Kerrvillebr/Kerr County, Texasbr/30 02.831' N 99 08.392' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of Sidney Baker Street and Main Street. Go 1/2 block east on Main Street. The markers are on the left (north) side of the street.br/ br/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.