The son of a veteran of the American Revolution, Elisha Clapp was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1822. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins, on 17 September of the same year. The ceremony took place in Old Miller Arkansas, just before there migration to Texas. They raised eight children, six still living at the time of Mr. Clapps death.
He served in the army at San Jacinto in a cavalry company during the Texas revolution. He was in charge of a company of mounted rangers near his home on Mustang Prairie in 1836, and in 1837 was among the petitioners for the organization of Houston County. President Sam Houston
nominated Clapp for a commission as captain and appointment him to the command of a ranger company at Nacogdoches County in 1837. Clapp later returned to
Houston County, where he helped to organize and became one of the first trustees of Trinity College in the Alabama community in 1841.
By 1849, Mr. Clapp and his family had relocated to Leon County where he died in 1851. He raised eight children, six still living at the time of his death.
He served in the army at San Jacinto in a cavalry company during the Texas revolution. He was in charge of a company of mounted rangers near his home on Mustang Prairie in 1836, and in 1837 was among the petitioners for the organization of Houston County. President Sam Houston
nominated Clapp for a commission as captain and appointment him to the command of a ranger company at Nacogdoches County in 1837. Clapp later returned to
Houston County, where he helped to organize and became one of the first trustees of Trinity College in the Alabama community in 1841.
By 1849, Mr. Clapp and his family had relocated to Leon County where he died in 1851. He raised eight children, six still living at the time of his death.
The son of a veteran of the American Revolution, Elisha Clapp was born in Tennessee and came to Texas in 1822. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins, on 17 September of the same year. The ceremony took place in Old Miller Arkansas, just before there migration to Texas. They raised eight children, six still living at the time of Mr. Clapps death.
He served in the army at San Jacinto in a cavalry company during the Texas revolution. He was in charge of a company of mounted rangers near his home on Mustang Prairie in 1836, and in 1837 was among the petitioners for the organization of Houston County. President Sam Houston
nominated Clapp for a commission as captain and appointment him to the command of a ranger company at Nacogdoches County in 1837. Clapp later returned to
Houston County, where he helped to organize and became one of the first trustees of Trinity College in the Alabama community in 1841.
By 1849, Mr. Clapp and his family had relocated to Leon County where he died in 1851. He raised eight children, six still living at the time of his death.
He served in the army at San Jacinto in a cavalry company during the Texas revolution. He was in charge of a company of mounted rangers near his home on Mustang Prairie in 1836, and in 1837 was among the petitioners for the organization of Houston County. President Sam Houston
nominated Clapp for a commission as captain and appointment him to the command of a ranger company at Nacogdoches County in 1837. Clapp later returned to
Houston County, where he helped to organize and became one of the first trustees of Trinity College in the Alabama community in 1841.
By 1849, Mr. Clapp and his family had relocated to Leon County where he died in 1851. He raised eight children, six still living at the time of his death.
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Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto. Later became a captain in the Texas Army. Came to Texas in 1822. Died in 1856. His wife Rebecca Robbins Clapp died in 1875.
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