The following information provided by Kathy Wray:
Full name is Charles Wheaton Elam
Born: 1823, Ayish Bayou, San Augustine, Texas
Died: Coryell County, Texas
Son of:
William Jefferson Elam (1795, Luneburg, VA - 1842, Ft Jesup, LA)& Cynthia Lucy Wheaton (Born 1800, Robertson Co, TN)
Husband of:
Almeda A. Moorhead (1846, in Sabine Parish, LA) & Samantha Alford
Father of:
Teresa Elam (Born 1847 Sabine Parish, LA)
William Jefferson Elam (1849, Sabine Parish, LA - 1894, Coke Co, TX.)
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From: Mears,Mildred Watkin. "Coryell County Scrapbook." Gatesville, Texas. 1963. --
An account on Indian Depredation given by J. H. Chrisman at the Old Settlers Reunion in Belton, 1903:
"I will mention some Indian attacks upon the settlers during the early days of the county and contigious territory. Charles Elam, a man about 36 years of age, lived on Henson Creek ten miles southwest of Gatesville. He was walking on the mountain a mile or two south of his home hunting horses, and not apprehending any danger whatever. Indians approached him and shot him with arrows, killing him instantly. This was the first Indian murder in the county..."
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From 1860, 1870, and 1880 Coryell County, Texas U.S. Federal Census Records:
Other children of Charles and Almeda Elam living with their grandparents (William and Frances Moorhead):
James P.,born c1851 in LA; Cynthia Jane, born c1855 in LA; Franklin P., born c1857 in TX.
Full name is Charles Wheaton Elam
Born: 1823, Ayish Bayou, San Augustine, Texas
Died: Coryell County, Texas
Son of:
William Jefferson Elam (1795, Luneburg, VA - 1842, Ft Jesup, LA)& Cynthia Lucy Wheaton (Born 1800, Robertson Co, TN)
Husband of:
Almeda A. Moorhead (1846, in Sabine Parish, LA) & Samantha Alford
Father of:
Teresa Elam (Born 1847 Sabine Parish, LA)
William Jefferson Elam (1849, Sabine Parish, LA - 1894, Coke Co, TX.)
___________________________________________________________
From: Mears,Mildred Watkin. "Coryell County Scrapbook." Gatesville, Texas. 1963. --
An account on Indian Depredation given by J. H. Chrisman at the Old Settlers Reunion in Belton, 1903:
"I will mention some Indian attacks upon the settlers during the early days of the county and contigious territory. Charles Elam, a man about 36 years of age, lived on Henson Creek ten miles southwest of Gatesville. He was walking on the mountain a mile or two south of his home hunting horses, and not apprehending any danger whatever. Indians approached him and shot him with arrows, killing him instantly. This was the first Indian murder in the county..."
___________________________________________________________
From 1860, 1870, and 1880 Coryell County, Texas U.S. Federal Census Records:
Other children of Charles and Almeda Elam living with their grandparents (William and Frances Moorhead):
James P.,born c1851 in LA; Cynthia Jane, born c1855 in LA; Franklin P., born c1857 in TX.
The following information provided by Kathy Wray:
Full name is Charles Wheaton Elam
Born: 1823, Ayish Bayou, San Augustine, Texas
Died: Coryell County, Texas
Son of:
William Jefferson Elam (1795, Luneburg, VA - 1842, Ft Jesup, LA)& Cynthia Lucy Wheaton (Born 1800, Robertson Co, TN)
Husband of:
Almeda A. Moorhead (1846, in Sabine Parish, LA) & Samantha Alford
Father of:
Teresa Elam (Born 1847 Sabine Parish, LA)
William Jefferson Elam (1849, Sabine Parish, LA - 1894, Coke Co, TX.)
___________________________________________________________
From: Mears,Mildred Watkin. "Coryell County Scrapbook." Gatesville, Texas. 1963. --
An account on Indian Depredation given by J. H. Chrisman at the Old Settlers Reunion in Belton, 1903:
"I will mention some Indian attacks upon the settlers during the early days of the county and contigious territory. Charles Elam, a man about 36 years of age, lived on Henson Creek ten miles southwest of Gatesville. He was walking on the mountain a mile or two south of his home hunting horses, and not apprehending any danger whatever. Indians approached him and shot him with arrows, killing him instantly. This was the first Indian murder in the county..."
___________________________________________________________
From 1860, 1870, and 1880 Coryell County, Texas U.S. Federal Census Records:
Other children of Charles and Almeda Elam living with their grandparents (William and Frances Moorhead):
James P.,born c1851 in LA; Cynthia Jane, born c1855 in LA; Franklin P., born c1857 in TX.
Full name is Charles Wheaton Elam
Born: 1823, Ayish Bayou, San Augustine, Texas
Died: Coryell County, Texas
Son of:
William Jefferson Elam (1795, Luneburg, VA - 1842, Ft Jesup, LA)& Cynthia Lucy Wheaton (Born 1800, Robertson Co, TN)
Husband of:
Almeda A. Moorhead (1846, in Sabine Parish, LA) & Samantha Alford
Father of:
Teresa Elam (Born 1847 Sabine Parish, LA)
William Jefferson Elam (1849, Sabine Parish, LA - 1894, Coke Co, TX.)
___________________________________________________________
From: Mears,Mildred Watkin. "Coryell County Scrapbook." Gatesville, Texas. 1963. --
An account on Indian Depredation given by J. H. Chrisman at the Old Settlers Reunion in Belton, 1903:
"I will mention some Indian attacks upon the settlers during the early days of the county and contigious territory. Charles Elam, a man about 36 years of age, lived on Henson Creek ten miles southwest of Gatesville. He was walking on the mountain a mile or two south of his home hunting horses, and not apprehending any danger whatever. Indians approached him and shot him with arrows, killing him instantly. This was the first Indian murder in the county..."
___________________________________________________________
From 1860, 1870, and 1880 Coryell County, Texas U.S. Federal Census Records:
Other children of Charles and Almeda Elam living with their grandparents (William and Frances Moorhead):
James P.,born c1851 in LA; Cynthia Jane, born c1855 in LA; Franklin P., born c1857 in TX.
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