Historical Marker
Mount Vernon
Historical marker location:
Mount Vernon, Texas
( CR 12600, near southern intersection with FM 1497 (6.4 miles from center of Paris))
Marker installed: 1936
Here on 100 acres donated by Mathias Click was the second county seat of Lamar County -- Mount Vernon -- where court was held June, 1843, to April, 1844 when Paris was made the county seat - John A. Rutherford, chief justice - John R. Craddock, county clerk.