_Notaries\"><\/span>Some Republic of Texas Notaries<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-B-Stewart-bust-Conroe-Texas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3123\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charles-B-Stewart-bust-Conroe-Texas.jpg\" alt=\"Charles B Stewart bust Conroe TX\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the Republic of Texas Notaries, found in historic records include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1838 John Sharp,\u00a0Port of Velasco,\u00a0United States consular agent at Velasco, first lieutenant in\u00a0First Regiment, Texas Volunteers<br \/>\n1838 R. D. Johnson, Port of Galveston<br \/>\n1838 Thomas Harvey, Matagorda<br \/>\n1838 John Alex Newlands, Houston<br \/>\n1838 W. Fairfax Gray, Houston<br \/>\n1839\u00a0Samuel Alexander Roberts,\u00a0Harrisburg County, attorney, secretary of the Texas legation to the United States, Secretary of State<br \/>\n1839\u00a0Daniel J. Toler, Washington County, Chief Justice of Washington County, Postmaster General 1844<br \/>\n1839 William Henry Daingerfield, Bexar, attorney, second mayor of San Antonio, Secretary of the Treasury, charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires\u00a0to the Netherlands<br \/>\n1840\u00a0Henry Millard, Jefferson County<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB-Stewart-signature-Texas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-3124 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/CB-Stewart-signature-Texas.jpg\" alt=\"CB Stewart signature Texas\" width=\"241\" height=\"31\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1841 <strong>Charles Bellinger Stewart<\/strong>, (see photo) Montgomery, first signer of Texas Declaration of Independence, first Texas Secretary of State, designed the Lone Star flag, elected representative, practiced medicine,\u00a0spoke fluent Spanish, was a\u00a0translator between General Sam Houston and General Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1841 George Lane, Panola County, District Attorney San Augustine<br \/>\n1842 Noah Turner Byars,\u00a0Washington-on-the-Brazos, appointed by Sam Houston in 1836 as\u00a0armorer and blacksmith of the Texas army, Texas Senate sergeant-at-arms 1837-1841, associate judge in Travis County 1839-1841, ordained Baptist minister, founded more than 60 churches in Texas<br \/>\n1842 Francis M. Weatherhead, Jr, Sabine County<br \/>\n1842 Alexander E. McClure, Burnet County<br \/>\n1842 Thompson H. McMahan, Fort Bend County<br \/>\n1842 George W. Scott, Shelby County<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Judge_Roy_Bean\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Judge-Roy-Bean-Langtry-TX.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3120\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Judge-Roy-Bean-Langtry-TX.jpg\" alt=\"Judge Roy Bean Langtry TX\" width=\"240\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Judge Roy Bean<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1882, in <strong>Langtry<\/strong>, southwest Texas,\u00a0Justice of the Peace and Notary Public, <strong>Judge Roy Bean<\/strong> (1825-1903), was notorious for holding court in the Jersey Lilly, a saloon he owned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A sign advertised him as the \u201c<strong>Law West of the Pecos<\/strong>.\u201d He offered notary services along with ice-cold beer. By the 1890s, reports of Bean\u2019s curmudgeonly rulings had made him nationally famous. Tourists traveling by railroad stopped to visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Image Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. The Alamo,\u00a0by Daniel Schwen (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n2. Map, Republic of Texas, historic<br \/>\n3. Seal, Republic of Texas, historic, by Svgalbertian (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<br \/>\n4. C B Stewart bust, Conroe, TX park<br \/>\n5. C B Stewart signature, historic<br \/>\n6. 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Four days later, the thirteen-day siege of the Alamo ended as Mexican forces under General Santa Anna defeated the 183 Texians defending the small mission at the Alamo (in present-day San Antonio). Remember the Alamo! became the battle cry of the Texas Revolution. 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