George Whitfield Terrell (c. 1803 – 1846) was an attorney general, judge, and diplomat in the Republic of Texas.
In 1840 he was appointed as a district attorney by then President Mirabeau Lamar, Sam Houston's rival, but declined to accept his offer to become Secretary of State.
[2] In 1843 Terrell, along with Edward H. Tarrant, negotiated the Treaty of Bird's Fort with nine tribes of Native Americans.
[5] Terrell also served as a diplomat, representing Texas interests to the nations of France, Great Britain, and Spain.
[1] Terrell knew Andrew Jackson and in 1842 gave the former U.S. President the gift of a pipe carved from a stone from the Alamo.