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 April 03, 2009 | Franklin County Courthouse Texas County Courthouse Project #77: Franklin County (Mount Vernon, Texas) Benjamin Cromwell Franklin came to Texas in 1835 and became an important figure in the revolution and development of the young Republic of Texas. He fought under Robert Calder at San Jacinto and was ordered by Thomas Rusk to go to Galveston to inform interim President David Burnet of the victory. Later that year, Franklin became the first man to hold a judicial position in the Republic of Texas and would become a member of the Republic’s Supreme Court. During the Civil War he retired to a small farm near Livingston where he lived until 1870. He moved to Galveston and died there in 1873. The county of Franklin was established two years later. Mount Vernon, named for the homestead of George Washington, was chosen as the county seat. The town had previously been known as Keith and Lone Star. The Franklin County courthouse was built in 1912 in the classical style. 
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