Early designs of the
Lone Star flag are attributed to many including Joanna
Troutman, Sara Dodson, Charles Bellinger Stewart, Peter Krag,
and William Wharton.
However, in October of
1835, Dr. Charles Stewart was elected by the
provincial government of Texas as secretary of the
Permanent Council. During this time there was a need for
a stamp to authorize documents and Dr. Stewart produced
a family heirloom button with a star on it. This star
symbol was the basis for the first flag and seal of the
new republic. On January 25, 1839 President
Mirabeau B. Lamar approved and signed a cloth flag
designed by Dr. Charles Bellinger Stewart . This cloth
flag is on repository with the Texas State Archives with
Dr. Stewart’s personal papers
In 1997
the Texas House enacted House Resolution 1123,
commemorating Montgomery County as the birthplace of the
Lone Star Flag. It declares, in part, that:
...WHEREAS, At the request of President Mirabeau B.
Lamar, Dr. Charles B. Stewart of Montgomery County
created this inspirational banner, and the elegant
simplicity of his design truly exemplified the united
will of the citizens of the new Republic of Texas;