Royall Tyler Wheeler (1810 - 1864)

Born 23 Aug 1810 in Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Died 8 Apr 1864 at age 53 in Washington, Texas, United States

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Biography

Royall Wheeler is Notable.

Royall Wheeler was a Texan.

This profile is part of the Wheeler County, Texas One Place Study.

This name is spelled two (2) ways in references: Royall and Royal. We have here references showing both ways of spelling.

Royall^{[1][2][3] [4]}T Wheeler, Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, was born in Vermont in 1810.^[5][6][7]

Royall Tyler Wheeler was appointed Attorney of the Fifth Judicial District in 1842; District Judge in 1844. In 1846, the First Supreme Court of the state was organized with John Hemphill, Chief Justice Abner Smith Lipscomb and Royall T. Wheeler. Wheeler was re-elected in 1851.^[8] Wheeler became Chief Justice in 1857. ^[6][9]

1850 Family Search census shows this:^[10]

Name Royall T Wheeler

Event Type Census

Event Year 1850

Event Place Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States

Gender Male

Age 40

Race White

Birth Year (Estimated) 1810

Birthplace Vermont

House Number 617

Household

Person/ Gender/Age/Birthplace

Royall T Wheeler M 40 Vermont

Emily Wheeler M 30 Kentucky

Wythe W Wheeler M 10 Texas

Royall Wheeler M 8 Texas

Emily Wheeler F 6 Texas

Frit Bonlarde M 21 France

1850 census, FamilySearch

On April 9, 1864, Royall was saddened by the impending defeat of the South in the Civil War. He committed suicide in Washington County at age 53. ^[6]Wheeler County, Texas organized in 1879 and the county seat, Wheeler, Texas, USA were named for him

He is interred in Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Section: Republic Hill, Section 1 (C1), Row:S Number:13 Texas State Cemeteries ^{[11] [12][13]}

Parentage for this man is not 100% certain. The only source is Andrew Gallatin Wheeler's "Wheeler Family in America" (pg 522), and he has different birth and death dates.

Headstone Data

Royal T. Wheeler

Born in Vermont, Aug. 23, 1810
Died in Washington County, Tex.
April 8, 1864
While Visiting There.

Emily, Wife of Royal T. Wheeler
Born in Scottville, Kentucky,
December 3, 1820
Died at Galveston, Texas.
February 22, 1871

Erected By The State Of Texas

Back of headstone

Royal T. Wheeler Was Appointed
Attorney Of The Fifth Judicial Dist.
In 1842; District Judge in 1844.
In 1846 The First Supreme Court
Of The State Was Organized With
John Hemphill, Chief Justice And
Abner Smith Lipscomb And
Royal T. Wheeler, Became Chief
Justice in 1857.

• • Wheeler County, Texas is named in Judge Royall T Wheeler's honor.^[14][6]

Richardson-7161 01:38, 27 November 2016 (EST)

Sources

1. ↑ A Digest of the Laws of Texas: Containing the Laws in Force, and ..., Vol, 1,By George Washington Paschal Tyler Wheeler, pg 65
2. ↑ https://tarltonapps.law.utexas.edu/justices/profile/view/114
3. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/Royall_T._Wheeler
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-FDR : 9 November 2014), Royall T Wheeler, Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing family 631, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-FDR : 9 November 2014), Royall T Wheeler, Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing family 631, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Handbook of Texas Online, H. Allen Anderson, "Wheeler, Royal T.," accessed November 07, 2016, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwh09. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
7. ↑ "Leaves From My Note Book." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), Sunday, October 15, 1882, page 10. Newspapers.com (subscription required).
8. ↑ "Late from Texas." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), Wednesday, October 22, 1851, page 4. Newspapers.com (subscription required).
9. ↑ "Later from Texas." The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), Thursday, August 26, 1858, page 1. Newspapers.com (subscription required).
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-FDR : 9 November 2014), Royall T Wheeler, Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing family 631, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Find A Grave. Accessed 4 February 2013. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=WHE&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=46&GScntry=4&GSsr=4401&GRid=10811492&
12. ↑ http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?pers_id=68
13. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-W54P : 13 December 2015), Royal T. Wheeler, ; Burial, Austin, Travis, Texas, United States of America, Texas State Cemetery; citing record ID 10811492, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
14. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeler,_Texas

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America pg. 552
• Texas State Cemetary
• Justices of Texas, 1836-1986 (Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas)
• Handbook of Texas Online (Texas Historical Society)
• Wikipedia
• https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5827/m1/95/

• US Census, 1850 (Galveston, TX)