Elijah Simmons Collard (1778 - 1846)

Born 9 Nov 1778 in West Augusta, Augusta, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ball (Stark) Collard — married 2 May 1801 in Bullitt, Kentucky, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1846 at age 67 in Gourd Creek, Walker, Texas, USA

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Biography

Source: War of 1812 Service Records Source: Handbook of Texas Online Note: War of 1812 Service Records: Name: Elijah Collard, Company: Rangers, United States Volunteers. Note: Collard served in the War of 1812 as a private in the Upper Louisiana militia and later as a captain of Missouri militia.

Note: "As trouble developed with the Mexican authorities he became a member of the Consultation from Washington Municipality. On January 5, 1836, he became a member of the General Council. When Montgomery County was being organized in 1837, he was one of five commissioners chosen to select a county seat. In 1844 he served as a justice of the peace. When Walker County was established from Montgomery County in July 1846, he was selected county commissioner." Note: Listed as an ancestor of the 'Daughters of the Republic of Texas:' "Collard, Elijah S…

Texas pioneer to the then-Mexican territory north of present-day Houston. He founded Montgomery County and settled in adjacent Walker County. He surveyed much of the area. Further biographical details are included in the Texas State Historical Association publications, including an on-line handbook.

Sources

• History of Lincoln County, Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888 The First Settlers http://www.rootsweb.com/~molincol/history/the-first-settlers.htm
• Find-a-Grave Memorial http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47122184
• http://www.adkins.ws/individual.php?pid=I2872&ged=Adkins.GED
• https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fco22