Details for Elijah Collard
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5471008438
Data
| Marker Number | 8438 |
| Atlas Number | 5471008438 |
| Marker Title | Elijah Collard |
| Index Entry | Collard, Elijah |
| Address | Gourd Creek Cemetery Rd. |
| City | New Waverly |
| County | Walker |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 266846 |
| UTM Northing | 3385591 |
| Subject Codes | pioneers; military topics; War of 1812; Texas Revolution; county officials |
| Marker Year | 1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Gourd Creek Cemetery, NE side Gourd Creek Cemetery Road 0.2 mi. NW of FM 1375. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (November 9, 1778 - March 13, 1847) Born in Virginia, Elijah Collard later settled on the frontier in Kentucky and in Missouri, where he fought in the War of 1812. Collard migrated to Texas in 1833. He was elected to the Consultation at San Felipe in 1835 and served on the General Council. In 1837, when Montgomery County was created, he was named one of the first commissioners. In 1840 he moved to Walker County, where he died. Collard married Mary Stark in Kentucky. They had 11 children. Recorded - 1976 |