The county’s first court session meets in a log cabin

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The United States Court House and Post Office at Tyler, built in 1889, as a Treasury Department history pictured it in 1901.U.S. Treasury Department, A History of Public Buildings Under the Control of the Treasury Department (Washington: GPO, 1901). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.The original All picture credits

The first legal proceeding in Smith County was a district court session in an abandoned one-room log cabin in Tyler in December 1846.

The Texas Supreme Court began meeting in Tyler in 1851, and Tyler became a U.S. District Court seat the same year.

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Texas Historical Commission marker: Smith County as a 19th Century Legal Center (Atlas 5423007757)atlas.thc.texas.govThe first legal proceeding to take place in the county was a district court session held in an abandoned one-room log cabin in Tyler in December 1846.The Supreme Court began meeting here the following year. In 1851 Tyler was also made a U. S. District Court seat.

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