Talk:Montgomery, Texas

How Montgomery got its name.
There are many reputable websites out there (Heritage Museum of Montgomery County, Handbook of Texas Online, County Gen Web, even the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce) which contain information about the founding of Montgomery and the origins of its name that directly contradict the information in this article. I did an extensive reading of the information cited in this article, Texas History Page, and found it to be very convincing and thoroughly researched. However, I thought it was necessary to include information explaining the differing versions of the origin story so that Wikipedia is not simply providing one man's research as established fact.Stedil (talk) 22:07, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

Charles B. Stewart
There is a lot of misinformation and/or disputed information out on the internet about Charles B. Stewart. Most notable is the disputed claim that he was the original designer of the lone star flag. While this question is still very much up in the air, there is a fact about him that is being floated around (The Conroe Courier, for example) that is just plain false: Stewart was never Secretary of State of Texas. I looked over primary source documents for both the provisional governments during the war and the first elected government of the Republic of Texas located here. Stewart was present at both the Consultation of 1835 and the Convention of 1836. At the Consultation, he was Secretary to the Executive (recorded what happened at the meeting). Perhaps this is where the confusion lies as this position is not equivalent to Secretary of State. At the 1836 Convention, he was merely a delegate and was not elected to any positions in the wartime government (he did sign the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution). The interim government created at the 1836 Convention selected Samuel Price Carson as interim Secretary of State. Under the first government of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston appointed Stephen F. Austin to be Secretary of State. Stedil (talk) 23:46, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Also, to clarify: the reason that "Secretary to the Executive" and "Secretary of State" are not equivalent is that the delegates of the Consultation of 1835 were not creating their own government, but rather were affirming their loyalty to the Mexican Constitution of 1824. The Republic of Texas didn't exist until it was created in the Convention of 1836.Stedil (talk) 01:23, 23 June 2017 (UTC)