Abner Smith Lipscomb

Abner Smith Lipscomb (February 10, 1789, in Abbeville District, South Carolina – December 8, 1856, in Austin, Texas) was an American and Texan lawyer and judge.

He was also appointed Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas under the administration of President Mirabeau B. Lamar.

Francis Strother Lyon began the study of law while working for Abner Smith Lipscomb in his office in St. Stephens.

Lipscomb was a member of the Convention of 1845; in 1845, he also served on a committee that wrote a report on the Texas General Land Office.

He was appointed an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court in 1846 by Governor James Pinckney Henderson.