Kerr County
Marker Text: Formed from Bexar County; created January 26, 1856; organized March 22, 1856. Named in honor of James Kerr, 1790-1850; the first American settler on the Guadalupe River; general manager of DeWitt's Colony; signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence; member of the Third Texas Congress. County Seat, Kerrsville (afterwards Kerrville), 1856-1860; Comfort, 1860-1862, Kerrville since. (1936)
Marker No: 2929
Pink Granite 1936 Centennial County Marker
Geographic: 29.996799,-99.100311
Location: from Kerrville take SH 27 east approximately 1.3 miles past Spur 100 - Marker is located on north side of road.